How 2 get mum 2 let me have a bike

[Hitcher]

hi im 16 and wont a bike. mum wont tell me b coz they dangerous and dad came off his at 170. i know that its more dangerous than a car but it=f u drive safe and realy wotch the cars u b fine. any ideas?

Gahhh! Maybe if you learned to write English properly your Mum (and others of us) may better understand what it is you want. Your Dad was really old when he came off his bike. Tell your Mum you will stop riding when you get to 135.

[SwanTiger]

My first road bike was a GN 250 that I owned for about four months, it didn't have a warrant and wasn't registered. I also didn't have a license or a helmet. I still rode it despite my parets dissaproval, my dad said he informed the Police and my mum would merely bitch and moan. Eventually they gave in to the idea and my mum hinted "acceptance" if I brought a helmet.

I did get stopped by the Police and a juicey $850 dollar fine - 100 meters from my drive way after midnight for no real reason, so I was a little suspecious of that ...

None the less, persistence pays off and the big deal is getting "acceptance" rather than approval. It is a bit like the Petrol Prices today, people bitch and moan when they go up but eventually they begin to accept the change and live with it.

Personally, I'd suggest you buy a trail bike and ride that for a while, off the road, and that'll get them used to the idea. Then after a while get the trail bike road registered and progress from there, by that point it'll be 5 - 12 months and you can get a propper road bike.

EDIT: If you do manage to get yourself a bike, annoying some of the 'naki homo's on Kiwi Biker would be a good idea.

[sunhuntin]

Gahhh! Maybe if you learned to write English properly your Mum (and others of us) may better understand what it is you want. Your Dad was really old when he came off his bike. Tell your Mum you will stop riding when you get to 135.

lol. 170? that aint old, hitch! LOL

yeh, bikes are dangerous, and im sure theres a few here with some choice pics of their wounds [who was the young guy who had a digit ripped off simply cleaning the chain?] and your mother only has your best interest at heart, trust me. IMHO, a 16 year old who cant be bothered to write in correct english is not mature enough for anything other than a push bike. im only 21, but even to me you appear to a kid who simply wants to annoy his mother some more. i hate to think how some of the older members [who think im an idiot, lol] are feeling about you.

[yungatart]

My concern is that with this young man's woefully inadequate literacy skills, he may qualify for a reader/writer for his licence test and actually pass... giving us yet one more idiot who is out on the road!

I can't read the signs yet, mummy.

[sunhuntin]

My concern is that with this young man's woefully inadequate literacy skills, he may qualify for a reader/writer for his licence test and actually pass... giving us yet one more idiot who is out on the road!

o god! you mean like that kid who called me a fuckin skank at work cos HE spilled petrol all over himself? or the dorks who got shitty when i refused to let them throw petrol [with maybe 2 stroke oil] down our sewers, so they went around the corner, dumped it and then thought i wouldnt recognise them? god help us all!

might get wings attached to my helmet so i wont have to share the road with such people.

[Scouse]

My concern is that with this young man's woefully inadequate literacy skills, he may qualify for a reader/writer for his licence test and actually pass... giving us yet one more idiot who is out on the road!

Oooh so judgemental I dont supose you consider yourself to be one of those other idiots

[Maha]

dad came off his at 170.

If your dad is that old, he should by now, understand the wants and needs of a teenager............

[yungatart]

Oooh so judgemental I dont supose you consider yourself to be one of those other idiots

In a word, NO

[Big Dave]

Well young fulla - sorry that so many on here seem to think that spelling the question correctly is more important that the question itself, so skip all that.

Communicate with yer mum. sit down quietly and rationaly and tell her that this is what you really want to do - and ask her what you would need to do to satisfy her demands for safety.

You might even have to wait till you move out of home before you can get a bike. Or you might be able to talk her round if you do it honestly and can convince her that you won't wrap yourself around a pole on day 1.

Ultimately - that is what any parent wants - honesty and trust. If you earn that - then you can probably get a bike.

[bladez]

my parents had no choice both brothers rode bikes had my mother on my bike twice should have lernt the first time . the only rule my mother has is she dosent want to see me ride so if ya go faster than her she wont see ya ride but yes be straight up with your mother as she prob has her reasons for her choice but if you do get a bike go and learn the right way and safe way good luck

[Joni]

I could not of said it better myself Dave!!
Talk to your mum, its all about communication...

[Motu]

What a parent wants is communication with their children,without that they have nothing.If whatzizname can't communicate with us....can he communicate with his mother?

And where's he gone?

[SlowHand]

Stuff your mother...

I like where your head is at. Do we go with adequate gear or are we sailors?

MILF!

I waz jst tryin' 2 hlp dis yng wif hiz probs wif hiz peeps @ hme. Dnt b hating on me 4 dat. smetime ewes gotta let da playaz play da pimps pimp and da hustlas hustle.

Hrses 4 coursez nd all dat ay G?

au bro bro bro



..err thats all I got. I concede.
learn to speaky engrish proper loik, or ur out of the ride tomorrow. Biarch.

[ZorsT]

It wasn't long ago when I was in your shoes. As others have said, keep pushing the idea (thats what i did, it took nearly 2 years)

IMHO, a 16 year old who cant be bothered to write in correct english is not mature enough for anything other than a push bike.

yeah, i have to agree there

[Street Gerbil]

My sister is in a tight spot because of that. She really wants to get herself a bike but she can't because when her kids wanted to get a bike she told them "over my dead body".