I was just wondering how many of you ride with your other ? My soon to be wife likes snowmobiling but how do take her with with rest of the boys?

Not me.........I leave the wife at home and take the girlfriend..

Good Idea :thumbsup:

Who cares what the "boys" think. If you want to have fun sledding together then do it. They probably would want their gilrls to come along too but there are alot of girls out there who just don't enjoy the sport or don't give it a chance and try it. Might mess there hair up, too cold, whatever, they can stay at home, but if your wife to be likes to ride then go for it. Then there are the boys who are too macho to think that girls can ride well enough to keep up and on and on on on. Go ahead and have some fun!

My fiance, went riding for the first time last year and loved it, although she was not able to keep up w/ "the boys" she still had alot of fun and all of my buddies and I took turns keeping an eye on her (or hanging back)
Now that I moved from MN to SD I have no "buddies" to ride w/ and my soon to be wife is the only one around. So I say if she wants to go COOL if not COOL!!

Well I'm hoping to get my girlfriend interested. We went out and played in the field last year but with the lack of snow didn't get to take her on a ride. So any suggestions other then the basics don't leave her behind, warm clothes, good helmet, and good sled to make it a enjoyable experience for her.

Hey ZR500 here is one for ya, we all know how women LOVE talking, SO, I think that most of them (not all) are not that interested in snowmobiling because they get bored and have nobody to talk to...SOOOOOOOO get a set of those communicators that attach onto the helmets. BOOM------- problem solved, and when you get sick of listening to her just turn down the volume, oops!! :D

my wife rides,she rides with the boys as well.now she does not try and keep up I do stop at trail crossings and wait on her.she does not like to ride all day like I doo,usually she is ready to quit mid day,so it is best if she has someplace to spend the rest of the day.even better if she has company to talk with while staying back,thats when its nice to have another buddys wife or girlfriend to chat or drink with. :p

We have 7 guys in our group ( TeamDuctTape ) and 5 of us are married, We have a cabin in NY and the girls all like to go so we have "girl trips" and we have " guy trips", We've all talked about it alot and are planning two trips to MI next year, for girls and guys.
We all think its good to get away from the ladies once in a while, on are guys trips its no wives. But thats normaly only on our trip to MI...All have kids now and some of them are starting to ride, so we like to bring them up to NY and let them play and then when the wives and kids all go to sleep, we hit the trails all nite.. SWRules

Bone Daddy you have two choices, buy a two-up or get her one, its more fun if she has her own sled. If she is inexperienced start her off with a smaller sled, say around 500cc let her learn on her own pace and be patient. My wife hates winter and wouldn't go with me untill I let her drive a buddies older sled, then we bought her a 440 everest then traded up to a 550 ext she loves it and I can go whenever I want! P.S. IT'S ADDICTIVE READ THE LABEL :D

I agree.It makes life easier if your wife/girlfriend likes the sport too.She wasn't interested at first ,but now she loves it. :thumbsup:

I would think you'd be able to do a lot more riding if you brought her along sometimes; less friction about it. She'll go through a learning curve, but will likely be able to keep up with the guys in time.

I used to hate the cold (still do!) so I would suggest that you don't scrimp when buying her gear; as long as she's comfortable she'll be more like to want to keep doing it.

Jacqui.

I used to

Everytime we went out she crashed her sled. Cost too much to keep her on the trail. Safer for everyone if she rides from the warm couch

The things I have found most important are

1) Dont take off on them they hate that
2) Buy proper warm clothing
3) get them their own sled
4) Dont yell at them when they make mistakes or are slower
5) Never spray them down with snow

My wifes Riding skills heave increased ten fold over the last few years. It just takes a bit of time. everyones skills are different.

i take my girl friend out on the Mach but find it hard at times. its had to turn when your sitting on the gas tank.
i was going to buy her one this year but i bought a quad instead... ooops.
She won't get out much this year anyway due to surgury in December but i better get her one by next year because she really likes the sled.

My wife hated snow and didn't think she would like to sled due to a bad experience on a pos sled 15 years ago. Two years ago she rode a new sled. I am soooo glad she did, because since then we have bought 4 new sleds!! First a couple 370's, so as to not spend too much dough if she didn't like it. By the end of the 2000-2001 season she was ready for something with a little for power.

