Want to build a quiet 4 stroke that my wife will like!

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I need to get my wife on her first motorized bike so she can see how much fun it is. It will need to be quiet and sedate. A small 4 stroke kit on a 26 inch cruiser would be the way to go I think. I will probably build one for myself as well if she can tolerate it. What's the best engine setup for this type of ride?

We are in Thousand Oaks and I have had many motorcycles and A Classic Whizzer or 2. Always too loud or too fast for her.

I am currently building a Sportsman 200 for myself as well.
Thanks!
dadzers
 
In no way do i want to discourage you, but the most likely outcome is that your wife will ride it once and then decide that the time could have been better spent at a coffee shop with her girlfriends discussing reality TV, fashion, and singing competitions like X-factor, America's got talent etc.

I've seen this happen before.
At the end of the day the result will be that you'll feel unwanted and neglected and sidelined because your wife (after one ride) will show no interest in a hobby that gives you so much enjoyment.

From my experience in life i've found that women want 4 things

1) A mirror, for self adoration of her own image and to reinforce delusional concepts of her personal self worth.
2) A multitude of clothing apparel and accessory options like shoes and jewelry.
3) A never ending amount of of massively overvalued cosmetics to boost her feeling of self worth, which feeds back into No 1
4) A best "g.a.y male" friend to discuss everything that is wrong with her relationship and everything that is wrong with you and options to finding a better man.

A motorized bicycle is the furthest thing on her mind - a bit like living in the North Pole with out a television and a mirror and cosmetics.
 
I need to get my wife on her first motorized bike so she can see how much fun it is. It will need to be quiet and sedate. A small 4 stroke kit on a 26 inch cruiser would be the way to go I think. I will probably build one for myself as well if she can tolerate it. What's the best engine setup for this type of ride?

We are in Thousand Oaks and I have had many motorcycles and A Classic Whizzer or 2. Always too loud or too fast for her.

I am currently building a Sportsman 200 for myself as well.
Thanks!
dadzers
Hi dadzers
I invite you to come on out the SoCal Motor Bicycle Racing event this
Saturday October 20th and check out all the bikes and meet a lot of
the local motorized bike guys and gals.
It's a fun event.

It's as much of a bike show and meet with a collection of custom builds
that you won't find anywhere else.

I would recommend a 50 cc 4G 4 stroke kit from Bicycle-Engines.com or a
small 35 cc 4 stroke friction drive from Staton-Inc.com
 
dadzers, we apologise for fabian.

Ever since fabian had an unfortunate "Richard Gere" incident
with an echidna he really hasn't been quite the same and has
these awkward outbursts.
I am assured that the very best in Aussie medical help is being
utilized to remove the echidna from his nether regions so fabian
may be back to as normal as an Aussie can be.
We tolerate fabian here so once again pay him no mind..... :D


In no way do i want to discourage you, but the most likely outcome is that your wife will ride it once and then decide that the time could have been better spent at a coffee shop with her girlfriends discussing reality TV, fashion, and singing competitions like X-factor, America's got talent etc.

I've seen this happen before.
At the end of the day the result will be that you'll feel unwanted and neglected and sidelined because your wife (after one ride) will show no interest in a hobby that gives you so much enjoyment.

From my experience in life i've found that women want 4 things

1) A mirror, for self adoration of her own image and to reinforce delusional concepts of her personal self worth.
2) A multitude of clothing apparel and accessory options like shoes and jewelry.
3) A never ending amount of of massively overvalued cosmetics to boost her feeling of self worth, which feeds back into No 1
4) A best "g.a.y male" friend to discuss everything that is wrong with her relationship and everything that is wrong with you and options to finding a better man.

A motorized bicycle is the furthest thing on her mind - a bit like living in the North Pole with out a television and a mirror and cosmetics.
 
I suppose none of you know the original Aussie chat up line? "Brace yerself, Sheila!"

I thought it was a platypus, anyway, Fabian. Or was that a separate incident?

As for building a bike for a probably uninterested wife, I'd take her along to a social event, so she can at least meet other MB widows.
 
the original Aussie chat up line? "Brace yerself, Sheila!"

Not sure that i'm allowed to say this, and i have no problems and don't hold anything against the moderators if they delete this post,

but,

when one of my ex-girlfriends asked me to be more like one of her g.a.y male friends, i took the opportunity to settle the argument. That night i decided to work with her argument.
I said "Brace yerself, Sheila!" when i decided to place it in the other pipe.

To say that she was mighty cranky with events was an understatement, but my response was - "you asked me to be more like your g.a.y male friend"

I never heard any more about it after that incident ;-)
 
I guess it is good I don't know what abbreviations and buzzwords mean.
The 50 cc idea sounds like a winner.
I will say this- a long time ago, I told my motorcycle riding wife to NEVER slow down for railroad tracks.
One day while riding, I looked back and she wasn't right behind me- I saw her hands fly upward as she was rear-ended by a car as they crested the tracks.
She went into a ditch and not hurt much, thank God.
After that, my view is that women and motorcycles are a bad mix.
You just have to be so much more aware of everything around you than a normal driver and a real defensive rider to survive.
 
Fabian, holy c.r.a.p!That is the most accurate and funny description of the majority of women I've ever heard!I'm going on an assumption that MBR is still too young to have gotten a good steel-toe to the nether regions (I apologize if I'm wrong MBR), also the best come back for someone blowing hot air around a forum I've ever heard was "did you hear something Mildred, Naaa it's just the wind whistling".
 
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