Garage Setup
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Minnesota
...how did we all survive before computers, when we had to figure this stuff out by ourselves???....my kids,(3), were taught young, that there was thing in the garage called "daddy's bike"..a thing so sacred to dad that not even Mom was allowed to touch it if I wasn't there...a thing that dad could walk by and just glance at..and instantly know, almost by magic..that someone had touched it...and if that happened..dad turned into a scary monster that no one ever wanted to see again...case closed..
I do teach them as you describe. But for piece of mind I'm looking at building something to protect my bike....something more then just a cover.
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 577
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From: South Central Pa.
When I bought my Road King in 2009 my daughter was 8 years old and my son was 13. Here's what I did:
I took them out to the garage immediately after I returned from a ride. I told them to NEVER go near the bike because it might be VERY hot and would burn them so badly they would need to go to the hospital. To show them what I meant I had them get within about a foot of the bike and hold their hands about 6 inches or so above the pipes so they could feel the heat coming off of them. Their eyes lit up like Christmas trees.
Then I got down to eye level with my daughter and had my son kneel next to us. I told them how much I loved them and told them that if they ever knocked the Bike over it could land on them and kill them.... and then I would be the saddest Daddy in the world.
They hugged me and promised they would never go near it wwithout me. They have been true to their words.
**** does happen, but responsible parents try to minimize it.
I took them out to the garage immediately after I returned from a ride. I told them to NEVER go near the bike because it might be VERY hot and would burn them so badly they would need to go to the hospital. To show them what I meant I had them get within about a foot of the bike and hold their hands about 6 inches or so above the pipes so they could feel the heat coming off of them. Their eyes lit up like Christmas trees.
Then I got down to eye level with my daughter and had my son kneel next to us. I told them how much I loved them and told them that if they ever knocked the Bike over it could land on them and kill them.... and then I would be the saddest Daddy in the world.
They hugged me and promised they would never go near it wwithout me. They have been true to their words.
**** does happen, but responsible parents try to minimize it.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2011
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From: Republic of Tejas
When I was a kid a belt keep me away from my dad's bike. He never had to use it cause at a very young age I was taugh what I was allowed to miss with. And that was only my stuff.
But if you are worried you might just want to put a lock on the garage so the kids cant get in.
But if you are worried you might just want to put a lock on the garage so the kids cant get in.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 4,618
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From: Johnstown, PA
Here is my set up, don't mind the mess. two bikes fit back there. Door slides into the wall on the right side. You can kind of see it in the second pic.
Last edited by steelerdude1; Mar 5, 2012 at 05:19 PM.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Niagara, Ontario, Canada
so a story.
I'm in a diner, I come out and some DUDE has put his kid on my '53 fl--- scuff marks all over my tank
WTF
the kid is screaming 'cause Daddy put kid's leg on my exhaust.
daddy is screaming how he's gonna sue me.
I let him know in a low voice that I wouldn't deck him in front of his kids if he apologized and moved on.
he did.
he was too stupid to know that bikes are hot- not smart enough to be responsible
anyway, lots of stuff that little fingers shouldn't touch in any garage so a simple latch up high where they can't reach until they are older should do.
there is paint thinner, cans of gas, cutters tools etc.
child proof it just as you would the kitchen.
Mike
I'm in a diner, I come out and some DUDE has put his kid on my '53 fl--- scuff marks all over my tank
WTF
the kid is screaming 'cause Daddy put kid's leg on my exhaust.
daddy is screaming how he's gonna sue me.
I let him know in a low voice that I wouldn't deck him in front of his kids if he apologized and moved on.
he did.
he was too stupid to know that bikes are hot- not smart enough to be responsible
anyway, lots of stuff that little fingers shouldn't touch in any garage so a simple latch up high where they can't reach until they are older should do.
there is paint thinner, cans of gas, cutters tools etc.
child proof it just as you would the kitchen.
Mike
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