If I want to ride hot and fast, me and my brother have midnight rides on the weekends. She doesn't care to ride that late, and doesn't complain because I'm not home because she's sleeping anyway! SWRules

I made the mistake of letting the wife drive the XLT SKS for her first sled, it was a bit much for her, had to dig her out of the side of the trail quite a few times. Now she has a new legend and loves it, it's about perfect size for her. I think she'll be ready for a 500 lc next time though.

my thoughts

me and my girlfriend take short trips during the week after work usually to a bar where there is all u can eat wings for $2.50 but sundays it's just me and my cousin nobody likes to go as far as us and they all want to stop at every bar restraunt gas station and every other tree!

right now i am squeezing her on the back of my formula z but trying to get her to drive once in awhile then when she wants a sled i'll buy a new one and give her mine :)

thats just my 2 cents but in canada i think thats worth 3 cents

I used to ride with this old girlfriend (She's been sent out to pasture) and she was a maniac. Out highmarking most of the guys and stuff like that kinda made me a little spoiled.

The new girlfriend has went sledding one time so far and liked it!!!. She's not a maniac like the other one nor as athelically gifted but she listens to directions well and if I tell her she's ok then off she goes.

Anyways my point. Is I've always tried to show a lot of patience, patience, patience when breaking in a rookie to the snow and it seems to have paid off. Also try not to take them out on those chest deep powder day cuz they can be a bit demoralizing when you still learning. Wait til they've got a bit of experience, they get'em stuck up to thier arm pits of the fluffy....

Later,
MC-2STROKE

Where's my snow!!!!! ???

I gotta agree with permafrost, I only ride with the wife (it seems like) and what he says is true, get a sled , get input and work into a sled that suits what she wants in a sled, its easy to trade sleds around and not lose if there nice. Right now , and for the last 4 years my wife rides a 440 zx with the high tech front suspension, recalibrated shocks, 100 horsepower and 460lbs dry,she has so much fun she forgets to remember to look for the old dude.. sad but true.. the other thing is if you ride with hard core lunitics... which usually we dont, stay within sight distance of the wife, but, ifs she`s got something she really likes, she`ll be the one in the middle, again suit the sled to what she wants, in my case super light and highly manuverable.

Permafrost,you da man!excellent advice,I did #1/#4,and now I understand,#5,man thats gotta be the fast way to make her take up canasta or some other indoor activity,I bought my wife a 02 Polaris 600 classic,(as it was her 1st sled I thought if she didnt like the sport,my son or I could ride it,and by getting her a new sled,with brand new clothing,etc.there would be less resistance when the boy or I wanted something. ),she had less than 100 miles on it when we were riding one day,and I was being very protective of her,stopping every few minutes to make sure she was all right,one of these times I looked back,only to see her standing up about a 1/4 mile behind me,knowing this couldnt be good,I zipped back to her only to find her standing next to her brand new sled,which was upside down and still running,so I asked her if she was ok,to which she shakily replied "uh huh",after I righted her sled,I asked her what happend?It turns out,she got a little confused about the proper response to utilize when she hit some ice with her sled under power,I had instructed that she was to "let off the throttle",she canned it,ipsofacto,shiny side down ??? Then there was a short discussion about the possibility of me going home,and coming back w/ the trailer,since the sled was'nt damaged too bad, broken mirror,scratched hood, I persuaded her to explore the possibility of riding her sled home, this suggestion was met with some resistance,but when faced with a ride or walk choice(get back on the horse and all that) she reluctantly agreed,and slowly proceeded back to the house :) ,2 days later she put over 100 miles on the classic while riding in the "oldtimers run"(a semi large rally in central Mn.),and her only complaint was that I did'nt wait for her at one point.Now,we're all looking forward to the arrival of the white stuff,and we're all a little wiser ;) .So in response to your question,yea I ride with my wife sometimes,and as she gets more into the sport,I'll ride with her more,hopefully someday she'll relent and let me put the "I'm a bada$$ chick,and I ride a bada$$ Polaris" sticker on her car,but I'm not holding my breath :thumbsup: SWRules

I am guilty of commiting #1 through #5. Although #5 was by accident both times. She did try to chase me down unsucessfully. I didn't even know I did it . I pelted her in the bridge of the nose with her visor open with a ice chunk. Thank god for no communicators.

