How 2 get mum 2 let me have a bike

[Scouse]

So there you go young Dude listen to what Big Dave and Joni are telling you and take no notice of the Mockers

[bladez]

So there you go young Dude listen to what Big Dave and Joni are telling you and take no notice of the Mockers

from what i have read there have been some good advise for the young lad and hey the mockers were a good band

[MSTRS:Me]

from what i have read there have been some good advise for the young lad and hey the mockers were a good band

Absolutely. And advice takes all forms. The advisee will take what they want from what is/was offered.

[Scouse]

and hey the mockers were a good band

Do you think so Iv'e always seen Andrew Fagan as a bit of a Twat

[Virago]

Do you think so Iv'e always seen Andrew Fagan as a bit of a Twat

.......only on Tuesday mornings or Black Friday......

[bladez]

Do you think so Iv'e always seen Andrew Fagan as a bit of a Twat

hey i guess you carnt take a laugh each to there own

[Colapop]

a) If you're that keen on getting a bike, you'll be patient. Better to be patient trather than end up being one.
b) Start slow - a scooter is good. Yeah MotoGP and Superbike riders go fast but they're very skilled and learnt how to ride first.
c) Prove that you're responsible enough to get a bike. Chores suck but they show that you can stick to a routine (and get a job to pay for your own gas)
d) Buy a Harley ride for your mother. Help her to remember that riding feeling.

She's still not happy your old man came off at great speed - probably doesn't want to see it happen again. Take it slow with her - there's plenty of time.

[skidMark]

do what i did go out and buy one and park it in the driveway and go look what i bought today....i was promptly told after riding my brand new minibike home....well go get your license...they took my keys to my brand new toy for 2 days whilst i got my car learners (was only a 50cc replica monkeybike) went and got that and i was sorted...did over 7000 km's on that thing....but yeah 2 weeks after owning it i went into a cars front guard at umm too many km's an hour....and flew over the bars...and apparently according to the driver clear over his bonnet like superman...all up he reckon at least 10 metres distance in the air before hiting the ground braking my elbow then rolling along the grass verge 7-8 times between the footpath and the road....stopping just centimetres from one of those little grass verge trees only a little one but woulve hurt none the less

twas never quite the same bike after that..... this only been april last year...

can never straighten my arm again a nice figure 8 of wire holding it together...

butttt back to the point.......buying my first bike was the best thing i ever did and showing up with a brand new bike straight out of the showroom there was no way she was gunna make me take it back...then overtime upgraded getting her used to the fact i was going to ride a motorbike wheather she liked it or not....

my next upgrade from little bikes was then a gn250 .....then i bought a gpx 250 ninja...and have now just sold that and about to buy a zxr 250 (**drooooooools uncontrollably**)

[skidMark]

damn accidently submitted the post before it was finished....

so get her used to the idea slowly maybe start off with something smaller....show her round the bike shops....but go in to see the bike shop salesman soon before...and when your mother comes in get him to blurb something about very safe for a learner and have a good headlight on them so very easy for other vehicles to see it blah blah....and how underpowered it is so great for a learner....or some bull....

mothers have trouble with bikes because they worry thier baby is going to end up dead or a vegitable etc....fact is i was 18 and my mother was just scared more than anything i was going to get hurt well two weeks later i did ...and i shouldn't have lived to tell the tale....

but a mothers love is a mothers love shes raised you since nothing and as you can imagine it's hard for her to let go...

my mother is still hell bent that when i get my full i am not getting a zx10 or a k6 or by that stage k8 gixxer thousand

but she says if i got it she would be fine with it ...she saw a mates k2 gixxer that he bought round and went wow that very nice you should get one of those mark i went mum it's 600 cc shes like thats fine just be careful on it you can have what you like as long as you pay for it...i'm like SWEET so bring on my full now that my mother has come to grips with it...i just won't tell her the top speed of the zxr just yet...mind you i told her i got radared by the cops at 150 and got let off she was like well that wasn't clever just go slower in future.....and youll be fine...

