Here's the scenerio;
I've got a nephew that just turned 18 a week ago. He's been hinting around for six months that he'd like to have my 88 FZ. I always told him that I wouldn't get rid of it until my 86 was completely done. It was in the flood, completely submerged, so I told him if he could save it he could ride it the rest of the summer. Turns out it didn't have hardly any flood-related damage and the headlights half full of water are kinda cool. He was gonna get his license last Thursday, but it started raining before he got through the riding part.
So the other day my mother chews my ass about how irresponsible it is of me to give him that bike and all the guilt trip bullshit about how if he gets hurt it will be my fault. So I call my brother to say WTF because I'm sure it's something he said that set her off. He claims to not remember the conversation wherein he told me he didn't care if the kid had a bike. In that converstaion he actually told me it was up to his soon to be ex-wife. I suppose not realizing that since she bought a house down the street from me I see her more now than I ever did when they were together. She's actually been supportive of the idea. Her reasoning is that he'll be more careful riding my bike than if it were his own.
But I'm superstitious enough to believe that it's guarrantfuckingteed that the kid will get hurt on that bike if I let him ride it now. My plan since he works for me some anyhow is to pay him for the time he's spent on it, all his out of pocket expenses(he's already licensed, insured it, bought a helmet), tell the other adults to blow me and be done with it. Looking for opinions....
AND THEN...
I will tell Judey to blow me for picking on my spelling LOL
I've got a nephew that just turned 18 a week ago. He's been hinting around for six months that he'd like to have my 88 FZ. I always told him that I wouldn't get rid of it until my 86 was completely done. It was in the flood, completely submerged, so I told him if he could save it he could ride it the rest of the summer. Turns out it didn't have hardly any flood-related damage and the headlights half full of water are kinda cool. He was gonna get his license last Thursday, but it started raining before he got through the riding part.
So the other day my mother chews my ass about how irresponsible it is of me to give him that bike and all the guilt trip bullshit about how if he gets hurt it will be my fault. So I call my brother to say WTF because I'm sure it's something he said that set her off. He claims to not remember the conversation wherein he told me he didn't care if the kid had a bike. In that converstaion he actually told me it was up to his soon to be ex-wife. I suppose not realizing that since she bought a house down the street from me I see her more now than I ever did when they were together. She's actually been supportive of the idea. Her reasoning is that he'll be more careful riding my bike than if it were his own.
But I'm superstitious enough to believe that it's guarrantfuckingteed that the kid will get hurt on that bike if I let him ride it now. My plan since he works for me some anyhow is to pay him for the time he's spent on it, all his out of pocket expenses(he's already licensed, insured it, bought a helmet), tell the other adults to blow me and be done with it. Looking for opinions....
AND THEN...
I will tell Judey to blow me for picking on my spelling LOL