Re: OT: Mini Bike

Posted by NC Wayne on December 28, 2004 at 19:09:02 from (152.163.101.7):

In Reply to: OT: Mini Bike posted by Dave in GA on December 28, 2004 at 08:38:46:

The main thing is safety gear and training. My boy is 9 and has been riding a four wheeler since he was 5. He never gets on it without his helmet, chest protector, riding gloves, knee pads, and some type of boots. I see the neighbor kids riding in shorts and barefoot with nothing but helmets and it freaks me out that their dad lets them do it..especially since he's a ex cop and ouught to know better. Beyond that, the only other caution is for you, the adult. Dad decided to take the one I had for a ride one evening. Being bigger than me he had to sit way back on the seat, and of course he outweighed me by "a few pounds" too. He hit a small bump and setting so far back on the seat it wheelied and jumped out from under him. This left him laying on his stomach across the seat with his hand on the throttle going wide open and afraid to let go. He came down across the back yard, up beside the house into the front where we had several big pin oaks that had just dropped a load of those tiny acorns on the ground. Nobody actually saw him, and he doesn't remember how it happened, but when he hit the acorns he lost even more control. When it was all over he wound up sitting on the bike up on the front porch which was nearly 2 feet high. We were all sorry we didn't get to see that part of the excitement....Considering how funny the first part of it was I know we'd have been in tears by the time he stopped. That's been nearly 20 years ago and it's still one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

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