Not a good way to impress your new girlfriend

[mini-muffin]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. She is a beautiful girl, you're very luck. Also glad that little mishap didn't scare her off of riding.

 

Margaret

[mraf]

Wow, sure glad SilvrT doesn't work as a paparazzi. He had me in tears.:rotfl: If she wants to ride with you again she has to be hooked. A flat tire will pucker anyone. Glad to hear you kept it under control. Charlie brown.

[Freebird]

Very nice Ron. She looks MUCH better than the pictures that Silvrt posted.

[Red1]

But not much of a redhead. If there's one thing I know, I know carrot-tops. I made 2 of them and my oldest granddaughter is also blessed.

FYI - I'll be monitoring this site for ANY degratory comments made towards those of us with superior hair color genetics.

And good job keeping the bike upright and bringing it to a safe ending. 2 attaboys for that! :happy65:

[Black Owl]

Dang, You guys in uniform get all the good ones.

[ronhenry4]

LOL i dont know about all the good ones (been married 3 times) but this one very special. I just got back from picking up my bike and there was a 4 inch cut on the center of the tread line so i must have run over something:confused24: but all's well that ends well. still cant find the spare tire for it?????? like Emily asked?????

[hig4s]

Okay, Don't hold your breath, too long on that one.....

 

Are you saying Yamaha will not honor that portion of the warranty???

[brscooter]

Did you push it? I had a blowout on the back tire right in front of a local MC shop and ended up stopping it a quarter of a mile down the road. I was pushing it back and one of the local MC police officers I worked with stopped and he started the bike and walked it back under the power of the bike. Much easier than pushing.

 

I had my wife on back and a loaded pack as we were on our way to New Orleans for our anniversery. It was on a honda shadow that I had b4 my venture. Scared me.

[tazmocycle]

great job on keeping it up with passenger, i wasn't as lucky!!! she sounds like a keeper right there,don.

[Snaggletooth]

The only tire I ever lost at speed was on my GL1200. I was out with my wife to be at that time and it was her second ride with me on the bike. We were on I-680 on the rural edge of Omaha and just coming out of a right hand curve at about 65 MPH when the front tire decided to quit in a hurry.

 

After what seemed to an eternity and some rather colorful muttering during the beating I was taking trying to keep bike going in a direction of my choosing I got it onto the shoulder and got the kick stand down. The WTB was off the bike and beating me on the head and shoulders yelling "YOU SAID YOU KNEW HOW TO RIDE ONE OF THESE!!!!"

 

Worst of it was, I still married her. What was I thinking? She never rode with me again on any bike. Any time she would start in pushing my buttons I ask, "You wanna go for another bike ride?" That usually was an end to the arguement. LOL! She had no idea how lucky we were that day. Kept the bike until I had 180,000 miles on it. Five years longer than I kept the wife. She didn't come with a warrenty or a manual. Couldn't fix her.

 

I remember pulling in the clutch and instantly regretting it. Got worse real quick. Got it back under power and did a slow power down through the gears and kept enough control to keep her pointed where I wanted. I hope I never have to ride out another front end blowout again.

 

Oh yeah! She was a red head to. Been scared of them ever since. LOL!

[ronhenry4]

Did you push it? I had a blowout on the back tire right in front of a local MC shop and ended up stopping it a quarter of a mile down the road. I was pushing it back and one of the local MC police officers I worked with stopped and he started the bike and walked it back under the power of the bike. Much easier than pushing.

 

I had my wife on back and a loaded pack as we were on our way to New Orleans for our anniversery. It was on a honda shadow that I had b4 my venture. Scared me.

No i didnt push it i was lucky enough to have a gas station about 500 yards so i moved it there under the power of the bike then did the same to get it on the trailer.

[a1bummer]

What?!?! No spare?!?! I guess I can stop looking for the jack then!!!