So my 18 year old wants to get a motorcycle license..

[JC316]

Well, there are girls with more balls than you, just sayin'.


Everyone should have to ride a bike in this town for 30 days. In the end, we would have a higher volume of attentive drivers, and probably a few less idiots every month.

Yep, probably so and I still don't care. I have nothing to prove. The way I make my living requires me to have my limbs and for them to be functional. I still go scuba diving in the ocean, but I don't intentionally seek out sharks. I would go sky diving because they isn't much risk of crashing in a wall. I would take a dirt bike off road, but there is no way in hell I am putting my life into the hands of the fucking morons that drive around DFW. I don't care how attentive you are, or how skilled you are, there are wrecks where nothing can be done and in that event, I want some sheet metal around me.

[Cobraman]

Yeah, I offered to take the class with her but still... Not that I think she'll ride recklessly, it's the other drivers I fear. There's no crumple zones on bikes!!

Give her my number, she can ride me anytime she wants. I'm almost as quick as a bike too!

[Unicorn Jeff]

Give her my number, she can ride me anytime she wants. I'm almost as quick as a bike too!

She needs a REAL man.

[Binky]

Give her my number, she can ride me anytime she wants. I'm almost as quick as a bike too!

Pretty damn sure you aren't as fast as 00 buckshot

[80coupe]

Pretty damn sure you aren't as fast as 00 buckshot

lolz

[shumpertdavid]

I was raised around motorcycles. Been working on them for as long as I can remember with my dad. I started riding at 10 (now 31), a yamaha qt-50 moped(still have and ride it lol). I grew up and live on lake texoma so I was able to ride around the community streets as well as beach and a few trails without too much trouble. My dad gave me limits as to which streets and area I could not go (which I was pretty good at following) and I was required to inform any law enforcement that caught me that I was riding without parents permission, my longest push home with law following was probably a couple miles mostly uphill lol.

Anyway I graduated to an xr80 pretty quick and various other dirtbikes. At age 12 I was riding his bmw r75\6 locally around, a sportster we had and later his big twin. At 19 (fall of '99) I was involved in an accident where a friend of mine rear ended me, both on bikes. By the grace of God I wasn't injured more than some abrasions (I had on no helmet and a pair of mx gloves) Slid down the highway from somewhere around 55-60 mph to a stop on my back headfirst. My buddy suffered a broken wrist, abrasions, concussion, and other minor injuries. Both bikes were pretty messed up (the one I was on 87 Moto Guzzi Lemans was supposed to be bought the next day). I got "my" first streetbike 3 days later and eventually my license. I've been riding street and dirt for 21 years and love it.

I strongly feel that some offroad dirtbike experience will make a person a better street rider. Living more in the country traffic is less of a concern. The city traffic doesn't bother me too much as long as I don't have a passenger, but I don't like the feeling of being boxed in.

My parents have always been supportive of my desire to ride, but both my dad and biological mom were riders from way back. It's a dangerous sport, but you can either try and be supportive of it and help them to be as safe and prepared as possible or leave it up to them to figure out how to do it. If a person is determined enough they'll find a way to get what they want sadly.

[Downs]

Hows her maturity level? Is she going to go out and become a SQUID?

I started riding street bikes at 16 on a 1200cc Suzuki Bandit. I'm still alive believe it or not. I didn't have any accidents till the "second hump" where the stats show that riders with 9-12 years of experience go though another phase of being at high risk of an accident.

Honestly she's 18 and if she really wants to nothing you can do will stop her. Just try to link her up with a level headed riding group and talk her onto a sport standard like a SV650, FZ6, NInja 250 or 500, ect, ect, ect.

Tell her to check out

https://www.twtex.com

It's a good site with lots of people who have LOTS of miles and experience. I've been a member there for a few years and if there's a group that can talk her into being sensible with a new bike purchase it's them.

[shumpertdavid]

My dad rode from the age of 13 (born in '51) until about 5 years ago when he was side swiped by a minivan. He's just getting back into riding after battling with the insurance company for near most of the 5 years.

This was his first major accident, meaning not loosing footing and falling over etc.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

making her pay for all the gear in advance is a GREAT idea! I know that stuff ain't cheap.

817-834-5070
A&R Motorsports

Have her give the shop a call ... I have plenty of good cheap gear that I can set her up with.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Give her my number, she can ride me anytime she wants. I'm almost as quick as a bike too!

I am sure she would prefer the vibrations of a bike ...

[Binky]

At 18, whether a boy or girl, there is no talking sense into them. Period.

They will have to touch that hot stove themselves to learn. I hope she was as lucky as i was that it was just a few scratches and a heavy hit on the wallet to learn the lessons.

[ceyko]

At 18, whether a boy or girl, there is no talking sense into them. Period.

They will have to touch that hot stove themselves to learn. I hope she was as lucky as i was that it was just a few scratches and a heavy hit on the wallet to learn the lessons.

I say just the opposite. Talk, explain and repeat as often as you can - in an adult manner. Maybe before she does something stupid she'll hear a little voice in her head calming her down a little.

[Memo]

She will go down. We all do. I've been down and so has every one of my friends. The question is whether we'll get back up. I was lucky enough to get road rash and be put of work for two months. Some aren't so lucky. But then again we only live once. We have to enjoy life. My family wasn't too happy when I got my first bike. They were actually happy when I got my r6 stolen. But then I bought an r1 so that didn't go over too well with my mom.

Bottom line is that people are going to do what they want. Just hope she's responsible and mature and isn't at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[mikec]

Been down as well. That shit hurts...

[Downs]

Atgatt.