"Me no go home daddy"
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: NH
+1 LMFAO!!!!!! Its idiots like them that take a good thing and drag it down. I am sure their kids wear helmets while walking to school and not allowed to chew bubble gum the same time that they walk.
Congrats Theo, I used to ride my kids around the neighborhood on my choppers. (In front of me for the Libs). Now I get to ride with them next to me on their own bike.
+1 on the side car it would be worth it.
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: peabody,ma
Some things are better left unsaid.
I have a seven yr old daughter and her mother(my ex wife) no way in hell will let her on my
bike. She has her brained washed now and she now knows that she has to be
like 16 to ride on it. Now I know that's not the law but that's one person's belief's
over another's.
Moral of the story is you will never have two peole agree on this subject.
when one person lives to ride and the others lives to hide.
Believe me Im all about safety If I brought my kid on my bike would take every caution possible to assure a safe short ride.end of story
I have a seven yr old daughter and her mother(my ex wife) no way in hell will let her on my
bike. She has her brained washed now and she now knows that she has to be
like 16 to ride on it. Now I know that's not the law but that's one person's belief's
over another's.
Moral of the story is you will never have two peole agree on this subject.
when one person lives to ride and the others lives to hide.
Believe me Im all about safety If I brought my kid on my bike would take every caution possible to assure a safe short ride.end of story
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Bella Vista, AR
Sounds like you had a good time and he had a "great" time. It sounds like some believe that since you have one child with problems you should put your home in a bubble. I believe just the opposite, you should make every minute count. BTW it only takes a spoonful of water to drown a person, but I still drink water every day.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Decatur, Alabama
Good for you. Nothing like taking your son out for a ride. He's got a dirt bike in his near future right?
Any chance of getting your handicapped son on the back too? My oldest has cerebral palsy also but he walks and talks (with difficulty). He is 20 now and I take him out for short hops on the road king. I would like it better if I had one of those backrests with the arm rests so it would confine him better.
Any chance of getting your handicapped son on the back too? My oldest has cerebral palsy also but he walks and talks (with difficulty). He is 20 now and I take him out for short hops on the road king. I would like it better if I had one of those backrests with the arm rests so it would confine him better.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2007
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Both of my boys are 9 y/o and I took them for a few short rides last year but yesterday was the first significant ride. I took one of them for about a 50 mile ride and it was ended early due to incoming rain. I still think it is a little early for my kids but I am going to work slowly into it. For me having a child on the back is a HUGE responsibility and I don't want to do anything to hurt them but at the same time I do want to share something that I am so passionate about.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Michigan
I've been having this argument with my wife for a while now...our son turns 3 on friday (wow time flies) and he loves the "cycle", but the little woman doesn't want him to ride on it. I can certainly see her point, and we all know a happy wife = a happy life, but just around the subdivision couldn't hurt right? 
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Road Captain
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From:
I certainly understand what some of you mean by saying this story could of had a tragic ending. However, haven't we all got a little too safe.
Heck, my ol' man would put me on the front of his dirt bike and my brother on the bike and we would drive around. I clearly remember jumping the bike (about a foot high, but at age 3 and 4 it seemed 20 feet high). It could have turned bad, but didn't. This is one of my earliest and best memories of my dad. It is also one of the first times I thought I wanted to learn how to ride a motorcycle.
My parents got me that motorcycle when I was 6. Those monsters didn't buy me a helmet though. Man, I curse them everyday because they clearly didn't love me....NOT! Of course, I didn't wear a seatbelt in a car until I went to college.
Relax everyone. Lock your kids inside if you wish, but if he can accept the consequences than so should you.
Heck, my ol' man would put me on the front of his dirt bike and my brother on the bike and we would drive around. I clearly remember jumping the bike (about a foot high, but at age 3 and 4 it seemed 20 feet high). It could have turned bad, but didn't. This is one of my earliest and best memories of my dad. It is also one of the first times I thought I wanted to learn how to ride a motorcycle.
My parents got me that motorcycle when I was 6. Those monsters didn't buy me a helmet though. Man, I curse them everyday because they clearly didn't love me....NOT! Of course, I didn't wear a seatbelt in a car until I went to college.
Relax everyone. Lock your kids inside if you wish, but if he can accept the consequences than so should you.
Good original posting. His kid, his choice. At least he's still in the house involved in his life and not running the streets. I also have a three year old son. I'll wait a bit before putting him on the bike, but again, my choice.
Bill
Tourer
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From: Yorkshire,England
Then the full posse can go for a ride together!