Bad influences on your kids!

[Paladin]

OK so my 5 year old daughter has taken quite an interest in me now getting back into bikes - she thought the KLX was nice and now likes the sound of the DR. Great I'm thinking, she's on the right track!

So, the other night she comes and sits on my lap while I'm being a bad daddy and posting on KB - "what's that?" she says pointing at Padmei's avatar! So I explained what an avatar was and the relevance of Padmei's in particular!

The next afternoon we were in town at the shops, havin a nosey in an op shop (as ya do when skint!):

"Oooh daddy can I please have this, I want a new toy?"

I'm now VERY concerned she is not with the DR program and am administering nightly spankings until she repents!
(note how the over heavy front end is sinking! )

[Eddieb]

Brilliant! though she doesn't seem to have any taste.

[jim.cox]

Brilliant! though she doesn't seem to have any taste.

Just wait till she's tall enough for her feet to reach the pegs

Then it will be "Daddy, can we go for a ride" and "Daddy, can I come too"

At least that's what I got Sunday morning :)

[warewolf]

I'm now VERY concerned she is not with the DR program and am administering nightly spankings until she repents!
(note how the over heavy front end is sinking! )

Nice one.

So if Gonzo is the 'face' of KLRs, what is the same for DRs??

[marks]

Nice one.

So if Gonzo is the 'face' of KLRs, what is the same for DRs??

problem is that DR's are so bland there isn't really anything that characterizes them - other than a blank piece of A4 maybe. never park a dr650 in front of a white wall or you wont be able to find it when you return.

I think gonzo's an ideal 'face' for klr's - slow and ugly but lovable and the similarity between the beak line and the 08/09 front fender line is unmistakable...

[Paladin]

Just wait till she's tall enough for her feet to reach the pegs

Then it will be "Daddy, can we go for a ride" and "Daddy, can I come too"

At least that's what I got Sunday morning

Yep that's starting to happen, she's only 5 tho and not sure daddy is ready to handle the worry of whether she will hang on or not!

Nice one.

So if Gonzo is the 'face' of KLRs, what is the same for DRs??

I haven't figured that out yet but mine certainly looks like a Darth Vader mobile! I'll work on it!

problem is that DR's are so bland there isn't really anything that characterizes them - other than a blank piece of A4 maybe. never park a dr650 in front of a white wall or you wont be able to find it when you return.

...

My all black DR would stand out against a white wall - cheeky bugger!
(although maybe it would only be because of the sun reflecting off the dents in the exhaust!)

AND btw, I was NOT trying to restart a KLR vs DR war; just the whole thing made me have a little chuckle so thought I'd share for a laugh to cheer up a workday - SO LAY OFF DR'S!!! (heehee!)

[Paladin]

Brilliant! though she doesn't seem to have any taste.

Cheers Eddie!

(and "yes" I know, but I'm educating her!)

[buggsubique]

both my kids adore bikes - it's always a standing wave when I leave home for a ride. My (then) 18 month old son was able to climb onto my DR-Z in the shed more than once, turn the key, flick the kill switch and press the magic button to start it up. He loves bikes - walks around the house with my old helmet on. I've been 2-upping my older boy since he was 5, almost 8 now and has his own pegs on the back of the XRV... thinks he's the dogs bollix. good man-time, teaching them to be hard little bastards rather than little X-box mincers as they grow up.

[Paladin]

both my kids adore bikes - it's always a standing wave when I leave home for a ride. My (then) 18 month old son was able to climb onto my DR-Z in the shed more than once, turn the key, flick the kill switch and press the magic button to start it up. He loves bikes - walks around the house with my old helmet on. I've been 2-upping my older boy since he was 5, almost 8 now and has his own pegs on the back of the XRV... thinks he's the dogs bollix. good man-time, teaching them to be hard little bastards rather than little X-box mincers as they grow up.

Good on ya Buggs! Maybe I should get a wee helmet for my 5yr old then and just get on with it! Bet she woud love it, altho then the 3 yr old is gonna want a go!

[Tony W]

Wow ! you two will be able to "discuss" the KLR vs DR merits without having to go online...

[marks]

AND btw, I was NOT trying to restart a KLR vs DR war

while people continue to ride their DR blandmobiles the holy war will never stop

gonzos heritage must be protected

[junkmanjoe]

i see a sidecar in your future.....

[Paladin]

Wow ! you two will be able to "discuss" the KLR vs DR merits without having to go online...

Yeah tis a definite problem: I administer the spanking and the cheeky mare says "but daddy I really like that silly bent over nose" ! I need to come up with a suitable DR mascot so she can see the comparison of something HOT versus that ugly critter!

while people continue to ride their DR blandmobiles the holy war will never stop

gonzos heritage must be protected

Let's go to a track day and duke it out then!

OR: we ask the Toppy's waitress which is more COOL: your KLR or an ALL BLACK DR!!!!!!

i see a sidecar in your future.....

Oh god mate, I didn't need that mental image and wots worse is, if I have to sell the car, it could be a potential reality!
No, no, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy a cheap car Dave!!!!

[Padmei]

That lil girl'll go far in life.

My lil angels (4 1/2 & 6 1/2) have accepted gonzo into the family. I started off taking them down the drive to the letterbox ( about 300m) in front of me & now regularly take them out on it - The eldest behind & the lil one in front with feet on the crashbars & hanging on to handlebars.

They love the whole thing of their own helmets - visor up visor down visor up etc...

Paladin I wouldn't worry about your girl liking the KLR - my lil one wanted me to buy a Lifan 400 cruiser cos it had the 'daddy seat' & the (domed queenseat) 'kids seat'.

[Paladin]

That lil girl'll go far in life.

My lil angels (4 1/2 & 6 1/2) have accepted gonzo into the family. I started off taking them down the drive to the letterbox ( about 300m) in front of me & now regularly take them out on it - The eldest behind & the lil one in front with feet on the crashbars & hanging on to handlebars.

They love the whole thing of their own helmets - visor up visor down visor up etc...

Paladin I wouldn't worry about your girl liking the KLR - my lil one wanted me to buy a Lifan 400 cruiser cos it had the 'daddy seat' & the (domed queenseat) 'kids seat'.

No, no, no! If the spankings don't work I am moving on to electro shock therapy and if that still doesn't sort it she is having a frontal labotomy! It's a psychotic episode and it must be cured I tells ya!



I live in a cul-de-sac so I have a safe environment to start popping her on the DR so I might do, and lets face it if all the shock therapy doesn't cure her of her evil delusions, rides on a REAL bike will sort it I think!



p.s. cool that your lil ones like ya bike!