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Ok I have 7 year old son that enjoys riding with me he recently grew tall enough that he can easily reach the rear pegs so I feel confident that he can remain in place under normal circumstances. As such I started taking him out for short rides increasing them in distance and difficulty as time goes on.
I am currently working a night shift and he goes to work with my wife for the first 30mins or so of her shift before I am able to pick him up. This is where my rant begins.
The weather was nice the other night so I decided I would ride in. I discussed this with my son and he was excited to get to ride home from his mothers work. He quickly ran and gathered up his helmet, gloves, boots, and denim jacket (part 2 of my rant). Around 6am the next morning I get a phone call from my wife, who normally has not had any problems with our son riding with me. But on this particular morning she did.
I questioned her on her concerns and her response was "I just have a bad feeling". After further questioning I discovered it was I don't want him on XX highway, which happens to be a straight median divided 4 lane 45mph road, fairly tamer than what we have worked up to. After some more prodding I discovered the real reason.... "There are a lot of people at the office today and I don't want them to see me put my 7 year old son on the back of your motorcycle" AH HA! BINGO! DING DING DING.
Arghhh! Why is this even an issue? He, and I, meet the legal requirements to ride a motorcycle in this state. I have made it as safe as possible by buying him the gear available to me in this country (more on this in a sec). I ended up meeting them a half mile down the road to pick him up. It just drove me crazy that she felt that she would be looked down upon by or coworkers.
Now for the second part. Why is it that I can't find a single manufacture or distributor of youth sized street gear in the united states? Have we really become such a "SUE 'EM" society that gear manufactures are afraid to sell gear here? I have found several EU companies that sell entire lines of youth jackets, pants, helmets, boots even full leathers. But only 1 company in the states which sells gear imported from the EU and they seem to be wanting out of the business.
Anyway I just needed to get that off my chest it’s been driving me crazy. I'm off to do the math on the exchange rates.
-Brian
I am currently working a night shift and he goes to work with my wife for the first 30mins or so of her shift before I am able to pick him up. This is where my rant begins.
The weather was nice the other night so I decided I would ride in. I discussed this with my son and he was excited to get to ride home from his mothers work. He quickly ran and gathered up his helmet, gloves, boots, and denim jacket (part 2 of my rant). Around 6am the next morning I get a phone call from my wife, who normally has not had any problems with our son riding with me. But on this particular morning she did.
I questioned her on her concerns and her response was "I just have a bad feeling". After further questioning I discovered it was I don't want him on XX highway, which happens to be a straight median divided 4 lane 45mph road, fairly tamer than what we have worked up to. After some more prodding I discovered the real reason.... "There are a lot of people at the office today and I don't want them to see me put my 7 year old son on the back of your motorcycle" AH HA! BINGO! DING DING DING.
Arghhh! Why is this even an issue? He, and I, meet the legal requirements to ride a motorcycle in this state. I have made it as safe as possible by buying him the gear available to me in this country (more on this in a sec). I ended up meeting them a half mile down the road to pick him up. It just drove me crazy that she felt that she would be looked down upon by or coworkers.
Now for the second part. Why is it that I can't find a single manufacture or distributor of youth sized street gear in the united states? Have we really become such a "SUE 'EM" society that gear manufactures are afraid to sell gear here? I have found several EU companies that sell entire lines of youth jackets, pants, helmets, boots even full leathers. But only 1 company in the states which sells gear imported from the EU and they seem to be wanting out of the business.
Anyway I just needed to get that off my chest it’s been driving me crazy. I'm off to do the math on the exchange rates.
-Brian
RideGear.com (I keep shooting, but they won't DIE!)
). My wife enjoys going for rides with me, so this will be a nice added bonus to be able to take my daughter to school and such on the bike. I just hope by then i will be able to get the proper gear she will need to be able to do such. I will not put her on my bike without having more gear on than likely necessary for a simple ride.
: but, my cooler head oft restrains me from doing so. I have suggested he get them some gear, so he now lets them ride with an oversized adult helmet, so he really hasn't made it any better for them. He's a tool. 
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