Rolling Thunder Hint:It sucks

[Particle Man]

Father/daughter time win!

[Dave]

Originally Posted by derf

My wife wants something with a backrest and armrests. Shes done with sportbikes, and wont even look at the KLR. I wouldnt mind a harley dresser either, and a yamaha venture would be cool too for the right price.

Don't overlook the kawi voyager. Those things are tanks. Cheap tanks

[derf]

Yes that whole class. I'm also not talking about this year, maybe between another 1 and 5 years

[Captain Morgan]

How old was your daughter when you first got her on the bike? I know my little girl is still a bit young to take her for rides, as she gets scared just sitting with me on the bike in the garage when I stand it up off the kickstand.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

How old was your daughter when you first got her on the bike? I know my little girl is still a bit young to take her for rides, as she gets scared just sitting with me on the bike in the garage when I stand it up off the kickstand.

The older side of 4 years. I started by turning the bike on, putting it in N and pushing it across a parking lot making vroom vroom sounds. Over the next 2 years I slowly worked her up to riding across the parking lot at walking speed. She didn't get her first real ride until she was 7 when we went to get ice cream 5 miles from the house. From there she took off and can pretty much stay on as long as she wants. She just puts in some ear buds, plugs into an ipod and bee bops away.

I'm working with my son now, he's 5 going on 6, but with his attention span I still have him sitting in front of me pinned between my legs and the gas tank. He moves 100 feet at a time and AI have to keep reminding him to sit still and pay attention.

Really just put her in some gear, on the bike, and see what she can do. Start slow and work your way up.

I'm sure my daughter can easily do longer rides than we did today, but with walking around in the heat all day she was getting tired by the time we got home.

[Gas Man]

That's awesome Derf. But you'll have to do it one more time... with me!!

And she's super super cute man... Looks like great time.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

That's awesome Derf. But you'll have to do it one more time... with me!!

And she's super super cute man... Looks like great time.

Ok, when are you gonna come down for it? Next year? Did you want to show up at 5am with the first folks that arrived and waited till noon to ride, or did you want to show up at 3 in the afternoon and pretty much just jump on the back end and go from there?

I mean it was a cool experience, I'm glad I did it, but I better have a damn good reason to do it again.

Sooooo, how many patches do you got?

[Gas Man]

I don't know the answer to any of your questions...

Last one... patches... um none.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

I don't know the answer to any of your questions...

Last one... patches... um none.

Pins?

I know you have the leather vest, you have to have patches or pins

[Gas Man]

I do have pins on my vest... it's a cruiser thing... many of my hd riders would ask you silly questions too.