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WhKnuckle
3/26/2012 12:59pm
3/26/2012 12:59pm
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3/27/2012 2:33pm
I see lots of dads at racetracks watching their kids ride, which is great, and it's a terrific father/son time. But I spent Saturday chasing Steve around Rio Bravo, and I have to say to all those dads hanging on the fences - go buy a bike, get out there and ride with your son. There's nothing - NOTHING - like it. Go buy a used bike, get out there and ride. You might not be able to keep up if your son is going WFO, but catch him on warmup/cooldown laps, and just experience the sport with him, even if you're not going very fast (like me). I can keep up with Steve if he's riding 30 minute moto pace and I'm riding 6 lap pace, and just sitting right behind him for 6 laps and watching him ride is a transcendent experience. Neither of us are all that good, but it's all relative.
Don't just watch. Go ride WITH him. You'll be glad you did.
Don't just watch. Go ride WITH him. You'll be glad you did.
Great post WhKnuckle.
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It might sound ickkky to call it a dance, but that's kind of like how it is. I was thinking of other cultures, how fathers pass manhood to their sons in certain rituals, and I think that's a very, very cool thing. We don't really do that in our culture, but there comes a day when your son just goes faster than you do, and you both know it. And you're both totally cool with it. It's the natural progression of things.
I enjoyed my years riding with my boy
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My good buddy just bought his son his first bike, and the first time i went riding with them together, it was obvious that my buddy was floating around following his son.
and stuff. Sometimes he brake checks me and shouts at me. He reminds me often how much I suck on a bike.
My other son, Tommy, tries to humiliate me and roost me in every corner and do everything to insult my slow, goofy, riding
style.
My kids hate me. I do SOOOOO love riding with the little bastards though....
when we had to move east we were bummed that we couldnt ride desert any more. we then turned to mx. he had a good first season on his crf50 and then had to move up to 65's i couldnt afford a track bike at the time so i had to watch. a couple years later and he now has his 65 and 2 85's and i recently got myself a cfr450. at least at practice we can ride together.
i LMFAO the first time at the track as i was coming up to the finish line table top there was my son giving dad the old air throttle and swinging his arm in a big circle.
cant wait till the next practice day were gonna hit the table top together and try to catch a pick of us in the air together.
Then they grow up, go to college and become KNOW-IT-ALL's ...still, you love them, and the memories from riding/racing are priceless
HAR!!! Good one Hoov...real good.
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