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on memorial day, my cousins were checking out my bike. sure enough one of them says, can i take a ride down the block. in a complete momentary lack of judgement i say yes..... "but here put the helmet on i say, its the law".....

you know what comes next....

slowly coming out of my driveway the crazy donkey doesnt navigate the turn out of the driveway and is heading towards the curb on the opposite side of the street. his radius on the turn was way off, he panicked and dropped the bike. i have been so cautious with mine and THIS crazy donkey drops it.

no damage except to his crazy donkey ego im sure. he bent the rear brake but i bent it back. just took it for a ride and no issues.

lesson learned: DONT LET ANYONE RIDE YOUR BIKE!! unless you know this person is licensed, owns and rides often and is trustworthy!

Edit: nevermind, I see it was your cousin. Still a horrible idea.

RideYourRide wrote:Edit: nevermind, I see it was your cousin. Still a horrible idea.

hahaha, what were you going to say sue him? beat the crap outta him?
i should send him a bill for a new rizoma rear set control kit

btw ride: coincidently i was watching your clips on youtube this morning based on some mentions here. nice job outta you, you need to clean up the language though ... had to mute the colorful language as my lil girl was sitting next to me.

.... which is why, when I'm selling a bike privately: no test rides! (unless they put the cash in my hand first.) I have no idea who the potential buyers are, previous experience & skill (if any) on a bike, etc, etc. Your cousin proves my point beautifully.

A possible exception with someone else would be if you know they have more than a years current experience insure their own bike and your ride his bike with him. If they want or bring their own safety equipment pants/gloves etc... that tells you something about how concerned they are about themselves and indirectly your bike. Be sure to limit the time, distance and max speed you want them to go.

I just think that with some more precautions there would be fewer stories like this. Other than just saying "no" to everyone. Maybe no to most but not all if they fit the mold you want.

When people are out of sight or hearing distance, they tend to do things you would not want ever done. Like a wheelie, turn into speed racer etc... I think there are no absolute safety measures but with the above you've done all you can and if its a relative or good friend have then saved a relationship. Unless you would prefer to use it as a tool to get rid of him.

Some curse, some don't. Not everyone considers it bad.

I am not one to let people ride, sit on, or touch my motorcycle anymore then I would my car. I personally refuse to ride, sit on, or for the most part touch anyone elses motorcycle or car.

spin wrote:

RideYourRide wrote:Edit: nevermind, I see it was your cousin. Still a horrible idea.

hahaha, what were you going to say sue him? beat the "crumb" outta him?
i should send him a bill for a new rizoma rear set control kit

btw ride: coincidently i was watching your clips on youtube this morning based on some mentions here. nice job outta you, you need to clean up the language though ... had to mute the colorful language as my lil girl was sitting next to me.

No, I thought it was someone you didn't know at all and that would have made it about the most insane thing I'd ever heard in my life.

Sorry about the language thing, haha. I never professed to be PG, even if I didn't swear half my jokes are probably no good for young people.

I have one simple rule, nobody drops my bike but me!

The Day after i bought my 650 custom I took it to my friends house. He asked if he could take a spin around the block. So I said Of Course> Now before everyone yells at me he has been riding since he was 18 he is now 43. He rides a 1986 Harley Sporster 1100. When he got back His first words were "I love the Shaft Drive" "This 650 has alot of pep to it" Does Yamaha make this in an 1100.

On another forum I belong to, we used to get together for "Parking Lot Practice" in the spring. After putting around on our own bikes for an hour or so, someone would usually ask, either, "Hey, I'm thinking about moving up to something like that, can I ride yours?" OR "You look good, want to ride mine?"

And then the bike swapping begins. It is fun to putt around on a completely different machine. Since its in a parking lot, there are no traffic worries. The one drop that happened worked out for the better (the droppee got his bike neatly re-wired from miles of spaghetti, even though there was only the barest scratch on plastic - nice save!)

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