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Does Grandma riders count?

I'm 52 yrs old, been riding now for about 2 years, I'm on my second bike.
The first was a Yamaha 600XJN, OK for a first bike but soon got ready to try something else.
New bike (at least new to me) this weekend, Honda VFR 800. Did 220 miles on Sat. Love it!!!

Your never to Old to have Fun.

Nice bike you got there Elaine... Good to have you here...

Elaine wrote:Greetings

Does Grandma riders count?

I'm 52 yrs old, been riding now for about 2 years, I'm on my second bike.
The first was a Yamaha 600XJN, OK for a first bike but soon got ready to try something else.
New bike (at least new to me) this weekend, Honda VFR 800. Did 220 miles on Sat. Love it!!!

Your never to Old to have Fun.

Greetings Fellow Throttle Moma's......new to your forum and wanted to say hello. I'm a single mom with 4 children (ages 11, 17, 21, 24). So the two oldest are out of the house and on their own. Elaine, I'm also a Grandma. My oldest daughter has blessed me with 3 beautiful grandbabies.

Here's a pic of me and my 11 yo daughter (sorry the pic's kind of blurry):

Blues2cruise, thanks for the "atta girl". Take care of yourself out there!

Oooo, lots of new mama riders chiming in. I love it!!

I was at my kids' baseball game last week (I had shown up on the bike about 1/4 way into the game - my husband had taken the kids in the cage). This gal whom I know started talking about motorcycles - how every time she passes the Harley dealership in our area, she dreams away of her and her husband taking rides and such. But then, here it comes... she says, but my kids are too young to be motherless. I usually have nothing to say to something like that. I knew of a family where both parents died in a car crash (they were seat belted in a mini van). The couple's children were riding in a different vehicle with Grandma and Grandpa - right behind their parents!! They saw the whole thing. They, like all children, were too young to be orphans, but that was how life played out for them. They were raised by their grandparents, and have all grown up just fine.

We truly do not know when our time, or even how our time, will come. But I don't think living a life of deprivation will make our children any happier. I want my children (especially my daughter) to see their mom enjoying her life while still being the best mom she can be. We mourn the death of our loved ones no matter how or when it happens. But then we heal and move on with what's remaining. It's in the living where we make the deepest and most valuable impressions on our children. Live well, and ride on!

Cheers,
Loonette

"Throttle Moma's" Gotta love it Welcome to the forum Maggie, glad to have you here. What kind of bike is that? Can't really tell from the picture.

Loonette wrote: This gal whom I know started talking about motorcycles - how every time she passes the Harley dealership in our area, she dreams away of her and her husband taking rides and such. But then, here it comes... she says, but my kids are too young to be motherless.

Yes, maybe they expect us to live like the boy in the bubble. I had a lady that I work with tell me more or less the same thing.... Then she told me "Pretty soon you'll also be getting tatoo's" I lowered the back of my waist line and showed her "LIKE THIS?" She just about choked on her cafe latte. I'm such a lady sometimes...

Just chiming in uninvited comment on:

I don't think living a life of deprivation will make our children any happier.

No, it doesn't make them happier... nor better adjusted... nor does it improve the parent/offspring relationship when the kids aren't kids any more. It causes low-level resentment by the parents towards the kids, guilt by the kids towards the parents (and yes, kids, at least some kids, do feel regret when they figure out the ways in which their existence has reduced their parents')... and in some cases causes a desire to compensate ("I'm not going to make my parents' mistake...") which may not be healthy (as in it may cause them to go out and get a motorcycle of their own ) either.

So you end up playing the odds. If you do what you enjoy doing and live you'll have better adjusted and happier kids... but if you die they might end up even more screwed up. Odds are you won't die though....

my kids are too young to be motherless

is there an age where kids would be fine being motherless? i'm mid 30s and if my mom wasn't around i'd not be the same ever.

to all you mom-o-cyclists

bok wrote:

my kids are too young to be motherless

is there an age where kids would be fine being motherless? i'm mid 30s and if my mom wasn't around i'd not be the same ever.

to all you mom-o-cyclists

Very true!