There are some pictures I've seen (not in this thread, of course... ) that I wish their dark face-shield would have been down.
My girlfriend leaving to go on a ride with her parents: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5624607495/" title="Untitled by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5624607495_cdf86537f5_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt=""></a> With her new bike: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5544824909/" title="Kim and her new ride by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5544824909_c9d3522dce_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Kim and her new ride"></a> Practicing a few things in a parking lot before she goes live: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5628599971/" title="Untitled by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5628599971_705b0a978b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt=""></a> Just taking pics with my new camera: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5584011676/" title="Untitled by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5307/5584011676_c511426d42_b.jpg" width="681" height="1024" alt=""></a> Out drinking some beers: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5344398169/" title="Untitled by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5344398169_c0396d0f4b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt=""></a>
Perfect place to practice then a ride over to Saltgrass or Sweet Tomatoes depending on your taste. She rides AND is a looker. A keeper for sure!
Here's my girlfriend, Carrie, just as we arrived home with her newly-purchased '99 Ninja 250 (with 500 stickers )... she doesn't know how to ride yet, but she got her permit, we went gear shopping, and she's looking to enlist in an MSF class this spring. I'm watching happily from a safe distance - she's motivating herself so far, thankfully. I know how often this type of endeavor fails when the guy tries to push his poor wife into riding, and I don't want to be that douchebag.
Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two sweet pieces and I mean that with all the respect in the world. That my friends is a fine machine and lady.
Yeah, we've been using that parking lot a ton this spring. We go over every weekend and she practices swirving, hard braking, slow tight u-turns. I can't say enough how beneficial a little closed course training is. In this exercise, she rides right towards me about half way through 2nd gear. At the last second, I point which way I want her to turn, and she's got to swirv lest she kill her boyfriend.... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5629183226/" title="Kim practicing emergency swerving by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5629183226_85a874a84f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Kim practicing emergency swerving"></a>