On Any Funday!!!

On Any Funday

What started out as any normal ride day for me turned into a “Funday” of observation. I was sitting at the truck at the local riding area/track and noticed an unusually large turnout of kids and parents. There were both moms and dads in the mix. Since it was out of the ordinary I watched them for a few minutes and found myself laughing and enjoying watching the kids and their parents interact while riding and learning to ride mini bikes. The kids were having the time of their lives just going around in circles. It appeared that the ages of the kids were from as young as 5 to no more than 7yrs old.  A few of them could ride by themselves; a couple of them still used training wheels on their bikes. But one lucky kid had dad running alongside him acting as his training wheels. Now that was funny! Poor kid still fell down a bunch of times with dad’s help, but the little guy got up every time and got back on the bike. Luckily the area was softer tilled up soil and he didn’t have far to fall while traveling at a very slow speed. He will probably grow up to be one tough kid!

After watching and enjoying the show it dawned on me that some of these kids would grow into real motorcyclists if given the right encouragement. Hopefully a lifelong interest that would become a passion and keep our two wheeled life style growing and gaining new participants in all styles of riding. Whether it is off-road, Motocross, trail riding, dual sport riding, street riding or Adventure riding I am all for it because they will be riding.

Have a Funday and see you on the track, trail, street…………

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