old_rider wrote on 03/15/15 at 09:39:39:CS.... I just put my wife in school.... sent her to two classes. I personally thought it would be better for our marriage if I was not the person training her, or showing her my bad habits.
Less stress, better for both of us.... after her class, I gave her a few "pointers" I noticed after about 4 or 5 rides together.
Just a thought mind you.... but if she has ridden before it might just be a matter of repetition.
P.S. She just started riding by herself the last couple of years.... (she is over 50, but don't tell her I told you!) and had never ridden anything other than a bicycle. And um, her coordination was not the best in the world, she gets flustered easily.
Sounds like my wife, haha.
My wife did take the MSF course, though she didn't pass, She dropped the bike on the first exercise because she had it in second gear, and killed the bike while trying to take off, then lost her balance and dropped it. At the time she was able to take the test at the DMV, with a couple practice sessions she was able to pas that, and get her endorsement.
Obviously, I'm not expecting her to be a world tourer or hard core rider or anything. The only reason I wanted her to take the class and get her endorsement was because she has always been afraid of riding with me (I think because she didn't understand the physics of motorcycling). Once we started talking about the class, she wanted her own bike. I think she'd be MUCH better at riding on the back now, unfortunately my only bike (right now) is a Harley Nightster (solo seat) and I don't plan on uglying that up with a back seat, passenger pegs and two up shocks, haha, so I'm currently looking at possibly adding a Harley Softail Deluxe to the garage.