by RedRider713 » Thu May 17, 2007 12:58 pm
I just got back from the first day of teaching Marissa to ride a dirtbike, and since I didn't find her a bike yet, I let her sit in front of me on my 150R. She was scared at first, but after a few laps in the field behind her house, she knew what it felt like. So a few minutes later, we got off, took a break, and I handed her another helmet. She managed to swing her leg over the seat, but her feet can barely hit the ground. I had to kick it for her, but once it was running, she took it away. She is a lot better than I thought. She had a few problems with the clutch like not pulling it in when she wanted to stop and having the bike stall on her. But other than that, she only wrecked once trying to turn around. Not that bad, scraped her arm, but not bad. She said she still wants to learn to ride with me.
So now I'm at home looking at a 2007 CRF100F for her. I figure I might lower it a lil bit to accomodate her height, and that's about it. Any other help on how to teach her would be appreciated.
Thanks, Jack.