Bikes your dad had/has.

Watty · Post by **Watty** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:36 pm

Dad had a vespa or lambretta scooter way before my time, but I do remember him having a BSA Beagle in the garage but it never ran!

Jamoi · Post by **Jamoi** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:05 pm

No one in my family have any interest in bikes

Yet I'm bike mad. Odd

Ckennedy · Post by **Ckennedy** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:07 pm

Jamoi wrote:No one in my family have any interest in bikes

Yet I'm bike mad. Odd

It's the same for me Jamie so your not the only one

I'm the first biker in the family and one of my brothers may well be on the path of following me

Jamoi · Post by **Jamoi** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:14 pm

Ckennedy wrote:
Jamoi wrote:No one in my family have any interest in bikes

Yet I'm bike mad. Odd
It's the same for me Jamie so your not the only one I'm the first biker in the family and one of my brothers may well be on the path of following me

Strange isn't it, most people i speak to have a history of bikes in the family.

I immediately got into bikes after seeing my mate go through his neighbours fence at 30mph on a twist n go. His neighbour was a teacher from our school and we had bunked the afternoon off

Try explaining that one!

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:30 pm

Ckennedy wrote:
Jamoi wrote:No one in my family have any interest in bikes

Yet I'm bike mad. Odd
It's the same for me Jamie so your not the only one I'm the first biker in the family and one of my brothers may well be on the path of following me

I bet I could get your mum on the back of mine :-)

bigtwinthing · Post by **bigtwinthing** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 10:01 pm

My dad had a Douglass Dragonfly and an Ariel square four. He then bought a Manx Norton and theres a picture of me sat on it in the Ace Cafe car park in 1969. It was in a display cabinet up till about 2004. Ive been into bikes probably ever since as went with him everywhere even in his side car.

fabiostar · Post by **fabiostar** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:14 pm

dear love my old man he had a string of honda c70s. he loved them. he bought a cb200 in the 70s and after about two years sold it and gues what. he got a c70 lol. went bloody everywere round the country on it rite up until his early 70S

templ8 · Post by **templ8** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:52 pm

My Dad's still riding at the age of 74 and currently has the following:
1991 Kawasaki ZXR750
2004 Suzuki Bandit 1200
1959 AJS 350
1979 Honda cb250n wetdream
Honda c90 with less than 2000 miles on the clock.

All are in showroom condition and i've never been allowed to ride any of them

bald_pig · Post by **bald_pig** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:37 pm

My dad currently has:

Ducati 750SS
Harley
Yamaha XJR1300SP Cafe Racer
Vor 503 Supermoto

Not aloud to ride the Yam, and nobody rides the Vor!

Big_Jim59 · Post by **Big_Jim59** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:55 am

Jamoi wrote:No one in my family have any interest in bikes

Yet I'm bike mad. Odd

Same here. I grew up in a family where bikes were thought of as dangerous and anti-social. My mom still thinks it's a "phase" I am going through designed to tick her off (as if I am still a teen.) I had to buy my first bike in bits in order to get it in under the radar. They thought I would never get it running so it was OK. They were so wrong. I am the only one in the family that is bike mad.

Jim

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:54 am

Big_Jim59 wrote:
Jamoi wrote:No one in my family have any interest in bikes

Yet I'm bike mad. Odd
Same here. I grew up in a family where bikes were thought of as dangerous and anti-social. My mom still thinks it's a "phase" I am going through designed to tick her off (as if I am still a teen.) I had to buy my first bike in bits in order to get it in under the radar. They thought I would never get it running so it was OK. They were so wrong. I am the only one in the family that if bike mad.

Jim

Snap!
And I'm not to sure too sure I'm happy when a lot of the bikes some folks are listing as "bike their dad had" are the same as bikes I had

Pete.l

fabiostar · Post by **fabiostar** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:11 am

moving the thread to the next stage tho. would you be happy to let your own children ride bikes? known the dangers it brings ? for me id say no id rather they didnt at least not on the roads..

my wee man about two years ago..

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:15 am

fabiostar wrote:moving the thread to the next stage tho. would you be happy to let your own children ride bikes? known the dangers it brings ? for me id say no id rather they didnt at least not on the roads..

I'm obviously too young to have children, hell I don't even have a girlfriend

, but I would fully allow it. I wouldn't force them into it, but if they ever said 'Dad, I want a motorbike'... Who am I to stop them? My Dad rode when he was my age but badly injured his knee in an accident and needed a car due to his job, so gave up biking.. He got back into it about 4 years ago, before then he was adamant against me getting one. Once he got one he suddenly stopped being against it

If you stop them having one and they really want one, they'll just hide it from you in the future probably.. I'd rather know about it so I could offer them safety tips and observe their riding when they start on the road, same as my Dad did for me and my brother

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:21 am

But your dad and brother ride sh1t so that didn't help .
If my lad wants one as he gets older I will send him on every corse I can and take him out with me .
He lost interest in the little dirt bike I got him sadly

Virt · Post by **Virt** » Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:28 am

lloydie wrote:But your dad and brother ride sh1t so that didn't help .
If my lad wants one as he gets older I will send him on every corse I can and take him out with me .
He lost interest in the little dirt bike I got him sadly

I knew you wouldn't keep quiet.. But meh, it did help!
Maybe he just wants a firestorm?

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