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I am just wondering as my son is 6 in june and next weekend i am thinking about taking his stablisers off his bike i am a single mum so planning something like this is huge as i have a 4,3, and a 18 day old as well so any tips or advice would be really great i have helmets and shin pads,elbow pads e.t.c but do i take one stabliser off at a time or both e.t.c
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With my first son we took them off at around 7 yrs. I don't think he benefitted from having the stabilisers. They weren't teaching him anything and he was just using the bike like a kind of unstable trike. He learned after we took them off, although it took a while. So with my second son we didn't put the stabilisers back on, and he learned reasonably quickly.
How you approach things with your child depends on whether or not you think he is learning anything from the stabilisers. I have heard of people taking off one stabiliser but I think it's better just to take them both off. The only other thing I can suggest is to get him out on the bike to try as often as possible once you have taken them off, and don't let him give up. Everyone is different in the the time they take to learn to ride a bike but everyone can learn it.
A word of caution for your next two children. Since they are close in age, it may be tempting to get them learning at the same time. While this may be more fun for them, you must remember that the younger one will probably take longer, and must not be allowed to become discouraged if the older one gets there first. That happened to a friend of mine. Her brother, 18 months older, learned while she was still struggling and as soon as he learned, she gave up.
Good luck.
With my first son we took them off at around 7 yrs. I don't think he benefitted from having the stabilisers. They weren't teaching him anything and he was just using the bike like a kind of unstable trike. He learned after we took them off, although it took a while. So with my second son we didn't put the stabilisers back on, and he learned reasonably quickly.
How you approach things with your child depends on whether or not you think he is learning anything from the stabilisers. I have heard of people taking off one stabiliser but I think it's better just to take them both off. The only other thing I can suggest is to get him out on the bike to try as often as possible once you have taken them off, and don't let him give up. Everyone is different in the the time they take to learn to ride a bike but everyone can learn it.
A word of caution for your next two children. Since they are close in age, it may be tempting to get them learning at the same time. While this may be more fun for them, you must remember that the younger one will probably take longer, and must not be allowed to become discouraged if the older one gets there first. That happened to a friend of mine. Her brother, 18 months older, learned while she was still struggling and as soon as he learned, she gave up.
Good luck.
What would be a good starting sport motorcycle?
I am considering buying a sport bike. I have been riding on my friends 250 and getting used to it for the past 6 or 7 months before I could save up enough money to get my own. I would appreciate any advice at all. Thank you for any help.
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A 250 is a good size to start, except it can't cruise at highway speeds. So it depends on how you see yourself riding. If it's just around town, with maybe the occasional weekend ride on back roads, a 250 is fine. But if you want to do 10 miles or more on the freeway you really want at least 500cc and 650 would be better. That's a little bigger/heavier than 250 but not all that much.
250s available in the US are Kawasaki Ninja 250 and Honda CBR 250. Neither of them are real sportbikes, they are 'sporty'. REAL sportbikes are very serious single-purpose machines, not for beginners. Other good trainers (larger) are Suzuki GS500 and SV 650, Kawasaki Ninja 500 and 650, Honda 599, etc.
I'd say you want to start on a used bike because you're likely to be hard on your first bike. All the Japanese mfgrs are very good, a good deal for the money. I think Honda is the best, but I'm prejudiced 'cos I own one.. 8^) A good used one should be around $2500-3000. If you buy carefully, then after six months or a year you can sell this 'old beater' for about what you paid for it, and by then you'll have a much better idea of what you really want.
Be sure to save money in the budget for helmet, jacket, gloves, just as a minimum. Also the MSF course (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) beginner's course is a good idea. They don't teach you to ride, you learn that yourself by riding. They teach you some indispensable safety habits to keep you alive while you learn.
A 250 is a good size to start, except it can't cruise at highway speeds. So it depends on how you see yourself riding. If it's just around town, with maybe the occasional weekend ride on back roads, a 250 is fine. But if you want to do 10 miles or more on the freeway you really want at least 500cc and 650 would be better. That's a little bigger/heavier than 250 but not all that much.
250s available in the US are Kawasaki Ninja 250 and Honda CBR 250. Neither of them are real sportbikes, they are 'sporty'. REAL sportbikes are very serious single-purpose machines, not for beginners. Other good trainers (larger) are Suzuki GS500 and SV 650, Kawasaki Ninja 500 and 650, Honda 599, etc.
I'd say you want to start on a used bike because you're likely to be hard on your first bike. All the Japanese mfgrs are very good, a good deal for the money. I think Honda is the best, but I'm prejudiced 'cos I own one.. 8^) A good used one should be around $2500-3000. If you buy carefully, then after six months or a year you can sell this 'old beater' for about what you paid for it, and by then you'll have a much better idea of what you really want.
Be sure to save money in the budget for helmet, jacket, gloves, just as a minimum. Also the MSF course (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) beginner's course is a good idea. They don't teach you to ride, you learn that yourself by riding. They teach you some indispensable safety habits to keep you alive while you learn.
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