Help needed in Plymouth area

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Kezza
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Help needed in Plymouth area

Post by Kezza »

Hi sorry to bother you but I have a 17 year old son who failed his cbt yesterday cos of some balance problems and I was wondering if you knew anyone in Plymouth who could help him. He has autism but does not like people to know that. I feel that if he spent sometime with someone one to one who help. I don’t have much money but am willing to pay. He should be getting his 125 cc bike this week.
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Re: Help needed in Plymouth area

Post by Jug »

Hi Kezza & welcome.

What sort of thing did you have in mind?
Do you have access to private ground in order for your son to practising riding on?
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MellowYellow
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Re: Help needed in Plymouth area

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May sound silly, but is he competent on a pushbike ?
Have you noticed that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster is a maniac ?
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Re: Help needed in Plymouth area

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Thanks for the reply, the instructor said he has balance issues partly cos he is so tall 6ft 5, gear and throttle control problems, I just thought that if someone could teach him the gears and assist him with the above would be helpful. He was ok on a push bike but has been many years since he has ridden one. We don’t have any private ground around us just Asda car park x
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Re: Help needed in Plymouth area

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Hi Kerry, and welcome along :)

Sounds like your lad could benefit from having a bit of instruction from a riding school tbh, they are very used to the issues your son is having, and quite probably better than 'winging it'....he needs to feel confident and competent so he's safe out on the roads too x

Good for him though, in not letting his autism get in the way of biking - good luck! :)):
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Re: Help needed in Plymouth area

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Smiler (and all)

Do you know of any motorbike riding schools in the Plymouth area? I actually don't know of any :-o

Might say something about my riding skill level :-\
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Re: Help needed in Plymouth area

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I’m not local enough to provide any recommendations however google threw up a few results
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That would be quite a lot then :-bd :-bd :-bd :-bd :-bd :-bd
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