How's that cruel? That's like me letting one of my friends drive one of my classic cars...it ain't going to happen! Let's see who's not in a humorous mood today. Seriously, a friend riding one of my bikes is ok, but not one of the cars, though none of my bikes are on the level of Miamijim's bikes, I guess that's why it wouldn't bother me as much. When I was single I had a roommate who had several really nice bikes, he let a friend borrow one worth about $2500 and this was back in 1977!, the friend crashed the bike destroying it in a at fault accident, the friend never paid for the bike, needless to say they didn't remain friends. I know plenty of people who let friends borrow tools and the same thing, break a tool and not pay for it; had a neighbor that let a friend borrow their car, the friend put a dog in the car without the owner knowing, the dog chewed the interior up, of course the friend never paid for the damages. I have second tier tools that I lend out, and if one of them gets broken I don't care.