To Lend Out Your Bike Or Not

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Mr_Salad · #51 Post by **Mr_Salad** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:55 am

VP wrote:No way...treat it as though it's your toothbrush...no one gets to use it but you.

I would let my girlfriend use my toothbrush. But anyone from a 'one night stand,' the brush is off limits.

So I guess if you are gonna stick around a while and you don't have bad breath, you can ride my bike.

High_Side · #52 Post by **High_Side** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:27 am

Mr_Salad wrote: I would let my girlfriend use my toothbrush. But anyone from a 'one night stand,' the brush is off limits.

But you let them use the girlfriends brush right?????

Mr_Salad · #53 Post by **Mr_Salad** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:08 am

But my girlfriend lives an hour away...

Sculelos · #54 Post by **Sculelos** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:59 am

Only one I let ride my bike is my dad, and thats cause he's insured on it, otherwise I just don't let other people ride it.

shane-o · #55 Post by **shane-o** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:26 pm

friends i will

ive got insurance on the bike, id be more worried about my bike biting someone, it gets moody sometimes

Shorts · #56 Post by **Shorts** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:37 pm

Only a select few in our circle of riding friends will get on our bikes. Other than that, probably not. In fact a friend rode DHs bike home from the dealership several months back. And today a friend is riding my back home from the same place (come on weather, hold out!). Most other friends go by "don't ride it if you can't buy it".

Around here though, especially being military and having to deal with civie rules and base rules, licensed friends ride each others bike on to base or home from the dealership if the new owner isn't licensed. Not only is it bad juju to get into a wreck on a motorcycle as an unlicensed operator, it does not so good things to the career folder.

flynrider · #57 Post by **flynrider** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:11 pm

I ride a lot of other peoples' bikes. Some of them I've been riding with for decades, others are neighbors or people I work with.

Before I get on anyone's bike I tell them that I will pay for anything that should happen to it while I'm riding it. None of this "insurance will pay for it" crap. Just direct responsibility.

My bike doesn't have full coverage, so I'm on the hook if anything happens to it. If I've determined that the rider is not squidly and they're willing to make the same commitment, I'm happy to let them give my bike a try.

There's an increased risk the first time an unfamiliar rider tries out a bike, so you have to account for it.

To this day, I've never scratched anyone else's bike and no one has scratched mine. Although, I've had a lot of people turn down the offer to take my bike because they were not in a position to pony up if they bent it.

neutom72 · #58 Post by **neutom72** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:44 am

I'm very protective of my bikes and I don't play nice. Wouldn't even consider letting someone ride my baby. They don't make my ride anymore and I'm not risking it.

DivideOverflow · #59 Post by **DivideOverflow** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:56 am

I'd let my brother and my best friend take my bike for a spin... in a parkinglot.

I know where they live, and how to extract money from them.