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I learned much from riding dirt bikes when I was young. 45 years ago we had thousands of acres of unposted land to ride on. We took our spills and learned about proper control of a bike in the school of hard knocks. That school taught me little about surviving in street traffic however, that's a different set of lessons altogether.
Another problem for newbies and especially some ladies and short guys like me, today's dual purpose bikes are too tall and have seats which are torture racks. Tall bikes are intimidating to some new riders which explains the sales of so many cruisers.
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My wife and I learned to ride on a scooter. Then we had CBR250Rs for until 2013 when I fell in love with the CB1100 and she fell in love with the CTX. Redbirds is correct one of the reasons that she opted for the CTX was the cruiser seating position. I wouldn't say she was intimidated by other bikes, but she felt it would be more comfortable touring on it than on any of the other small to mid displacement Hondas (The NX700 is too tall for her, but may have been a good choice, too).
Anyhow, back on topic... The CB300 is a wonderful looking bike and I wouldn't be surprised if Hedge doesn't "steal" it from her on certain occasions. I know I would.
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I bought a KZ550Ltd cruiser style bike because I liked the looks and thought touring would be easy. Dang seat about killed my bum! Didn't know about custom seats back in those days (other than the huge king queen seats for 750's and Goldwings - which make Russell Day Longs look good).
So looks can be deceiving. A long ride or three will show any short comings. As they say, wisdom comes from a lot of bad experience....
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(03-09-2015, 03:11 AM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: My wife and I learned to ride on a scooter. Then we had CBR250Rs for until 2013 when I fell in love with the CB1100 and she fell in love with the CTX. Redbirds is correct one of the reasons that she opted for the CTX was the cruiser seating position. I wouldn't say she was intimidated by other bikes, but she felt it would be more comfortable touring on it than on any of the other small to mid displacement Hondas (The NX700 is too tall for her, but may have been a good choice, too).
Anyhow, back on topic... The CB300 is a wonderful looking bike and I wouldn't be surprised if Hedge doesn't "steal" it from her on certain occasions. I know I would.
I have to break it in for her :-)
