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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2015 18:21:53 GMT
My daughter has been on the back of mine just in the drive.....she liked it but wanted to get off quite quick.
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Post by Cheggy on Jan 30, 2015 18:51:35 GMT
I think you trust your daughter to have good judgement when it comes to riding (she is a sensible rider/driver) and not some young nob showing off to her........yes? Got it in one mate, thanks
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Post by jonnyboy on Jan 30, 2015 18:57:43 GMT
My wife and i are going through the adoption process and the social worker as me if i would let any children have bikes and i agree with you on that one, if they are competant and careful i will support them but i am a terrible passenger and do not go on the back of any bike i would advise any child of mine to do the same!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2015 19:11:08 GMT
I personally always like to be in control on a motorcycle. I remember going pillion with a work mate on a CB500T back in 1991 and I was a bit sh*t scared....Daryl, the guy who owned it said 'just lean with it'.....
But I was as rigid as an oak door......maybe it was his riding style?
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Post by Cheggy on Jan 30, 2015 19:19:04 GMT
I think of the enjoyment I get from riding, the places I've been and the people I have met and I don't want my kids to miss out on all that. My youngest daughter still goes on about the time my bike let me down and she ended up on the back of Trotsky and I was playing pillion on kickstarts bike... And she loved it! Like its been said already, the memories you can create for your kids are worth everything.
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Post by davefirestorm on Jan 30, 2015 19:30:33 GMT
My ex wife and I were both against my 2 sons now 26 and 23 getting bikes when old enough,they did however from age 7/8 ride pillion on my bikes VFR/VTR/Fireblade etc. plus the old clunkers too we spent man happy weekends away touring around UK and France too.I think small 50s are dangerously under powered,my 2 sons never desired to ride so we didn't have to say we were not happy with them riding.
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Post by Cheggy on Jan 30, 2015 19:32:17 GMT
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Post by scott on Jan 30, 2015 20:21:38 GMT
If you don't encourage and let you children get into biking who's going to look after you classic bikes when you are gone?
The classic bike scene is dying out, its a fact.
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Post by jonnyboy on Jan 30, 2015 20:27:08 GMT
If the scene is dying out does that mean the market will plummet?
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Post by scott on Jan 30, 2015 20:37:45 GMT
I'd put money on it. Classic and Vintage bikes are being condensed into larger and larger collections as inevitably older people are dying and the way I see it is eventually nobody is going to want them and hence the value will plummet. VERY few young people are getting into biking at all due the new test rules and even fewer into classic bikes. The ever increasing average age of members within the classic bike clubs is beginning to be an issue and I've seen numerous articles trying to tackle the problem. I can't see how you can encourage it - young people of today are far too obsessed with electronic gadgets to actually do anything technical with their hands .
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Post by scania on Jan 30, 2015 20:38:20 GMT
It was hard for me to persuade my wife to let me take my 8 year old son for a short ride as she does not want him to be into bikes at as she knows how dangerous they are as we all do, he loved his ride out with me & at bike show this year I brought some proper gear for him so this summer we can get out again. I talked her around as I would like to get to the end of my life with my son having some memories of spending quality time with me as I have very few good memories of spending time with my dad which is a shame. I have taken my daughters out on my GSXR750 and the SD and they love it but they are adults now, my wife is just worried that my son will decide to get into motorcycling as soon as he can & like most of us did in our youth he will probably have a tumble or two, well I don't want to live with the what if question, as we would all end up doing nothing fun if we thought like that so what will be will be, all we can do is try & install some sense in our kids & let them choose not control what they do. That is a great picture, would win a photo competition.
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Post by scania on Jan 30, 2015 20:55:58 GMT
I'd put money on it. Classic and Vintage bikes are being condensed into larger and larger collections as inevitably older people are dying and the way I see it is eventually nobody is going to want them and hence the value will plummet. VERY few young people are getting into biking at all due the new test rules and even fewer into classic bikes. The ever increasing average age of members within the classic bike clubs is beginning to be an issue and I've seen numerous articles trying to tackle the problem. I can't see how you can encourage it - young people of today are far too obsessed with electronic gadgets to actually do anything technical with their hands . That's an interesting observation, I would add that the younger generation of Irish people especially urban Irish people do as little as possible with their hands outside work, and are big into multi conversations on their facebook gadgets. However there is a huge Polish, Latvian and Lituanian population in Ireland now, these are mostly hardworking people who went to tech type schools, there are many new car, bike, classic bike and modified bike groups growing among them in Ireland. They are also big into fishing. I actually hang out with them more that I would with the average Dublin people as their brains are more active and they have loads of tech knowledge. I actually think the classic and second hand bike market will be kept alive and grow because of the immigrants. The biggest threat to Classic bikes in Ireland would be EU-German nonsense-dictatorship-regulations.
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Post by scania on Jan 30, 2015 21:02:36 GMT
There is something wrong with my browser, when I try to quote a post with a large picture in it, then the cursor will not park under at the bottom as normal, instead it parks at top and my text gets added to the test of the post I was quoted. just happened above when I tried to Quote Sumersetdreamers's great photo.
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Post by greybeard on Jan 30, 2015 21:05:13 GMT
My dad encouraged both myself and my brother to have bikes before we had cars. His view was that riding bikes for a few years would end up making us better and more aware drivers. I have to say, I dont disagree with him, although my brother was/is a liability on a bike.... Mum wasnt worried about me riding, but my brother has always been a bit 'wayward' and so she constantly worried about him - but she wouldnt stop him.
Not having nippers myself, i obviously cannot put an opinion to the question. But I believe that if you ride yourself, it would be most unfair of you to stop your offspring from wanting to do the same come the time. Just ensure they get the proper training, encouragement and equipment. Ride with them yourself in the early days - this way you can pass on tips and advice and also satisfy yourself (to some degree) that they are sensible on a bike.
But never forget, you cannot wrap them up in cotton wool all the time.
Is it not better that they ride with your blessing than to ride in secret - because if they really want to ride, then they will.
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Post by scania on Jan 30, 2015 21:13:51 GMT
I don't want my kids anywhere near them - dirty horrible smelly dangerous things. I'm glad they show no interest in my bikes (or having a bike) in the future - they take after their mother. That is a terrible way to talk about your children, I'm sure they wash regularly
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