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...........It all gets me to thinking on my stick/ manual transmissions over the years, including several motorcycles. Let 105 lb girlfriend drive my Sportster. California wasn't a helmet state yet, she wanted to, and already rode decent size dirtbikes.
"OK, but only if you can start it".
No cell phones back then, need be how on earth I locate her happy butt on my treasured putt? If you've ever heard Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"? you can visualize my Kate Jackson Click image for larger version. 

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ID:	42127lookalike riding, just with yet longer dark hair trailing behind, running it through the gears.
Horses or motorcycles; nothing more beautiful than when ridden by a woman.
Believe me, when I said 'lookalike', I meant exactly. Other than 3 years age difference, they'd have been indistinguishable from birthed as identical twins.