I'm soooo proud!

**BiK3RChiK** · 12th May 2008, 16:43

On the weekend, we took our 15year old son over to Tauranga for his Basic Handling Skills Course and he blew it away! The instructor said he was very impressed with son's balance and control of the bike.

Then today, during lunch break, it's off down to the AA to do the 'scratchies' for both bike and car. So now my son is an L-plate driver and rider!

I feel sooooo proud and yet sooo nervous and can't quite believe I have a 15 year old who is allowed to drive! Seems like yesterday he was born!!

Now for the hard yards....

**Boob Johnson** · 12th May 2008, 16:45

Exciting times aye

Congrats. I hope you have given him the extra training that the bloody LTSA SHOULD be giving learner drivers/riders

**PrincessBandit** · 12th May 2008, 16:48

Well done! It's a big occasion to have your young ones legally able to take to the road. I wish him all the very best with his riding, and you and DB some great family rides with him.

**Matt Bleck** · 12th May 2008, 16:50

awesome!!!

**kiwifruit** · 12th May 2008, 16:52

Cool! Bring him along to a trackday

**Maha** · 12th May 2008, 16:53

Pretty cool for sure, I flew through my BHS and everything that followed as well...slight difference though, I was in my 40s..

**klingon** · 12th May 2008, 17:00

Hooray! It's great that his parents ride so you can really understand rather than just getting all nervous and telling him motorbikes are dangerous! Wow - a whole new stage of freedom for him.

**MIXONE** · 12th May 2008, 17:01

Now you have to start watching your bike keys.

**BIHB@0610** · 12th May 2008, 17:36

Originally Posted by BiK3RChiK

On the weekend, we took our 15year old son over to Tauranga for his Basic Handling Skills Course and he blew it away! The instructor said he was very impressed with son's balance and control of the bike.

Then today, during lunch break, it's off down to the AA to do the 'scratchies' for both bike and car. So now my son is an L-plate driver and rider!

I feel sooooo proud and yet sooo nervous and can't quite believe I have a 15 year old who is allowed to drive! Seems like yesterday he was born!!

Now for the hard yards....

Woo hoo!!

Congrats - I can understand how proud you would be feeling about now! My eldest got his first 4WD truck when he was 12 (yes 12) and is now - at 13 - going on driver training days and driving up and down mountains and through rivers. 10yr old twins just got an RM80 each for their birthday ....... I am nervous too!

Hugs to another Mummy

**HenryDorsetCase** · 12th May 2008, 17:48

Originally Posted by Planna

Woo hoo!!

Congrats - I can understand how proud you would be feeling about now! My eldest got his first 4WD truck when he was 12 (yes 12) and is now - at 13 - going on driver training days and driving up and down mountains and through rivers. 10yr old twins just got an RM80 each for their birthday ....... I am nervous too!

Hugs to another Mummy

I wish you were my Mum! Is it too late?

**martybabe** · 12th May 2008, 17:58

Hey, well done him and you for being supportive. Did all that stuff on Friday. Two English NZ conversions, 5 eye tests plus an extra 40 scratchies for my bike and two attempts by the daughter.

I make that 200 scratch and sniffs and a whole lot of dollars. Never mind, at least I can still ride.

**BiK3RChiK** · 12th May 2008, 19:15

Originally Posted by Boob Johnson

Congrats. I hope you have given him the extra training that the bloody LTSA SHOULD be giving learner drivers/riders

He will be getting all the extra training his very committed parents are able to give him.

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Well done! It's a big occasion to have your young ones legally able to take to the road. I wish him all the very best with his riding, and you and DB some great family rides with him.

Hey, thanks, Princess... You've met him, so you have a little insight into his character.

Originally Posted by Matt Bleck

awesome!!!

Yeah, it is! I'm absolutely stoked!

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

Cool! Bring him along to a trackday

Yeah, none of us have done trackdays yet, but have plans to do these, that's for sure!

Originally Posted by maha man

Pretty cool for sure, I flew through my BHS and everything that followed as well...slight difference though, I was in my 40s..

Yeah, I only just got my learners a couple of months ago, so I have some very recent experiences of learning.

Originally Posted by klingon

Hooray! It's great that his parents ride so you can really understand rather than just getting all nervous and telling him motorbikes are dangerous! Wow - a whole new stage of freedom for him.

A sobering experience I saw this afternoon, just after I had dropped him off at his after school job (and a damn shame he didn't get to witness it too) was a motorcyclist I saw coming up behind me, so I pulled left for him to lane split past me and the van I was following (with the pussiest white? indicators - seem to be the coolest, latest gadget to put on the back of your van) indicated at the last second and veered diagonally across the right hand lane to a driveway in front of the accelerating bike!!!

How the hell the kid on the bike managed to avoid colliding with it stunned and amazed me! I estimate he missed the back of the van by about 2 inches. I know it was a kid on the bike because he was kitting up at the same High School my kids go to! I was kicking myself I pulled to the left as an invitation for him to split past me

Originally Posted by MIXONE

Now you have to start watching your bike keys.

Heh! He has an after-school job so he can purchase his own bike, but in the meantime.... yeah, for sure!!

Originally Posted by Planna

Woo hoo!! Congrats - I can understand how proud you would be feeling about now! My eldest got his first 4WD truck when he was 12 (yes 12) and is now - at 13 - going on driver training days and driving up and down mountains and through rivers. 10yr old twins just got an RM80 each for their birthday ....... I am nervous too!

Hugs to another Mummy

awwwwwww,

to you too. Onya for being such a cool mum!

Originally Posted by martybabe

Hey, well done him and you for being supportive. Did all that stuff on Friday. Two English NZ conversions, 5 eye tests plus an extra 40 scratchies for my bike and two attempts by the daughter.

I make that 200 scratch and sniffs and a whole lot of dollars. Never mind, at least I can still ride.

Yep, I shelled out $158 for the son's learners today,

so I know what you are saying! Good stuff, though, Martybabe! Onya!

**CookMySock** · 12th May 2008, 19:37

and Dad took him for his first driving lesson around an abandoned industrial subdivision. Well, it was abandoned after we finished there, LOL. Cue people running for their lives!

DB
nah he was all good!

**McDuck** · 12th May 2008, 19:49

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

and Dad took him for his first driving lesson around an abandoned industrial subdivision. Well, it was abandoned after we finished there, LOL. Cue people running for their lives!

DB
nah he was all good!

Which one?