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June 6, 2009 at 2:05 am in reply to: How to convince dad to let me get a ninja 250 instead of cruiser? #19396d4mn3dParticipant
My dad is a really simple guy, he moved here from Korea in 88′ and since then has worked various jobs to support the family and two kids (my brother and I). I’ve done my best to help him around the house, but he still lives a pretty labor intensive life and he has only recently admitted to being tired of working all the time and sick of not being able to do anything fun on the days he does get off. This is what rekindled his old dream of cruising on the weekends with his two sons by his side.
I personally love motorcycles, and begged my dad when I was sixteen to let me have one. (thank god he didn’t, even with a year and a half of driving experience I still feel like I have a lot to learn). He has only recently began to acknowledge that I have matured quite a bit since I first asked him, and requested that I look for a good first bike with him so we can go riding. He is busy during the weekdays and it being summer vacation for me I have devoted my free time to researching different bikes and riding gear in order to get the best out of our budget.
His notion of motorcycle coolness involves big cruisers, leather jackets, and loud exhausts and although I do find these characteristics to be rather attractive and masculine in appeal I’ve always thought that the way sport bike riders lean into turns to be more appealing. The smoothness of their turns, and the way their bikes seem to defy gravity during the turn in has always captivated me. Because of this I have always been drawn towards sport bikes (although a big sport cruiser like the Suzuki Boulevard m109r is also just as awesome).
I know that I have a lot to learn. Looking back on how much I’ve learned about driving in a car I am prepared to do it all over again starting with baby steps on a smaller more comfortable bike. Although I wouldn’t mind riding next to my dad in a sport bike (with him in a cruiser) I think that would shatter his ideal image of a shared riding experience. Because of this I am willing to forgo my own dream in my attempts to cater to his.
** A note to the Dual-Sport suggestion, I personally love the dual sport look, but my dad wouldn’t approve of it as he thinks they’re just street legal dirt bikes (a pretty narrow minded outlook)
Thank you all for your input, I appreciate all the different opinions. I personally believe it doesn’t matter what you ride, as long as you are riding, but in order to make my dad happy I think I’ll end up getting a cruiser with him
Maybe I should’ve posted all this in an introduction thread LOL
June 5, 2009 at 5:57 pm in reply to: How to convince dad to let me get a ninja 250 instead of cruiser? #19357d4mn3dParticipantTrue, I would love to go riding on Sundays with my dad (only day he doesn’t work) and I would sacrifice anything to make him happy. I guess there’s always a time and place to get what I want, and right now I could do without a sport bike as long as I’m on the open road riding!
Thanks for your input, I’m sure a cruiser will be just as much fun. I hope to be more active on these forums when I start riding.. Thank you!
June 5, 2009 at 4:26 pm in reply to: How to convince dad to let me get a ninja 250 instead of cruiser? #19349d4mn3dParticipantHe wants to get a huge cc machine, but I’ve convinced him that these being our first bikes we should narrow our search down to the middle level of cruisers (600-800cc).
What I want to convince him is that this bike just looks like its older more powerful siblings, yet it has an engine that is easy enough for a beginner to comfortably learn on. He sees kids riding their street bikes like idiots (popping wheelies, and speeding in excess) on the highway all the time, and I think that’s what has him convinced that I’ll be doing the same if he lets me get a street bike.
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