Wife rode my Gixxer for the first time.

[Mrs. Colleen]

Awesome! She is braver than me! I still wont get on my husband's GSXR 750.

[WildKat]

My wife can barely touch the ground on my Kat and it's far too heavy for her to feel comfortable on it if she could. She was barely able to even touch on a Gix 600 so when/if she decides to take the leap it won't be on anything of that nature..LOL.

Congrats to your wife, she's now hooked

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Colleen

Awesome! She is braver than me! I still wont get on my husband's GSXR 750.

why not? theres no law that says you have to crack the throttle as soon as you get on a sportsbike and even if you did it should only be a bit snappier than you are used to

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Dave

why not? theres no law that says you have to crack the throttle as soon as you get on a sportsbike and even if you did it should only be a bit snappier than you are used to

That's very true. On these bikes you have to try to go fast. Even in A mode if you keep the bike below 6K rpm which is easy to do, its pretty noob friendly, once you crack 6500 all bets are off though and it's go time.

[Mrs. Colleen]

Originally Posted by Dave

why not? theres no law that says you have to crack the throttle as soon as you get on a sportsbike and even if you did it should only be a bit snappier than you are used to

I scarred myself on an 01 F4i 600 when I first started riding last July. I was in a parking lot and opened the throttle a little faster than I had expected and gave myself a good little scare. I have done the exact same thing on my FZR and the bike barely lurched. I know that I now have a years worth of experience and I could probably handle it...but I like my "slow" little bike for now.