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emperkin
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My dad is 56 and looking to get back into motorcycles. He hasn't ridden in years. The first words out of my mouth was to take the safety course.
Here is the problem. We were at the local BMW dealer so I could drool over some stuff and I had him sit on a LT. He has some pretty bad knees and can not bend them real well. It was painful to watch and after he finally got his leg over, he couldn't comfortably sit with his legs on the pegs. Acually when he finally did, his ass was on the back seat! We are both big guys (over 6'4").
So now the question. What bike is for him? And can he even take the safety course? Or has this window just passed him by?
I was thinking of the Kawasaki Nomad, or one of the Harley's with forward controls. but I can't think of any bike to take the course with.
Any advice would be good.
Here is the problem. We were at the local BMW dealer so I could drool over some stuff and I had him sit on a LT. He has some pretty bad knees and can not bend them real well. It was painful to watch and after he finally got his leg over, he couldn't comfortably sit with his legs on the pegs. Acually when he finally did, his ass was on the back seat! We are both big guys (over 6'4").
So now the question. What bike is for him? And can he even take the safety course? Or has this window just passed him by?
I was thinking of the Kawasaki Nomad, or one of the Harley's with forward controls. but I can't think of any bike to take the course with.
Any advice would be good.