Ridley motorcycles are a great choice for those guys who are past the age of learning how to ride a motorcycle but they don’t want to die before having felt the wind on their faces while speeding down Route 66. Or maybe they feel their motor skills are just not good enough to manipulate a clutch with one hand, accelerator with the other, gears with the foot, and at the same time maintain balance and mind the traffic.
Ridley motorcycles have an automatic transmission so any novice who can ride a bicycle can ride a Ridley. The best part, I feel, is the Ridley models with lean and macho looks. Comfort and testosterone don’t mix well but you’ve got to compromise somewhere – remember, you don’t know how to ride a real bike. So a quasi-biking experience is as far as you get. Which is not to say that these bikes are no good. I think they are great for single mothers and soccer moms.
A Ridley bike can set you back by anything between $15,000 – $20,000, which makes it an expensive two-wheeler to own. So if you plan to purchase a Ridley, do your homework on what you want. Check out internet forums for customer reviews. Apparently, Ridley does seem to generate a fair amount of negative customer feedback mainly with respect to the quality of the parts and customer service.
Comments
Lola
April 27th, 2009 - 11:00:43 PM
I ride a Ridley and all the other Ridley owners just love there bikes and not a much negative feed back either, look at how much Harleys cost THEY are cheap either and If harley had a owners form like ridley does I doubt if you'd get a reply from the owner of the company or when you called the factory either. 47% of the owners are MEN just because you dont have to shift make it a bad motorcycle.
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