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JoeyBee · 02-16-2010, 09:43 AM

JoeyBee here. I'm researching two subjects:

What's important to women riders?

and

What led up to your decision to ride?

I'm doing this for CSC motorcycles (www.CaliforniaScooterCo.com), a new motorcycle manufacturer in La Verne, CA.

Here's Arlene B (no relation) testing one of the CSC bikes, and a photo of the Babydoll model.

YouTube - GoGo Gear Visits California Scooter Company - TEST DRIVE!

longride · 02-16-2010, 09:49 AM

Oh please, not this crap again.

Barbara · 02-17-2010, 11:00 AM

The posting looks suspiciously commercial, and the bike looks--well--gay. OK, let me amend that: it looks like a Mustang painted pink with an Asian engine.

Not my cup of tea, but different strokes for different folks.....it might sell in California.....

pushrod · 02-17-2010, 11:36 AM

It's okay, but I think I'll wait for the trike version.

A Star Ride · 02-17-2010, 11:50 AM

A 150cc trike? I wonder if it'll have a hitch.

Barbara · 02-17-2010, 12:57 PM

Maybe this deserves a serious answer: what's important to women riders? To be taken seriously would help. Not to be stereotyped. Personally I wouldn't be caught dead riding the bike shown, but I suppose someone would like it, but the point is that to appeal to women doesn't mean that a bike has to be pink and little. Pink and little is what babies are, and they are much better at it.

Usable clutch levers, low seat height, good brakes, a reliable electric starter--in the real world, that is what we look for.

Why did I start riding? Leaving aside the obvious question ("Why do you have to ask?") let me just say that there is nothing that can compare to going down a road at speed and bending into a curve on a sport bike/cafe bike, or riding across the desert at night and listening to the throb of a big British twin echoing in the darkness. When it is just a rider and her bike, the world is a happy place, and I can't think of better therapy. Ever.

.....and that's why I ride.

Any other women out there want to discuss this?

pushrod · 02-17-2010, 01:02 PM

I guess the good part of this is that the 'picture attachment' feature has finally been fixed.

aimycorbeil · 02-19-2010, 02:50 PM

i will answer those questions....i look for a bike that is reliable and, at my age (soon to be 25) i want to look young and feminine---that being said, that ugly pink bike is not what i want.
Why do i ride? hahahaha well because i sat on the back of my fiance's bike for 1200kms in 36 hours and broke my butt...so i learnt to ride so i don't have to endure that anymore...hahahaha....found out i enjoy it too!!

02-16-2010, 09:43 AM	#1
JoeyBee Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 5	Research JoeyBee here. I'm researching two subjects: What's important to women riders? and What led up to your decision to ride? I'm doing this for CSC motorcycles (www.CaliforniaScooterCo.com), a new motorcycle manufacturer in La Verne, CA. Here's Arlene B (no relation) testing one of the CSC bikes, and a photo of the Babydoll model. YouTube - GoGo Gear Visits California Scooter Company - TEST DRIVE!

02-16-2010, 09:49 AM	#2
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	Oh please, not this crap again. __________________ I'm a knucklehead

02-17-2010, 11:00 AM	#3
Barbara Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Skagit County, WA Posts: 188	The posting looks suspiciously commercial, and the bike looks--well--gay. OK, let me amend that: it looks like a Mustang painted pink with an Asian engine. Not my cup of tea, but different strokes for different folks.....it might sell in California..... __________________ Barb Britney the BSA Big John the BSA Baby B. the BSA Gemini the BSA/Triumph Pip the Triumph T140v--(I have "Great Expectations") The unnamed 1979 XS 650 Jaelith the '77 XS650/sidecar

02-17-2010, 11:36 AM	#4
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	It's okay, but I think I'll wait for the trike version. __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

02-17-2010, 11:50 AM	#5
A Star Ride Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central Va Posts: 1,126	A 150cc trike? I wonder if it'll have a hitch. __________________ White Trash Hick from Appalachia

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02-17-2010, 12:57 PM	#6
Barbara Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Skagit County, WA Posts: 188	Maybe this deserves a serious answer: what's important to women riders? To be taken seriously would help. Not to be stereotyped. Personally I wouldn't be caught dead riding the bike shown, but I suppose someone would like it, but the point is that to appeal to women doesn't mean that a bike has to be pink and little. Pink and little is what babies are, and they are much better at it. Usable clutch levers, low seat height, good brakes, a reliable electric starter--in the real world, that is what we look for. Why did I start riding? Leaving aside the obvious question ("Why do you have to ask?") let me just say that there is nothing that can compare to going down a road at speed and bending into a curve on a sport bike/cafe bike, or riding across the desert at night and listening to the throb of a big British twin echoing in the darkness. When it is just a rider and her bike, the world is a happy place, and I can't think of better therapy. Ever. .....and that's why I ride. Any other women out there want to discuss this? __________________ Barb Britney the BSA Big John the BSA Baby B. the BSA Gemini the BSA/Triumph Pip the Triumph T140v--(I have "Great Expectations") The unnamed 1979 XS 650 Jaelith the '77 XS650/sidecar

02-17-2010, 01:02 PM	#7
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	I guess the good part of this is that the 'picture attachment' feature has finally been fixed. __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

02-19-2010, 02:50 PM	#8
aimycorbeil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12	i will answer those questions....i look for a bike that is reliable and, at my age (soon to be 25) i want to look young and feminine---that being said, that ugly pink bike is not what i want. Why do i ride? hahahaha well because i sat on the back of my fiance's bike for 1200kms in 36 hours and broke my butt...so i learnt to ride so i don't have to endure that anymore...hahahaha....found out i enjoy it too!!