Who is lucky enough to ride or share bike chats with their dad or mum?

[kathy-rose]

My dad has made my day...he bought his first bike,(in my lifetime)off a 60 year old in Christchurch today, he is about to turn 70 himself...never speaks on the phone because he is hard of hearing, and a man of few words. Until his eldest daughter me decided to learn to ride...now I get random phone calls about bikes all hours of the night...he is driving my mum crazy and all we get is "for fk sake, you two"...he bought himself a 1999 dragstar 1100, with all the gears. Mum wanted me to buy a bike from the southisland and get dad to ride it up north...so he would grow out of it.
how special it is to still have parents who love life....whats your story.

[unstuck]

My dad had a triumph with a sidecar back in the uk, and most of my uncles had bikes. They were all rockers. Dad got me an old bike when I was about 7 and we fixed it up enough for me to hoon around on. The last time he tried to ride a bike was on one of mine and he wheelied it into a tree and broke his leg, he,s never ridden since. He still likes looking over my bikes when he is here though. Mum hates them, and always has.:2thumbsup

[BADGRL]

I snuck out when I was about 18yrs and bought the 1st of many bikes without my father's approval. Ive been riding for the past 10yrs and I still get the worried phone call just to make sure his little girl's looking after herself...
I rocked up to his work on a motard earlier this year, Dad grabs the keys off me and starts her up taking off with an impressive skid, does a standstill 180 in the shingle before giving it some gas and finishing up with a mean stoppie! WTF!! He's the man!

Got me wondering if this whole time he was just jealous his missus doesn't let him own a bike :D Lmao!

[george formby]

Walk away from the computer Kathy....
My Pater is still a bike nut. Moved to Spain a wee while ago with his CRM 250 & bought a new GS 6fiddy last year so he can get dirty with his girlfriend. He has owned a TDM 900, ST 1300, Ducati Multistrada & an Aprilia Tuono in the last 10 years, I may have forgotten one or two. His Stan Stevens tuned DT 175 & Honda 110 step thru have their own cupboards in the garage, reward for sterling service. He turns 70 next year. Last time we rode together, around Europe about 6 years ago, he still had the attitude if not the reactions of a spotty wee oik & is still convinced that the bit between double yellow lines is a designated bike lane. Bless his cotton socks, he stuck me on a trials bike when I was 6 & took me to my first MX race when I was 6 months.
Yeah, skype is pure bike chat, well, anything mad with an engine really.

[haydes55]

As a child my dad had s triumph daytona 1200. But that was my only interaction with motorbikes til I was 12 and dad started swinging on a sidecar at speedway. I got a junior bike and until last year rode every season since. Dad stopped riding road bikes but just bought a sidecar. Now I'm about to get my full license, dad wants to get his license again. So he's buying my big boy bike as a trade for my klx for him to sit his licenses.

[kathy-rose]

Walk away from the computer Kathy....

My Pater is still a bike nut. Moved to Spain a wee while ago with his CRM 250 & bought a new GS 6fiddy last year so he can get dirty with his girlfriend. He has owned a TDM 900, ST 1300, Ducati Multistrada & an Aprilia Tuono in the last 10 years, I may have forgotten one or two. His Stan Stevens tuned DT 175 & Honda 110 step thru have their own cupboards in the garage, reward for sterling service. He turns 70 next year. Last time we rode together, around Europe about 6 years ago, he still had the attitude if not the reactions of a spotty wee oik & is still convinced that the bit between double yellow lines is a designated bike lane. Bless his cotton socks, he stuck me on a trials bike when I was 6 & took me to my first MX race when I was 6 months.
Yeah, skype is pure bike chat, well, anything mad with an engine really.

not sure what you meant by move away from the computer....but you could be right each time I get online ive bought something else for the adventure im on..

[george formby]

not sure what you meant by move away from the computer....but you could be right each time I get online ive bought something else for the adventure im on..

