Motorcycle for sale child on the way

there are other places you can get cheap bikes from, ebay was just an example.

Thats cool Mallory, congrats on the pregnancy. I hope he gets a bike soon. Yeh the initial outlay can be a lot, but if he's willing to a bit of work on it, he could get quite cheap off ebay, keep an eye out for something called C class write-off or something (cant really remember, sorry), its a bike with just cosmetic damage, rather than engine damage, a knackered faring for example, wouldnt be too much to fix, and it would mean the cost of the bike is less. Hope he gets it

I speak with some experience actually - I'm 7 months pregnant and my partner desperately wants a bike, yet he's the one resisting because he knows the initial outlay would be expensive. I've told him though, as soon as we get some spare cash (IF!) he can get a bike. I've no objections to it whatsoever, as we already have a car which both of us drive, and him having a bike would free up the car for my use.

Yes a car is more practical with a baby, but I can't think of a reason why my partner shouldn't have a bike as well, so long as we can afford to buy one. The running costs are much less than a car so in many ways it's more praxctical. Shame on all you women who makoe your poor partners give up their bikes!

And yes I know this seems to contradict my earlier post, but I'm approaching from a slightly different angle here :-P

"But it simply comes down to money - a child is not cheap to run!" - no but a bike is (sorry had to say it)
I'm a dad with a motorbike, its my only transport as I dont have a car license. I cant afford to run a car so I run a motorbike. its a little cg125 and car drivers would cry at how little it costs me to run. I am passionate about bikes and I will be getting a bigger bike eventually.
There is absolutely no reason to give up your passion, be it bikes or paragliding or whatever.
I mean if I were to give up my bike and get a car, I would have to not only go through the pain of selling my bike, I would have to get a car license, a car (you dont want any piece of junk, if you driving children around), it's costs alot of stress, time and money, which you dont want when expecting or just after having a baby.
When I can afford it I will get a car (or my partner will) but I will keep the bike too. There's no need to get rid of it. If I have both it means that the car is free for children while the bike is there for me to go to work on (or some other journey where I wouldnt have children with me)
Also when my daughter's mum was pregnant she was a nightmare (i mean she's a b*tch anyway, so add hormones, you can imagine, anyway...), so having something like a bike is great because all you do is go for a ride, blow off some steam and save you and your partner from a nightmare of an arguement.
Well said Z. Having a bike is a symbol of freedom, but at the same time a car gives you the same freedom, doesnt it? it just doesnt have the symbology or whatever that a bike has. You can go all the same places in a car as you can a bike, generally speaking anyway.
So to all you women out there making there husbands/partners/baby-fathers get rid of their bikes, just remember he can go off just as easily in a car. So let him keep the bike, he'll be happier for it.
Am I wrong in any of this?
(sorry for going on a bit there.)

" and he can always buy a new one when the child is older."

This doesn't always happen. A child is more often than not the death knell for the motorcycle man although there a few exceptions. Sad fact is girlie mums don't like their menfolk to have bikes once baby has arrived. The bike is a symbol of freedom. In a woman's eyes a man with freedom is a man with too many options, that and the fact that if he cops it (okay, motorcyclists MAY be more vulnerable) she's left holding the baby and there's no one to screw for maintenance. Cynical I know, and whilst I may not understand women, I understand their primal motives.

Perhaps it's more a case of a motorbike not being a family vehicle? It's better he give it up than risk taking a baby on a bike! A car is much more practical in that circumstance, and he can always buy a new one when the child is older.

I have two kids, I have given up motorcycling twice, and now have a blackbird.

When its in your blood it stays there.... forever.

It's a shame that people have to give up their prides and joys. But it simply comes down to money - a child is not cheap to run!

As a 're-tread' returning to bike riding after a 30 year hiatus I have experience in this. To be "more responsible" I gave up bikes when my son was born...as if riding a bike was adolescent behavior.

1. Such sacrifice really doesn't benefit the child and will not be significantly appreciated.
2. Riding a bike for basic transportation (even part time) is a gas/money saver...more money for the child and a savings to the environment.
3. A bike CAN BE a link with your children to experience the world with you and thereby allow quality time with them and the opportunity to teach them...teenagers are a prime target (and having a bike makes you 'kewl')
4. You lose a lot of your riding skills not riding for years, and when you come back this loss is an risk to YOU.

I am a parent of 5 children myself and I fully agree with your gripes. Why should you give up your hobbies and passions just because you're having a baby. It's mad. Too many parents have become just parents and nothing else. How BORING! For you, and more so for your children. They want to see the real you. Your true character. Dont give it up, get them involved too, they might love it!

HERE HERE! I Just had a baby in November (well the wife) and I Brought a Yamaha R1 to celebrate the occasion too :-)

Now, Ive been out on the bike about 4 times since getting the bike in october.

The worse/best bit is that I have slowed down! I havent found myself going over 70mph or so since owning the Bike!

So why sale? The only thing the wife insisted on was life insurance! :-<

It may have had something to do with wanting the cash to spend on the child - quite the right thing to do in this case.