If you had to choose...

[dReWpY]

bike, if they cared they would never ask me to chose to give up something i love dearly
sad truth, but its a life style

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

i hear ya. Ideally it'd be good if someone liked to both ride with you and alone.

I think I'm in a worse place than the guys though. I can't see dating a non-rider because they just don't understand what a big part of my life that is.

that's funny I have a female friend who dates a non riding guy. she was thinking about giving the bike up. I told her to put his ass on a bike and tell him to learn it. she'd be miserable without it. her family and friends all ride except her guy. her dad has even recomended she could find someone else with a bike to date.

i offered to give her guy a few lessons to get him started this summer. we'll see how it goes.

[CrazyKell]

Originally Posted by Rider

Why? You have 10 times the choices we do.

Not really. I know very few single riders. Besides, it's not like I go riding with guys and look at them as a dating pool. Most of them are my buddies and I'm not going to be that girl that dates her way around the group.

[CrazyKell]

Originally Posted by drewpy

but its a life style

this. It's not just that I want to do it or that I'm passionate about it. It's that most of my spare cash is spent buying bike parts and most of my life and thoughts revolve around how I can fit it in. If it's not track days, it's trips, and it's vacations with a bunch of guys to go and ride. It's a lifestyle.

[MILK]

Originally Posted by Apoc

I'm not sure what my preference is.

On one hand, it'd be cool to have a woman you enjoy motorcycling with, on the other hand, riding is a solitary thing for me, a stress reliever. Sure I like to go out riding with friends, but the vast majority of it I do alone, when im stressed, need to think, etc etc.

Not sure how having a woman who likes to ride would affect that.

What I definately dont want, is a woman who only rides bitch.

I too mostly ride alone and always have. However I do really enjoy riding with other like minded riders - no matter what kind of bike they have. Folks that ride at a similar pace I do. I've had some of the most fun riding with my VFR group at the Gap!! I also grow as a rider when I ride with them.

Sometimes having a spouse that rides isn't what it's cracked up to be.

When I rode with my ex - on his 30 year old Harley (not b/c it is a Harley but because it was so freaking OLD!) with the suicide shifter he never seemed to be able to figure out I was CONSTANTLY PISSED OFF.

When you almost run over someone OVER AND OVER AND F'ING OVER because they slow down so much between gear changes AND WON'T DO THE F'ING SPEED LIMIT you don't want to ride with them anymore. Riding with people that think I'm a maniac for going 60 in a 55 is such a PITA I'd rather be by myself!!

[the chi]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

See, I think a lot of guys say this, but in reality very few guys date girls that ride (for whatever reason). In fact, among my friends, I know very few who has an SO that rides, and many have actively chosen non-riders.

Originally Posted by Rider

Why? You have 10 times the choices we do.

Most men cant handle a female that rides. Either their jealousy is too much when she is around other guys or they want to get competitive and outdo the female just cuz they're "men".

Out of all the guys I dated after my divorce, the only one worth keeping (obviously since I married him) was the one who gave me the freedom to do what I wanted when I wanted, and never made me choose. These days he kicks me out of the house to go ride with the local crew since he doesnt want to do group rides yet.

[the chi]

Originally Posted by wildchild

that's funny I have a female friend who dates a non riding guy. she was thinking about giving the bike up. I told her to put his ass on a bike and tell him to learn it. she'd be miserable without it. her family and friends all ride except her guy. her dad has even recomended she could find someone else with a bike to date.

i offered to give her guy a few lessons to get him started this summer. we'll see how it goes.

This! While the hubby isnt nuts like I am, he figured he'd give it a shot and see what it was like. I taught him the basics, he loved it, and just started riding his cruiser.

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

Not really. I know very few single riders. Besides, it's not like I go riding with guys and look at them as a dating pool. Most of them are my buddies and I'm not going to be that girl that dates her way around the group.

I know right??!! I had some good friends that just couldnt GET THIS! Hurts friendships either way it seems.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by MILK

I too mostly ride alone and always have. However I do really enjoy riding with other like minded riders - no matter what kind of bike they have. Folks that ride at a similar pace I do. I've had some of the most fun riding with my VFR group at the Gap!! I also grow as a rider when I ride with them.

Sometimes having a spouse that rides isn't what it's cracked up to be.

When I rode with my ex - on his 30 year old Harley (not b/c it is a Harley but because it was so freaking OLD!) with the suicide shifter he never seemed to be able to figure out I was CONSTANTLY PISSED OFF.

When you almost run over someone OVER AND OVER AND F'ING OVER because they slow down so much between gear changes AND WON'T DO THE F'ING SPEED LIMIT you don't want to ride with them anymore. Riding with people that think I'm a maniac for going 60 in a 55 is such a PITA I'd rather be by myself!!

But, is it that you hated riding with him, or you hated him?

I ride the piss out of my bike. Last time I rode with sport bikes on my Harley, was with Tmall and his buddy. I kept up, because im willing to wreck, before im willing to fall behind. It was his buddy who was way behind

[MILK]

Originally Posted by Apoc

But, is it that you hated riding with him, or you hated him?

I ride the piss out of my bike. Last time I rode with sport bikes on my Harley, was with Tmall and his buddy. I kept up, because im willing to wreck, before im willing to fall behind. It was his buddy who was way behind

Ummm.. BOTH?

There are cruiser riders that ride better than sportsbike riders. They ARE riders. Then you have my ex, who just has a motorcycle.

[azoomm]

How is this even a question?