[RedRider713]

Hey guys, I guess I'm the n00b here huh? Haha, well I have a question for my first post. I'm looking for a bike for my girlfriend. She's about 5"3" and weighs appx. 95lbs. She, as to my knowledge, has never ridden anything. Haha, she can't even ride a bicycle. Well, I ride a 150R and I'm scared to get her something to big and scare her away from riding for good. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[djh65]

This should help
http://crfsonly.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... highlight=

[RedRider713]

No, sorry, I don't live anywhere near California. I live about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA.

Thanks for the replies, starting small was what I was thinking about doing for her. I'm only 16 and I don't have that much money to spend on bikes for her, so I was going to get her a CRF 100F to start on so she knows how to use the clutch when she gets a bigger bike.

[KRCRFs]

Don't want to rain on the parade or anything, but a good, used Yamaha TTR 125 is hard to beat. Much better bike than the CRF 100 and much lighter than a CRF 150F.

Ok, you can start with the rock throwing now.....

(Mr. krcrfs)

[RedRider713]

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.

[djh65]

The 100 is good because it starts easy, is pretty light and not too tall. My girl is 5'1" and rides the 100 fine. I think I can get her on the 150r if I lower it 2" with a kit. But for now she is having fun. I just changed the back gearing to a 46 from the 50 and it has a bit more speed now. First was way to slow before. The most important thing to remember is don't take her on a trail you haven't been on. If you hurt her forget it. And I learned by teach my daughter. Get her the padding first. Anything not protected will get hurt. lol. That's how my daughter does it. No padding here that's where I fall.

[RedRider713]

Ok, we came home from a good 6hr stay at a mini-MX track at Creekside MX. She went over the track a few times to get used to it. After that, I taught her how to shift her weigh to front/back. Marissa went around and she sat and moved her butt back when she was goin over the jumps and she stood a little bit over the whoops sections. Then she came in and said that she wanted to try the big track. I wanted to tell her no, but she gave me a cute puppy dog face and I said wait. She saw a few people go over a 15ft table top and land and I was like, "You can't do that yet." and she said, "I can try it." and I told her to take it easy and be careful. So she went around it again and then she started to jump. Amazingly, she came up a little bit short of the 15ft table top, but she managed to clear the 10ft table top. She only dumped it twice, once going through a turn and the other time on the 15ft table top, landing too sharply on the front tire.

I guess the first day at a track was successful. She said she likes it and wants to do more riding soon. She even said she wanted to RACE with the other people. Haha, I will post how she does at our other practices/track rides soon.

Thanks for all your help guys and girlz. I really do appreciate it.

[RedRider713]

Yeah, now I can brag to my friends that my girlfriend rides with me.

[Asmith]

Yeah, now I can brag to my friends that my girlfriend rides with me.

Me too!! Well not with your girlfriend, but you know what I mean...

[RedRider713]

Took Marissa out to the Glassport Dump for some trail riding yesterday, and boy, that was fun. She stopped every 25ft to look at the rabbits and deer that were out. But other than that, she learned a few things that day. (1)- Even if a long puddle looks only a few inches deep, the sand and dirt can sometimes be so soft that revving and making your back tire spin will bury your bike. (2)-Don't EVER try to do the 25ft table top in 5th gear at about 60mph. (3)-broken middle fingers ARE NOT fun. She broke her finger after a kid on a KX65 wiped out in front of her on a small track. She slammed both front and back brakes and flew over the bars and landed on her finger. She says she still wants to ride though. Thank the Good Lord in Heaven!

[RedRider713]

Haha yeah your right. I wanna get a shirt made for her that says "He says umma keeper!"

[NCLR1]

Now yer talkin. GET ER DONE!!!

[RedRider713]

Schools finally out for me! Marissa wants to to go a track again soon, but I dont know about that yet. I looked at the bike this morning, and i saw chain marks in the dirt and dust on the swingarm. Good or bad? My impression is neither.