No more bike for me

[Fire_Eyes]

Yesterday my dad went to the showroom to put a down payment on a 2005 gixxer 600. I've been waiting for that moment for over 2years. It's my favourite bike and I was so ecited that he was going. Today he calls me up and tells me your mom is getting nightmares about the bike and I'm started to feel bad. I know that we can't say who will live or die but if something happened to you we would feel guilty. Then he said he's sad for telling me the news and that the money is mine if I want and bla bla bla. Then he started telling me stupid things like if I crash at 100 then I would fly off the bike at a speed of a 100. Obviously I think every biker knows the dangers of riding a bike. So i hung up and went to my room and slept on it. Woke up, and call my mom. I told her I would rather die young on a bike than an old man on a bike. I told her that it's a matter of time if they don't get me the bike then I'll get one a few years later so they aren't really stopping me. Then I told her I don't want a car insead.. Anyhow she was like I'm worried about you but I want to get it for you but your dad changed his mind when he saw the bike. He found a sticker on the speedometer saying 300km/h fucking shop. My dad told me I could rent a bike as much as I want and make biking my hobby, but he doesn't get that it's more than that. I told my mom that the bike I rent is just as fast (cbr600rr) and that I could go fast on that one. Then I told her that cars can go over 250 aswell. She was like how fast do you go on the bike you rent. I was like my maximum is 160km/h on the motorway at 6am when there aren't any other cars. If you could hear the way she shouted.. "your dad doesnt go 160". Forget about the bike and I think I should take your license as well. She promised to talk to my dad but he's stubborn. Anyway, I'm just trying to relax myself by writing this. It's just that I went through alot to finally get them to become ok with biking. I paid alot of money on stuff and I wasted alot of time negotiating and contacting people and all that. Another funny thing was my dad has a habbit of talking bullshit. He always says things that are wrong about cars and computers as if he knows everything. So he was like it's a race bike his back will hurt after 1hour of riding . I ride the cbr for 5hours non stop and nothing happens... Anyway, sorry for boring you and bubye. For those who don't know I already have a zzr400 so don't really understand what their fuss is about.
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[Simple]

[mchaggis]

Woah. I guess your fingers just got away from you.

If you can afford it, just get one anyway. If not, just bide your time until you can. What your parents think shouldn't be so important compared to what you think, if they're speaking purely from a stereotypical view.

Having said that, I'd much prefer to die peacefully, an old man in my bed having ridden and enjoyed bikes all my life rather than just young on a bike.
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[garth]

Stitch.


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[Git]

As much as we love our parents there has to be a time in life when you say, bollocks, I'm doing it so there we go, get used to it.

Harsh maybe but thats life. save up for a bit and just do it, don't let them give you the guilt trip shit.

[JonB]

[Lee Evans]Na! Dad! Thing r gunna change around ere![/Lee Evans]

Do whatever you like, your parents gotta learn you aren't a kid anymore.
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[froggy128]

after last bank holiday with the biker deaths my mum said doesnt it put you off, i just said these things happen it wouldnt be practical to have a car would take me ages to get to work. My mum and dad are split up because my mum thinks my dad is a loon he has an R1 so he likes me having a bike!

[instigator]

You'd rather die young on abike than old on a bike??? Why???

So you'd rather die at 20 years old on a bike than say 50 years old? You'd be missing out on a whole lot of riding there buddy!

I take it you mean you'd rather die young on a bike than old NOT on a bike

[Fruit'n'nut]

[Going2fast]

[Hennessy]

lol, Jon B!

[Lee Evans]But it took a team of surgeons to remove that fag from my arse![/Lee Evans]

I've had this problem about my parents giving me a hand with my 2005 Yamaha R6... My dad would want to give me the money but he said he doesn't want my mother to say ITS ALL MY FAULT at the hospital! I was like, oh great, so you expect me to crash and die then! I said, "If you don't help me with the money, I'll just take more time to save and buy it anyway! and then die, who she guna blame next, Yamaha?"

And then stormed upstairs, now feeling guilty, offered me the deposit because I can get the rest of the money, just need time... so holding the bike! YAY

Its all about psychology FE!!

-Hennessy
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[JonB]

Teehee. I'm going to see him on 3rd December at Bournemouth BIC.

