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Just wondering at what age you all started letting your kids ride along with you? Is there a law on age? Of coarse he will wear a helmet and we will go slow!!!! He is only 15 months now, so I know that I have plenty of years to go but I am still anxious for the first ride!!
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Travis Miller
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According to this website (That you can enter for any state) Under passenger age restriction in Indianna... NO RESTRICTION. Slap a helmet on him, strap him to you an go! lol. I would probably wait until he could touch the back pegs with tippy toes before a road trip..lol.
Motorcycle laws by state
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
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"Hey Hard Head..."
(Provided that you can find a helmet that weighs less than his head) Wobble, wobble, wobble.Slap a helmet on him, strap him to you an go!
I would stick with pullin' the stroller behind your bike like you've been doin' .[IMG]
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"Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)Comment
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I am a kid! My 78E is 10 days younger than me... but that is one of the cleanest looking XSeseses I ever saw... well... cant get past the engine.
LPIf it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
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thanks, but digital cameras do wonders!! Looks like crap right now!! Have yet to do the spring cleaning this year. Somehow though I knew that prometheus would drag out that pic!!Travis Miller
1978 EComment
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My youngest was 4 when I started to let her ride. I dropped her off and picked her up at daycare everyday and this went on thru the fifth grade. Was kinda tough to find a good fitting helmet. She rode in front of me till she got big enough to touch the rear pegs. The school was only a few blocks away. By the time she was 7-8 years old, she rode on the back like a pro. We often rode together on weekends when I had errands I could do on the bike. Needless to say, she was "hot stuff" when I picked her up at school. She soon had no fear even with 7k runs thru the gears. She often wanted me to do "burn outs" when we left the school to show off, that did not happen, much. At 16 now, she does not ride as much, but still likes an blast down the highway every now and then. I should add, she was 11 days old when we first took her boating.
When a 10 isn't enough, get a 11. 80g HardbaggerComment
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what age you all started letting your kids ride along with you?
Never did.
SWMBO thought it a good idea for me to sell bikes just before Kelly, our first was born. My wife past away in 93, now, 21 years after Kelly was born and my youngest in local JC I just started riding agin by chance.
mroComment
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well my bro took my son for his first ride at 10 months old and now i cant keep him off my bike every time i go out on it i have to take him a ride on it and he is 2 now79 yamaha xs1100f standard
best 1/4 mile 13.282@99.40Comment
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"You can count on me"
As a world-class jerk, amongst other things, I must always strive to be predictable, dependable, and never fail to deliver.Somehow though I knew that prometheus would drag out that pic!!
(40-something more posts till I receive "Guru" status. It would be wise for you to start capitalizing my name now when you refer to me)"Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)Comment
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40 more posts and Pro's head will swell up so bad, he'll never find a helmet to fit. They don't make a Quasimoto size ya know! He's secretly trying to find a way to import a GOLD Font to have words worthy of his stature.
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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ALL HAIL PROMETHEUS!!! With a 1 minute delay between posts, you're less than an hour away from GURU status.(40-something more posts till I receive "Guru" status. It would be wise for you to start capitalizing my name now when you refer to me)
On the subject of the post, I waited until they could touch the pegs, wear a helmet and listen to me when I gave them instructions. Of course, I duct taped them to their car seats too...Papa Gino
79 and something XS 1100 Special "Battle Cruiser"
78 XT 500 "Old Shaky"
02 Kawasaki Concours "Connie"Comment
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By the way, only 724 more posts and you can capitalize Bluejeeplab too!Papa Gino
79 and something XS 1100 Special "Battle Cruiser"
78 XT 500 "Old Shaky"
02 Kawasaki Concours "Connie"Comment
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.. my first born was 8 months old when he got his first ride. i have a picture of us some where. he started walking at 8 months, he was'nt very good at it [he kinda looked like his dad standing there after a half bottle of wild turkey] but he was walkin. it had been a long winter in connecticut, and i had the old Kawi triple in the living room and was doing repairs/adjustments. the kid seem to like helping me mess with it. one day the temp got up to about 50 deg and the roads were clear, i pushed the bike out of the back door and started it . of course the kid was right there with me when it started, i have never seen such a big smile on that guy's face. he looked like he was diggin the sound of that bike so much, he had to go for a ride, there was no way i could not take him... he loved it!.. his mom did'ntComment
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Do sidecars count?
My neighbor's daughter 5 days old in her mother's arms on the way home from the maternity hospital in my sidecar rig.
Kenny drove her in on the pillion of his BSA 350 but had to borrow my rig to bring his family home.
Solo, safety says not until their feet reach the footpegs.
Indeed, modern sportbike footpegs are engineered to fit pillion riders no more than 4 feet tall.
Fred Hill, S'toon.Fred Hill, S'toon
XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
"The Flying Pumpkin"Comment
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Stepson started racing motocross at age 6. He's a much better rider than I am.Shiny side up,
650 Mike
XS1100SF "Rusty", runs great, 96k miles
XS650SJ "The Black Bike", engine from XS650H with 750cc big bore kit, 30k miles
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