I know what I think, but what do you think?

[unstuck]

Dads are always cool in the eyes of their sons.

Not when your beating the fuckers.

[Devil]

On a photo site a guy recently stirred up a similar storm for a fit mum taking here toddler on the Tongariro crossing in a chest harness. Same there everyone thought it was cool except original poster.

Funny you mention that - this topic (not the one you quoted) came up while we were doing the crossing a few weeks ago where we saw a similar thing.
The issue is the risk of hypothermia to the child if they're not bailed up properly. Particularly considering a young child's natural inability to control their temperature, and the factor of not creating heat by moving. They're just sitting there. The exposed hands of the kid we saw were blue and it wasn't even a particularly cold crossing.
Taking kids out in nature i'm all for, in principle though. Shit if I get around to having kids i'm not stopping my life for them. I'll pack them in a pannier if I have to, but i'll use something soft...

[Stylo]

Good thing Dad wasn't a TZ750 fan ....

[quickbuck]

When I was 6 Dad used to let me have control of the Honda XL125 all the time... No helmet even.... (Yeah, shock horror!!!).
I figure it would go about as fast as that Harley, so really I can't se too much wrong with it

Did a similar thing when the step son was 10 on my GSX600..... Was the most exciting 30 seconds of my life as he lit it up across the lawn!