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Riding with Hailey By Shawn Thomas #91122
"DADDY? CAN WE go for a motorcycle ride? Pleeeeeaaase?" I get this a lot.
Probably it is a com- mon request in any household contain- ing both children
and bikes. Oftentimes my kids see me ride off on adventures for work, returning smelly and dirt-covered with souvenirs and stories to share. That they might someday wish to
follow in my passion was, I suppose, a for- gone conclusion. I have never encouraged motorcycle rid-
ing in my family, or for that matter, DIS- couraged it. It's a dangerous endeavor on its own (I have a seemingly perpetual set of scrapes and bruises to prove it). These dan- gers are exacerbated by the modern dis- tractions drivers are consumed by. It's a dangerous game to be sure, and as such, I've tried to impart to my children the risk as well as the joy that comes with a two- wheeled lifestyle.
Motorcycles have an ageless appeal,
attracting those with a desire for excite- ment and adventure. I caught the bug at a very young age, and soon it was clear that my daughter Hailey had caught it, too. Ever since her debut ride on a Honda 50, Hailey has bugged me for more. Any trip to the grocery store, the movies or appliance shopping, she would beg to go on the bike. "Maybe next time," I would usually say, and when we did ride 2-up I would avoid any- thing more than quick, backroads jaunts.
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