Forum thread rash. Guilty of it myself when I first discovered KB. No offense intended, I keep my tongue in my cheek on the interwebs. Your not alone on your adventure, quite a bit of thrilling, butt puckering & exhilaration in this household at the mo.

[kathy-rose]

Forum thread rash. Guilty of it myself when I first discovered KB. No offense intended, I keep my tongue in my cheek on the interwebs. Your not alone on your adventure, quite a bit of thrilling, butt puckering & exhilaration in this household at the mo.

no offense taken...just love to talk to b.....y much and as I live in the middle of nowhere its a good out let lol...

[Maha]

My Parents (Mum in particular) did not take the news well when I told them I had bought a motorbike. I got the caring parent lecture...''death trap'' etc.
But it's what I wanted and that wasn't going to change..
Fast forward a few months, I get a phone call from Mum to say that my sister had been shopping with her friend and had arranged to have tea with her and her hubby that evening. Friends husband rang 30 mins after Karen had dropped her friend at home saying that ''she had dropped dead at the top of the stairs''.

Mum really rang to say ''enjoy your motorbike, you just never know when your time is up''
They are always pleased when I buy a new bike now, I tend to exchange every two years or so. I even sent them a photo of my latest bike.

Life is good.

[sugilite]

Not quite a bike story but close...
Back in the day I had a 3 wheeler Honda ATV, an ATC200X (one with a XR200 motor). I took dad up the pylon access roads at the end of the road, gave him a spin in a clearing around a pylon. Within 2 minutes he had it in full opposite lock sideways power slides, within 5 minutes it was jumps as well :shit:
He was a man full of surprises, I only found out he had raced cars in his 20's when I found an old box of car mags and read an article about him smashing a hill climb record (stood for 11 years!).

[george formby]

no offense taken...just love to talk to b.....y much and as I live in the middle of nowhere its a good out let lol...

We all live in NZ, last stop before the edge of the world. Ain't it great?

Yarp Maha, life is really good. Spent my day spanking the wee DT on one of the best roads ever laid with probably some of the best views in the North Island. No, you haven't ridden it....

Trying really hard to get the Pater out here for some two wheeled hi jinx before it's too late. Strange time in life now, the urge to do more is getting stronger but time is moving faster. My parents are not old in my memories but they are getting there in life.
All those things that you want to do & say.... Now is good.

[kathy-rose]

My Parents (Mum in particular) did not take the news well when I told them I had bought a motorbike. I got the caring parent lecture...''death trap'' etc.
But it's what I wanted and that wasn't going to change..
Fast forward a few months, I get a phone call from Mum to say that my sister had been shopping with her friend and had arranged to have tea with her and her hubby that evening. Friends husband rang 30 mins after Karen had dropped her friend at home saying that ''she had dropped dead at the top of the stairs''.

Mum really rang to say ''enjoy your motorbike, you just never know when your time is up''
They are always pleased when I buy a new bike now, I tend to exchange every two years or so. I even sent them a photo of my latest bike.

Life is good.I know how you feel...live love and dance like no-one is watching

[nodrog]

Talking to your parents, Id rather poke sticks in my eyes.

[nzspokes]

My Dad is 80 and wants an Aerial square 4. He tells me off and tells me to be careful. Then tells me about landing in a ditch after racing some guy in a Jag back in England on his Triumph.:laugh:

One of my goals with riding was to get my full and take him for a ride. Unfortunately old age wouldnt allow it.

[Smifffy]

Dad had a lot of bikes in his young single days, and had smaller bikes after marriage and kids. I think one of the reasons was to teach me to ride on them as he seldom had time to ride much himself. After I got my license he sold his bike and I got one.

30 years later I keep offering for him to take mine for a ride and he doesn't want to. :(

[avgas]

My dad has killed my inheritance and bought a new 955i Daytona every 5 years since they came out :)
Before then he had a couple of XS850's for a few year and a 3TA that never got reassembled.

