[GCHANCE]

How many members take their kids riding with them? I have a 12 year old girl that loves to ride with me. Two weeks ago I took her to the mountains in NC and we had a blast. She was on the bike for a 10 hour day and never said she was tired or ready to go home. I asked her what road she liked best and it was 129 at the Gap. Maybe one day we could have a bring your kid along ride.

Grady

 

[rockertom]

Very cool. I've had my daughter on the tank in front of me starting at 2. We would just go around the block in my housing devlopement though. I started taking her out the street after she could touch the pegs with her feet in the passanger seat. Only problem I have now is she falls alseep on me on a longer jaunt out and about. She is 8 and 1/2 now.

 

[cory1848]

No kids yet, but when I do, I hope one day they would want to ride as well. I would teach them at a young age, probably in the dirt first... Very cool that she likes to ride

 

[mydirtytruck]

Mine is 5 now, and she loves riding. She started at about 2 sitting on the front of my seat with me. Now that shes a little older she can just barely touch the rear pegs and she can sit on the back seat, but doesnt like to. This is all in my subdivision of course.

 

[cory1848]

At what age would you start teaching how to ride? I would think a little 50 in the back yard at about age 5-6 would be good, no?

 

[noahfz1]

At what age would you start teaching how to ride? I would think a little 50 in the back yard at about age 5-6 would be good, no?

Both my girls were riding their little motorcycles before they were riding their bikes. They were both 5 when I started to let them ride dirt bikes. They still love it and I heard that my older daughter told someone at soccer practice the other night that she was going to get one of those sport bikes.

 

[mcwilliamsda]

my two daughters will not dare - have absolutely NO interest at all. My son has ridden for short rides and short rides only... still skiddish and though he liked it - it is not on his list of things to ask dad to do.

 

[easyR6]

my oldest wont ride anywhere but the neighborhood. my youngest (3) i cant keep off it. even had to put a safety chain on my door going into the garage. my middle (9) loves US129 every weekend hes asks are we riding today? sometimes i gotta let him down and say i need this trip alone.

 

[ZX14GPA]

I put my Grandson on my zx9r at 3 days old, layed him on the tank and fired her up. The boy didnt move. At 3 months i was riding him down the sidewalk on the Maurder, at 18 months the boy was climbing up on the to kawis and starting them. So now i have to cover them or take the keys out in the garage. He is 2.5 now and everytime i go to leave and he is in the garage he will grab his helmet and i have to ride him around the block. I usually ride him on the zx14 or the gsxr600 but if you ask him which one is his he points to the red zx9r. I guess you never get over that first sportsbike ride.
My granddaughter (big mama) will sit on them but if you start it she will bail off, She doesnt like them. I guess it will be a Barbie Vette for her.

 

[Guest]

Hahaha I don't have kids but I have a neice I raised from birth till recently. She loved my bike enough that I splurged and bought her a little Harley Powerwheels for xmas :-D After that she moved up to 4 wheeler racing and such. She still rides with me when I see her. Fearless 7 year old...GO FASTER GO FASTER lol. Thats my girl.

 

[snakie1]

How many members take their kids riding with them? I have a 12 year old girl that loves to ride with me. Two weeks ago I took her to the mountains in NC and we had a blast. She was on the bike for a 10 hour day and never said she was tired or ready to go home. I asked her what road she liked best and it was 129 at the Gap. Maybe one day we could have a bring your kid along ride.

Grady

Hey man!! Sounds like I'll start seeing a new cycle coming into and leaving the neighborhood in about 4yrs..If everything goes good we hope to have a new scoot in the driveway soon.. Maybe the next time you take the trip we could tag along, as long as you promise to wait up..:cheers

 

[clockworkjon]

All awesome stories guys! My little guy just turned 1 yesterday and I can't wait until I can get him on two wheels. I just hope the lame 50cc ban is gone by the time he's 3. Kid likes to go fast too. I was pushing him down the sidewalk in his Cozy Coupe the other day and he just kept rocking back and forth trying to go faster. I had to sprint down the street pushing him full speed. Stayed calm as a cucumber in that loud shaky POS! Proud papa moment, good workout for me.

 

[Sourskittle]

When my daughter was 6 or 7 I started picking her up from school on the TL1000R. We just live around the corner from the school ( which is why I have to pick her up ). She loved all the attention, and she even got to rock-out "mom's pink helmet".

She never was big enough to take on a longer ride. I think the longest we went was like 5 miles to grandma's house.

If I had something a little bit more "cruiser", I'd take her out on it all the time.

 

[rockertom]

I picked up a Corbin with a back rest. I feel much better having that for my daughter while she is on the Blackbird. A longer ride is ok now.

 

[buzzwells]

Taking my 12yr old girl on the Toys for Tots ride

 

[donmac]

Both my kids rode with me. My son has since bought a Ninja 500 that we have a blast riding together and my daughter still loves to ride with me even though she's driving her own vehicle now. One of the best times my son and I had was taking the rider course together. I don't worry as much especially since he's off at college now.