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I've been trying to coax the wife into learning to ride for years. The CT125 makes a nice yard and field bike so I picked it up hoping she'd learn, but alas she didn't feel comfortable with the tall seat and not being able to put both feet down. Then I started looking into a cheap chinese scooter, just as a play toy for her and be something she could handle, but never followed through. I figured it would sit like the CT125.

The other day I sent her to a local shop to get a carbon fiber helmet because she has neck trouble and needed a nice light one, and when she came home she started telling me about this bike at the shop she really liked. Hmm......that's a first. I hadn't been in the shop in a while and was meaning to go by, chat, and show him the S3, so I took a trip out. I asked him which bike she sat on so I could see what she was interested in and he said it was this little Yammi XV250. Seat was nice and low, small bike, not a big powerhouse, so I told him 'well I can see why she liked this one'. I figured that if I didnt wind up getting one she liked, I'd never get her on a bike. She's scared of the bikes I'm riding and with good reason, she'd hurt herself on them.

I went ahead, processed the paperwork, and now it's home. She is excited and looks to want to follow through with the motorcycle training course and get her license. We talked for a bit and she asked him which bikes do they use for the training course, figuring it would be no use trying to take a course on a hog because she's never get on it. He says he supplies the bikes for the training course and lo and behold, he supplies them with the same bike, so basically she'll be taking the course on the same machine she'll be driving daily, a bonus.

Tags are on and it's insured, so I'm bringing it to the gap so I can find some relatively decent, empty roads so she can get some time in. I drove the thing home and it runs extremely well for a 250 twin and wasn't too pricey at all. She's going in this week and see if she can get a learner's permit. She's on her way.

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74 H2B with reeds and 34mm carbs
75 S3A Ram Air with reeds and 30mm carbs
73 S2A (wife's bike)
71 Yammi RT1B
83 HD Sportster
03 Yammi R1
06 Kaw 750 Vulcan (wife’s bike)
12 Yammi vstar 250 (wife’s bike)

Excellent, Richard. She'll have a blast.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

I got my wife riding last year on a rebel 250, cool little bike. Within a few months she wanted more power so we bought a Seca 600. She then found out about
FZR400's and we bought 2 of those. I now have so many bikes in the garage there is no room to work on the H2.

Rebel - PERFECT learner bike.

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This is true. Where I grew up the hills were so steep and long, when your ball rolled down the hill you just said "screw it"...

She's so used to seeing me kickstart my bikes, first thing she said was 'where's the kickstart?'. I had to chuckle a little. I told her it was electric start and it didn't have a kickstart. She says 'good cause I don't think I've got enough to kick start one.'. I'll have to find her some bags to haul her purse and such in.

I'll have to wait on the R1.

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74 H2B with reeds and 34mm carbs
75 S3A Ram Air with reeds and 30mm carbs
73 S2A (wife's bike)
71 Yammi RT1B
83 HD Sportster
03 Yammi R1
06 Kaw 750 Vulcan (wife’s bike)
12 Yammi vstar 250 (wife’s bike)

she looks so happy sitting on her new bike

Hey usernameandpassword, if she wants some company to ride with while you go out and enjoy yourself, she's most welcomed to ride with me.

I will be taking things VERY slow and easy first, since I have to adjust to riding on the wrong side of the road and it has been months since I've had a proper ride.

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Lisa

"I tried to restrain myself, but I escaped."

Appreciate the offer but I'll never get her on it by herself. She's still a little chicken yet. I'll have to ride on the back the first few times with her. Let me tell ya that's an experience all it's own. Last time she almost dumped me off the back. Guess she didn't remember you have to let the clutch out slow in first, not try to do a burnout.

I was going to take her around this weekend but it's awful cold and rainy here, I won't even ride my bikes. We should be able to find some roads around Robbinsville, maybe I'll even coax her into riding up to the gap. Usually I take a day and hang out down at ground zero, then spend a day with her. She'll be with me a couple times at the gap, but probably on the back of my bike.

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74 H2B with reeds and 34mm carbs
75 S3A Ram Air with reeds and 30mm carbs
73 S2A (wife's bike)
71 Yammi RT1B
83 HD Sportster
03 Yammi R1
06 Kaw 750 Vulcan (wife’s bike)
12 Yammi vstar 250 (wife’s bike)

I would think that someone new to riding a motorcycle would do a lot better with you on another one near here, than on the back of hers. Handling, especially at low speed, is always harder with a passenger.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

It's all good, whatever she want to do, my offer still stands.

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Lisa

"I tried to restrain myself, but I escaped."