Posted by JayC on April 12, 2010, 1:13 pm
I don't know if I'll be hit by lightning for making an ON-TOPIC post,
BUT...a short while back there was a thread that highlighted a few
funny (to the spectator) wife-learning-to-ride stories. Well, this
wasn't MY wife, but close (her best buddy).
My wife's friend was visiting from out-of-state, and wanted me to
teach her how to ride a dirtbike. I saddled her on my kids' XR80, and
began the base instruction. She had previously owned a manual-tranny
car, so I figured it would be easy. Apparently, gears aside, the
concept of a hand-controls including throttle and brakes is somewhat
problematic for some. Long story short, she performed a textbook
smooth take-off in first, then pinned the throttle and proceeded
straight across the back yard, through the fire pit, then up and over
a 5' high stack of bonfire wood that we had piled at the edge of the
yard earlier in the day. It was actually a quite impressive
trialsesque climb up the stack of wood - she bailed about halfway up
the woodpile (thank god) and threw the bike away, which then ghost-
rode straight up and over the peak, launching itself impressively
through the air, over the backyard embankment, and down into the
stream behind the house. The friend emerged completely unscathed, so
it was absolutely hilarious.
JayC
Posted by Mike Baxter on April 12, 2010, 1:27 pm
wrote:
>I don't know if I'll be hit by lightning for making an ON-TOPIC post,
>BUT...a short while back there was a thread that highlighted a few
>funny (to the spectator) wife-learning-to-ride stories. Well, this
>wasn't MY wife, but close (her best buddy).
>My wife's friend was visiting from out-of-state, and wanted me to
>teach her how to ride a dirtbike. I saddled her on my kids' XR80, and
>began the base instruction. She had previously owned a manual-tranny
>car, so I figured it would be easy. Apparently, gears aside, the
>concept of a hand-controls including throttle and brakes is somewhat
>problematic for some. Long story short, she performed a textbook
>smooth take-off in first, then pinned the throttle and proceeded
>straight across the back yard, through the fire pit, then up and over
>a 5' high stack of bonfire wood that we had piled at the edge of the
>yard earlier in the day. It was actually a quite impressive
>trialsesque climb up the stack of wood - she bailed about halfway up
>the woodpile (thank god) and threw the bike away, which then ghost-
>rode straight up and over the peak, launching itself impressively
>through the air, over the backyard embankment, and down into the
>stream behind the house. The friend emerged completely unscathed, so
>it was absolutely hilarious.
>JayC
Why does this story make me smile so big?
Mike Baxter
Posted by WW on April 12, 2010, 5:13 pm
>I don't know if I'll be hit by lightning for making an ON-TOPIC post,
> BUT...a short while back there was a thread that highlighted a few
> funny (to the spectator) wife-learning-to-ride stories. Well, this
> wasn't MY wife, but close (her best buddy).
> My wife's friend was visiting from out-of-state, and wanted me to
> teach her how to ride a dirtbike. I saddled her on my kids' XR80, and
> began the base instruction. She had previously owned a manual-tranny
> car, so I figured it would be easy. Apparently, gears aside, the
> concept of a hand-controls including throttle and brakes is somewhat
> problematic for some. Long story short, she performed a textbook
> smooth take-off in first, then pinned the throttle and proceeded
> straight across the back yard, through the fire pit, then up and over
> a 5' high stack of bonfire wood that we had piled at the edge of the
> yard earlier in the day. It was actually a quite impressive
> trialsesque climb up the stack of wood - she bailed about halfway up
> the woodpile (thank god) and threw the bike away, which then ghost-
> rode straight up and over the peak, launching itself impressively
> through the air, over the backyard embankment, and down into the
> stream behind the house. The friend emerged completely unscathed, so
> it was absolutely hilarious.
> JayC
About 1980 My wife wanted to learn to go trail riding with sons and I. She
could not get the clutch thing handled. Kept telling her she must give it
more revs and slip the clutch. After several tries and failures she wrapped
it up and dropped the clutch. Bike looped out from under her and she did a
faceplant. That ended it for her.WW
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>BUT...a short while back there was a thread that highlighted a few
>funny (to the spectator) wife-learning-to-ride stories. Well, this
>wasn't MY wife, but close (her best buddy).
>My wife's friend was visiting from out-of-state, and wanted me to
>teach her how to ride a dirtbike. I saddled her on my kids' XR80, and
>began the base instruction. She had previously owned a manual-tranny
>car, so I figured it would be easy. Apparently, gears aside, the
>concept of a hand-controls including throttle and brakes is somewhat
>problematic for some. Long story short, she performed a textbook
>smooth take-off in first, then pinned the throttle and proceeded
>straight across the back yard, through the fire pit, then up and over
>a 5' high stack of bonfire wood that we had piled at the edge of the
>yard earlier in the day. It was actually a quite impressive
>trialsesque climb up the stack of wood - she bailed about halfway up
>the woodpile (thank god) and threw the bike away, which then ghost-
>rode straight up and over the peak, launching itself impressively
>through the air, over the backyard embankment, and down into the
>stream behind the house. The friend emerged completely unscathed, so
>it was absolutely hilarious.
>JayC