starting a family

[dloftus]

I'm curious about this... how many of you got rid of the bike when you started a family? Did you pick it back up as a hobby later in life? I have a nervous wife...

[pete roper]

Stopped riding for several years when we first came back to Oz in '87 but that was because we were poor as dirt and had two yound kids who sucked up the money. Having kids wouldn't of stopped me but it did make me a lot less cavalier about how and when I rode when I could afford to register a bike again.

Pete

[cjlewis610]

My wife and I are having our baby first in 2 weeks!

She hasn't made me sell the Griso or my Husqvarna Supermoto project bike yet. Sb he isn't slightly interested in riding on the back of a bike but hasn't made me get rid of them yet.

[cmgies]

I rode bikes (BMW /5s) from 1972 to 1985 and then quit for some years. I got back into it in 2000 with a K75S then a K75RT and now an '07 Norge.

Michael

[guzziownr]

My wife enjoys a scenic ride on the Eldo on occasion and has been on many bike related missions in the car. When we learned we were going to become parents I sold my '04 V11 Sport - not because I was short of cash but because I wouldn't have any time to ride it. I kept the Eldo and now that the boys are older I replaced the Sport with a G12.

Did I mention I had twins?



DW

[guzzibob]

Nope, didn't sell any bikes, didn't stop riding-either when she did, or when the kids came along. As for the wife trying to "make" me stop-neither one of us regards either of us as the boss of the other. As it should be, in my opinion.

[Mi_ka]

Once I found a bike for my ex boss whose two daughters became old enough for him to ride regularly again that was bought by another guy who just became a father and stopped riding.

A Japanese biker married to a french lady living in Tokyo told me that his wife made him stop riding.
The same went for his Japanese best friend married to a Japanese lady.
They (almost) all are the same...

[BravoBravo]

Interesting thread. I was without a motorcycle while attending university. We had no kids then, but I couldn't afford a bike at that time. I got back into it when our first son was two years old, and have had motorcycles continuously thereafter. We have three sons, the eldest now being 28 and the youngest 22. The nice thing is, as the boys got older, my wife started riding with me more frequently as a passenger, and we now enjoy long trips together.

Cheers,

Bruce

[mohawkeye]

Wife's been a pillion rider since before I knew her (and we've been married for 2 weeks less than 43 years ), so this was never an issue. While we lived abroad, we couldn't afford our own transportation and public transport was well-developed. When we moved back to SoCal a used 2-wheeler was cheaper than a second car, so she & the kids got the car and I got the bike.

BTW, she started riding pillion with her first love, Swede Savage, who was racing dirt bikes in the early '60s, then road racing later, and eventually to Indy cars (some of you may remember his crash in 1973).

[Chuck in Indiana]

When we got married, I didn't have a car.. <shrug> I've always had a motorcycle since leaving home. The old man wouldn't let me be near them or airplanes. "All them's good for is to getcha killed, boy.."
Maybe some day, one of them will..
So. She knew the job was dangerous when she took it.