My experience as a dad has changed drastically over the past few years. I have 3 children, but only 1 lives with me. My ex, in her infinite narcissistic wisdom, decided that she should move to England to live with her new girlfriend, and take my oldest daughter and my son with her. My middle daughter did not agree with what her mom did to me and our family, and was rejected by her mother, so she lives with me now in our old home in Canada. As she suffers from undiagnosed NPD, I had to go along with her plan, or suffer scorched earth and eternal victimization rants. Based on her past track record, it is only a matter of time until she is back. Just have to keep my own personal pain at bay until then.
So - my 11 yo daughter and I have been doing a lot of riding together, which has been great for Daddy-Daughter bonding. She loves bikes - I have a couple of old Yamaha trials bikes that she can't get enough of riding. With the inheriting of the 1970 Roadster, she is seeing this as a path to eventually riding on the road. I have decided to paint it her favourite colour - yellow (always like the look of a yellow Roadster...)
It was also because of my love for my daughter that I decided to put the Alton on my '72 Combat. I had never really rode 2-up much until this past year, and after a couple of heart-racing engine stalls, I figured it would be for the best to prevent anyone getting hurt.