Just dealing with family members that are discouraging me to pursue motorbiking because of safety issues. Just wanted some input from those who have came across the same from either family or friends...
Scooter boy
Just dealing with family members that are discouraging me to pursue motorbiking because of safety issues. Just wanted some input from those who have came across the same from either family or friends...
Forum whore
When I first started riding my family and flatmates thought it was stupid, now both my flatmates have a bike and my family thinks its fine... My GF on the otherhand thinks its stupid and too dangerousOriginally Posted by Sheba
I just told them to get over it, but if that's not how you go about things, get a bike, learn to ride and then get someone to follow you round town showing them that you arnt violently swerving everywhere and wheelying from the lights. (Thats how I convionced my mum haha she was quite pleased)
mini meeeeeee
Not quite what you asked for but:
IMO much depends on your age, family status, personality, and determination.
Age: assuming you are of license age, if you are still living at home (and under the age of, say, 17) then parents should still have a reasonable say in what you do simply by virtue of the fact that you are still living under their roof. That is if that criteria applies to you.
Family status: If you have young children who are dependent on you then you might want to reconsider, weighing up the consequences of worst case scenario happening. Very appropriate at this dreadful time of what some are going through on this site.
Personality: not everyone is suited to riding bikes and given that it is not a forgiving mode of transport you need to be clear in your own mind that it really is for you.
Determination: if despite all considerations, pros and cons blah blah blah, you still want to do it in face of all opposition then how determined are you to see it through?
Just my 2c.
I lahk to moove eet moove eet...
Katman to steveb64
Fair weather rider
Just living is a safety issue in itself. My mum never wanted me to have a motorbike but in the end she accepted the fact that it was a part of my life.
My wife doesn't ride and wont ride but she also has accepted the fact that its a part of me to have a bike If it means a lot to you to have a bike then living with others opinions/concerns is also a factor.
Grumpy Old Bastard
Tell 'em your other choice is base jumping...
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Double shot!!
Listen to them. Show them all your safety gear. Do some training days and show them your certificates. Do a defensive driving course and put the cert up on the wall and point it out to them. Show them why you are actually a safer person on the road than you were before - talk it and walk it.
If you need to cane it, get on the track and have a go.
Steve
"I am a licenced motorcycle instructor, I agree with dangerousbastard, no point in repeating what he said."
"read what Steve says. He's right."
"What Steve said pretty much summed it up."
"I did axactly as you said and it worked...!!"
"Wow, Great advise there DB."
WTB: Hyosung bikes or going or not.
Ahhh....Opps....
That's a hard one Sheba. I didn't come across that myself - in fact in the past your families position would have been my position. My Dad broke his arm flying over a car (I guess it was more the hitting the ground bit actually) when I was younger. I used to think that motorcycling is really dangerous.
Now I think it's a lot about risk mitigation and weighing the benefits to you against the remaining risk. There are lots of things that you can do to reduce the risk. Training, equipment, good self critique, competent third party critique....The risk is still higher than driving a car though. I have life insurance. Plan for the worst - expect the best.
Interestingly my pilots license increases my premiums considerably more than my motorcycle license.
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said.
Ahhh....Opps....
Now there's a social group we need: "I want to be a KB base jumper".
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said.
Scooter boy
Yeah, maybe I'll take up flying instead...or base jumping.
Forum whore
Get the bike- tell em all to shove it- flip em the bird and wheelie out the driveway
FREEDOM comes with a price and that price IS DangeR - there is always a risk in riding (sadly) but to me its worth it
Missus StoneY rides with me- my 15 year old boy does too
Mum had a Gee Enn 250 for yrears, Dad rode- brothers ride- and none of us ever been badly hurt (touching my wooden head for luck now) in our spills over the years (and yes it happens)
Tell em all to fuck off and live YOUR life YOUR way-
But as many others suggest above- get the training- get the gear- minimise the risks as much as possible but your family are right
It CAN be dangerous - live with it - and be free, you'll regret it forever if you don't follow YOUR heart matey
Just ride.
Pasta La Vista
My mother gave me the ultimatum of not while you live under this roof.
I moved out the next day.
Never too old to Rock n Roll.
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I've got miserly tourettes and I don't give a fuck.
Whip it, whip it good!
Bit difficult to determine your age from your profile but I can give you my spin on handling things. I got my first bike when I was 16. My parents were horrified and extremely anti. I was not living at home mind you, I would not have had the balls to do it if I had been, but still they were not happy at all. No amount of assuring them I would be ok, I was not going to kill myself, or be killed made the blindest bit of difference, they were against it all the way.
I ended up making a living from bikes, and continued to ride. At this time, they stopped trying to convince me I was mad and simply accepted it. I know now from talking to my Mom that she was not happy. Kids came along, my riding days were very restricted, however when I did let her know I was riding somewhere, even as a pillion I got the "lecture".
My marraige ended and so for a while did my riding. I took all the important things with me when I moved, you know the sort of stuff, helemt, jacket, gloves boots etc but had no bike. Maybe one day, was my thinking at the time.
My son got a scooter as soon as he could and was buzzing around the place as sccoter riders do. Friggen dangerous things they are, anyway nothing I could do eh? He grew up with bikes. Then one day he came to me and said, I am getting a bike. My response "Hallelujah! I am very pleased!" He accused me of being an unnatural Mother! Imagine that!
I ride now. My Mother only says take care, I work with people that say I am mad, and how could I, and what about the danger? My friends for the most part think nothing of it, some (non-riders) do tell me to take care, and be careful but that is about it.
People have a perception of the risks, hells teeth we read about them often enough, nothing you can do to change how they think. Something in them has to change, or they simply have to accept it.
I am a killer blue mantee
Tell them it is what you want to do and that family that cared would not oppose but support and learn to grow WITH you into your new hobby not AGAINST you.
I am a killer blue mantee
your really are like a mom to the young uns on kb mom
Bless your kind heart.
Hardcore Biker
i think it is important to respect your family. it is equally important to make your own desicions in life and do what you want to do.
i think most accidents around town are caused by people not seeing motorbikes, if you remember this at all times they are not that hard to avoid.
i think most open road accidents are caused by people riding to fast, also easy to avoid.
i am open to being corrected on this.
a bike sitting in the garage is not dangerous, when ridden the danger level is determined by the riders decisions
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