Bored kids

[Unit:Me]

The fact is, they're kids (early 20's) bored shitless with the modern risk-free environment of wall-to-wall OSH.

I have had a fabulous life and taken from it a great deal. I now have the time and resource to put a bit back. I'd like to expose these hoons to the joy/fear/bang of real speed in a safe ER envirnoment. The hope being they'll tell their mates who will also want to have a go and, thereby, get a few more hoons into a new head-space.

I'm happy to put my bike on the block for the adventure.

The question is. Do you think I'm barking up the madman's tree?

Bloody brilliant. Your right about the now OSH enviornment, which I believe has gone ever so slightly mad. Granted things go faster in general these days, bikes, cars, running men, food, mail (electronic), and babies born after 1997 are now call the Post Net Babies, cause they have never been in a world without the internet.
Taking a risk on others like this is the best pay it forward I have seen for a while, (even though you state you are putting back into others what you have already gotten out of life). And these are young men who are most likely used to being told they cant, not, they can.
Motorcycling is a great leveller, and can bridge wide gaps in our society. This small (or not so small and definately significant) gesture of yours could start something fantastic and grow into an organised opportunity for others less fortunate. Well done, bling sent

[RocKai]

What is Ride Right Ride Safe?

Better bring them to a RRRS for them to practice riding first

You might as well hold their hands, baptize them, and declare them your apprentice/adopted child. That'll be a good guidance for them to be a good dad so their kids don't do stupid things like skidding in cars anymore.

Kudos to you for being such a great guy, I hope it don't backfire and ruin your dream of being a Pastor on KB.

Amen

[wbks]

Just because they were doing skids in their car doesn't mean they need a life lesson... Damn, I bet most of KB has done a skid in their car before...

[Unit:Me]

It amuses me how much negativity runs through the vains of Kiwibiker. FFS the man is trying to do one decent act. Im off to ride my bike I think, isnt that what we do?

[CookMySock]

Yes, well intentioned as you clearly are. Stuff like this is all good fun until somebody loses an eye. I suspect there are legal liability issues that may crap on your great idea.

Nah who gives a fuck. It doesn't make any difference if its their eye, yours, or mine.

Do it, dpex. You will get mega free weed at least, and maybe some arse as well.

Steve

[Tank]

Nah who gives a fuck. It doesn't make any difference if its their eye, yours, or mine.

Do it, dpex. You will get mega free weed at least, and maybe some arse as well.

Steve

Some people actually do give a fuck - and so so their parents (well the good parents at least) - it can end well, but sometimes the lackadaisical approach can end up having life changing impacts (and not in a good way).

From the post they sould like they were young males - If thats the arse you are after, well, each to their own.

[Ecclesnz]

congratulations!

you just rewarded a couple more dickheads with attention and validation for being-dickheads.

meanwhile quiet,hard working and productive members of society,who may well LOVE the idea of doing a trackday on some admittedly well-meaning persons motorcycle,get completely ignored.

no wonder we get the messed up society we have.

reward the assholes,ignore the good guys.

yup,that works.

Can I ask if you have ever expressed interest to a group that goes to the trackdays and asked if anyone would be prepared to let you have a go? While there are plenty of people on here who seem to mainly focus on the negative aspects of anything I sure there are just as many people who would be supportive and prepared to let someone have a go as long as they showed they were prepared to respect someone else's stuff. (Maybe these are the people that tend to quietly sit round and read more than they post).

Perhaps in the threads relating to track days some people who are prepared to let others have a go might let others know this and people can get in touch with each other. This may already be done in the threads, I have no interest in riding at a trackday so have not read any of the threads, but that's my personal preference.

[Bend-it]

I think it's great!!

It puts kids in a position where dicking around has dire consequences, and could be an object lesson for life.

So much of our society today goes towards softening consequences of stupidity, that it doesn't matter if you're a dick anymore, because "society" will wipe your arse after you.

Good on ya! : Hopefully they get afew scares, and then you can use it as an object lesson for other areas of life, like studying, and working, and not spending their lives being doped up etc...

[short-circuit]

From the post they sould like they were young males - If thats the arse you are after, well, each to their own.

Hahahahahaha

[FROSTY:Me]

Dpex you have the right idea but wrong place and wrong bike.
Get em out at the sandpit on a trail bike. truck loads harder to bend and the sense of speed at 80k in the forest is similar to 150 on the road.
Incidently the pastor that married me and Jorja thinks like you -Hes doing exacttly that with trail bikes

[Insanity_rules]

I think it's great!!

It puts kids in a position where dicking around has dire consequences, and could be an object lesson for life.

So much of our society today goes towards softening consequences of stupidity, that it doesn't matter if you're a dick anymore, because "society" will wipe your arse after you.

Good on ya! : Hopefully they get afew scares, and then you can use it as an object lesson for other areas of life, like studying, and working, and not spending their lives being doped up etc...

I agree with my learned friend here. Take the cotton wool of and show them there are consequences. In this new OSH based no responsibilty society kids need to be shown there are reprocussions to their actions and you can hurt youself and it be your own fault.

[Bend-it]

I agree with my learned friend here.

[gammaguy]

Can I ask if you have ever expressed interest to a group that goes to the trackdays and asked if anyone would be prepared to let you have a go? While there are plenty of people on here who seem to mainly focus on the negative aspects of anything I sure there are just as many people who would be supportive and prepared to let someone have a go as long as they showed they were prepared to respect someone else's stuff. (Maybe these are the people that tend to quietly sit round and read more than they post).

Perhaps in the threads relating to track days some people who are prepared to let others have a go might let others know this and people can get in touch with each other. This may already be done in the threads, I have no interest in riding at a trackday so have not read any of the threads, but that's my personal preference.

i have a job.i have qualifications.i work hard.

as a reward for all that,i have 5 motorcycles,and i can go to a bloody trackday(and often do BTW)when ever i damn well please.

That is the correct reward for being a hard working law abiding member of society.

If thats boring,well i guess i will happily be bored to death.

[Ecclesnz]

i have a job.i have qualifications.i work hard.

as a reward for all that,i have 5 motorcycles,and i can go to a bloody trackday(and often do BTW)when ever i damn well please.

That is the correct reward for being a hard working law abiding member of society.

If thats boring,well i guess i will happily be bored to death.

Fantastic, I am truely glad that things are going well for you. I know for a lot of people that there is no way they coudl afford the gear to try a track day to see if it is something they would be interested in and what the OP is trying with these people is a chance to try something that could give them every chance to addicted to a safe way to sate their need for speed.

Certainly his choice of people can seem unfair to those who have worked hard for everything and have a great ethos on life. But then some people if given a chance to make a change for good do make a change for good, it may happen with these kids - it may not, at least he tried.

Personally I would love to see most of the boy racers given a chance to get involved in something like this. Pay your fee for the day, rent some gear have a blast and perhaps make the roads that little bit safer. Sure some will say they will just go out and try going the same speed on the roads but then people will do that given any chance. Should we ban all racing and car/bike movies from TV too?

Perhaps with a little guidance some of these little s**ts can get to see a direct link between cause and effect - you go too fast you risk getting hurt, and risk hurting others. Hell even if they do act like a**holes and speed anyway perhaps what they learn on the track will be just enough to keep them on the correct side of the road and save an innocent family. (not that I condone this sort of behaviour, just trying to stay positive).

[Unit:Me]