Ay, I'm Willow, a super new rider here from California. My husband used to ride briefly when he was in his 20s in the Santa Cruz area but hasn't in a long time (we're both mid-50s). He just got a new job in Mariposa that requires an hour long commute over a winding mountain road, Highway 49, so he casually mentioned how nice it would be on a motorcycle and I was like OHO YOU DON'T SAY because I've wanted one my entire life but never knew it could be on the table.
WELL. SPOILERS.
Now that he's found that out, it's getting serious, and this morning he was looking at a badass retro design with sidecar (a 2013 Ural) to get us both going, especially since I've never had the opportunity to learn how to operate one -- it uses a Class C license and would get me familiar with the shifting/operation and all that before going solo, which I think is a really good idea. Plus, sidecar!
His main question, and why he asked me to find a motorcycle forum like this (yay for message forums!!) is he hasn't used a sidecar before and has questions about how they'd be on mountain roads with a lot of curves. The Ural website is all about that, but how is it really?
Later on I'd get my own smaller bike (lusting after the Indian personally), but for now that's what we're looking at to start on. I'm relatively short/petite, so I think I'd need something I could lift if I laid it down and otherwise too big for a small gal like myself. I've already got the clothing for it (hence the Belstaff logo, I have a 1960s vintage Trialmaster jacket for starters), and handmade leather bucklestrap jump boots, just missing the bike. LOL
Anyway, blah blah, hello. :smile:
WELL. SPOILERS.
Now that he's found that out, it's getting serious, and this morning he was looking at a badass retro design with sidecar (a 2013 Ural) to get us both going, especially since I've never had the opportunity to learn how to operate one -- it uses a Class C license and would get me familiar with the shifting/operation and all that before going solo, which I think is a really good idea. Plus, sidecar!
His main question, and why he asked me to find a motorcycle forum like this (yay for message forums!!) is he hasn't used a sidecar before and has questions about how they'd be on mountain roads with a lot of curves. The Ural website is all about that, but how is it really?
Later on I'd get my own smaller bike (lusting after the Indian personally), but for now that's what we're looking at to start on. I'm relatively short/petite, so I think I'd need something I could lift if I laid it down and otherwise too big for a small gal like myself. I've already got the clothing for it (hence the Belstaff logo, I have a 1960s vintage Trialmaster jacket for starters), and handmade leather bucklestrap jump boots, just missing the bike. LOL
Anyway, blah blah, hello. :smile: