My 5 yr old son

My son is mad about bikes…in his school report it mentions that his teacher has learnt a lot about bike racing in the last year:) , and every show and tell he bought in one of his toy bikes - Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner etc etc…

At night we often peruse bike magazines, and the Brands Hatch brochure Motor Sport Vision kindly sent me in the spring…

Tonight, however, he surpassed himself… his choice of reading this evening was…

Motorcycle Roadcraft ( The Police bike training manual for the uninitiated)

So we have been discussing

Information, Position, Speed, gear & acceleration.

I think tomorrow we’re going on to the cornering lesson - so he’ll learn about positioning and limit points :slight_smile:

Kids,don’t you just love them…

awwww…good choice son!.
& hey dad,…at this rate, he’ll have his own machine, & be riding it on saturday!.
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:D:D:D:DHAHAHA, thats immense!!

I’m reading that at the minute!

That is awesome!! :D:D

That’s brill! :hehe:

hehe, Roadcraft… perfect bedtime reading material for father and son!! :hehe:

(I know how valid the points are: done bike-safe, member of RoSPA, etc etc, but you got to admit that book is boring!! :blush:)

Bless him:)

My son was the same at that age. In fact he would race his mum as they walked to an from school with a runing commontary of a BSB race:D

He was always Jamie Whitham and Mrs CM was always Terry Rymer:D:D:D

Such a shame they have to grow up eh?;):cool:

Good for you Johnse. Whereas my boy is going through the opposite as I live so far out and have to commute in on the London Midland (wife-family members-Hemel, her choice) and too many late turns I dont get to see my lads much during school time to help them…Just got in now from a “gone bent” shift…

steady on mate you told the wife :w00t::smiley:

There is prob some influence in bikes there though, as when Im lying in off a late one, he goes up and down the hallway with his hands in the riding position making bike noises…lol:D

Duh, always about sex with you innit! Police speak and all that, you will be initiatedBeen to any bbqs lately “you job?”.

We have it all the time. He plays bike racing with bits of Lego - blue are Yamaha’s as are yellow, red bricks are Ducatis, Green ones are Kawasaki’s (obviously) and the light blue ones are Rizla Suzukis…And when we are out in our bus, if we are first at the lights, we’re on pole position and if we go off a slip road - we’re going into the pits:rolleyes:

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hertscol (15/08/2008)

I have similar problems, I do lots of late turns and 1800-0200, and I’m always late off:(I really really need to find a nice 9-5 job - but it would bore me senseless

Get him on a bike i was racing mini motos at his age.

Really? Where can he do that (legally)? Are there clubs and stuff aimed at 5 yr olds?

Minimoto info here http://www.minimotoclub.co.uk/vb/

The Metrakit series is available for 8 year olds onwards …

http://www.fab-racing.co.uk/

Cherie

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**Information, Position, Speed, gear & acceleration.

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be carefull what you teach him about this and what the speed limits are , i followed you up london remember!!!:D:D;)

i will be looking into that mini moto racing too for my son