Motorcycle Secret
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Just Outside Chicago
I always lived by the rule....
Better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission....
Even thou you are an adult im with you on avoiding the issue if you know for sure they would disapprove and worry... If your folks live out of state and dont visit often id just store them at a friends when they come into town...Good Luck....
Better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission....
Even thou you are an adult im with you on avoiding the issue if you know for sure they would disapprove and worry... If your folks live out of state and dont visit often id just store them at a friends when they come into town...Good Luck....
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Joined: Jul 2010
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From: PA
Sorry, but I gotta agree with the others - GROW A PAIR. I mean, what else are you hiding from people because you're worried how they'll react? That kind of logic NEVER ends well, especially when it concerns loved ones who will eventually find out anyway.
Really? So, if you suddenly found out your wife or other loved one had been intentionally deceiving you for years, you'd be OK with that??
I always lived by the rule....
Better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission....
Better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission....
Last edited by AnotherBlackSG; May 14, 2015 at 08:52 AM.
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 460
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From: Manitoba, Canada
My mother married a biker so when I got a bike at 15 (1964) there wasn't much she could say.
I always felt honesty is best - then you dont have to remember what lies you told and nobody feels decieved.
I always felt honesty is best - then you dont have to remember what lies you told and nobody feels decieved.
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Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Windwardside, Saba N.A.
I was thirteen and living with parents when I got my first motor. Father had a fit until one of his Army buddies told me about my father's antics riding motorcycles in India during the war. No problems after that.
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From: Home
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Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Omaha
First off, you Mom has reason to worry.
Motorcycle riding is a dangerous hobby/means of transportation.
If you have kid's make sure that Mom is willing to raise them in case you and your Wife get killed while you are enjoying your hobby.
I quit riding when I started having kids and starting back when my youngest was 17.
Life is full of risk, some you can control so you have to assume.
Motorcycle riding is a one than can be controlled by just not doing it.
That being said, you're a grownup and need to make you own decisions.
However if you have to hide your decisions then perhaps you're making the wrong ones.
Motorcycle riding is a dangerous hobby/means of transportation.
If you have kid's make sure that Mom is willing to raise them in case you and your Wife get killed while you are enjoying your hobby.
I quit riding when I started having kids and starting back when my youngest was 17.
Life is full of risk, some you can control so you have to assume.
Motorcycle riding is a one than can be controlled by just not doing it.
That being said, you're a grownup and need to make you own decisions.
However if you have to hide your decisions then perhaps you're making the wrong ones.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 419
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From: earth
Leave them in the garage. Put your helmets and riding gear in plain view.
You would be surprised with how much stress us old folks can deal with.
You never know how much of a hell raiser they may of been. We didn't have the paper trail there is today.
You would be surprised with how much stress us old folks can deal with.
You never know how much of a hell raiser they may of been. We didn't have the paper trail there is today.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 1,785
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From: Louisiana
I'd tell my parents - after I'd had the bikes a while. Tell them how you've never had a problem (near accidents) on the bikes, how you've taken the MSF courses (you have, haven't you?), and you NEVER drink before/during riding. Explain how most accident happen to people who have been drinking, and how people who have taken MSF courses are involved in fewer accident than people who haven't. Hopefully, your mother will be able to deal with it -- but parents will be parents, and no matter how old you are, they're going to worry. I'm 61 and my mother still worries about my riding bikes.
