very good.

Good work!  I was pretty much the same as you about 4 years ago when I got my bike (my first one). I am decently mechanically inclined but never worked on motorcycles and was worried I would screw things up.

Thankfully, the forum here led me down all of the right paths and gave me the confidence that I could in fact do many things I was apprehensive about.

As you are, come here with your questions before or during the process and the folks here will do their best to lead you.  This is a very good, helpful, and unique forum compared to most.  

RaleighGuy wrote on 07/27/16 at 05:08:24:


When I first read this, I thought, "Ughh!" :frustration:

Yeah, that sissy bar is pretty small. It might help some, but it could also mean that when she does fall off, the fall will be worse as she'll tumble backwards over top of it. That doesn't include how it could get in the way and actually cause injury during a crash. At least that little thing is well cushioned.

Does she realize that most bikes don't even have sissy bars? Apart from touring bikes and some classics and cruisers, you're going to see plain pillions. Both our bikes have bars, so what can I say...

Women.... My Mom throws a fit if Dad wants to actually drive his $20,000 truck. She uses it for a doorstop. No joke. We park it in front of a shed as a thief deterrent. --A $20,000 truck as a doorstop.   I'm not sure who came up with the idea... Mom or Dad, but yesterday, guess who was complaining when Dad wanted to drive the truck?   I think he actually had to exchange places and use the CAR as a doorstop instead of the TRUCK in order to make her happy. Life is insane.

With that being said, I can't blame her either for kinda wanting a sissy bar for a little added safety, but thinking she absolutely NEEDS it?!?! :cue frustration: Especially one that short. Its as if the gesture of safety is more important than actual safety.

Is she going to have trouble holding on for some reason? Has she ridden before? My Mom is in favor of a sissy bar, but she's never actually ridden before, and she doesn't really want to. Maybe once she rides a while, she'll realize that she doesn't need it.

I reckon women crave security; sometimes at the cost of common sense. I guess we men sometimes do too. :sigh: I myself can get obsessed about little details to my own detriment. If it's not security, it's something else. Humanity is struck with stupidity. I'm sure JOG sees it in me with that broken head bolt. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1468203484 Stubborn as a rock, aren't I? Wise or foolish? Perhaps time will tell.

Ask JOG in the tall table about how society as a whole can be duped or act just plain coal bucket dumb. He knows; he'll probably hand you so much conspiracy theory your head will spin.

I guess the bike is not the only thing that requires patience.