I put up with negative input on my bikes ONCE.
refer to the story of the helmet that didn’t fit the chick I bought it for and she complained.... it fit someone else real soon.
well, i didn’t get negative influence, per se, but i ended up with a cruiser rather than a sport bike based on x2 saying she’d never get on the back of a sport bike. dumb mistake, considering the whole 10 miles she rode on it.
at least my current gf makes it clear she has no intention of getting on the back of *any* bike.