I am in the same boat he was in many moons ago - sold the crap around me so more money for family / cover debt. Selling my bikes has got a lot of respect with the old man which I was surprised with.

Best times with him was when I just had my dream bike all tuned up ready to go (FZ1) and he followed me for a ride (round coro) where for the first time I could put the pressure on his Daytona. Smile on his face said it all at the Thames cafe after - only thing he said was "Be careful out there.....watch out for the cops"

When he retires I think I will get another bike and will set aside some time to go for blats with him. Perhaps a couple of trail bikes even.

His dad (aka my grandad) had a BSA, but died young due to Brain Tumor. My Great Grandmother (previously mentioned Grandad's mother) had a Harley to get around on in early 1900's.

I have a deal with my wife that I won't pressure my son to learn to ride. But if he asks I will assist, but not make it easy for him. Something satisfying about riding your own hard earned dunger. My nephew had stuff handed to him - and he has no respect for it.

[blackdog]

Talking to your parents, Id rather poke sticks in my eyes.

As would I. For a motor mechanic, my old man had no interest whatsoever in any form of motor fun.

Had to learn how to get my own kicks.

[george formby]

My dad has killed my inheritance and bought a new 955i Daytona

The old man has "riding the kids inheritance" on his number plates. Bit disappointed he did not achieve more really.<_<

[tristania]

My first bike, and my dad's first real bike co-incided about 16 years ago. He bought an '86 FLHT Electraglide harley (had a bike licence in England but only rode scooters) and my 250 Virago turned up on the driveway about a week later. Neither knew the other had gone and bought one and I was spared the "bikes are dangerous" spiels.

We had some fun rides together but he stopped riding shortly after I had an off. I finally got back on and upgraded, but he sold and probably won't ride again. Enjoy the good times and the enthusiasts in your life while you have them :)

[Phantom Limb]

Despite being a biker chick my mother flat out refused to let me get a bike in my younger days. So I would steal away on the old man's Bandit when she wasn't looking.

Then mum snuffed herself and I bought a bike a few weeks later :laugh: Ding dong!

So my old man was thrilled because we quickly became riding buddies.
Then father re-marries and the new squeeze has him sell his bike pronto!

Just like that, no more riding buddy. He still eyes up my Yammy with hunger in his peepers to this day though!

[george formby]

Then father re-marries and the new squeeze has him sell his bike pronto!

Just like that, no more riding buddy.

Damned shame. The things people do for lurve, on the one hand, hubby has to stay safe, on the the other, gotta keep the spouse happy.

What a conundrum.

[haydes55]

Damned shame. The things people do for lurve, on the one hand, hubby has to stay safe, on the the other, gotta keep the spouse happy.

What a conundrum.

Other fish in the sea.

[Phantom Limb]

Other fish in the sea.

That's what I bloody said!
That Z1000 was a friggin' peach. He sold it and bought his missus a camper bus instead! What a crock of shit.

[haydes55]

That's what I bloody said!
That Z1000 was a friggin' peach. He sold it and bought his missus a camper bus instead! What a crock of shit.


From enjoying the road, to blocking the road :banghead:

[kathy-rose]

[QUOTE=Phantom Limb;1130572087]

So my old man was thrilled because we quickly became riding buddies.
Then father re-marries and the new squeeze has him sell his bike pronto!

yep step mummys are a pain in the arse....my sister and I married stepbrothers so we share the evil lady, but the sons are great....the stepmother has managed to bleed the family funds for her gain..sadly

[pouakai]

My son! haha :D One of the few pursuits he can't catch me in yet !:D

[GDOBSSOR]

I'm not lucky enough to ride with my parents :/ Mum has a full motorbike license. She only ever rode a 50cc scooter, but she got it before 1987 which was the year graduated licensing was brought in, so if she wanted, all she'd need to do would be to sit a basic handling skills course and she'd be able to ride whatever size bike she wanted to. She won't though, and says she'll never ride again. She even did her best to stop me from riding. My dad's taken my bike out a couple of times, and I've offered to pass it on to him after I get my 'full license bike', but he says he doesn't want another bike either.

