Concerns about my wife on the track.

[fpzx10]

I have to agree with your logic. The track is a much more controlled environment. You worry about her getting scared when someone passes her on the track, but passing (no matter how close) is expected. It is much easier to deal with that than the unexpected oncoming left turn, the no-look merge, or the old lady pulling out of her driveway.

Ultimately, it is her call. If she is willing to take the risk of street riding, you have to respect that.

Also, you talk about being anal. You should help her with the basics and that's it. Overly critiquing you wife will cause nothing but problems. Sit back, let Zort do more of the instructing and you do more of the encouraging.

[the chi]

Im with FP on this one...let her make her own decisions.

Taking her to the track to learn is an awesome choice and you cant go wrong. But its her call on whether to street ride. If shes anything like me, if you said you dont want her to do it or its too dangerous, she'll do it just out of sheer stubbornness!

Depending on the type of woman she is, you may need to sit back and NOT CRITIQUE her at all. Let the instructors do what theyre being paid for and let them teach her what she needs to know. From my own experience and helping others with the basics, it comes across alot better from an outside party than someone close to you when you are trying to learn these skills. Having a naggin hubby or one who means well but wont shut up just isnt a good way to go about it. She may feel pushed or pressured...and then the love for what she's doing wont be there.

Good luck, keep us posted!

[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!!!!!!!!!!"

[the chi]

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!!!!!!!!!!

and the KING speaks!!! Thats is EXACTLY what happens!!!

(Of course on a more negative side note, when actually riding and hubby irritates wife by pushing her, she may end up in a ditch...seen it first hand (she was okay but PISSED)...then no more riding for either of them!!)

[zortness]

All good info on here. Like D said, I'm sort of in the same boat. My wife wants to ride as well, and has her M license, but she's only ridden a street bike for those few days at Femmoto last year when she took the MSF. I've been taking her out in the dirt just so she can practice shifting and stuff, but it's not the road.

When you get back D, we'll have to go up to Utah or something, buy a pair of 250's, and then take the girls out somewhere so they can get more comfortable. That's the best I can come up with. I'm not putting my wife on the streets here... it's seriously the equivalent of putting someone in front of a firing squad and hoping the guns misfire.

We can take the girls out on the dirtbikes too if you want. They're easy to ride.

[pickle.of.doom]

D, with a lot of track day organizations you can get an instructor to work with her all day long. Depending on what group it is, there either Wont be passing allowed at all in Beginner for the first few sessions, and then only on the straights after that, or what would be even better is if its a beginner group where you can't pass until the instructor waves you by. If she had an instructor tagging along with her all day, they would only be passed when waved on, and nobody passes close to the staff. Just hit the group of instructors up before the first session of the day and let them know she is new and would like to be worked with, and more than likely they will be happy to do so.

[dReWpY]

i never taught pc to ride, i bought her a msf class and took it with her, were split up from day one, and it was for the best, let the teachers do the teaching, im her biggest cheerleader and she is one of the best riding partners i have

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by zortness

All good info on here. Like D said, I'm sort of in the same boat. My wife wants to ride as well, and has her M license, but she's only ridden a street bike for those few days at Femmoto last year when she took the MSF. I've been taking her out in the dirt just so she can practice shifting and stuff, but it's not the road.

When you get back D, we'll have to go up to Utah or something, buy a pair of 250's, and then take the girls out somewhere so they can get more comfortable. That's the best I can come up with. I'm not putting my wife on the streets here... it's seriously the equivalent of putting someone in front of a firing squad and hoping the guns misfire.

We can take the girls out on the dirtbikes too if you want. They're easy to ride.

I think they'll be some times where we take some rides around Vegas, just not too many. I do want her to be a little more comfortable on the bike before she heads right onto the track. In and around Aliante are some decent roads to practice starting from a stop and turning at the same time. There's plenty of streets around where we live for her to get practice. We really don't need to go all the way to Utah, but I'm down anyway. I think I shold just get back to Vegas and go from there. I'm going to get a hold of some TD hosts and see what they think.