Concerns about my wife on the track.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by OTB

For most couples:

Husband as Teacher, Critic, Instructor = Many nights on sofa.

Husband as Cheerleader and Riding Partner= Marital Bliss

It has been my experience that women do better with ANYBODY else as their Riding Coach/Instructor than a BF/Husband....too much emotional stuff at stake for both parties.

For the woman; It's "I KNOW I can DO this; Just Stop YELLING At Me!!!!"

For the Guy; "This is so SIMPLE, WHY can't you RELAX AND DO WHAT I TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!"

This is NOT how it went with me. But I'm the exception. I'm a great teacher and spent countless hours with her. Plus parking lot and constantly tell her things as they happen when we ride. She started with reading, got her permit, parking lot lessons, more reading, more talk, parking lot, street, street, MSF, street, ct...

We all remember this?



Next came the MSF


And yes I played the supporting roll too


And we were off to riding adventures




But again, I have been to track school, and countless hours of safety driving at work. Enough to be an instructor at most places. Is the track a good idea? YES. Should you limit it there? No... but that is a case by case basis.