[GDOBSSOR]

So my old man was thrilled because we quickly became riding buddies.
Then father re-marries and the new squeeze has him sell his bike pronto!


In all honesty... I hear this story too often. We have another one of these ladies in the family... she is my mother, and as much as I love her, she does not love my bike, and has actually said she believes riding it is going to result in me ending up in a rest home early. It's a matter of recognising that you are an adult and capable of making your own decisions on matters that affect you and only you, and not letting others run your life for you.

[Clairsky]

My son at 16 got his bike and car licence, the bike so he could ride to a job. Well, the job hasn't happened yet but he has developed an enjoyment of riding that I am going to have to curb come summer when it's my turn! Then we'll see how long it takes to get a job for his own bike!
Neither of my parents rode.

[munster]

Dad rides an M50 as well, we've done the several awesome rides together.

My wife has bought a bike and my daughter is keen for one too.

I'm all for it.

[george formby]

The auld fella just traded in his GS 650 thingy against a KTM 390 Duke, to go shopping on he reckons. The new Duke & his CRM 250 are trailering down to southern Spain in a couple of months for a long summer of mountain roads & mountain trails. And Rioja.
70 next year & still getting better.

[haydes55]

My dad now owns my motard. He's going through his license now. So for 2 years I'm beating him haha.

[Fern]

me old man builds and restores Nortons, Triumphs, that kinda thing. We lose count of how many bikes in the garage. I'm living his dream riding where I have. He works in China, lives in UK so hope he will come over on a riding holiday in the summer time :-)

[Fern]

and I gave my mum a refresher lesson on a Yammie RX135 in Nepal a few months ago, and she wants to go on and pass her test and buy a bonnie. Woo.

[98tls]

About the only thing myself and the old man could talk about was bikes,red rag to a bull on anything else,last i heard he was still riding at 73,1250 Bandit last i heard.Pic from long ago....

[Grashopper]

My Mom got her bike license about 40 years ago. She did it, because she was afraid of riding and wanted to beat her fear... She didn't have her own bike though and then never got onto another bike again after getting her license. She took it really well when I told her I got a bike and started telling me funny stories about her learning time. :D

My Dad was always very mechanically minded. He loved to work on the car and once he and my uncle 'upgraded' a little boat with a car engine :) I always wonder what he would have thought about me riding motorcycles...

[GSF]

My Dad had plenty bikes when he was younger. Gave up riding when marriage and kids came along. He has recently picked up a Honda CT110 though and is getting back in the saddle after many moons.

We have lots of bike chats - Dad isn't very interested in modern bikes and I love classics and weird oddball shit so we talk about old Brit bikes, European machines and old 60s and 70s Japanese bikes that he was familiar with in the day. Lots of fun and I have learnt a lot from him and heard some very funny and interesting stories.

I've been thinking lately that I would like to find a basket-case BSA Bantam that we could buy and do up together, as the lil Beezer was his first bike.

I'm also very lucky that Dad is an extremely handy fellow who is an expert in aviation, heavy engineering and electrics - first port of call for troubleshooting!

[Hobbyhorse]

The question also runs in reverse ... age wise.

I am 72 and often talk with my 50 year son about the bikes we have both owned and our current activities. Unfortunately he lives in Mallorca in Spain and riding with him is a little more difficult now.
I feel I am lucky we have a common interest and that he still wants to talk about it .... isn't Skype wonderful!!

