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I quit smoking and figured I buy a bike with the money I would spend on cigarettes...lol

So when people tell me how dangerous motorcycles are, I tell them that by getting a bike I actually increased my chances of survival by over 50%
 
imnothng said:
Right on captain obvious.

He wants his mother to accept his choices, he's not asking her permission. Why does she have to accept his choice to put his life in danger?

I was trying to say that he can still respect and love her, and ride a motorcycle. He doesn't have to treat her any differently even if she may treat him differently.
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Have you *read* the OP or his subsequent posts? OP is gonna go right ahead and buy the bike regardless. He's simply asking for some friendly advice of others who may have gone through this same thing. I guess you were too busy playing internet tough guy.

A mother doesn't have to accept their children's choices in life. But it sure is nice when they do, even if it takes some time for them to come around. I think that's something everyone here agrees on.
 
ItIsWhatItIs said:
Yes, he is out shopping with mom.
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Never make the mindless mistake of belittling someone for spending time with their mom. One your mom may disappear from your life, if she hasn't already, and you'll cry your eyes out willing to give anything to bring her back. Let people enjoy it while they can.
 
viper84737 said:
Never make the mindless mistake of belittling someone for spending time with their mom. One your mom may disappear from your life, if she hasn't already, and you'll cry your eyes out willing to give anything to bring her back. Let people enjoy it while they can.
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Just what everyone needs a smothering, repressive mother. The op probably didn't get to play hockey either.
 
Tell them your getting a bike and your going to move out if thats the only option ;P
 
this thread has made me realized that if I were to have kids and they wanted to ride a motorcycle I think I would freak out too knowing lots of people that have died or seriously been injured in motorcycle accidents.

But I think being a rider myself I would ride along and teach them as well just to in grain in them not to do crazy stuff like speeding, swerving through traffic and such.
 
short stop said:
Have you *read* the OP or his subsequent posts? OP is gonna go right ahead and buy the bike regardless. He's simply asking for some friendly advice of others who may have gone through this same thing. I guess you were too busy playing internet tough guy.

A mother doesn't have to accept their children's choices in life. But it sure is nice when they do, even if it takes some time for them to come around. I think that's something everyone here agrees on.
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Whoa whoa whoa....stop the clock. Who's an internet tough guy?

Obviously you can't read the words coming from my fingers, and I can't read the words coming from yours. Something is getting lost in translation here.
 
ItIsWhatItIs said:
Just what everyone needs a smothering, repressive mother. The op probably didn't get to play hockey either.
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Please tell me you do not have any biological children! Or that you have had a surgical procedure to ensure you do not!
 
psycho44 said:
this thread has made me realized that if I were to have kids and they wanted to ride a motorcycle I think I would freak out too knowing lots of people that have died or seriously been injured in motorcycle accidents.

But I think being a rider myself I would ride along and teach them as well just to in grain in them not to do crazy stuff like speeding, swerving through traffic and such.
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Yes, your thinking about life does change when you have a child. Things you thought you would never do or say, or be. Well...a child changes that!

I'm hopeful that most of the somewhat ignorant responses here are coming from people who have not been blessed to have a child. And, who mercifully, will not produce children.
 
I took my mom for a ride on the bike a few months after I got it. She saw that it wasn't nearly as dangerous as she imagined and she also saw how well I rode (though I was obviously going easy, haha). So she still worries a bit now but not as much as she did before the ride.
 
psycho44 said:
this thread has made me realized that if I were to have kids and they wanted to ride a motorcycle I think I would freak out too knowing lots of people that have died or seriously been injured in motorcycle accidents.

But I think being a rider myself I would ride along and teach them as well just to in grain in them not to do crazy stuff like speeding, swerving through traffic and such.
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What you do, is buy them a dirt bike when they are about 4 or 5... Great excuse for you to get one too.
Get him in to racing motocross, and by the time the kid is 16 he will have more skill on a bike than most people on this forum. Then he'll have the tools to react properly on the road, and since his racing is on the track he'll be more likely to save it for the track.

I can't wait to start adding 50s to my motocross team.
 
jonpurdy said:
I took my mom for a ride on the bike a few months after I got it. She saw that it wasn't nearly as dangerous as she imagined and she also saw how well I rode (though I was obviously going easy, haha). So she still worries a bit now but not as much as she did before the ride.
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That's nice! I wish my Dad were still alive so I could take him for a ride. He used to ride a motorcycle in England. In fact, my Mom told me that even at 8 months pregnant with me, she used to be a passenger on his bike. Wish he could see me now :(
 
viper84737 said:
Never make the mindless mistake of belittling someone for spending time with their mom. One your mom may disappear from your life, if she hasn't already, and you'll cry your eyes out willing to give anything to bring her back. Let people enjoy it while they can.
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Bingo.

Accepted and honoured my parents' wishes until very shortly after my father passed very suddenly and unexpectedly.

Motorcycling was something I wanted to do for many years, but my parents were terrified, so I didn't. My dad didn't accomplish many things he was "saving" till retirement. I resolved not to let as many of my dreams as possible go unfulfilled in case of my own untimely passing.

As for the quote at the beginning of my message - I miss my dad every single day. Call me a puss or whatever - I couldn't care less. And as Viper said, you will cry your eyes out, regardless of your intensions.
 
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