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Message: [QUOTE="vanbrooky, post: 946092, member: 62697"] [b]Bikes for Gals[/b] Look, I am 5'2" and I am not short for a girl in her 40's - I am average. My Mom wouldn't even let me have a push bike, so 4 years ago I learned to ride a push bike - whoops, I learned to ride the motor bike 2 months before that. My partner is 6'4" (pity he wont' share more parts) and I climb into my DRZ250. Mon-Fri ride the 600 to and from work and the occasional weekend challenging the speed limit and the men in Blue (cops). But, I ride a Triumph TT600 which is an awesome girls bike but can anyone tell me about an awesome girls bike for the dirt. I am exhausted with the DRZ, picking it up, turning around after the boys have stopped for their "smoke" stop, tight stuff etc. I try so hard and love riding in the dirt but with the weight and height (don't mention age) I am just not getting fast enough fast enough. I ride in Sydney Australia and am 14 out of 15 rides the only girl. I am tossing up between the Pampera and the Gas Gas EC200. So, the point of all this is that I have been riding on and off between broken ankle and fractured leg and torn tendons (good boots are a good investment) for about 4 years and have noticed that the trail/non competitive enduro riders are all mostly between 35 and 60 yo. We, ride in east coast Australia. The really interesting thing I have talked to the guys about is that lots of them wish their wives/partners could ride with them, but cannot find a bike they can get their leg over etc etc. So, can anyone suggest anything, or do we all get together and start letting the manufacturers know that we are here? What do you think? Sandy [/QUOTE]

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