It's a 99 ex250, just picked it up yesterday. Got her scheduled for the MSF in a couple weeks, but in the meantime, i've been getting her to practice some start/stop drills down our street to get a feel for the controls. She's picking it up fast, so maybe next season she'll be ready to move up to something bigger. Hope you enjoy the pics!

 

Nice pickup for the wifey. Nice pics and even nicer bike for j00~!

 

Gear? Insurance?

Those blue wheels need to be gold! Matching bikes ftw!

 

Thats blue rim tape....

God your 10R is sexy.

 

Nice I bought my wife an 03 R6, 1 year later we were ridding on a local street to go to my buddies BBQ it was 10 of us on bikes my wife was 1st and I was last because I was messing around we were doing about 15-20 mph and a F...... lady made a U turn in front of my wife all I saw was my wife's body in the air she landed onto oncoming traffic but nothing it took me .01 second to make it to her and she was ok Little road rash and shaken up but ok it was the scariest thing I have ever experienced I could have killed the lady who hit my wife she had no insurance or driver license so what Im trying to say its practice alot always were a helmet watch out for everybody on the street ridding a motorcycle is hard work because theirs too many idiots on the street. Ride safe

 

hot dark + gold = awesome.

black also = win

both of you guys, ride safe!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bad-monkey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hot dark + gold = awesome.

black also = win

both of you guys, ride safe!</TD></TR></TABLE>

hehe, thx...you can't really tell in those pics but that "dark" is all carbon fiber from OPP racing.



And to everyone with the concerns, thank you, but no worries. and yes, we both have full gear and full coverage on both bikes.

 

Does motorcycle carbon panels turn to **** like the hood on my lude?

 

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Prolly not if you paint them like you're sposed too... ricer!

 

That ZX-10 makes me cream my pants every time I see it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eddie_ek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice I bought my wife an 03 R6, 1 year later we were ridding on a local street to go to my buddies BBQ it was 10 of us on bikes my wife was 1st and I was last because I was messing around we were doing about 15-20 mph and a F...... lady made a U turn in front of my wife all I saw was my wife's body in the air she landed onto oncoming traffic but nothing it took me .01 second to make it to her and she was ok Little road rash and shaken up but ok it was the scariest thing I have ever experienced I could have killed the lady who hit my wife she had no insurance or driver license so what Im trying to say its practice alot always were a helmet watch out for everybody on the street ridding a motorcycle is hard work because theirs too many idiots on the street. Ride safe</TD></TR></TABLE>

Is she riding again?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eddie_ek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice I bought my wife an 03 R6, 1 year later we were ridding on a local street to go to my buddies BBQ it was 10 of us on bikes my wife was 1st and I was last because I was messing around we were doing about 15-20 mph and a F...... lady made a U turn in front of my wife all I saw was my wife's body in the air she landed onto oncoming traffic but nothing it took me .01 second to make it to her and she was ok Little road rash and shaken up but ok it was the scariest thing I have ever experienced I could have killed the lady who hit my wife she had no insurance or driver license so what Im trying to say its practice alot always were a helmet watch out for everybody on the street ridding a motorcycle is hard work because theirs too many idiots on the street. Ride safe</TD></TR></TABLE>
Man, that is one long *** sentence. But yeah, what RC51WV said. Is she riding again?

 

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Sorry about my writting im a high school drop out.Yes shes ridding but not as much. she did not ride that year, the next year maybe twice this year twice we went for a 200 mile ride and she was complaining that her butt and back hurt so im thinking about getting her a cruiser but nothing small becuse then shes going to miss the power of the R6.

 

Holy crap. My eyes hurt now. I guess with the money spent on the 10R, you can't afford a keyboard with working punctuation keys?

 

the 10r needs more carbon or have the rest be black at least...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eddie_ek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sorry about my writting im a high school drop out.Yes shes ridding but not as much. she did not ride that year, the next year maybe twice this year twice we went for a 200 mile ride and she was complaining that her butt and back hurt so im thinking about getting her a cruiser but nothing small becuse then shes going to miss the power of the R6.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or a standard. Something like a monster I can understand her complaining though, if you're not use to riding a bike like that and then go on a long haul it can be painful. Try getting her to ride a little more often, but not in high traffic areas, maybe like a 30-50 mile trip for lunch through the back roads or something.

It's good she's riding though. I feel (and probably most others, but I could be wrong) that motorcycle riders are better car drivers because they're more perceptive from riding a bike. And we all know how much women drivers need to be more perceptive.

 

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That guy doesn't own the 10r

 

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Again, Marm is pwned by the reading You are getting old j/k

 

Wow. Maybe I need to give Reading For Dummies a try.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by marmaladeboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wow. Maybe I need to give Reading For Dummies a try.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You've got the dummy part down pretty good. Just focus on the reading j/k hehe

I couldn't resist!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by backlash &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You've got the dummy part down pretty good. Just focus on the reading j/k hehe

I couldn't resist!! </TD></TR></TABLE>
Just for that, I'm getting CEii's autograph twice this w/e.

 

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you should have taken it to get some coats of clear put on it. otherwise the resin will burn and turn colors. i imagine you have yellowing?

 

RC51 your stand up guy thats cool. You think that suzuki 109R is too big for a girl

 

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Oh no, my reputation is going to be tarnished.

It looks a little large. By standard I meant something along the lines of these bikes:

Ducati Monster
Triumph speed 4
Suzuki SV650(non s version)
Honda 599
Yamaha fz6 (which is basically an r6 with a slightly tuned down engine and -much- friendlier ergonomics)

If she doesn't want to go with a cruiser. Infact, she will have as much power as any one needs and be a lot more comfortable without completely having to sacrifice handling, stopping, and acceleration that comes with riding a sport bike.

But if she wants a cruiser, look for something she can sit on comfortably and is not intimidated by. It's really not about how much it weighs, because you balance a bike and not carry it. It's about what she thinks she can handle and how comfortable she'll be riding it.