[T.W.R]

Be thankful you can still have these chats and share the experiences :yes: and make the most of them while they last ;)
I lost my father 22yrs ago but thanks to him he got me into bikes, taught me to ride and had me around bikes from before I can remember, the whole family was involved with bikes and even today I still manage to get my aunt on the back of the 11 for the odd wee blat & shes 78 :clap: cheeky old bugger threatens that if she could manage the weight of the bike she'd be off & gone :lol: not bad for an old tart that's 5ft nothing

[The Baron]

I used to ride when I was younger, old bikes, back in those days. I gave them up when I had a young family. Many years later, and totally out of the blue, my 18 year old told me he was going to buy a bike he had found and would I come and have a look at it with him. it turned out to be a shitter and he went on to buy a new GN125. He let me take him for a ride on it around town when he first got it and then wouldn't let me ride it again. Yep. Some months later I bought a bike again. I have had many bikes since then and still have two in the garage. I call them my stress management tools.

[Smifffy]

Mum & Dad stopped in last night. Whenever we have a few beers and start talking bikes, it inevitably gets to stories from his after school job working for Dean Hollier in his bike & motorbike shop in the late 50's.

[actungbaby]

My dad has made my day...he bought his first bike,(in my lifetime)off a 60 year old in Christchurch today, he is about to turn 70 himself...never speaks on the phone because he is hard of hearing, and a man of few words. Until his eldest daughter me decided to learn to ride...now I get random phone calls about bikes all hours of the night...he is driving my mum crazy and all we get is "for fk sake, you two"...he bought himself a 1999 dragstar 1100, with all the gears. Mum wanted me to buy a bike from the southisland and get dad to ride it up north...so he would grow out of it.
how special it is to still have parents who love life....whats your story.

My dad rode bikes in his 20,s then drove taxis i used drive him crazy talking about bikes, blah blah know my nephew does it to me.

Talk about full circle my mum loves to drive her car has big bore exhust . she dispointed doesint sound good as used too.

My son is 3 years and he loves bikes too so might be gen 3 Motorcylist

My mum is very sick so love you folks while still with you.

[actungbaby]

Be thankful you can still have these chats and share the experiences :yes: and make the most of them while they last ;)
I lost my father 22yrs ago but thanks to him he got me into bikes, taught me to ride and had me around bikes from before I can remember, the whole family was involved with bikes and even today I still manage to get my aunt on the back of the 11 for the odd wee blat & shes 78 :clap: cheeky old bugger threatens that if she could manage the weight of the bike she'd be off & gone :lol: not bad for an old tart that's 5ft nothing

Totally dude my mum took me to work back in 80,s chouldint blelive the
Way she drove little mini car manuall i was in owe still am to this day.

Live and love appriecate your family only have so long with them.

[DamianW]

Mum had a quick fling with a Turkish law student in swinging London in '66. She ran home to Liverpool and nine months later I arrived. Never knew my old man, he never knew I existed. Don't know his name or ever saw pictures. Mum died last Xmas day of breast cancer.

Enjoy the time you have with your folks - it's priceless.

[kathy-rose]

[QUOTE=Hobbyhorse;1130596042]The question also runs in reverse ... age wise.

I am 72 and often talk with my 50 year son about the bikes we have both owned and our current activities. Unfortunately he lives in Mallorca in Spain and riding with him is a little more difficult now.
I feel I am lucky we have a common interest and that he still wants to talk about it .... isn't Skype wonderful!!

yep Skype is great...dad and I had a session where he showed me his bike boots he scored of trademe for $5.00 and his new leather jacket...poor mum just moved over and rolled her eyeballs.:rolleyes:

[kathy-rose]

[QUOTE=T.W.R;1130596243]Be thankful you can still have these chats and share the experiences :yes: and make the most of them while they last ;)
I lost my father 22yrs ago but thanks to him he got me into bikes, taught me to ride and had me around bikes from before I can remember, the whole family was involved with bikes and even today I still manage to get my aunt on the back of the 11 for the odd wee blat & shes 78 :clap: cheeky old bugger threatens that if she could manage the weight of the bike she'd be off & gone :lol: not bad for an old tart that's 5ft nothing





sounds just like how I would love to be at that age.....aging disgracefully and loving it.

[T.W.R]

sounds just like how I would love to be at that age.....aging disgracefully and loving it.

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