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Captain Morgan · 05-30-2011, 11:05 AM

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 · 05-30-2011, 12:01 PM

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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 · 05-30-2011, 08:31 PM

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.

Cutty72 · 05-30-2011, 10:55 PM

Looks like a cool time! Jacket a bit big on your daughter? lol

derf · 05-30-2011, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

Looks like a cool time! Jacket a bit big on your daughter? lol

Yeh its one of mine. She had one that fit, but alas, she has grown out of it. Its gonna go in the closet and wait for my son to grow into it

pauldun170 · 05-30-2011, 11:14 PM

Awesome write up

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Captain Morgan Let's do another U-turn Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Indiana Moto: 2009 V-Strom Posts: 3,816	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.