My husband has been riding motocross bikes since he was 18 years old, but strangely enough, his passion for two wheels never really crossed over into street bikes. He has a couple of 50cc scooters that he uses to go to work, but that’s been about the extent of it — until now, that is. Recently he’s been talking quite a bit about getting a sport bike like the Kawasaki Ninja 250R, and from all the research he’s been doing, I know he’s pretty serious about it.

I know some wives would be completely opposed to their husbands buying a street bike, but I’m not like that at all. First, I know my husband is an experienced rider who always puts safety first. He can control a motorcycle and wouldn’t attempt anything stupid while on the road. Second, I think a 250cc Ninja is safer than a 50cc scooter because the Ninja is better able to keep up with car traffic on some of the busier roads that my husband uses to get to work. And finally, I saw that we can get a Ninja for less than $50 per month with some of the special financing deals going on right now, so the purchase wouldn’t put a strain on our budget.

I haven’t been too involved in my husband’s motorcycle hunt thus far, and I think I’m going to stay out of the way. If he wants to buy one, I’m going to let him go ahead and do it, and if he drops the whole idea, that would be fine with me too. He was into bikes long before I came into the picture, so it would be unfair of me to start changing the rules now!