View Poll Results: Would you let someone test ride your bike
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#41
11-07-2009, 10:35 PM
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#42
11-08-2009, 09:11 AM
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#43
11-08-2009, 09:35 AM
I let my gf ride my bike. She's an experienced rider, not a dumbass, and has a healthy respect for other peoples' property. I don't really know any other riders, and I can't imagine letting a casual acquaintance or just "some guy" on my bike.
Except in the case of selling it -- no sane person would buy a vehicle of any kind without a test drive. And of course if I were selling I'd be ready to part with the bike anyway, and dumping it = automatic sale
Except in the case of selling it -- no sane person would buy a vehicle of any kind without a test drive. And of course if I were selling I'd be ready to part with the bike anyway, and dumping it = automatic sale
#44
11-08-2009, 11:03 AM
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This totally depends on the person.
My SO can ride whatever she wants, when she's ready for them. She rides her sv650s most of the time, once in a while she'll take the f4i out for a spin and she's deathly afraid of and won't go near the 1krr, she needs alot more time riding before she'll give it a go.
As for others? Hell no to anyone I don't know, sure to a friend who I know can ride well and who is willing to and can afford to replace it if they wad it up, no to a friend who can ride well and can't afford to replace it (quick way to end a friendship, and I value my friends). As for swapping bikes, the rules are the same as above, if they wad up mine while I'm riding theirs that doesn't magically mean I now own theirs, I'm still out a bike wihout any certain recompensation.
Either way it's kinda a common sense thing.
My SO can ride whatever she wants, when she's ready for them. She rides her sv650s most of the time, once in a while she'll take the f4i out for a spin and she's deathly afraid of and won't go near the 1krr, she needs alot more time riding before she'll give it a go.
As for others? Hell no to anyone I don't know, sure to a friend who I know can ride well and who is willing to and can afford to replace it if they wad it up, no to a friend who can ride well and can't afford to replace it (quick way to end a friendship, and I value my friends). As for swapping bikes, the rules are the same as above, if they wad up mine while I'm riding theirs that doesn't magically mean I now own theirs, I'm still out a bike wihout any certain recompensation.
Either way it's kinda a common sense thing.
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11-09-2009, 12:25 PM
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maybe this one
my son fully understands the NO-barrow policy . i dont allow his freinds to ride it, and when my buddys come over they always want to ride his bike and i make them ask my son first, haha he loves the authority and has said no half the time. this is my sons klx110 , its automatic and pretty lively . watchin peeps ride this little bike always reminds me of the "hell no" on ridin my CBR's.
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12-05-2009, 06:42 PM
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Last night, one of my co-workers was gearing up to go home. He has a 2009 GSX-R600 (he's already lowsided twice 
). Another co-worker comes up and askes if he can give it a run. Mind you in 3 years nobody has ever seen this guy on a bike, its night and he has no gear
Would you let him take your bike for a quick spin?
). Another co-worker comes up and askes if he can give it a run. Mind you in 3 years nobody has ever seen this guy on a bike, its night and he has no gearWould you let him take your bike for a quick spin?
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12-06-2009, 12:49 PM
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#49
12-06-2009, 09:09 PM
As I don't have my own bike, I'm not going to answer. I will say though that I was lucky enough to have a friend of my boyfriend let me ride his Katana, with no experience outside of a parking lot. I ended up only riding it twice for short distances, but he offered many times to let me take it out. My boyfriend's Gixxer on the other hand... We joke that the first time I ride it will be the last, but it's not really just a joke.
#50
12-06-2009, 09:28 PM
Last night, one of my co-workers was gearing up to go home. He has a 2009 GSX-R600 (he's already lowsided twice ). Another co-worker comes up and askes if he can give it a run. Mind you in 3 years nobody has ever seen this guy on a bike, its night and he has no gear
Would you let him take your bike for a quick spin?
). Another co-worker comes up and askes if he can give it a run. Mind you in 3 years nobody has ever seen this guy on a bike, its night and he has no gearWould you let him take your bike for a quick spin?
I have let friends I ride with take my bike for a spin, while I ride their bike. But this will only happen if their bike is of equal or greater value to mine.
You hope the person who is riding your bike has enough common sense to not go ***** out while taking her for a ride, but you never know.