Am I a cruel person? I have been for some time trying to get my neighbor back riding. Yesterday evening I let him take my busa for a ride; he has been riding motorcycles for years and just recently sold his GSXR 750. He came back with a smile from ear to ear!
Cruel or Not
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I'd say you must be a true friend. I haven't let anyone ride my Busa yet.......
BigBS is the only other rider Carmen has seen!
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3 conditions for riding my Busa........
1 must be a good friend that won't try to SUE me if something goes wrong.
2 must have a bike of equal or higher value than my Busa that I can ride if.......refer back to #1
3 the good friend and bike owner must be have some experience with high horsepower bikes, not just cruisers.
To answer the question, yes you are cruel because now your neighbor will not be happy with ANY other bike he rides
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1 must be a good friend that won't try to SUE me if something goes wrong.
2 must have a bike of equal or higher value than my Busa that I can ride if.......refer back to #1
3 the good friend and bike owner must be have some experience with high horsepower bikes, not just cruisers.
To answer the question, yes you are cruel because now your neighbor will not be happy with ANY other bike he rides
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I have a wierd feelin that all busa owners are really possesive and passionate about their bike!!
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And manatrader, i don't think you're cruel but you're just too passionate about your bike and its totally understamdable!!
i've let my old man ride it a few time.. the little bro has rode it once and i was in front of him on this Vstrom.. so I knew he wasn't gonna be doin no serious speed..
and i let the father in law ride it a little because he is thinking of getting back into biking.. hadn't rode in about 15 years.. and it was a cruiser the last time he rode.. hehe I was nervous as hell.. but I couldn't see any gracious way of saying no..
not that he asked .. I offered.. I didn't really expect him to take me up on it though.. haha.
He would have taken care of it if anything would have happened so I was more worried about him doing something to himself..
no probs though.. rode it, loved it, and I believe he is shopping for a used one right now.
and i let the father in law ride it a little because he is thinking of getting back into biking.. hadn't rode in about 15 years.. and it was a cruiser the last time he rode.. hehe I was nervous as hell.. but I couldn't see any gracious way of saying no..
not that he asked .. I offered.. I didn't really expect him to take me up on it though.. haha.
He would have taken care of it if anything would have happened so I was more worried about him doing something to himself..
no probs though.. rode it, loved it, and I believe he is shopping for a used one right now.
Just trying to recruit more members.
thats hilarious
Not cruel, but yeah a little crack dealer like.
I don't let anybody ride my bike though.
friend: Let me ride your bike
me: You can't ride my bike
Yes I can, I have a license.
I know but you can't ride my bike.
But I've been riding for a long time, I know how to ride a bike.
I know you can ride, but you can't ride my bike.
What's different about it?
It's MINE. And you can't ride it
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I don't let anybody ride my bike though.
friend: Let me ride your bike
me: You can't ride my bike
Yes I can, I have a license.
I know but you can't ride my bike.
But I've been riding for a long time, I know how to ride a bike.
I know you can ride, but you can't ride my bike.
What's different about it?
It's MINE. And you can't ride it
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Only let one other guy ride mine. I think it really comes down to, if they drop it, what's gonna happen? I knew if he dropped the bike, he was going to pay.
And I appreciated that ride more than you will ever know! Thanks again!
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Good policy. Protects you, your bike and your friendship.
Yes, you did do a nice thing though. Once you get a taste, it can be hard to get it out of your mind. How long before he gets himself a new bike?
BTW, the only other person to ride mine was my wife. I figured she helped/let me get it
Guess I'm the odd ball of the site. Lots of my friends have the code to my garage and I leave the key in all my toys. I come home and see the Harley gone or the Busa gone and I know who has it by what they parked in the driveway. In the true friendship spirit there will be the keys to the vette or the ZX12 or the custom Chopper on the kitchen counter in case I wanna go somehwere. Must be a southern thing?!? They are toys and we all understand if we break 'em we fix 'em. As long as we can walk away from whatever bad thing happens we're all OK with it.
No I don't think you were cruel but you did spend $10K of his money to get his next Busa fix!!
No I don't think you were cruel but you did spend $10K of his money to get his next Busa fix!!
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