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29 Apr 2006
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If you want to stay with your girlfriend.... Get her to do her CBT, it doesn't cost a lot and an instructor will show her the practicalities of motorcycling. There's a womens bike school in Fulham (can't remember the name right now). She'll hopefully see that we don't ride with a deathwish, just the opposite. Avoid quoting 'saftey' statistics, they're a a bit pointless.
My honest opinion though is to get on and do it, get your bike. See what happens with her. As to the mortgage, it's a bit underhand to use that to stop you getting a bike. Life's too short to let someone else's fear (let alone your own) keep you wrapped in cotton wool.
enjoy your new freedom....
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29 Apr 2006
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Use the mortgage money for a new bike .
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11 May 2006
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If she's so dead set against bikes, she's not going to be interested in checking out a CBT-type class.
I say go ahead and take the course. If she gives you a hassle over it, is she really someone you want to spend the rest of your life with? This time it'll be getting a bike, but it won't be long before she'll be laying down the law over something else...
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I´ve been riding every year of my life since I started out on a Honda PW50 when I was 5. Now that adds up to 17 years, so I usually encounter very little resistance, mostly people just tell me to be careful... but where´s the fun in that? For this reason, I never had to worry about family (my parents were the ones who put me on a bike to begin with), friends or partners holding me back.
Sure it´s dangerous, but LIFE is dangerous. There´s the saying "better to be safe than sorry", but if I stopped riding, my sorrow would far outweigh my safety.
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