I had a different issue with the girl I lived with during most of my more active riding years.
You could say she viewed the bike as more of a fashion statement, it had to be cool in her eyes or she wasn't to be seen on it.
When I met her I was doing mostly old british stuff, triumph first then norton. That lasted up through the 80's but all of a sudden she wants a harley.
Not really into the overweight pigs but it was just for two up, I didn't gave to get rid of my other bikes so... along came a deal on a 79 fxr...
That only lasted a couple years before she decided harley's were becoming too mainstream yuppie or something. Said if we're going dweeb it has to be cool dweeb, so next was a 78 bmw r100s. How she came to determine what she wanted and when I never figured out...
That wore off in a couple years and one day mid 90's she asks me 'what's up with these ducati's?'
Yes, now we're talking!
She had always scorned rice and paid no attention to sportbikes at all so this was a very fresh development.
Told her I was all the way on board with it but figured she'd nix it once perched way atop that little pad.
Much to my amazement she was fine with it, picked up a '94 900ss and quickly fell in with a fast crowd, lol.
Before long the 900 was just too slow to keep up (solo) with the guys I was riding with so after waiting a year for the right bike/deal to come along, picked up a '99 996. She loved that bike, though probably not as much as me, got into a lot of trouble on that thing.
She's gone unfortunately but I do still have this and a bunch of the other bikes.
So I sort of went in the opposite direction from most on the two up thing, I'd be really curious as to what she'd be hot on now...
For the rare occasions when I ride on pavement,which isnt often anymore.
