just wondering after u guys got ur bikes/passed ur test, did u ever hide the fact u were riding from any loved ones? my mumzie greatly dislikes anything 2 wheeled (fell of one when she was younger), but would warm to it after a whileā¦my dad on the other handā¦lol, very old fashioned dudeā¦got to that point where āthinking differentlyā means choosing chips and burger or burger and chips. knowing that i ride a bike would put loadsa stress on his heartā¦which defo aint a good thing, but im probably gonna b riding around with a spare lidls carrier bag under the seat to carry the lid into house. if questioned ill just say i really love water mellonā¦like REALLY love it lol :hehe:
anyways have any of u hidden the fact u ride from anybody? should i just give up the dream and stick to driving?
my mum didnāt know i was riding for a full year since she lives over in america. she always said that i wasnāt allowed to get a bike yada yadaā¦my oldest brother got a bike when he was 25 didnāt get to much stick for it then i got mine 7 years later. i just think she worries is all she likes the bikes thoughā¦
you only get one go at life and finding the pleasures in it for you is one of the most important things. So you should do what ever it is that makes you happy. Ride safe and aware, dont take chances, and dont give anyone a reason to be worried.
However if due to respect for loved ones or medical illnesses you decided to keep stum, I dont see a problem with it. But me personally Ive always found it easyer to take the bull by the horns and go right ahead and explain . Explain being the word there, not boast of gloat through ego.
I horrified my wife when I not only rode a motorcycle, but began to pick my son up from daycare on the motorcycle. I donāt know WHAT she thought I was doing. Didnāt own another car, she drove the only one we owned. But i figured sheād better get over the shock before the day care people started asking questions. Itās amazing how people can ignore the obvious. He was always safe as we understood things in 1976, which was not very much really. About half a mile, and he loved it. His sister could take it or leave it, But he just went gaga. Now that I think about it, it was probably when I left him at home to go pick up some milk, and he began to cry, and when she figured it out (She was not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed.) she ranted, raved, bitched me out. Then I went back to doing the exact same thing. Live with it. Learn to like it.
have had ex-girlfriends bend my ear massively and MOAN constantly but that was manageable.My dad rode as a kid in Nigeria and in the Army over there so was alway cool with it.
Upto a year ago he still insisted he would take out my old Gixer and show me his trademark endo.
Considering heās in his 70ās i never took him up on his boastā¦
My mum hates me having a bike but she doesnāt try to stop me. My wife isnāt keen either but she married me knowing all the facts (including the ban) so she tends to live with it as well. Iām just trying to convince her to get a license
No worries from my side. My brothers both rode as youngsters, my dad road, my grandfather (momās side) had two Harleys in the war years. My wife is fine with me riding and insisted I get my currenty bike after the other one was stolen. My mom and dad live in another country but know I ride and like the bike too. See them in two months time!
So no worries for me fortunately. Best you can do is be straight up about it and simply be safe about it too. Had a cracking good ride in this morning and let a whole swarm of rabid scooters come rattling past quite simply because I like to keep my space when riding. Help your family get over it by wearing the right gear, riding sensibly and enjoying life.
my dad is very much against it (for safety reasons and he recalls the nuts stuff he did as a mod), only told him about learning to ride after i had passed the DAS and i still havent told him i have actually bought a bike
he checks my flickr account for new pics every now and then so he has prob seen the bike, its sort of a subject we dont talk about now, lets just say we have agreed to disagree and dont want it to become a big issue
When i was a kid my Dad had a bike for a while and i loved being on the back of it. My Mum though, used to worry sick about my Dad on it so eventually he gave it up. Then a young man she worked with had a bike accident and was confined to a wheel chair so she was totally against it.
So when I eventually took my test I didnāt tell them until after Iād passed and it was all done.
At first my Mum was fairly understanding and my Dad was enthusiastic, now I get more grief from my Dad than my Mumā¦ heās all whyāve you bought a faster bike and do you really need something that quick etcā¦ but then again he did have a go on my VFR and it was something of a culture shock after his CB175 or whatever it was he rode 30 years ago LOL. But over all theyāve been much more accepting of it than I expected them to be.
I broke my parents in gently - rode a CG125 for just under a year without any incidents so saved some money and then turned up at my mum n dads in a van & rolled out my GSXR to store in their garage til I passed my test:D Obviously they worry but whose parents wouldnt! Their cool with it but I can understand why wouldnt want their loved ones to ride
HAvenāt confessed to my Dad yet. I passed in March and bought a bike 10 days ago. Dad thinks it isnāt very ladylike and that I am so clumsy Iād probably do myself a mischief (he has a point).
I will confess at some point but can still remember his reaction when he discovered I had a tattooā¦ not a happy daddy.
Told parents and they said theyād been expecting it but didnāt like it . . . nobody else to worry about me so have a pretty easy life with the bikes and cars really
my parents arenāt mad keen on bikes at all. but understand that i love them and cars so it was bound to happen. They just want me safe so as planned for sometime this year - when i pass my DAS i am going to do all the bike safes and the advanced courses too. Oh and ride with LB!
Unfortunately i came off but surprisingly my parents want me to carry on riding. which i think is very cool.
Iāve heard of SO many people who havenāt told their loved ones that they ride. One girl I met had been riding for ten years and still hadnāt told her parents. Every time they came to visit she would hide every single bikeārelated item, jackets, boots, magazines, DVDs etc., and take down all her photos (her bike was in a garage.)
I told my parents when iād passed my CBT and bought a Vespa and they were both fine about it. My dad raced bikes abroad in the 60ās and rode bikes on the road for years after and my mumās father also rode. My brother had off-road bikes when we were young but I was never allowed anywhere near them! I didnāt tell them I was doing my DAS but when I passed the first person I called was my dad-he was happy for me and I told him not to tell my mum (which he didnāt!) because I knew she would be worried. 10 days after passing my test I rode around France on my 636 with a friend of mine and my mum called to ask how it was going and whether it was comfortable riding pillion āall that wayāā¦ at which point I had to own up!! I couldnāt keep it from her any longer because I knew it was going to be a big part of my life and I wanted to be able to share it with them not hide it. I know they both worried about me (my dad has since passed away) and that my mum still worries a lot but she does try and show interest now and then!
