12 year old Terry Martin on a Hayabusa

[Saden]

Damn rich kids, you'll never find a normal person, especially not a poorer person doing any of that stuff, it always seems to be money that gets these kids into this kind of stuff.

[ungrateful_son]

Originally Posted by bobjohnson

Hes not bad but hes gotta learn not to shift in the corners... one bad shift and hes screwed.

I'm sure Keith Code (who's been teaching him since he was will help him work those out

[jc100]

Originally Posted by Saden

Damn rich kids, you'll never find a normal person, especially not a poorer person doing any of that stuff, it always seems to be money that gets these kids into this kind of stuff.

That goes for nearly every "extreme athlete" and explorer. If you have the money you don't need to work and can afford to go off to the South Pole on a pogo stick if you want. Same with the teenage pilots, if we all had the money to pay for the damn lessons we'd all do it, nothing special.

I think there's a certain amount of chutzpah involved in sitting on a two-wheeled rocket and letting it go but he's been trained and he had the financial input to have that bike available to him.

We should have an experiment done, take a 100 12 year olds and give them all hayabusas and provide training for them and see how special it is then :P

[koFFey]

Originally Posted by Bumbobee

Good stuff. Remember at age 12 your reflexes and perception are pretty high. It's the same as video games and 12-13 year olds pwning the sh1t out of you because they know what's going on. Not a big deal

LOL, so true eh?