Recruiting report

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WOMEN'S FORUM

Well, everything went far better than I had expected. I’ve got a new female riding partner in the making! My friend/co-worker Anne had an absolute blast!! She can’t wait to do it again AND it looks like she may be buying the bike that we borrowed. Scot (oabike), aka, “super nice guy” told her if she ended up liking it that he would consider selling the bike to her. Well she REALLY liked it. The bike was simply perfect for her. I am sooooo glad I didn’t try to start her on my bike! :)

After giving her the basic rundown of the bike’s controls we (her boyfriend and I) took her out to a nice, big, wide-open space. After she built up the initial courage to actually let go of the clutch she was off! Couldn’t have hoped for a better take off. After watching her for a bit I could see that she was apprehensive due to the fact there were little kids on bikes zooming around everywhere which can be very disconcerting if you are not familiar with braking and turning quickly. That’s when I decided I would hop on my bike and lead her around. That way she could just follow me and concentrate on the controls and what she’s doing rather than the traffic. This made a huge difference. She was much more at ease with this set up. I would ride around the entire area and make frequent stops so she could practice braking and taking off. Since she was doing so well I expanded our loop and took her down a long straight away with a bunch of medium sized whoops. No problem she would follow me just about anywhere! This girl is a natural I tell ya! Then I asked her how she felt about trying to get into 2nd gear. “Sure!” she says. No real problems there either. A few miss shifts into neutral but that was about it. After I showed her how to get into 2nd I had to step it up a bit, the girl was right on my tail! :cool:

Later, Anne’s friends Lily and Ty, showed up. Lily’s boyfriend Ty just bought her a new XR100 and she had only been on it about 3 times. She joined us as well and I asked Anne how she felt about going out on some of the trails. Again, “Sure!”. So off the 5 of us went. Anne did great. She didn’t freak when we encountered on coming traffic and she kept up with me (1st and 2nd gear beginner friendly pace). One spot got a bit rocky so I stopped and decided to avoid the obstacles I didn’t think she would be ready for. She was very appreciative but when we went to take off again in a different direction she didn’t quite make the turn and ended up going straight anyway right through the rocks! :eek: When I went to retrieve her she was scared but she DID IT! I was so proud!
She just started laughing. However I did ride her bike back out of there for her and then went back for my bike. The girl didn’t crash ONCE the whole day! Only stalled the bike ONCE the whole day and was doing MUCH more than I expected of her on the first day. The absolute best part is that she was having sooo much fun. :)

She was so appreciative that she had someone to teach her the ropes pressure free with tons of encouragement. In addition to filling up the truck’s gas tank on Saturday and buying my dinner that night, I come into work today and she’s bought me a gift! Despite my attempts to explain it to her, I don’t think she understands that there is no reason to thank me. I’m doing this for purely selfish reasons; I want more (local) people to ride with! ;)

Well, she can’t wait to go again and it looks like the next time may be Thanksgiving weekend. If she purchases the bike before then it will be a dirtbikin’ weekend for her!

Now I’m off to forward her all my dirt bike links including one to DRN! Hopefully we’ll have a new female member soon. Maybe I can get her on here to give you her account of the day.

You better believe I told her all about the ladies ride! ;) She thought that was sooo awesome! Unfortunately past experiences she's had with other female riders have been less than possitive. She's met some rude and bitchy female riders. I'd like to prove to her that's not the case around here. :)

She's going to register with DRN but running into the some issues with a username. Trying to help her come up with one so she can get on here ASAP!

Thanks Darla. Anne's boyfriend Patrick helped as well. She's one of the lucky ones to have a great boyfriend that is also patient and supportive. She got plenty of 'pats on the head' from him. ;) Combined I think we both bowled Anne over with encouragement but it wasn't tough to do. Anne is very sweet and she really was doing so well. The credit really goes to her. She's an excellent 'student'. Better than I ever was I'm sure. She was willing to try what ever I threw at her, no whimpering or whinning and best of all she was pretty much all smiles the whole time. :)

Not sure what's going on for T-day. Trying to get Anne and her boyfriend to go to Jawbone but he's worried it's going to be 'insane' out there. I'd really like her to meet some fellow DRN'rs but they might head north to Hollister. We'll see what happens.

Hey AJ! I forgot to mention her boyfriend Patrick has an AF in his garage!! (it's his brothers) :) I saw it and right away I blurted out "Hey! My friend AJ built that! You know, the one with the broken leg". :)

Yuppers. It was as smidge big but it worked. Thanks again. :) By the way, I'm going to wash all your stuff before I send it back if you don't mind. I don't think I should torture the poor UPS guys by shipping it as is. :p jk

Originally posted by AJ Waggoner
but they cut the pants off?

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I warned you about dating aggressive girls! :eek:

Darlin' you've got all kinds of crap in there! Didn't you learn from the wallet incident that I'm a HUGE snoop?! ;) I'm not even gonna ask about the sequins tube top! :scream:

Pics of Anne's first ride are up on my picture page. See link below. :)