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Does she even like riding? It's a serious question. I had 100 miles on the odometer in the first 2 hours I owned my bike, and logged about 700mi/month ever since.

Help her find some ladies riding groups. Show her some nice, country roads and take her out for lunch.

Moar training is moar better.

One of these days, I'll get around to taking the extra MSF classes.

I like the massage idea. Offer to detail her bike? (provided you do it right. You know we can be fussy about these things) I usually buy whatever bike related thing that I want, when I want to, so I'm not much help. For what it's worth, I make a lot of silver jewelry that plays well with motorcycle ...

I just slow down until I can see enough of where the road goes. Beats pulling off onto a soft shoulder and dumping into a cactus

Yay! Going from never driving a Standard to riding a bike is a pretty big thing. Have fun

Keeping your knees snug to the bike, for me, helps with control. I can darn near steer the thing with my butt on a brand new set of tires. As for your bike (I have the same, one year older), it handles excessive highway speeds like a champ. I've ridden it through some of the worst traffic you can im...

Ain't nothing like riding in bad weather. Bring our your best profanity and have a ball! I'll ride in anything that won't stick to the road and turn into ice. Been through some pretty vicious microbursts - hail, wind shear, lightning so close I could taste it, the works. I don't seek these things ou...

My bike looks like holy hell, so I'm making him ride it for a year to get the hang of things (and to get those first two or three dumps out of the way) before we buy him something pretty and shiny. I am an awesome wife

I grew up in Alaska and went back for a visit this last August. You're in for a treat. I hear the entire AlCan is entirely paved as of a couple of years ago. There's a publication called Milepost Magazine for it, too. Get one. It'll show you where all the gas stations are (and help you locate the on...

Congratulations! You got the first dump out of the way. Only one or two more to go My husband dumped mine for the first time last week while stopped on the side of the road. Called me all freaked out. Cutest thing ever.

Enjoy the ride!