Legal age for pillions in NZ?

[Ocean1]

Three points of contact required, bottom and both feet. If you are not sure they are ready then they are not ready.

Meh, it's for applications exactly like this that they invented duck tape.

Age is but a number.

What fookin’ number are my knees then? By the feel of ‘em it must be pretty bloody large.

[fuknKIWI]

If you're not sure they're old enough, wait until they are. You don't want anything bad to happen.

Do YOU really ride a bike? You don't want anything bad to happen.
Padded cell for one please

My duaghter got her first ride when she was just over a year old old sandwiched between me & my pregnant wife. The first ride was to the ed of the cul de sac & back, she loved it so the next rides were in a local national park with no traffic intersections or pigs.

Also I've seen some pretty good "kids foot pegs"on some bikes

[red mermaid]

I worked with a cop a few years back that had gone to a crash where a young chinese boy had fallen backwards off a bike.

Did his head (the kids) in nicely.

Also did the cops head in, he still cried everytime he told the story and it was a few years after.

So yeah, take the advice of those 'wise ones of KB' and give it heaps...she'll be right, I mean its only a kid, you can breed another easy as.

[fuknKIWI]

I worked with a cop a few years back

Also did the cops head in, he still cried everytime he told the story and it was a few years after.

Yep love it when "HARDMEN" go soft on us...

[red mermaid]

No, not really that hard, just a guy doing a job who was going to have to live with the consequences of someone else's silly decision for the rest of his life.

[Hawkeye]

It is great fun, just have to remind myself that he is there!

Why not invest in something like the BT Intercom system.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-327729456.htm

I've just recently got a set of these and they are brilliant. Allows me to talk to the youngun on the back (as well as mates with the same system).
Helps with the comfort factor because you get feedback from them that everything is ok and they are enjoying it.

[igor]

My 5 yr old has been going since 4 yrs old. He is a big boy about the size of 7 or 8 yr olds. (hes 1.36m) Feet must stit of foot pegs and not be able to go in towards rear wheel. I have pannier frames so no problem. Fits his mother $1200 Arai helmet which is real light.

The best thing I have is a Baehr intercom so he can always talk to each other to see how he is and if warm enough etc. The Baehr system is awesome.

Only fright I had with him was first time we went out and as I accelerated on a uphill overtaking taking lane on a bend I could hear screaming through the intercom. I am think ing why is he screaming and them work out it was actually "Yeeeeeehaaaaaaa, this is fun Dad".

Been slowly taking him for longer and longer rides. He is up to 1 hr now. He is now reading the road and you can feel him moving for the next corner.

I have had him on my mountain bike since the age of 1yr old and he now rides up to 25kms on rides on his own 20 inch bike. Taken him to Rotorua mountain biking and he loves it.

Mention the motorbike and he is running to the garage. I think the combination of cycling and motorcycling is great for him.

[scumdog]

Yep love it when "HARDMEN" go soft on us...

You KNOW he's a "hardman"?

[fuknKIWI]

You KNOW he's a "hardman"?

Isn't it part of the job description?

[Taz]

You don't want anything bad to happen.

No one wants anything bad to happen but the flip side of this is that given some responsible riding it's much more likely that something good will happen. I don't want my kids to be scared of living.

[Mokadah]

Meh, it's for applications exactly like this that they invented duck tape.

Bungee cords tbh. But still I'd wait until they were at least 5 or 6.

[Love my Bonnie]

My son has been on bikes, his own, mine & his dads his whole life.
He can ride as well as I can, if not better.
Hes 16 now & still happily jumps on th eback of mums bike for a blast.
I am very mindful that it is my child on the back of my bike, slows me down lots.

when i was a kid (fucken ages ago) my parents had bikes. My little bro used to fall asleep on the back, so my dad would bungy him to the pack rack. Crazy!!!

[igor]

My Mum & Dad had bikes and rode around NZ. Had a bike each. Think the Coro Loop was a bit different those days.

Last time my Dad rode a bike was about 1985 by himself. My wire wheel Katana 1100. He comes back and goes. I was riding along thinking I was doing 100km/h and looked down at the speedo and was doing 160kmh.

[Gorgeousplak]

Cruising between 100 and 120kmh yesterday on mine and damn bikes with pillions taking big risky passes at windbreak speeds 160kmh on double overtaking lanes using opposing traffic lanes, shocked to see from rear, one child on back with legs no where near passenger rests. Clothing on child's legins up to knees so bare skin and definitely not right gear on..

[Maki]

Well, my 7 year old is finally big enough to sit on the back of my R6. Not big enough to go out on rides, but big enough for a taste. I took her for a little first gear ride up and down the dead en street we live in and when we got back home and I took her off the bike she insisted on one more ride and would NOT take no for an answer. I had to oblige and she was very happy. Seems like she would like to go out on some real rides one day, fairly short ones since the R6 is not very comfortable for pillions...

Now, I wonder, at what age would you give a kid a helmet and gear so they can go out with you on a real ride? Something like 10?