April 27, 2010 8:02 PM PDT
I and my bride were cruising a Sunday mid summer. Stopped at a DQ for cool patio refresh. Bike was in view from seats on patio and saw a Mini Van with family park beside the "Hot" bike. Viet--Family unloaded 3 very little ones placeing each one on the pavement to unstrap next one. I got up and began running to bike yelling "Don't touch the Bike". Adults began yelling back very broken English about my f***ing bike and I yelled IT is HOT, your child. The floor board was all that was touched before the crawler was grabbed. "UNATTENDED CHILDREN"
You are a good man for caring, I have never understood why parents seem to think it is ok for their rugrats to climb all over other peoples bikes. And you always get the same answer "it is only a motorbike", as if it was worthless. Yet when their little darlings have burnt themselves they treat it like it is your responsibility. It is not the kids that need telling off it is the parents because they are just lousy parents, they don't teach their kids respect for other peoples property and they sure as hell don't teach them manners.
I had one such parent rant at me when I was picking up my daughter from school, her kids burnt her hands on the exhaust pipe of a bike, funny thing was while she was ranting at me and threatening to sue, it was not my bike, so I let her rant and then calmly told her it was not mine and that she could sue me all she wanted and that instead of shouting at me, should she not be treating her sons burn, was that not more important......all I got was more abuse about bikers in general while her child was screaming in agony with nobody doing anything.