My wife expressed an interest to learn to ride, specifically on the dirt. Knowing this needs to go well, I took no chances by trying to teach the Mrs on my tall Hawk. We signed up for a private class at Planet Dirt (
www.planetdirt.com) in Plympton MA. They claim if you can ride a bicycle you can ride a dirtbike. I will let you know how it goes. If this motorcycle thing gets serious I'm thinking a Yamaha XT250 for Mrs pistolclass and a Tenere 700 for me.