Bikes... or other half?

[ksrodent]

[pinkyfloyd]

My other half has no interest in bikes and keeps reminding me that it would be more benificial for the family to get rid of the bike and get a car and learn to drive a car instead.
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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[TFG600]

My misses hates bikes, I hate horses. We have an understanding if she can ride horses, I can ride bikes!

[ksrodent]

Agree with that mentality of each to their own hobby. Coming from the 'other halfs' view point tho....is there anyway to compete with the bird bikers or is this an instant attraction to a leather clad fella. Obviously not talking about the biker birds with hairy pits and chin!

Thought the free rein approach was the right thing to do and let the old man get the 'hit 40 need two wheels ' thing out of his system but apparently this goes along with needing new model of everything.

As a new widow to a biker bird, I now wonder should I have doned leathers and climbed aboard?

[pepperami]

My missus hates bikes and that`s sad but I have to tollerate her grandchildren so she can tollerate my bikes .

That said my bikes work out to be a LOT cheaper than her grandchildren .

In all fairness, she accepts that bikes are a part of me always will be .
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[pepperami]

[_Troy_]

My girlfriends step dad used to ride all the time, so she grew up around bikes. She absolutely loves going pillion, and thinks bikes are generally very fun. She has a car anyway, so if we need to be practical we have it there. Am I one of the lucky ones?
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Current bike: ZX6R J1
Previous bikes: CLR 125 | GS500 | ZX6R G2 | SV650

[yambabe]

[ksrodent]

[yambabe]

[harscot]

My better half is ok with the bike now, initally didn't want me to get one, "you'll kill yourself syndrome" but she is quite a happy pillion as long as the weather is dryish and warmish, I also think there is more of a togetherness with each other than we would other wise have in a car.
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[Llama-Farmer]

Sorry to hear that, but as yam said, the issues will have run deeper than that.

It's easy to (want to) blame it on one thing, but the truth is theres many contributing factors.

If two people are right for each other, one "issue" won't ruin things for them, if they're not right for each other, then that same issue becomes the scapegoat for lots of smaller issues too

[Dean-J]

My wife threatened to leave me if i got a bike....

So i broke her in gently by getting a 125. then 2months later she hit the roof when i bought the SV650. And again when i bought the thundercat, apparently " i want something thats quicker above 70mph+ " wasnt the correct reason to buy another bike??

Think now she has just accepted the fact that my love of bikes isnt going to go away, and i wont stop riding, so she may as well grin and bear it!

[Cunnington]

Mrs C used to be a sidecar pillion for her father in a race series so she doesn't give me any grief about the bike. In fact when our family expanded and I decided I didn't want something as insane as the Z1000, she insisted that I keep my hand in and we compromised on a project bike.

She used to come out as a pillion, but wont go near a bike now that we have kids.
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[Rogerborg]

[fozzym]

My mrs doesn't mind the bikes, she comes on the back now and then and enjoys it (in nice weather!).

She encouraged me to buy a new bike when I got a new job which was great.

Basically she just wants me to be safe and knows the bikes make me happy so is cool with it.

The thing is though and she knows it too, bikes aren't the be all and end all of my like so biking doesn't rule our lives.

Provided nothing changes I can't see her ever being funny about me riding bikes so thats brilliant. Lucky I guess

[dsb79]

My Mrs is the one who wants to be on it all the time, did loomies today and then Brighton, cant complane.

[carlosthejack...]

Missus. The bike's fun, but it doesn't fuck me. However, the missus is very understanding, and is doing her CBT, she want's to know why it makes me grin the way that it does. She'd never ask me to give it up, but if I have the choice with blast with mates or time with her, she wins every time. I have enough time on my own to want more when she's available.
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[bunglebubs]

Personally I can't understand all these guys who won't get a bike because their partner/wife etc doesn't want them to! Its your life do what you want. My bike was here before my current girlfriend and if we split I will still have my bike. Having said that my g/f loves being pillion but has now done her CBT and is planning to take the MOD 1 & 2 some point this year
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[Louise]

Dont change for anyone......
You are who you are...
Ex 1 - hated bikes, year later did her full DAS
Ex 2 - Wasnt keen on me riding, but come on the back - later on did her full DAS.
Ex 3 - Different story - Hates bikes, Hated me riding, constant worrie -Never came on the back...It was a 'fact' in our relationship too - Dumped.
New bird.... Up for anything, but worries If its bad weather... win win...
I will never change for a person, I ride, its a huge part of my life...
Dont like - Do one

[Llama-Farmer]

[temeluchus]

"its me or the bike"

"Ok, leave your key on the side, I'll see you around"

"your serious?"

"are you?

"yes"

"leave your key on the side."

"fffffffffff"

"get out"
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[Villers]

Me and the mrs actually have a mutual respect thing going on. I was a person for 25 years before we met and she understands that the bike comes with me!

The new stuff is a little more difficult, for instance if I was to come home with a new bike tomorrow she would do her best to be happy for me, but bikes are out of her control. Unfortunately the debate about me wanting a parrot is still ongoing despite my threats of getting a 'snake instead, or an otter'!
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RS125 > CBR6 > SV650S > ZX636R > GSX1300RZ Hayabusa > 06 RSVR Mille > SV1000S > Street Triple 765 RS

[Villers]

Me and the mrs actually have a mutual respect thing going on. I was a person for 25 years before we met and she understands that the bike comes with me!

The new stuff is a little more difficult, for instance if I was to come home with a new bike tomorrow she would do her best to be happy for me, but bikes are out of her control. Unfortunately the debate about me wanting a parrot is still ongoing despite my threats of getting a 'snake instead, or an otter'!
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RS125 > CBR6 > SV650S > ZX636R > GSX1300RZ Hayabusa > 06 RSVR Mille > SV1000S > Street Triple 765 RS

[J.M.]