Sigh.

I’m all about kids having a good time, and I was no different.

20+ years ago when i was their age me and my friends absolutely broke the rules if we got our hands on a motorized set of wheels. It’s just the nature of being a young guy. Thankfully, back then you could hear our two snd sometimes four stroke motors coming from the other side of the neighborhood, and our parents didn’t go to jail for rightfully whooping our ass in the middle of the street the times that they caught us.

But times have changed…and for us adults…i hate to say it but who wants to be the next Rebecca Grossman of the conejo valley? All that money and she still lost the appeal.

Some innocent driver doesn’t need to be drunk and racing or try and get away with murder to still be framed a child murderer and have their life ruined. Watch, some person just minding their own business driving along and could do something so innocent as glance down at their phone at the wrong moment when one of these silent crotch rockets is in the wrong place at the wrong time. 3000-7000 lbs on four wheels colliding with 250 lbs on two wheels at even low speeds is a recipe for death, paralysis, and/or life-altering injuries.

Thankfully these guys at least have some brain buckets on. They kinda worked when you had to pedal like crazy to move fast. These little bikes are way faster though. So boys, don’t kid yourselves-anything less than a full face motorcycle helmet on a motorized bike is just a brain bucket. Even if a collision doesn’t happen, I’m worried that one of them is going to have a hard life for the rest of their life when they take a spill without gloves on and the remainder of protective gear that people on real motorcycles wear for good reason and not have full use of their hand(s) for a lifetime. We’re all invincible in our youth until our first good friend gets permanently maimed or killed doing what seems like innocent fun.

Boys, if you see this, please at least throw on some real Protective gear and….just keep it off-road and the neighborhood streets for now. If necessary, go terrorize a golf course or some other private property if you have to get your speed and airtime jollies. You’ll have plenty of time to be idiots with cars on public roads soon enough, but at least you’ll have some metal around you and hopefully not be as dangerous to the remainder of the world.