Think about the Mrs's. a wives view on buying a cycle
Oct 07 '00
Background:
When my husband announced he wanted to buy a bike I was not exactly thrilled. If your wife is like me, I have a suggestion. I thought bikes were dangerous deathtraps ridden only by criminals and young kids. I have since learned the error of my ways I'm happy to say.
Things to do before the purchase:
There are several things my husband did or could have done to sway my opinion. First, he showed my what the insurance would run on a new bike with full coverage including a warranty as compared to buying a 2nd vehicle. The difference in ins coverage was enough to make me think twice. Secondly, he chose a bike with a passenger seat and stressed how much he was looking forward to me riding, (I was 8 mos preg at the time with our second and the idea of a few minutes freedom was appealing.)
Third, and this helped alot, he bought us both a helmet, (I won't get into that argument with you, but it calmed my fears,) and then enrolled and took the local motorcycle safety course.
Something I did that helped me and he could have done was this. I went did searches on motorcycle safety, crashes, and death rates. I found that the percentage of death is much decreased when helmets are involved and there were far fewer accidents than I had imagined, about the same as with a vehicle.
After the purchase:
When he announced he was joining a riding club I thought "Oh Boy, now what". He went a couple times and asked me to go, I went and found out the people were ordinary folks who happen to love riding and have even made some friends. Because of my strong Christian beliefs he also found out about the Christian Motorcycle Association and we joined that as well. Getting the wife involved and allowing her to meet and befriend people will also help alot.
Offer her a ride, and offer again. If you can get your wife to go, do it. Promise dinner or a ride to a theatre, whatever it takes to get her to go. I was convinced I'd fall off and die, I didn't and was so so about the first ride. By the time I had my third I was starting to actually relax and enjoy it. Now when we go somewhere with the riding club and he rides while I bring the kids in the van, I actually find myself thinking how nice it'd be to ride on the bike instead.
Once you've gotten the wife to ride, if she seems to like it, invest in a good seat with a backrest for her. I won't say I never worry anymore, but I am much more comfortable with the idea of him being on the bike. In fact while typing this, he's off at a poker run, couldn't get a sitter willing to be here at 7 this morning or I'd have gone too. :)
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