Have you let your buddy ride your bike yet?

[Combo]

I swapped bikes with my friend and ridding buddy named Buddy today. He rode the Super for about 15 miles and a good mix of riding conditions. It was fun watching him get used to the bike and pushing it a little more as time passed.

When he did stop he said the reason he stopped was if he didn't stop right then, It was going to cost him a lot of money, around 14000 worth for his new Big XT. He kept shaking his head looking at the bike and saying over and over again..............IMPRESSIVE!

 

[adventorider76]

Re: Have you let you buddy ride your bike yet?

Nobody besides me and the guy that put it together has ridden mine yet. 8)

 

[nankoweap]

i don't have any friends so it's all good here. ;D

 

[rem]

I allowed one of my riding buddies, Nick, the privilege and honor of riding my Tenere on Wednesday. Nick was the only one of six who ordered Teneres up here who bailed. I just wanted to show him what he missed. He didn't say much after the ride. What could he say ???? Anyway, his first and last ride on my bike. He has a KLR, he can ride that. Hard cheese. I have demonstrated enough altruism to last me the rest of the year. R

 

[Buckeye56]

Re: Have you let you buddy ride your bike yet?

Nobody besides me and the guy that put it together has ridden mine yet. 8)

+1! One of my regular ridding pals bought one too so the list of people that I would ALLOW to ride the Tenere is very short. It's too tall for the wife so most likely I won't do it.

 

[colorider]

One of my close friends lives about 50 miles from me and we are constantly razing each other about our bikes. In the past I have bought him a considerable amount of his favorite beer for bets I have lost pertaining to foolish statements I have made about "the last bike I'm ever going to buy" and such. Anyway - he rides a DL650 ABS and he has been razing me for the last year about "one Wee Strom is worth two Tenere's in the bush" or some-such stuff since I have been in wait mode for so long. Tuesday he and I are taking a ride down to Colorado Springs and I expect we will do a bike swap someplace along the line. I'm looking forward to his comments after the ride!!!

 

[tkad]

I have let my riding buddy sample the s10. He is 5ft 8ish and though the seat was in the high position, he found the weight manageable. his comment was that he would not change a thing. the windscreen was perfect for him. he rides a st1300, tl1000 and vespa 250gt. he found the bars a little high, though more time in the saddle might temper that opinion. if there were limits to having only one bike, he felt that this could be the one.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I allowed one of my riding buddies, Nick, the privilege and honor of riding my Tenere on Wednesday. Nick was the only one of six who ordered Teneres up here who bailed. I just wanted to show him what he missed. He didn't say much after the ride. What could he say ??? ? Anyway, his first and last ride on my bike. He has a KLR, he can ride that. Hard cheese. I have demonstrated enough altruism to last me the rest of the year. R

Hmmm, a fine line between good Karma and bad.

 

[Koinz]

I don't typically offer up my bike for someone to go for a ride, however, if I have ridden with them and know their riding expertise and history I don't have a problem letting them go for a short ride.

Many people don't want to take on the liability of riding someone's brand new bike just in case something happens. ???

 

[elizilla]

When I got my DL1000 in 2003, it was the first new bike I ever owned. Two or three weeks after I got it, I was riding with a good friend, Chuck. His bike was a 1978 CB750, and he'd never ridden anything else. He asked me if he could ride the V-Strom, and I agreed to let him. As a veteran of 20-year old bikes myself, I made sure to warn him that the roll-on, on the new bike, would feel very abrupt, that you barely had to crack the throttle.

So we traded bikes. I led out from the stop because I knew where we were. I discovered that his bike had an even slower throttle response than my old bikes - I had to roll on a huge amount just to get it to move. As I shifted to second, I looked in the mirror to see how Chuck was doing. And I saw that the front wheel of my V-Strom was about four feet off the ground. @#$%! I *know* he's never done that - I don't think it would even be possible on this CB750. Insurance would buy me a new V-Strom, but where would I get a new Chuck? Don't cross it up, don't cross it up.... he brought it down safely. Thank goodness!

At the next stop sign he pulled up next to me, leaned over and yelled "OMG. OMG. I am SO sorry. So sorry... but, but, that was COOL! OMG. OMG." )

Anyways, I would hesitate to turn someone with only old-bike experience loose on the Super10, for this reason. If you never rode an FI bike, and you aren't used to the horsepower, you could get in trouble in a hurry.

 

[Combo]

When I got my DL1000 in 2003, it was the first new bike I ever owned. Two or three weeks after I got it, I was riding with a good friend, Chuck. His bike was a 1978 CB750, and he'd never ridden anything else. He asked me if he could ride the V-Strom, and I agreed to let him. As a veteran of 20-year old bikes myself, I made sure to warn him that the roll-on, on the new bike, would feel very abrupt, that you barely had to crack the throttle.

So we traded bikes. I led out from the stop because I knew where we were. I discovered that his bike had an even slower throttle response than my old bikes - I had to roll on a huge amount just to get it to move. As I shifted to second, I looked in the mirror to see how Chuck was doing. And I saw that the front wheel of my V-Strom was about four feet off the ground. @#$%! I *know* he's never done that - I don't think it would even be possible on this CB750. Insurance would buy me a new V-Strom, but where would I get a new Chuck? Don't cross it up, don't cross it up.... he brought it down safely. Thank goodness!

At the next stop sign he pulled up next to me, leaned over and yelled "OMG. OMG. I am SO sorry. So sorry... but, but, that was COOL! OMG. OMG." )

Did you make him wash the seat off. )

 

[GrahamD]

I am very reluctant to swap bikes. Seen a few too many friendships go a bit sour after some shit happened, and was generally not the persons fault.

Maybe the friendship was not that good in the first place but it is always in the back of my mind even though I am older and wiser now.

On top of that I don;t want to be personally responsible of killing someones new toy.

Cheers
Graham