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Nik
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Soppy old fart getting all emotional!

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Wow, what a day.

Today my youngest daughter went on the road for the very first time on her 50cc bike. *sniff*

I have been through this before with my eldest daughter but it doesn't get any easier. :svengo:

All was fine until she decided to take a 90 degree left hander a bit too quick and ended up across the other side of the road. *heart attack* Luckily there was nothing coming the other way.

After pulling over and having a "chat" with her she got it sorted and was fine from then on.

We had to take her bike for the MOT which meant taking it into Wisbech which worried me a tad to say the least as I would have preffered her to get used to riding it on the back roads first but she negotiated the big roundabout on the A47 very well if not a little hesitant, but I would rather that than her to get impatient and try to pull out in front of something.

Anyway, the bike passed with a couple of advisories (which I am now going outside to sort) Taxed online, and the insurance was sorted this morning so she is now all road legal. *panic*

Omly the lad now and they are all independant. (He's only 13 though so a little while yet :D)

Off to cry in the corner now. *sniff* My babies are growing up so fast


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Bloody hell, heart in the mouth moment when she fell off or what?????

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She didn't actually fall off just went very wide and went onto the other side of the road but a hell of a scary moment none the less. :(
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That's a lovely read Nik. You must be proud and scared at the same time. I bet Sarah was shitting bricks :D
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Post by Nik »

Those were two of the many emotions that I was going through lol.

Luckily Sarah was at work so she did not get to see it lol but I bet she was worried to say the least until I texted her to say we were home safe.
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Blimy Nik! You`re brave! My boy is NEVER going to get on a motorbike! Will i have to keep an eye out for a moped fitted with dodgem style bumpers?:) Its horrible feeling old aint it? I hate it when you bump into old friends, and they tell you that their kids have grown up,left school and are driving etc...:eek: I bet i was`nt the only one that used to laugh when told by an elder that "the time goes quicker the older you get!"

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Post by ScoobieWRX »

All i can say Nik is you just don't look old enough to have kids that age.
Must be all the face cream you use and that timeless haircut :D

My kids are much older than yours and i remember when....Christ that was a long time ago :(

Suffice to say i'm a granded now with 4 grandkids. Keep up the good works!! ;)
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Post by Andy916 »

Good on ya Nik for being so supportive. I hope she gets to practice on plenty quiet roads building confidence and ability.

My two daughters are 14 (live with their Mum up north and I'm a weekend visitor) and I'm not quite sure what I'd think of them getting bikes. I was obsessed with bikes all through my teens, was never allowed to get one, was encouraged into a car at 17 to keep me off the bikes, then at 20 I went out and got a 125. Will always remember those first rides, vivid memories. Looking back, already having road-sense from driving made me a safer rider, and (touch wood) have never had a significant off in 25 years of riding. Have crashed a dozen times on various circuits but that's another story!

As the ex-partner hates bikes, my daughters probably won't get to ride I guess ... except maybe until they've been left home a couple of years!

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