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riding with son
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:07 pm
by FJROGERS3
What a great day of riding with my 13 year old son. The KLR kept up
well with his crf 250F. Thank all for the great information contained
on this group. It is great to be part of it!
FJROGERS
riding with son
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:55 pm
by Neil Doane
I can relate.

I took my boy out today for his first ride on a
motorcycle ever.

He's almost 4.
I used a heavy-duty toddler-carrying harness, with a little ski
helment and goggles and kept him in front of me. I never got it out
of first gear and just tooled around the block, but I revved her up
and maybe broke 20mph a couple of times . After the first time, he
said "Wooohoooooo!" followed immediately by "Do it again!"

After
that, it was all "Motorcycles are -FUN- Daddy!" and "Let's go around 3
more times!"

Neil
riding with son
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:27 pm
by fasteddiecopeman
Neil (and anyone interested),
One of the dangers for a kid on the bike is that, as his feet are NOT supported, his guts
can take a beating!
When my sons were little (2 yrs old), I made a piece of seat belt material into an 18" piece
with a loop sewn at each end that his feet could fit into, and put it over the front of the
seat. That way he could stand if he felt like it, fully supported, between my arms, wearing
his gear - helmet, leather MX pants, boots, gloves. Rode dirt on a TT500 and Can Am 400,
and pavement on an XS750 for MANY miles with the boys.
In fact, one started riding (a Suzuki DS50 or DR???) at 2, so when he was 6 or so I'd let him
control the bars and throttle on the XS750 sometimes. And NEVER had a problem.
One time #1 son started 'drifting away' into sleep on a longish street ride and I tied a scarf
around the two of us around our middles, so he wouldn't fall off.
My .02$
Ed
digest number 7744
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:14 pm
by David C.
At 01:00 AM 11/20/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>Re: Rear Shock for Big Guy
> Posted by: "gaylonharbuck" scottharbuck@... gaylonharbuck
> Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:56 pm ((PST))
>
>--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Analog Aardvark wrote:
>
>
> > Do you happen to have a link to the place I can get those raising
>links? I have read about them, but cant find them.
Arrowhead sells them.
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/index.html
Go to the KLR section, then Suspension.
I have them on my KLR; I'm 6'5", about 230. They work fine with the bike
unloaded. I haven't tried them with a full load yet, but I'm sure it'll be
better than stock.