I never stopped riding, but I did scale back quite a bit, as there just wasn't time.

Now he is 21, and my bike gets more miles than anything else I drive.

 

Heck my son is 18m and I just sold my Kawi and got the ultra. Wife rides a Kawi 1500 too. I have ridden less just cuz I do spend time with my son but I don't think we'll ever stop till we can't ride anymore. I grew up on my dads and he'll grow up on ours. Sure your kids will take sine of that riding time you used to have but I still ride to work and we just did an all day trip while he spent time having a fun day with his grandparents. I love my son to death but that doesn't mean I have to give up riding.

If you feel more comfortable doing that, or you really feel you just won't have the time then its understandable. I'm lucky enough to be able to ride to work and have parents close by to watch him..not everyone can do that. Plus if its a safety thing weighing on you that's understandable too. If you feel stopping is what you need to do then do it. If you want to pick it up again you can do that too.

Don't base it off what we have done because all our situations are different. All in all, IMO, family comes first. If you can do that and still ride then there ya go. If it means walking away for a few years, then ya do that.

 

I don't imagine most of us stop because of kids. I'm cognizant of the children but don't want to stop living my life because of them.

 

Riding is why I have an 18, 16 and 1 year old kids. Sturgis is so much fun!!!

 

I never gave up riding, I only stoped riding
when my nephew wrecked my bike in 93 but it
was only a honda 750, so no great loss. Now
it was 2001 before I could buy my first harley
and start riding again.

 

I stopped more because of a lack of time to ride than for safety. That and $$$ needed to go to more important areas.

 

I just stayed off the street until kids hit college. We all rode off road and still do. It was a great way for the whole family Tao ride together. Now it's me and ol we ride on and off road.
T

 

5)I rode more

 

My Dad bought his first bike when I was 15. A ‘66 305 Honda Scrambler.

He had a friend come over to the seller’s house to explain where the throttle, clutch, brakes, and shifter was and how to work them. I got my first one shortly thereafter. A Honda 90 dream. And my Mom got her Yamaha 180 2-stroke smoker soon thereafter. Once I got my license we rode a lot. My sisters rode on the back of my parents’ bikes. And we rode all over California.

Eventually my Dad upgraded to a Honda 350, I got the 305, and Mom got tired of the hobby. Over the years I had my share of sliding down the road on the side of a bike of one type or another.

Then one day, as I stood outside of my garage, looked at my 6 and 4 year old girls and my pregnant wife, I decided that riding was not for me. I sold the bike I had at the time, a V45 Honda, and decided that being a carpenter was enough risk for my family. I did, however, tell everyone who would listen at the time that I would, someday, ride again.

My last child, another daughter, was getting ready to move out in April of 2011. Memorial Day the time came and I bought myself what I had always wanted. A Road King Classic. My wife rode with me for many years before we married. She rides with me now.

It is a personal decision. As a carpenter, a broken leg or other appendage would have hurt my family. And a carpenter’s wages never provided the funds required for life insurance. So I gave up the ride for about 24 years.

I and my sweetheart ride again. On a Harley. Someone once asked us, "what if we are killed together?" The answer, "What better way to go?"

 

Rode all my life until i was married, after the OL was seeded, she told me she would leave me if i didn't give up the scoot. We agreed when the kids were over 17, i could get the bike of my dreams. I never let her forget it. In 08, on my daughters 17 b-day, i was at SD Harley. And in sept i traded my 08 in for the scoot of my dreams 2012 Ultra classic, pearl white...