I am soooo tempted to carry over the joke from the other day about a guys wife dumping his bike.. But I think only I would think it was funny if I asked about your friends back door...
I'll only let someone ride it if they have something of equal or greater value to replace it with while THEY pay for repairs. That being said, I still gotta know them REAL good.
back in the late 70's and early 80's i worked at a kawasaki dealer....tons of guys buying the kz600-1000 bikes...it was the same story every monday morning..gee i let my buddy ride my bike and.........easily 50% of the wrecks were the same story
And how many guys dropped their own bikes and were too embarrassed to admit it? (gee i let my buddy ride my bike......)
I'd never ask a friend to ride his bike, but I've got a good friend I consider a brother. He's let me ride his bikes, and vice versa. I let my real brothers ride my bike, too, if they want. (and no, I don't consider it analagous to lending my OL)
It's about respect. Do you respect me and my things? Are you good for it if something happens? Can you handle a big bike? If I know the answers to those questions are yes, then I don't have a problem with it.
Call me an Ahole but the last time I let someone borrow my car that was the last time I ever seen it in one piece. So the only time anyone gets on my bike is over my cold dead body