- Joined
- Oct 7, 2007
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- Location
- Houston
- First Name
- Darrell
- Last Name
- Gerdes
I guess a bit more background is needed about the kid and his family. He will never do off-road riding, it's not in his wheelhouse of stuff to do. He strictly wants to be able to ride on the street and eventually on the highway. There is no way in h-e-double hockey sticks I will ever get him to ride on dirt. The cost of the bike is really not an issue so I'm not concerned about that. His dad has already told us he would buy whatever we thought was the right thing for him. This is also the first time he has really shown interest in something other than playing video games 24/7. The kids extremely smart and has a good head on his shoulder, but he is still going to be a 16 yo boy. And that in itself has inherent dangers.
Part of the plan is to take him to the motorcycle show in Dallas the first weekend in February. He can sit on some and kick some tires and take some pictures there. Then he can spend until May thinking about what he wants. Plus he can take the MSF course right after school is out for summer.
We will be there the end of the month for his birthday so we can talk to him more about the MSF, as I said that is not open for discussion...he is going to take it and pass before he gets a motorcycle.
Now as you all know 16 yo boys are fickle, so this exercise might be something that never goes anywhere. But since we don't have kids and have never mentored a kid to getting his/her first motorcycle the best place to get advice is here.
Part of the plan is to take him to the motorcycle show in Dallas the first weekend in February. He can sit on some and kick some tires and take some pictures there. Then he can spend until May thinking about what he wants. Plus he can take the MSF course right after school is out for summer.
We will be there the end of the month for his birthday so we can talk to him more about the MSF, as I said that is not open for discussion...he is going to take it and pass before he gets a motorcycle.
Now as you all know 16 yo boys are fickle, so this exercise might be something that never goes anywhere. But since we don't have kids and have never mentored a kid to getting his/her first motorcycle the best place to get advice is here.