HEEEEELLLLP! <forehead slap>

[jtemple]

My mother is unbeliveable. She wants a bike.

She has lots of passenger experience (starting from before I was born) on a bike. So, that's not a problem.

She has been considering a sportbike. I tried and tried to steer her toward beginner-friendly bikes. What does she want? A Hayabusa.


Why? I don't know. I had her going toward something easier to ride, like a smaller cruiser, or the Ninja 250. Last night, she emails me, and again, has to have a Hayabusa. Here's what I said to her:

I forbid you to get a Hayabusa. They are about as far away from a beginner bike as you can get. Bad, very bad idea. You do not need a 200HP bike to have fun.

A 50HP bike can out-accelerate any car on the road and go faster than 100 mph. My first bike had 68HP and would do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds, was powerful enough to pull the front wheel off the ground, and had a top speed of about 130MPH.

A 200HP bike is very unforgiving toward common mistakes that new riders make. Something as simple as a manhole cover, or a freshly painted crosswalk, and one twitch of the throttle will make you wreck.

Now, will she actually go through with it and get a Hayabusa anyway? I don't know. The way she is, she might never get any bike. But geez, I swear I'm talking to a brick wall.

[Rider]

Sometimes when people have their mind set on something you cant talk sense into them. Good luck with this and hoepfully she will see the light and not get that Busa.

Have her log into this place and we can all tell her it's not a good idea to get a Busa as a first bike. Or have her log onto ANY sportbike forum and have her search though the beginner section or better yet, have OTB talk some sense into her.

[OneSickPsycho]

Just go over there when she gets it and pull one of the spark plug wires. Problem solved.

[marko138]

Good plan.

[z06boy]

Just wondering...how old is your mom ?

[jtemple]

51

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Just go over there when she gets it and pull one of the spark plug wires. Problem solved.

Should prolly pull 2, that bitch is fast

[jtemple]

I also sent her the Ride2Die URL.

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Just go over there when she gets it and pull one of the spark plug wires. Problem solved.

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by jtemple

I also sent her the Ride2Die URL.

That's fucked up. Now she gets to think of that, but about you. Unless she doesn't worry. Do they even make Moms that don't worry??

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by DLIT

That's fucked up. Now she gets to think of that, but about you. Unless she doesn't worry. Do they even make Moms that don't worry??

I just want her to wear gear. She's a terrible driver; very easily distracted. I have a hard time visualizing her on a bike, and in control.