Posted by Polar Pilot on July 08, 2000 at 04:06:23:
In Reply to: Re: My first bike, a brand new Savage posted by James on July 08, 2000 at 00:42:05:
Yep should have thought of that - about 1960 when I took my younger brother,Dad and Mom for a ride - each in turn after I had been riding for about a week.
Funny how over the past 40 years we have gone from folks willing to be cautious and learn their way to " holy %^&*(*) don't do that - you have to be trained"
Guess I am a bit old schooled - or it is living out here in the arctic that makes me want folks to be a bit more confident in themselves and more willing to experiment and test and learn - without always having to be cucooned within training programs and safety regs
You do have a good point - and of course I encourage folks to take a Rider Safety Course early on - but that doesn't stop the learning - and getting the folks on the back of the Savage - well we just might see an entire family on the safety course next
Keep the nose down in the books and the rubber down on the road - it says that on page 3 of the safty course.
Course - it could be done the old fashioned way too - just keep the rubber side down
Polar Pilot