Having a hard time getting her on
#21
11-23-2011 | 06:39 AM
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From: Norfolk, Va
Thanks, somehow I knew this would make for interesting reading. I asked her if a little K-Y would help and all I got out that was a smack on the helmet.
She's not as slim and trim as she'd like to be and at our age we don't bend and flex like we used to. We'll try your suggestions and see what works best.
She's not as slim and trim as she'd like to be and at our age we don't bend and flex like we used to. We'll try your suggestions and see what works best.
#22
11-23-2011 | 07:00 AM
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From: Midwest City, OK
Me and my wife have a routine. I get on the bike and get it pointed in the direction I want and ready to pull off. Then she walks over and sticks her hand on my left shoulder to wait for my knod
...Then she gets on, However we had to work on this part, when she gets on she needs to stand straight up and use my shoulder to help balance while gets on, but she does it in one fluid motion and that take practice... She can just pop right on now....Good luck!!!!!!!
...Then she gets on, However we had to work on this part, when she gets on she needs to stand straight up and use my shoulder to help balance while gets on, but she does it in one fluid motion and that take practice... She can just pop right on now....Good luck!!!!!!!
Last edited by BIGVTWIN; 11-23-2011 at 07:06 AM.
#23
11-23-2011 | 07:00 AM
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From: Southern Illinois
My wife has arthritis in her back as well as my back was broken and never healed right, so she mounts first, with bike on jiffy, then i get on and lift it off stand. No problem. Then i usually dismount first with bike on stand so she can slide off. Occasionaly, she'll dismount while i hold the bike up, but that causes me a little more pain, trying to balance it.
#24
11-23-2011 | 07:42 AM
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#25
11-23-2011 | 11:38 AM
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For the wife and I.
1. I get on the bike and stand it up, hold front brake.
2. Say the word "boobies" (gotta have a code word
)
3. I lean forward she steps on left passenger footboard and swings right leg up and thru.
4. When she dismounts the bike, I say boobies again and she dismounts the bike.
HTH.
1. I get on the bike and stand it up, hold front brake.
2. Say the word "boobies" (gotta have a code word
)3. I lean forward she steps on left passenger footboard and swings right leg up and thru.
4. When she dismounts the bike, I say boobies again and she dismounts the bike.
HTH.
#26
11-23-2011 | 11:53 AM
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
For the wife and I.
1. I get on the bike and stand it up, hold front brake.
2. Say the word "boobies" (gotta have a code word)
3. I lean forward she steps on left passenger footboard and swings right leg up and thru.
4. When she dismounts the bike, I say boobies again and she dismounts the bike.
HTH.
1. I get on the bike and stand it up, hold front brake.
2. Say the word "boobies" (gotta have a code word
)3. I lean forward she steps on left passenger footboard and swings right leg up and thru.
4. When she dismounts the bike, I say boobies again and she dismounts the bike.
HTH.
I could see this catching on in a big way!!!
Be kind of cool on a toy run, or some other large organized ride. All at once, bystanders hear 100 bikers say, "boobies" in unison.
#27
11-24-2011 | 05:48 AM
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From: Bedford UK
Well I reckon we have covered about every solution there can possibly be! Just one extra I will add which is my wife and I now have bluetooth communicators, so we check we can talk to each other before getting on board, then follow one of the routines already mentioned, with the added bonus of being able to say when everythings OK.