i'm like ok sweet mum just going out on the bike byeee....

vrooooooooommmmmm redlineeeee vrooooommmmm redline vroooooom redlinevroooom redline vroom redline vroooom redline....

and ill get home and she goes sounded nice going out of the street i like the noise at high revs just keep it down for hte neighbours or they will get grumpy

mothers always always come round...erm eventually...

now that ive babbled heaps of crap...i'm done

MA

[myvice]

I wasn’t allowed a bike ether, but I had a job (milk boy) saved my money and brought one... RM 80
She came round but I wasn’t allowed a bigger one... traded up to a RM125
Not too happy with me but it was OK as long as I didn’t race it... Two seasons and I suck at Moto X!
Racing might be one thing but I'm definitely not allowed a road bike!
GN250...
Don’t do what I did, I was a smart little prick and needed a kick in the pants!
Try and get her on side first, get the gear and get the lessons.

[Mr. Peanut]

I'm pretty sure that this guy is wasting my time, but blowing my own trumpet is so much fun.

[beyond]

Well, think on it from their veiwpoint. There 'boy' is going to get a bike and end up dead. That's how they see it.

My parents were exactly the same when I was 18. I had left school, got a job and cheap Japanese cars didn't exist back then, but cheaper motorbikes did. Cheaper motorbikes like the T250 Hustler Suzuki I bought in 1974, did the quarter mile in the same time as the latest Mustang back then too.

Wasn't allowed a bike unless I got a life insurance cover that would pay for my funeral. Funerals back then ran at around 2,000 bucks so got a life cover for 2 grand and was then allowed to buy a bike.

I was careful to start with. You have to be or you don't live long. BUT, being young, we are bullet proof and invincible and things don't hurt half as much as they do now.

I had my bike 9 months and covered 35,000kms. 2 months of that the bike was off the road being rebuilt after two writeoff accidents. Both times I was close to calling on my life policy.

So yeah, they have reason to worry and be concerned and yes, young guys do push to the limit. So whatever happens, be bloody careful out there okay?

Tell them if they are that worried, you'll get a life policy too.

Uumm, maybe not. That might make them more worried than before.

No easy answer there I'm afraid, but do communicate. They have your best interests at heart.

[Quartida]

All Mums think that bikes are dangerous, and of course they are right. It is the cross that mothers of boys must bear.

And girls.


My mum took a long time to come around to the idea. The truth is that many parents never fully come around to it. The key things are:

* Sit down and be mature about it when you talk to your parents

* Have patience: prove that this is not just a whim or a teenage rebellion thing

* Explain that you understand her concerns given what happened to your Dad, but that you feel that you can do better: show that you have committment to being safe (even if you do not, in fact, have committment to being safe)

* Do not, in my opinion, "just go out and get a bike". If you truly want to get your mum on your side then it's no good to go against her wishes. It's a sure-fire way to lose some of the respect that you will need if she is ever to fully accept your biking.


Having said all that, the other thing that's good to do is get some bikers on side so that you have a little support group. KB is one such group. However, in order to get KB on side, you'll have to brush up a little on the old grammar and punctuation. As you might have realised from previous posts. It sounds pedantic, but KB's a great resource and it would be sad if you missed out just because of the way you write.

Even ... ellipses .... are ... pushing ... it ... (markauckland )

[Karma]

Here's some gold class advice, never take advice from MarkAuckland.

Also...

Nobody ever listens to people telling them to take it easy, so go out and give it hell, just make sure you got all the gear you need to save ya when (not if) you bin.

[babyB]

got to agree wit BigDave & Colopop on this


at 37 my parents are still trying hard to convince me to sell me bikes:slap: .......they brought me a car befor i could by myself a bike, they also presented me with a loan agrement to pay them back for the car just to make sure i was broke enought not to get a bike