Sons first pillion ride!

Father’s Day and my son had decided he wanted to spend the day with me, unfortunately I had made tops up for a British superbikes support series team and had to drop them off at Knockhill but luckily my son thought it would be a good time spend watching the racing with is my favourite sport to watch. We set off in the morning with a little stop at Tim Hortons for breakfast, after some pancakes and muffins we set off to Knockhill. It was a quiet road so we thought we would have a nice easy gentle ride there. Declan held on to my waist band on my jacket which I liked as I could feel him holding on. After all, he was only 8 at the time. When it came to some of the back roads, I could feel his grip getting tighter and the occasional giggle or scream. I had forgot to charge the intercom up for his helmet which meant doing it the way I was taught on the back of my dad’s bike all those years ago, when my dad was going to go, he would tap me on my leg before opening the throttle, I explained to Declan about it, but I think he held on tight the whole was without relaxing once. When on the last road to Knockhill we seen a photographer on one of the bends so got our photo done, a big thank you to bikepic.co.uk as these pictures were awesome and because we were riding a Honda it was free downloads. As we got near Knockhill the traffic for the cars where right back, luckily this is where 2 wheels really make it fun as we filtered past the traffic with the other bikes, Declan had seen bikes pass by us in the car before but never really picked up that they were filtering past traffic to get to the front. I think he enjoyed looking at the cars knowing we were passing them to beat them in to the car park. We watched the racing but due to the big gaps in the timetable we spent time at the play park which had recycled shredded tyres as the base to make it nice and soft and time walking around the pits which I enjoyed watching as it is one part that I am really interested in, the repairs! We also had a wonder about the stalls where he decided he wanted to buy his own gloves for the bike. We left before the final race had been as we mainly went to give Sam Munro racing his tops and watch him race which meant the roads were still empty and left me ride with out the stress of it being busy as I was a little on edge with Declan being on the back, we seen Bikerpics.co.uk still out and got an amazing picture as Declan was looking straight at the camera. After 30 or 40 mins on the bike we got home. He now wants to have a boys weekend on the bike which I can not wait for. If you have enjoyed this, leave a comment or tell me what you would like more. Would be much appreciated!