I'm 26, how old are you?

33

 

51 and still ticking!

 

Anthony - 17 Years Old ... just a kid!

Listen, Brother ... the easiest way to get you Mother on-board is to do the Motorcycle Riding Adventure ... RIGHT!

Get the literature from a Safety Course near you and leave it where she'll be sure to see it and read it!

Sign-up for the Course, take-it and PASS it with Flying Colors.

Get the GEAR for riding. A GOOD Helmet and Jacket.

Show your Mon you are serious about safety and live by being safe on the bike. Never mind what you see other kids doing on their bikes. Sooner or later the ones who show-off and speed and do wheelies crash their Bikes and wind-up riding in an Ambulance while their Bikes are hauled-off to the Junk Yard.

Be Cool about it and you can get you Mother to ease-up and let you be a biker.
Promise her you'll always be safe ... and,

KEEP your Promise!

 

Anthony, the best giver of advice in this forum is Rick "the been there, done that guy". Follow his advice to a 't'. There is nothing as important as your safety and while there is no doubt biking presents risk, it also presents opportunity. At 17, how you address and manage the risk will demonstrate to supporters and detractors that you are making mature decisions and you know the score.

When I was 17, my mother told me that if I came home with a bike, I had no place to stay. That was her way of telling me that I did not know the score and would more than likely end up as a stain on the highway. Now, at 50 and 10/12ths, I have such a deep appreciation for my freedom machine and life in general that I am glad mom knew me so well. You can't enjoy anything when you're dead. Mind you, at 17, I was more like 15 and with you asking these questions I have a feeling you are further along than I was.

Now you have the chance to prove it: know the score, get the facts, get trained, look after you and watch everything else like you'll die if you don't.

A friend told me that the best attitude was to be "cooly enthusiastic". Good luck with your quest.

 

okay ill throw in here...

just made 43years old...

im in the thumb of michigan north of detroit...

picked up my 550 maxim in 91 in altus oklahoma, my first bike. it sat from 1994 until last summer when i started to get the ridding bug again...

had a 750 seca dropped off today (see other post re: the 750)...

i plan on at least ONE bike week(end) event this year in muskegon michigan. last year they had 20,000 bikes and 60,000 visitors. Muskegon BikeTime

im an electrician for one of the big 3 and hold a pilots license although im not current...

 

I was 42 when I bought my 1982 xj650 maxim brand new at the dealership. Now I'm 67 & a half. The xj has less than 13K mi on her; but I've put over 100K on bigger bikes (2 Ventures and a Harley) The xj sports a current license & insurance.

 

Thanks Rick and PSteele, it's no that she thinks I won't be safe, but rather she does not trust the other people on the road. I tell her if that's the case, then I can't drive either, or go to school etc...

She just thinks I am her baby lol and wants me to "Be safe" but I will always do that to the best of my ability.

I already have a bike jacket and gloves as well as helmet; I want to also get some pants soon.

I just want to jump on and go! lol. But one day shes cool with it, then she sees something on TV, and bam!; "your never getting on that thing!"

 

I'll hit 47 in September. I'm selling my Harley next weekend. It's paid for and I spend so much time on dirt bikes with my son (18 in three weeks) and, this year, my wife (she has a new TTR230 in the garage....just has to learn to ride). The Harley collects more dust than miles so, even though it was my love, it's going. That means the XJ650 will be my regular ride for now. I picked it up about 4 years ago as a practice canvas for cutting up a bike and making it my own. It's now a lowered, single seat, bobbber type thing. Got it on the road last year and JUST got it so it would start cold (enrichment circuit...clean it!) about two days ago. Now I can focus on tweaking some of the minor issues, like different bars, painting the exhaust and highway bars, fine-tuning the carbs, etc....

Oh, yeah. I'm in upstate NY, too. About 30 minutes south-ish of Ithaca.

Come oooooon, SPRING!

 

41 in a few days from Port Elgin Ontario Canada

 

I'm 46 and have had my bike license for 32 years. I reside in Didsbury,Alberta,Canada.

 

43, NW Ohio a village called Luckey.

 

Celebrate?? Isn't that something the kids do?? :lol:

I'm over the whole getting older thing at present

 

I'm 36 (in two weeks) and feeling younger every year. Live in Halifax NS, Canada.

 

34 as of the 24th. So far 34 is looking like it's going to be a hard year.

 

I used to say I was still in my twenties, you know, 28, 29, 20-ten, 20-eleven, 20-twelve... Unfortunately when I hit 20-20 I figured people could see through my ruse. I guess 44 isn't all that bad as it beats the alternative. :roll:

 

Hey Alive - ya gotta celebrate every day, even the bad ones! I'm one of those smiling idiots you want to just smack because I am so happy to wake up every day. Used to feel like you do, but that will change when you hit Crisis Time (kind of like Amok Time but opposite) and you realize what it's all about.

"Live to ride, ride to live" and lovin' your gal doesn't hurt either.

 

Steele... don't get me wrong.. I love life and ride like I stole it

It's just the birthday thing is not what it used to be... I get excited about other things these days like the new addition to our family due in July

 

OUTstanding!

congratulations...

 

50, in a small town in Washington.

 

Got your message Alive and Congratulations! Even more reason to be Happy Dad. All the best!