dad getting into biking!

yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

my dad suprised me today with the announcement that i am to help him build a brick shed in space of the one i keep my bike in at the moment. Its going to be wider and longer (basically a garage but declared as a shed!)

when i protested as to where my bike is going to go, he just said, obvious, in the new shed next to mine!

Shocked

hes decided that hes after a nice cruiser to go touring on, something like a virago 535, kawasaki v classic or something like, he'd like a harley but cant afford!!!!

hes going to book his test soon and go for it.

What advice can i pass on except remembering that these machines are vastly different to the RD250 he had years ago??

i dont want him to jump on and think hes the born again god of the road, people get killed with that mind set!!!

im thinking of offering to get riding together so he can get back up to speed with the roads now?

im just Shocked

at the moment

Flip · Super Spammer Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Karma :

A virago 535 or similar won't kill him.

I assume he drives a car.

He'll be fine.

Count yourself lucky and get some rides in with the old man. Cool

Wish my pa would ride with me.

Groove · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Karma :

my dad just said he was looking at a bike 2mo Surprised

u a long lost brother? Shocked

he wouldnt tell me what it is so maybe its a suprise for me Mr. Green

cant wait either way! Thumbs Up

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yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

ye, but he was a stunt maniac in his youth, one of the cool gang!! hahah

like father like son, except i dont pull the stunts, just the girlies!!

i think i cruiser is what he wants, him and my mum go camping a lot and met a guy with his wife touring on a drag star 600, going all the way up the eat coast.

my dad liked the idea and its kick started his desire to get riding again, just hope he knows it aint all sunglasses and denim n e more!!!

yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

he does drive a car, says he finds it boring, so a bike will bring fun back to the roads for him

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

My Dad is flogging his 650 Dragstar. It is not as good a bike as the viragos were but is newer and looks more flash.

It only makes 10hp more than an RD250, weighs a hell of a lot more and has no power band.

I persuaded my Dad to get it because he was going to kill himself on the KH350 triple he had bought.
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yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

ye, dont want him jumping into bikes again, take it steady, hes now said to me about sharing my 125, insuring it as his and naming me as driver so he can get full comp for like 100 nik!

use mine when im not (it will sill be my only mode of transport) and then after a few months, moving onto what will be a second bike for him!

hmmm, dont fancy not owning the bike, but see how it goes.

Groove · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Karma :

ROFL

come home and see his bike...

a mini moto thing! Mr. Green

QUAILITY!!

no petrol in it atm Sad

but going out on weekend (hes goin out on wed but i got work Mad

)

will get some pics up of it if i can find a program that i can upload the pics from my mobile...cant find disk only found cable Confused

any help with program?

cheers
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gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

let him jump in at the deep end with a 1.1 / 1.3 yamaha vmax Cool

Their's a stunning one by me he's selling for 2 and a half grand (probably get it for 2 but it's very customised due to him owning a bike shop)

ooh my knee's have jsut gone all wobbly: Laughing

https://hem.passagen.se/bunte88/v8vmax.jpg

(V8 Vmax)
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yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

nah, he wants a big big cruiser to carry camping gear and the such, iv suggested litre plus cruisers but he doesnt seem keen on the idea of all that bike for a man coming back from a 20 year + break

mr.z · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Feb 2004 Karma :

cx650 custom? Razz

(shaft drive, cheap, reliable and almost as comfy as a goldwing, the GL650 is even more so)

I'd like it if my dad would get himself a bike too, he rode them from 14year old till he got to 50, then got rid..

The DAS would be enough of a refresher course, if hes not up for doing that allot of schools he could do a day and see where he needs to improve e.t.c. maybe a bit of rospa rideing..
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yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

well i think hes going to go get his CBT on a scooter, then practice on mine (hes took it out for a ride before so isnt too rusty with cogs, and all he had to say about it is how my modern 125 felt so much better than his mates top of the range 750 years ago)

then go for the DAS and llok for a bike during the winter.

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gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

when he does his cbt mate does he know he can take it on a geared 125 instead of a scooter? would make much more seense to do it on that, a whole days riding on gears that way - good practice for the das.
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yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

i guess he just wants his cbt licence to go smoothly and then practice on my geared bike the way i have done.

A scooter should make the test go really smoothly and he shouldnt get panicked over the gears.

A lot of my 125 riding mates have dine it the sdmae way, pass the cbt on a ped (easy!) buy a 125 at 17 and learn in own time.

gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

How about a honda shadow? I luuurv these things always fancied one, you can get them in quite a few different engine sizes I think.

this is a 750, when loaded up with camping stuff I can't see it being too powerful for him:

https://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8916/2002shadowace750packed7ov.jpg

https://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5890/2002shadowace750acewide29wl.jpg

https://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9835/2002shadowace750merandalltrip7.jpg
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yorkshirelad3 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Karma :

yes, i will have a look at one with him,

as soon as he said he was interested i wanted to be involved. I mean i havnt had much experience as a pillion! lol

gimpy limp · Nearly there... Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Karma :

if it's going be used for alot of camping if he get's some sideboxes/panniers (not leather bags) and cunningly positions them on the bike in such a way like I have on my bike (see my sig) you can lay a big rucksack + tent over the top of them with plenty of room left, strap them down then get a rear box to go behind them like on that shadow. Plus a tankbag and even a little bag on the front of the handlebars. Just something for you to look into.
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Yoshi · Traffic Copper Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Karma :

I thought that if you passed your CBT on a bike without gears (scooter) then you could only ride a scooter with that licence and if you wanted to ride a bike with gears, you had to take your CBT on a bike with gears?

Matt
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Mister James · I want to believe! Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Karma :

Nope. I thought that originally, but it doesn't matter. A CBT taken on any 2 wheeler allows you to ride anything up to 125, gears or no gears.
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ZZRman · Nova Slayer Joined: 12 Aug 2005 Karma :