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Earlier this year my fiance and I were blessed with a little miracle, and we get to find out the gender January 12th. She isn't due until May 18th, but further into my question;
How should I coax my future son or daughter into the sport? I honestly want my kid to do whatever they want and not to be the parents that live through their kid... but my kid will be involved in some sort of activity no matter what it may be, and it would warm my heart more than anything if they fell in love with the sport like I did when I was young. We don't have any family that's into the sport but I've recently got my cdl and have been over the road and am hoping to replace my ragged out yz250 later this year so I'm able to take my old lady and kid to the track in the coming years until they're old enough to start. What age should I wait till for the pw50 and training wheels? Any parenting advice? Advice for leaning them into the love for two wheels?
Thanks in advance!
How should I coax my future son or daughter into the sport? I honestly want my kid to do whatever they want and not to be the parents that live through their kid... but my kid will be involved in some sort of activity no matter what it may be, and it would warm my heart more than anything if they fell in love with the sport like I did when I was young. We don't have any family that's into the sport but I've recently got my cdl and have been over the road and am hoping to replace my ragged out yz250 later this year so I'm able to take my old lady and kid to the track in the coming years until they're old enough to start. What age should I wait till for the pw50 and training wheels? Any parenting advice? Advice for leaning them into the love for two wheels?
Thanks in advance!
All fun and innocent then before you know it they're doing this and making you shit your pants
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Use to love sitting on them and going for rides where they would actually let me steer and turn the throttle. Remember this was before i was even 4 years old. My opinion on the matter is only by him a dirt bike if he shows interest. Putting him on a bike without any interest can and could possibly end up in a severe accident.
My kid just turned 1 last week and this is the approach i will be taking.
How do you say "no" to a 2 year old who unfolds the kicker and can barely say "start it daddy"? I have a CDL and drive over the road. The last thing I felt like doing was running on a leash after a long day smelling like a truck driver. But I did it every time (even in dirty jeans and work boots ) just to see them happy.
When he was 6 months we used to put him to sleep slow poking around the field on the 4 wheeler. When he was 1 he'd get up every day and want a ride before breakfast. It was funny how he'd get all excited and start running towards the garage for a ride.
My daughter just turned 2. All summer while she was 1, she begged to ride with me on my pitbike and Alta. If she didn't get a ride it would result in a meltdown. She'll be riding and wearing me out in the spring.
My advice is run with a Pw50 on a leash. You need the exercise anyhow if you're going to sit on your ass all day like I do!
2. Set the example with your passion. Don't force them to like it
3. Get them motorcycle toys (like Hotwheels type stuff) and show them how to play with them
4. Race them (running or walking) as much as possible so that they see it's fun to race and beat someone. Also, whenever they fall down, point out that it doesn't hurt to fall. This will give them the right attitude later on.
5. Strider ---> Pedal bike ---> PW/CRF 50. No training wheels. (The pedal bike is most important step. Get a high quality one that is designed properly. Cheap Walmart bicycles have the wrong ergonomics and make it very hard to keep your balance. Also, I see a lot people go to Stacyc instead of pedal bike. In my opinion learning to keep balance while pedaling side to side or pushing on Strider and learning with their body how power connects to foward motion and provides control is better for development than learning throttle control at 3 years of age.) The PDUB should come when they are ready or have mastered the bicycle. You try to push this too early and it will end it. One big fall and it can be game over.
5. Always make it about fun and spending time together; not trying to get better. Remember the learning cycle they are on. Just to stay upright they are trying to get better, every little hill is huge for them and tests their courage. And,more than anything in the world they want to spend time with YOU. So they already feeling a ton of pressure when you combine all that. So make sure it's fun or they'll walk away.
6. Find a friend, brother or cousin for them to ride with. That will make it way more fun.
2) pedal bike
3) pw50 - no training wheels
4) don't worry about what age they start racing. this is for fun. they will let you know where they are at.
I think the kid will show all the motivation. You don’t have to do anytning as a parent except introduce them and give them a small task to see if they’ll accomplish it for a dirtbike m....
That being said, I am both excited and bummed that they don't really care for bikes. It allows me to go and experience things that I might have never done before. Both my daughters love ballet, dancing, art and swimming. So watching them learn is equally the same as in learning too.
I grew up with 5 siblings and even though my sisters and brothers all have their motorcycle licences and know how to ride, they never got into it like I am.
I put some training wheels (the new bigger, better ones) on my recently turned 4 yr old daughter's pw in the summer and did the leash thing. It worked really well and although it is a pain running around following her, she had a blast and I cant wait until spring so we can get her riding more. My son will be 2 in January so i will most likely get him on the pw next summer as well. They both always ask to ride and/or ride with me on my bike or when I cruise around on the four wheeler or pit bike so I think its safe to say they are hooked. For Christmas I got my daughter all new plastic for her pw among other things. I feel that when you have a parent that is very passionate about something, no matter what it is, kids naturally also get into it as they want to be like their parent. That is how I got into moto and I believe that is how my kids will get into it. If they don't though, I will be bummed but still support them in anyway I can with their own passions.
Pit Row
I won't ever push her into racing because of the danger. But if she is hell bent on doing it, I'll help her. I'm already coaching her on Strider bike technique. Kids naturally gravitate towards bikes and excitement and motion.
1. Strider
2. Pedal bike
3. Stacyc
4. Pw50
Don't make the mistake I made taking my daughter to a mini cycle track. Z 50 w/ fat tires on a just watered mini track with other kids and her first crash there and she was over it.
Fast forward 2 years and she is now riding my KLX110 in the yard again. I blame myself.
with the injuries i have had, the deaths of friends, and friends disabled due to this sport makes me think golf could be quite fun,
but in saying that, the sport has also given me some unbleiveable highs with racing, meeting great people and travelling the world watching racing, so that side of it is a big up,
ill go with what is above, stider bike first, then pedal bike, and then onto a jap 50, and then keep going if he is keen to it,
My son started riding a quad at 3, a KTM 50 at 5 and it just snowballed from there. Today he works at the local motorcycle dealer, is stupid fast on a track, and is just a moto head. That said, from a long term standpoint, I wish he saw golf as something awesome, but he thinks it's gayer than Liberace in a feather boa. I think he'd make millions every year for several decades.
Good luck.
its the way of the future....
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