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#16
Bike Talk / Re: Kids boots
April 18, 2016, 03:52:25 PM
Smaller than that. Somewhere around size 13.5 or 1.
#17
Bike Talk / Kids boots
April 18, 2016, 02:35:15 PM
Anyone got any experience of bike boots for kids? (Preferably road, not MX. Fewer bits that could take chunks out of my tail unit!)
Baby Biker do some, as do Wulfsport and RST, but I've yet to find any local dealers that stock anything.
#18
Bike Talk / Re: A question about a presentation
April 18, 2016, 02:16:56 PM
I'd be potentially interested (though I'm increasingly bad at getting of my arse these days).
What sort of topics are you thinking of?
#19
Bike Talk / Re: Pillion back rest
July 20, 2014, 02:53:43 PM
Carbon - I'll have another look at them.

Ash - I wouldn't dream of putting her on the back for a couple of hours yet. We won't even have found out if she's comfortable with a safely fitting helmet for another couple of weeks yet. Baby steps! I'm just trying to know where I want to get to and how to get there before I aimlessly stepping into the wilderness.

Gav - If I consider her to have the ability and maturity to sit on the back, I have no issue with it. I trust myself not to brake her, and enough to avoid anyone else doing so. To my mind, it is best for her to learn that she can do things when she's young and has no understanding that other people may think they are unwise. Fear may keep us alive physically, but it can kill us in other ways.
#20
Bike Talk / Re: Pillion back rest
July 12, 2014, 02:07:46 PM
I was thinking of something more than just the Rentec parcel shelf / grab rails I'm familiar with. Something she can actually lean against. Maybe I need to talk to a steel fabricator and a patent engineer. Ha ha!
#21
Bike Talk / Pillion back rest
July 12, 2014, 01:29:00 PM
I can barely believe I'm thinking this ... but it's in a good cause. HONEST!

I'm working towards getting my 6yr old on the back of my 2009 ZX6R and having just seen a (random) bike with a top box, I'm wondering whether it's worth sticking one on for her to use as a backrest. (I've always though the grab strap is a waste of space for pillions and the only other accessory I can think of is sissy bars AND I"M NOT ******* DOING THAT TO MY BIKE!!!!)

Any thoughts on economic ways to get a removable top box that doesn't need a ton of scaffolding left on the bike all the time?
#22
Bike Talk / Chiltern Young Riders
July 05, 2014, 04:10:02 PM
Does anyone have any experience of Chiltern Young Risers?
#23
Bike Talk / Re: Kids' lids 'n' clothing
June 26, 2014, 11:15:39 AM
Baby Biker looks useful. Thanks.
#24
Bike Talk / Kids' lids 'n' clothing
June 24, 2014, 04:45:39 PM
Anyone got any recent experience of lids, clothing etc?
I'm chuffed to **** that my 6yr old can reach the pegs at last and she wants to go on the back with me.
So I need to look at lids etc.

Cash isn't plentiful at the moment and ...
She might not like it.
She might grow out of anything I get her before she gets much use out of it.
I want her to be safe should it all go Pete Tong.

Any recommendations for what to get, where to get it, and what to avoid?
#25
Bike Talk / Re: Touring / camping
March 26, 2014, 10:22:58 AM
Thanks all. Good to know I may be inordinately paranoid.
#26
Bike Talk / Re: TankBag
March 25, 2014, 01:13:16 PM
(Sorry for the slow reply.)
Can't remember what the Baglux bag and cover cost, but that sounds about right.

That said, the bag has lasted really well (about a decade of it's life it has been used an average of 5 days a week) and IIRC the covers have reasonable second hand value. I'd say it's all worked out at less than £20 a year.
#27
Bike Talk / Touring / camping
March 25, 2014, 01:07:02 PM
I'm planning on doing a spot of bike touring, staying at campsites in the UK.
It would be nice to "go to the pub" in the evening, but having not done any camping for many years I'm a little nervous about leaving a load of expensive leathers, lid etc in a tent.

Any thoughts?

(FWIW I can't justify the cost of a hard luggage, and certainly nothing big enough to to take lid and leathers.)
#28
Bike Talk / Re: TankBag
March 17, 2014, 10:02:08 PM
Baglux are the dogs danglies.
I've had one bag for about 15yrs and only the rain cover has died a couple of years ago. (And it was replaceable.) I'm on my 3rd tank cover but that's only because I've changed bike.

They're dead easy to get on and off, are totally secure, don't move at all, and your tank doesn't get scratched. My only criticism is that when the bag is full my chest rests on the bag, but I can't imagine any other bag of a similar size would be any different.
#29
Bike Talk / Re: Pillion kids
March 17, 2014, 09:55:32 PM
I'm aware she still needs to grow a bit and have every interest in not scaring her.
I guess my next biggest concern is that she'll do what she's told and hang on!
#30
Bike Talk / Re: Pillion kids
March 17, 2014, 05:03:54 PM
She's just about to turn 6.
Sometimes she likes thrills. Sometimes she doesn't.

Her legs aren't quite long enough yet (she can just about get the balls of her feet on the pegs), maybe in 6 months, but I'm just trying to plan ahead.