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01-09-2012, 01:33 PM | #1 |
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ATV riding at Juniper Sand Dune Wilderness with Linda
I think most of our country and Canada have been having a nice mild(ish) winter.
Miss Linda and I enjoyed a warm(ish) Sunday after church and hit the sand dunes for some ATV fun. She has no intrinsic mechanical aptitude :roll: and continues to have a hard time figuring out the semi-automatic transmission but she did OK and did not hurt anything :wink: . She had fun and continues to improve. I look forward to taking her again. I don't think she's dirt bike material.... Attempts to teach her on the XR100's have not been promising. Again no mechanical aptitude. May be a girl thing? :P She can't get hurt on an ATV so I think I'll stick with that for now.
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01-09-2012, 02:06 PM | #2 |
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Oh yes she can, but the risk will be minimized with your careful teaching. Mrs. Weldangrind is similarly suited to an ATV, rather than a dirt bike. That's despite being able to drive a standard transmission car. Odd. :?
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01-10-2012, 02:04 AM | #3 |
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I think it's fine if the ladies prefer four wheels to two wheels.
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01-10-2012, 11:16 AM | #4 |
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I'd feel better.
For two wheels she likes the back of the Gold Wing. That way I know she's safe and I can enjoy the ride also. At her usual maximum speed of about 9 MPH I'm not worried about her on the ATV. :roll:
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01-10-2012, 06:48 PM | #5 | |
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Quote:
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01-10-2012, 07:16 PM | #6 |
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She's good for that. :roll:
I was SO PROUD of her on Sunday out in the desert. My uptown girl actually peed behind a tumbleweed. No toilets in the Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area... :wink:
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