Talked with wife for a long time on way up into woods to drop off camper for next weekend.
She hasn’t ridden with me much in the Talon and I’d asked why because she liked other Talons she drove and has driven ours. Apparently she doesn’t like riding passenger in one and was afraid of me driving one. The sport thing I guess. She said she loves the technical but not the speed and Talon is fast. so for some reason even when I’m riding with Pioneers she assumed it was hauling ass,,😳
I explained difference between our old 700 to our 1000. 40 felt fast in 700 yet two weeks after we bought the 1000 she herself was over 50 and this was years ago. I explained how much better the 1000 then 700 at speed and how Talon is same way but much more so. So even if it is hauling ass to a degree it is safer unless it gets away.
Decided to show her. We started off on the dirt road which had big potholes and washboards at about 40. Rode a little rough for bit then bumped up to 50 where she starts to smooth out. She felt pretty cozy. I slowly started getting speed up till over 60 and she started getting nervous other then long easy straight aways.
Showed her the “sport” on the Live suspension how it works and grabbed hard at wheel and brakes at times to show attitude of the machine is much more stable and safer then Pioneer. Towards the end she was very comfortable and never said anything more about speed, just enjoyed ride on the way back. I was clipping right along. She asked to take over wheel and of course, ya it’s hers too. Somewhat lol. She had a great time as did I. Weren’t planning on going anywhere I just wanted to fix this issue before next weekend so that was important. Machine feels good, and the wife is comfortable again. She’s my copilot I need her to be happy, hopefully this helped to fix things some.
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