Nice to hear from all of you ... Well said

"tula bolun kafi fayda nay" = "no use telling u anything"

I think ultimately this is the slogan by every parents , when their kids are on 2 wheels .

Even after all these years and so many rides, my parents are dead against any long bike ride. Hell ! My mum wont even allow me to ride to Mysore from B'lore without a lot of pleading....

That said, it doesn't stop me from making my own plans and riding wherever I want , whenever I want.

I fully understand their concerns - we have to put ourselves in their shoes and think from their POV - then it will make sense as to why they are so concerned. But having said that, I feel like a dog chained to a pole on a short leash if I am not allowed to move around on my bike.

So on some days I win, on other days I lose - overall I am pretty happy with how my parents take it all in their stride.

Tell me about it. My parents still live in a small town. My brother thinks that even a 125 cc bike is s big show off...

Everytime I would go on a trip, I would have to convince my mom to let me and then when I send her the pics, they end up in a photoframe on her side table! She loves having my photogrpahs on my bike...She used to shows off the article about HXIII to her friends proudly...She is definitely concerned about my hobbies but supports it....

I went to the track again on 30th sep to celebrate her bday!

well...

even though I am not a kid(29 yrs old ) ,my parents hate my bullet and its sound.my father esp calls every hour when I am outside with my bull .parents hate the sound of bullet and scolds for keeping the bike. .all thanks to my earlier accident some 7 years ago with RX100 -they hate bikes.always forces to take car or walk to get a bus/autorickshaw!.

My parents hate me riding a bike..yet i do...and regarding the touring part is concerned...its a big NO..yet i do..
kya karein?? its impossible to live without bikes

My parents dont hate me as such, but are too paranoid about me riding the bike for long tours.... (long tour is something that takes a good amount of while to reach, read 5+ hours)

I do wear proper riding gears for rides so they are pretty convinced about it....

My dad was a rally racer back in the 70s and 80s, he did the whole 9 yards. Yadagirigutta, Bidar, Chennai, Bangalore, all the major rallies. He had a shiny Yezdi Model B and an RD350 for his rallies, plus the garage at home included my grandfather's Rajdoot and Matchless and my uncles' Lambretta, BSA, and Norton. So I come from rich biker heritage.

I was in the US for about 16 years. Dad had a CBR 1100X Blackbird for about 3 years before he quit riding due to mild arthiritis. I had a Ninja 650R on the sly, without a licence, hidden in a neighbour's garage. Dad found out and instead of blasting me, he took me out for coffee and explained the legal and technical dangers of me keeping the bike, and asked me to make a wise choice. Next day, I sold the bike and saw a big smile on my dad's face.

Coming back to India, Dad was a bit hesitant on getting me the bikes I asked for: first off, a secondhand CBR400. Nope. Thunderbird? Try again. Karizma? Nope. P180? Try smaller. P150? Bingo! NO! Apache? Fine...

So here I am with my Apache. Dad's seen me evolve and adapt to Indian road conditions and traffic. I've ridden/driven to Chennai, Bangalore, Hampi, Bidar, Karimnagar, Adilabad, and several other places. Dad has agreed that I've come of age. In 2009 end, he plans to head down to Bangalore and get himself an R1 through Yamaha. He's offered me a Ninja 250 or CBR400, my choice. I've asked him to hold on, since there may be better releases in some time.

Dad gives me great tips on routes, riding, and emergency procedures for my tours. We've ridden together in Dubai and Singapore, and he makes for great company. I'm glad to have real biker blood in me.

dai...ashwin from aarkut???

My parents are always on the negative side

Being the only son, my mom n dad never allowed me to go on long rides.

I don't complain them -but they were a bit too much concerned about my safety.

It has always been the terrific lies which made way for my touring and weekend getaways..

After years of advices, now they have come down a bit. They are starting to believe that i can also ride and letting me go with a smile.

Thanks to the investments i have made for the riding gears - they now have some faith on me.

After a couple of crashes on read:big Bikes, I am officially banned from them forever. Although I've had a couple or well more then a couple of crashes on smaller ones. My mom understands my love for bikes and trusts me more or less. She hates it when I go on long rides. And if she knows about only 1% of the rides. My dad knows lesser, he really loves bikes. Had a RD and a RX back in the day, tells me stories sometimes. And then when I mention the R1 is officially launched with finance he asks to get a car instead.

Well more or less its the same like everyone. Gosh I love parents for loving and caring so much. They love it more when we get back and show them the snaps. My Dad has never sat behind me on any bike. My mom has only once that too when I was on a friends scooty!

same here but u know they have seen some really bad accidents as such of my uncle but as usual due to know riding gear but i have all gears like helmet knee and elbow and a SPARX helmet (boasting) hahahaha

My parents are supportive of my activities.
They say
But my bike is a lowly CT100, so not attempted any tours yet.
But will definitely go on tours when I get my ZMR/TBird (due next year)

You know one of our Xbhpian doing wonder tours on his Bajaj platina

Link please.

Here it goes http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/search.php?searchid=891411