Kids on a bike without a sissy bar?
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RE: Kids on a bike without a sissy bar?
They race at five year old. And they should have one around you. AMA flat track racing. \\;The best way to teach somebody to ride. Show children racing with no fear.
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RE: Kids on a bike without a sissy bar?
. . . that's what I'm thinking, but my 8 year-old is crazed to get on with me, and right now I need to invest in rain gear. So far I have only taken him on a 5 min. ride at 25 mph tops (yes I know that is all it takes). My 10 year old won't ride because it scares him, but he said he will if I get a sissy bar.
Maybe I'll \\; buy the $150 H-D High Visibility suit and get the sissy bar- it will probably cost the same as buying the Gore-Tex suit without the sissy bar.
Maybe I'll \\; buy the $150 H-D High Visibility suit and get the sissy bar- it will probably cost the same as buying the Gore-Tex suit without the sissy bar.
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RE: Kids on a bike without a sissy bar?
I'm still trying to talk my daughter into letting my 10 year old grandson ride with me...but when he does, my detachable backrest will be on the bike...
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From: DUNDALK,MARYLAND
RE: Kids on a bike without a sissy bar?
They still need to hold on both ways. Some people think they can just sit there, that's not good. I have seen people fall off with sissy bars because they don't know any better.
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RE: Kids on a bike without a sissy bar?
I look at it this way - how will I feel if someone on the back of my bike goes off the backend and gets hurt, especially my 10 year old son? \\; I hate big fat seats, windshields, and sissy bars but nobody gets on the back of my bike without the detachable sissy bar mounted. \\; Still many ways to get hurt and honestly, I prefer to ride solo because I can't enjoy it as much when someone else's life is in my hands like that. \\; But, I do take all precautions.