Yeah my parents don;t really care cause they don't love me. Joke.

My Dad already rides a bike and my Mum just does the worrying (and the ironing) whilst we are out.
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[gsxrpeak]

buy it yourself, then they cant say much!

thats what i did, im curently saving for a gixxer.
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[Hennessy]

argh! I want to go see him, I'm guna wait til next time his back in wembley, closer to me! I think he's well funny man... I've got most of his DVDs! lol.

Sorry bout off-topic!

My dad used to ride, so he can sorta empathise with me, and I'm the youngest so I get everything!!

-Hennessy
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[mr.z]

This sort of thing pisss me off immensely.. its nice people care but if i dont complain about my friends or family driveing cars, personally i feel far less safe in a car, ever seen a car after hiting a tree at 50?

My uncle was killed on a moorbike in a very unplesent way by a drunk driver, if he had been killed in a car there would be no mention of cars being dangerous...



Even better every time i take my girlfriend anywhere i get it off her parents too! drive carefully... aww crap, i wanted to ride us both into a lamp post and kill us horribly... pants...

Its hard not to take offence that everyone things your a lunatic because you use something with 2 less wheels for transport...
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[Mik_RX125]

Wow all your parents are paranoid!!

Both my parents are bikers so my first bike was a present, and so far, I've had free insurance for 2 yrs.

My grandma does all the worrying about me on my bike.

Though I only crashed once, and that was in front of my mum, when she was riding a Goldwing 1200.

Mik
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[Hennessy]

Yea, its a bit patronising someone telling you to actually be careful?? Because you're guna go out looking to hit a specific lamp post!

You could die getting out of bed in the morning, it's annoying that people think its a known fact that your guna seriously injure yourself riding a motorcycle especially if they haven't rid one! Like car drivers you have to be vigilant, probably even more so on a bike but people die in cars too.

So should we being saying 'be careful!' everytime someone you know goes out in a car?

-Hennessy
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[Ste]

Might be worth pointing out that just renting one occasionally on nice days will mean you're a worse rider than if you're riding regulary as you'll have far more road experience. You could try telling them some stories about car crashes (BBC New is probably a good place to look) to point out that cars aren't 100% safe either.

Git, I think the problem with Fire Eyes just getting a bike regardless is money related so not really an option. Unless as they've said the money is yours if you want it, get it and just get a bike anyway.

[Simple]

okay okay...


id rather die at 20 on a motorcycle than live till im 100 and never get on a bike again.



happy mr instigator
and its true, i do.


simple
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[MissFickle]

Get the bike.. Its your life...

[dansuresh]

My dad wasnt bothered when i told him i wanted a bike...i told them tht i will be on a bike since i was 15 and found tht i can ride when i am 16....

mum was a bit iffy abt it but my dad just went to her he cant be as bad as i was! (my dad has riden bikes since he was abt 13 in india!)

they have told me loads of times why are you spnding so much on a bike when you can get a very good car for the same price but i just telll them that biking is different! dad knows what im talking about i think...

17 now so i will get a car license too but probably wont get a car until i really need it. Maybe at 20 years or something if i dont want 2 upgrade the bike then!

[dainesefreak]

Buy what you want and live to a 100 just to spite them.

[houlsby]

i had the same trouble with getting my rs125 (i know its only a ped compared but its a bike!) i blagged them and blagged them from being 15 years old, finally on my 17th i got my bike delivered!! my mam is giving me her car as well for when i blow it up (every time i look at it!) problem is now.. my dad wants a bike, my dads mate rides a blade without insurance tax liciance ect and is craaaaazy. an i binned it doin 60 in a 30 ............overtaking......guess what... a fookin volvo!!!

[Fire_Eyes]

Thanks for all the replies guys. The problem is money reltaed, if I had the money I wouldn't even ask if they liked me getting a bike or not. AFter all it's my life not theirs. Tried to get my brother to convince them but he's suddenly against me "you want to be happy and have them depressed, they are worried about your safety." I must say the power of a bike has saved my ass quite a fair times. And there are many times when I avoided an accident because I'm riding something thats is almost a quarter of a car's size. I'll try to talk to them today again. If not then I'll just ask him to give me the money plus the cost of the gear and all the bike related stuff.

Instigator I meant I'de rather die young on a bike than an old man on a bed .
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