When a kid paws your bike

[Muppet]

In general I am very tolerant of kids. I was a teacher for over a decade .......

Just curious, why did you stop being a teacher?

[thehollowmen]

I'm happy to let them on my bike, but under my supervision.

And I tell them that a bike is family, just like they are. So I tell them I have to ask a parent if I'm allowed to show them how a bike works, the same way they have to ask to touch a bike.

They really seem to take that on board well, and with a lot of respect.

[phoenixgtr]

Hmmm...I had a similar sort of experience just last night.

On our street theres a few kids who spend their time biking on the road. Anyway, I ride home from work last night, pull into my street and notice the kids on the road. Thats all good, so I pull up my driveway and round the back of my house to my garage. I jump off and take my helmet off to find these kids have followed me, not only onto MY property but around the back of my house to tell me "my Dad used to have a XYZ blah blah blah." I'm thinking to myself "what makes you think you can invite yourself in here!!" but I humour them til they bugger off back to the road. I wasn't going to open the garage so they could see the other 2 bikes in there!!

Theres kids would have been 10ish

Do I sound like an old man..."bloody kids, get off my property!!"...I'm only 25!!

[slofox]

Just curious, why did you stop being a teacher?

The things that drove me out were a.) the education system, b.) other teachers and c.) climbing the same mountain year after year. I got to the point where I could not face it any more. So I left the service.

[Beemer]

I used to park my bike under cover between work (a newspaper) and the delivery shed where the papers went out from. The teenage paper boys used to hang around there and one of them shoved another and they nearly landed on my bike. I turned around and told them if they laid a finger on my bike I'd rip their fucking arms off! The funny thing was, as I was walking up the stairs I heard "hello? are you there?" coming from my mobile and discovered I'd accidently dialled my mum! The first thing she said after I said hello was "well, did you have to rip their fucking arms off?"

[Muppet]

The things that drove me out were a.) the education system, b.) other teachers and c.) climbing the same mountain year after year. I got to the point where I could not face it any more. So I left the service.

Cheers, shows you have the balls to admit to yourself it's time to move on. Went through a similar thing myself, once I admitted I was unhappy with the situation, it felt like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders.

[kunoichi]

Generally i don't have problems with kids touching my bike wen their parents are around (i park my bike infront of my work so i can see it). But one time I had a 5/6 yr old come up alone and stand right beside the side stand and patting/stroking the seat of my bike...as odd as that sounds ...anyways, my concern was that he might end up kicking the side stand in and the bike falling on top of him, so i ran out and lured him away from my bike with my helmet (kids seem very happy to try them on, despite the fact that you'v been sweating in them). But i just asked where his parents were and that we should go find them to see if they would let him sit on my bike. wen a child is alone, i always call on the parents for back up.

[martybabe]

I've got a teenage daughter that has as much respect for me and my things as a Pukeko has for the rules of the road.Some things however seem to have got through.

A recent overheard conversation as my Daughter and boy racer friend exited the house via the Garage...

Daughter; "don't touch the bike ok!"

Boytwat; " Hahaha, why?"

Daughter; " you remember that conversation we had when you guys said my Dad looks like a Fuggin baby eating monster and I said nah, He's the softest bloke I know"

Boytwat; "yeah ?"

Daughter " Well I fookin lied ! If he finds so much as a finger print of yours on that thing, he will hunt you down and he will kill you! I joke you not!"

Boytwat; "hahaaa..oh...OK"

That's my Girl

[MarkH]

I've got a teenage daughter that has as much respect for me and my things as a Pukeko has for the rules of the road.Some things however seem to have got through.

A recent overheard conversation as my Daughter and boy racer friend exited the house via the Garage...

Daughter; "don't touch the bike ok!"

Boytwat; " Hahaha, why?"

Daughter; " you remember that conversation we had when you guys said my Dad looks like a Fuggin baby eating monster and I said nah, He's the softest bloke I know"

Boytwat; "yeah ?"

Daughter " Well I fookin lied ! If he finds so much as a finger print of yours on that thing, he will hunt you down and he will kill you! I joke you not!"

Boytwat; "hahaaa..oh...OK"

That's my Girl

Some things just make a parent sooooo proud

[nico]

you tell him not to touch then proced to give said mother or father a abluste bloking for alowing their child to touch well thats what id do neways but if there 15ish or over there old enuf for a beat down ...

[jaymzw]

SHIT! today sum (i can only assume) first or second former has touched my bike. Get on the horse after school and notice my indicator turned on. I turned it off and then turned on my headlight. Wasnt until about halfway home i realised it was on fullbeam becuse of these stupid little kids!

I swear it only happened because i read this thread yesterday!!!

[MarkH]

I jump off and take my helmet off to find these kids have followed me, not only onto MY property but around the back of my house to tell me "my Dad used to have a XYZ blah blah blah." I'm thinking to myself "what makes you think you can invite yourself in here!!"

Git offf my lawn you little punks!

mumble mumble kids these days mumble mumble back in my day mumble mumble no respect mumble mumble.

[Grizzo]

Mate, I wouldnt consider that being tolerant.

[Squid]

I've had plenty of kids stand there looking at the bike at the supermarket etc. Most tend to keep a little distance, maybe theres somthing to be said for black leathers and longish hair. and being 6"...

Had one Dad carrying his 3ish y/o son past the library one day, I was just gearing up to go and he stood to watch me start it up and stuff. Switched the bike off and asked if the kid wanted to sit on the tank and have a closer look, the dad was well happy with that and proceded to take a photo on his phone and was very grateful that I took the time to.

Got little brothers too, let the 14 year old ride the gixxa into the garage at mum and dads one day. Never seen him looking so proud of himself. Best part was I overheard him talking to a friend a few hours later
"see that race-looking bike over there?"
"yeah"
"I got to start it up when we where tuning it and got to ride it today!!"
""

Made me well proud

[rocketman1]

Shite that was a long time ago, but I clearly remember my older brothers mates all arriving at our house at Kawerau, in the 1960's on all sorts of Triumphs, Nortons, and AJS's all covered in black leather etc, to a young kid I was always loved to see the bikes arrive. But I never dreamed of touching the bikes.
I had lots of kid mates that would come and look as well.
If any one of them had grabbed a throttle and carried on like that kid at the supermarket did, I know that they would have got a hiding, no questions asked. Thats just the way it was back then. You just would not have done anything like that.
Things have changed a bit over the years.