Child car seat

[tnfleming]

This is ridiculous to say...

A car has metal all around you and can sustain a collision with a much better chance of survival. There is no comparison between a motorcycle and a car...the numbers clearly demonstrate this.

Taking risks is relative...an infant on a Spyder is simply irresponsible and might be illegal in some areas. There is clearly no protection on a spyder, in a seat or not...

Ok so why do you ride? Isn't that irresponsible? You should not take excessive risks with your own life!! My point is that i don't think spyder riding is an excessive risk!

 

[ld271]

:yikes:get your head checked i can not beleve im reading this this has to be a joke noboby in threre right mind would do such a thing we as adults we take a chance by riding a motorcycles knowing good and well the risks involved but doing something like that is just plane STUPID if something were to happen god forbid how could you look at yourself in the mirror knowing what you did screw your head on and dont do a bone headed move like that :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[FANG]

Ok let's all calm down. I'm just asking. And i wonder why no adults here justify their own risk-taking.

Read my previous post. ADULTS MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO ACCEPT THE DANGER OF RYDING. THAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION. Your circlular logic is ridiculous. "I can't take my child therefore it is too dangerous for me to ryde." GROW UP. BE AN ADULT. KEEP YOUR KID SAFE. Ryde if you want that is your choice as the adult. LET YOUR KIDS GROW UP AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION TO RYDE FOR THEMSELVES. SHOW THEM YOU ARE AN ADULT THAT CARES ABOUT THEM AND THEIR SAFETY.

 

[Motza]

Ok let's all calm down. I'm just asking. And i wonder why no adults here justify their own risk-taking.

Why would you even think about using a brand new child car seat, that's such a waste of money, why not just strap him into the front trunk of your Spyder, make yourself a homemade redneck child seat?
(Tatt2R... LaMonster...photos please)

 

[patches]

I would never put a child that young on a bike but I do pose the question, how old is old enough. Growing up in the country, I have been riding all my life, starting off as a young'n.
However, I would never put a car seat on a bike for a child. Just not me, to each his own.

 

[bone crusher]

Motza,

I agree with you on this...

There are relative levels of risk. Driving a child in a car vs. a motorcycle is quite a different risk level. There is certainly more of a potential for injury and death on a motorcycle and the studies substantiate this.

Any person who wants to tote around a child on a Spyder likely has other issues...there is simply no need to subject a child to unnecessary risk of harm.

In addition, what is the point?...just to do it because it's a relative risk? What type of parent would do that?

There is no intelligent defense...keep your infants off your motorcycles...it's not good enough to say we live with risk with everything we do, so this is just another risk...that's a cop-out...a loving parent should do all that he/she can to avoid undue risk to a child...putting a child in harm's way is simply negligence...it's likely illegal in most areas anyway as a car seat is made for a car, not a motorcycle...the crash scenarios are quite different...no car seats are made for flying through the air and crashing into things...period!

Anyone want to debate this last point?

 

[IMRU3]

Ok so why do you ride? Isn't that irresponsible? You should not take excessive risks with your own life!! My point is that i don't think spyder riding is an excessive risk!

Ugh!!! Someone here please buy his Spyder!!! He just does not get the whole point of it all. This is beyond stupidity. I'm sorry.

 

[SpydeeBite2]

It is interesting that you ask for opinions almost all of which were negetive to what you are considering and yet you want to defend the idea of putting a toddler on the back of the spyder. It seems like you wanted a conformation of your idea than opinions that run against.
I for one would never consider putting my child on a motorcycle.

 

[tnfleming]

Ok everybody sell your little cars and get a suburban!! Studies show large cars are safer in a crash than small cars and you shoukd not subject your kids to dangerous little econo-boxes!

 

[ld271]

:agree::agree::chat::agree::thumbup:

 

[tnfleming]

My point is that, if it's too dangerous for a kid, it's too dangerous for us!

 

[rleathen]

It seems to me that perhaps this junior member of the forum is not deserving of any further responses from any of us who do have some semblence of common sense. Perhaps his circular logic and his continued defence of the idea is just his way of "stirring the pot" so to speak on the forum.

I personally think it is time to shut down this thread and not partake in any further debates with this person.

 

[tnfleming]

It seems to me that perhaps this junior member of the forum is not deserving of any further responses from any of us who do have some semblence of common sense. Perhaps his circular logic and his continued defence of the idea is just his way of "stirring the pot" so to speak on the forum.

I personally think it is time to shut down this thread and not partake in any further debates with this person.

Come on! I merely asked and i still havent heard why, if it's safe enough for me to ride, why i can't take my son!!!!

 

[tnfleming]

:agree::agree::chat::agree::thumbup:

Help me!

 

[Motza]

Motza,

I agree with you on this...

There are relative levels of risk. Driving a child in a car vs. a motorcycle is quite a different risk level. There is certainly more of a potential for injury and death on a motorcycle and the studies substantiate this.

Any person who wants to tote around a child on a Spyder likely has other issues...there is simply no need to subject a child to unnecessary risk of harm.

In addition, what is the point?...just to do it because it's a relative risk? What type of parent would do that?

There is no intelligent defense...keep your infants off your motorcycles...it's not good enough to say we live with risk with everything we do, so this is just another risk...that's a cop-out...a loving parent should do all that he/she can to avoid undue risk to a child...putting a child in harm's way is simply negligence...it's likely illegal in most areas anyway as a car seat is made for a car, not a motorcycle...the crash scenarios are quite different...no car seats are made for flying through the air and crashing into things...period!

Anyone want to debate this last point?

Bone Crusher,
I approve this message... He needs to contact "Impact Diapers"

 

[mdr]

It's interesting that you need a license to drive a car, need a license to ride a motorcycle, but don't need a license to have a child. Hmmmm.

 

[FANG]

:banghead:

Come on! I merely asked and i still havent heard why, if it's safe enough for me to ride, why i can't take my son!!!!

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THINK NO ONE HAS ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. HAVE TROUBLE READING??? MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER SELLING YOUR SPYDER. NO WONDER YOUR WIFE ALWAYS SAYS NO. CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: GLAD YOU LIVE IN ILL. SURE DON'T WANT YOU ON THE ROAD WITH ME. ARE YOU RELATED TO THE GOVENOR OF ILL???

 

[Motza]

My point is that, if it's too dangerous for a kid, it's too dangerous for us!

Lets revisit your logic for one moment....stay focused now.
Wouldn't you find it safer to give your kids a filtered cigarette over a non filtered, while riding on the back of your Spyder. Don't forget the helmet.
Wait....whats that music I here....it's a banjo ..and a guitar.

 

[bone crusher]

Motza,

This is a ridiculous discussion. If I wanted to take an infant bungy-jumping, would I be allowed to? I mean, come on, I can...why can't a baby do it too?

This person is seemingly dense in that there is no way to properly secure a child to a Spyder...a car seat is not a fully contained roll cage and it is made for a car, not a bike!

My advice to this lost person is as follows...go ahead and take your infant on your Spyder and when the police arrest you, try to explain your indefensible position to them...(but officer, I can ride, why can't my baby just sit behind me in a CAR seat)...oh yeah...it's called a CAR seat for a reason...it's not a motorcycle seat!

Ek gad...cretins are taking over the world!

Enuf said!

 

[bone crusher]

It's interesting that you need a license to drive a car, need a license to ride a motorcycle, but don't need a license to have a child. Hmmmm.

Very funny...in the case of this poor misled soul, a license should be a requirement...some form of testing should be mandatory!