Ya!and thank God she did'nt catch you right away :D SWRules

All wives and g/f. Hold on to the gas money and smokes ;) They will never take off too far again :)

my wife is with me every mile i put on. she loves it but if she couldnt ride her own sled i think she would hang up her helmet.

Thanks everybody for your input and I will give them a shot well maybe not all (sledhead) :0:

I struggled getting the funding for the best 3-4 month sport in the world until I got Wifey hooked...Now the sky is the limit. She's got to the point where she rides better then some of the boys....

Yup, #1 and #4. Especially #1! 500 yds ahead is too far ahead.

And also, any constructive coaching on how to ride is also interpreted as critisizm and should always be avoided.

Originally posted by Bone Daddy@Nov 9 2002, 05:56 AM
I was just wondering how many of you ride with your other ? My soon to be wife likes snowmobiling but how do take her with with rest of the boys?
I always ride with the little lady, it's important to play together....and not just in the sack.

She's always right there with me, unless I'm riding in the mountains, where the danger makes her uncomfortable.

Don't worry about the boys, just teach her how to ride aggressively so she can stay with you and your buddies will spend the winter wondering why they can't find a chick as cool as yours.

-Rob

my girlfriend and i started off riding on my 500xc but that was a tight fit. The next season i got a used
2-up but neither of us liked that so i traded it in for the f5, so now i have two 500c.c. sleds. i am sure she will be quite a bit slower than me but that doesn't really bother me. i just want to be out on the sled and i am happy.

I forget which item of No-No's it is,

But the one about throwing snow on them - boy-o-boy, they don't seem to enjoy or find it as funny as the rest of the guys.

We've all done it. Pass in front, then let go a good roost of white powder.

Some people just don't have a sense on humor.

But what ever you do! If your ridding double, DO NOT leave before she is fully seated! Big mistake.

And another thing. DO NOT drive past her on the right side and hit the kill switch! Another big mistake.

the key is to get your girl a decent ride with adequate suspension. my girl earned her wings on a 89 citation lse 253....it was small but good enuf for her, i took her on a 70 mile rip on nice groomed flat trails mid week a few winters back. she now pipes by me on my mach z sometimes even roosting me.....sometimes i wonder...

I used to take the wife on a single place machine (96 MXZ 583) and it was ok but not that fun for her after a while... no kidding... I sat on the back one afternoon and had her drive... got downright boring.

So... this year we bought a second sled (REV X 800 for me!) and trailer so now it should be alot more fun. That was part of the "financing approval" .. I had to promise to "ride alot" with the wife. She is alot of fun so why not?

I alsi think its alot better to have two machines than one two up. If you want to ride with the wife only, on a two up, you are still on a single machine... thats quite a bit more risky proposition.

Ill be letting the g/f ride the zr5 this year. Ill have my mxz. :D

I purchased the wife a sled last year, she used her Dads sled the year prior to see if she would like it. We started out doing maybe 20-40 miles per day till she got used to it. Now she wants to set up a trip, I'm glad she enjoys riding. But when I ride with the guys, she does not tag along. We ride to aggressive for her, she understands that I need to open up everyonce in a while. I agree with mxzx1, get her a decent ride or she will hate the sport.

FZ700

Bone daddy , get her a nice luxury sled , keep it small motored so its easy to steer and tell her you love her only when your on the ride via communicators . You be in sled heaven. :D

HEY I HAVE IT MADE THEN . MY WIFE HATES THE COLD, HATES THE SNOW, HATES THE LONG DRIVE UP TOO. SO GUESS WHAT- SHE STAYS HOME WITH HER GANG WHILE I'M RIDING WITH MINE. WORKS OUT JUST FINE. MATTER OF FACT SHE HAS NEVER EVEN SEEN MY SLED :) :)

when we go on trips, like ouy to the mountains the wife likes to go ride, at home she only likes to ride when we have a lot of fresh powder.

Ahhhhh my GF hates Snowmobiles... in fact her whole family does....their the tree hugging sort, I am sorta, but, like to drive small stuff during the week and use gas in my toys... so no I don't ride with her.

But, she has plenty of other good attributes...

:nervous:

Captn

Permafrost, good advice, I have one more

#6) Dont laugh at them when they do something stupid... Wives/GFs hate being laughed at.. even when it REALLY is funny.

Hope this works :(