Kids as Passengers

racedoll · 10-21-2009, 10:20 PM

What is a good age for kids to be a passenger on the bike?

Trip · 10-21-2009, 10:28 PM

1 month

Dave · 10-22-2009, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

1 month

side note: aint that a yami srx?

karl_1052 · 10-22-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave

side note: aint that a yami srx?

no, that is Racer X with his new child on his Honda CBX50

tached1000rr · 10-22-2009, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

no, that is Racer X with his new child on his Honda CBX50

CasterTroy · 10-22-2009, 08:32 AM

My son has wanted to ride since he was little

But I never felt comfortible with any of mr kids on any of my bikes till I got the RT

Now they all ride

My youngest is 8

'73 H1 Triple · 10-21-2009, 10:30 PM

Not so much age but size. I feel they should be big enough & strong enough to hold on with their feet on the foot pegs.

I have seen clear plexiglass/lexan shields fitted to the swingarm to keep junior's feet from being caught in the wheel.

Jeff

Adeptus_Minor · 10-21-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

Not so much age but size. I feel they should be big enough & strong enough to hold on with their feet on the foot pegs.

That sounds like a good guideline.
They also make belts and vests with grab handles built into the back that should help a child (or any passenger) hold on.

racedoll · 10-21-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kaneman

my son is 6, i started taking him on rides when he was 5. Now i regularly take him to and pick him up from school on the bike. I also do rides with my step-son who is 9 now, but we've been riding for years together...long rides too.

how adorable kaneman!!

derf · 10-21-2009, 11:08 PM

I took my daughter on her first bike ride at 5, but we never left the parking lot, at 6 we would go for ice cream and back. Now at 9 she can stay on the bike for about an hour before she starts to get antsy. I put my son on the bike for the first time this summer right before his 4th birthday, I started it up, put it in first and walked him across the parking lot, he sat behind me the whole time and yelled faster faster while he bounced around. its cool that he wants to ride, but the bouncing was a definate sign that he isnt ready. Although I regularly put both of them on the mini bike and push them, my daughter keeps putting her feet down so I wont start the engine, once she gets used to the brakes I might turn it on for her.

10-21-2009, 10:20 PM	#1
racedoll AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: '04 Kawasaki ZX6RR Posts: 3,392	Kids as Passengers What is a good age for kids to be a passenger on the bike?

10-22-2009, 08:32 AM	#6
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	My son has wanted to ride since he was little But I never felt comfortible with any of mr kids on any of my bikes till I got the RT Now they all ride My youngest is 8 __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

10-21-2009, 11:08 PM	#10
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	I took my daughter on her first bike ride at 5, but we never left the parking lot, at 6 we would go for ice cream and back. Now at 9 she can stay on the bike for about an hour before she starts to get antsy. I put my son on the bike for the first time this summer right before his 4th birthday, I started it up, put it in first and walked him across the parking lot, he sat behind me the whole time and yelled faster faster while he bounced around. its cool that he wants to ride, but the bouncing was a definate sign that he isnt ready. Although I regularly put both of them on the mini bike and push them, my daughter keeps putting her feet down so I wont start the engine, once she gets used to the brakes I might turn it on for her. __________________

10-21-2009, 10:30 PM	#7
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	Not so much age but size. I feel they should be big enough & strong enough to hold on with their feet on the foot pegs. I have seen clear plexiglass/lexan shields fitted to the swingarm to keep junior's feet from being caught in the wheel. Jeff