The state of Georgia requires that passengers on a motorcycle wear a protective helmet and their feet must touch the foot pegs. We special ordered a helmet for Caleb that would fit him well and he has grown tall enough to touch the foot pegs without any problems. Our biggest concern was what happens if he has a small drop seizure while riding? In searching for solutions, we came across a very nice looking device called the Child’s Ride Belt.
Well, our parcel arrived via UPS from Thunder Lane V-Twin of Spring Mills, PA. (If you in the area, do stop by and say "hi" to the owner, Jim Klinger).
At first we were a little concerned over the single sheet of directions. In front of us was this nicely packaged bundle of webbing and straps but to get it to look like the photos on the manufacturer’s web site seemed daunting.
After a little bit of direction reading, we realized that it wasn’t as complicated as it had originally appeared to be. Between the three of us we managed to get him strapped in.
In front of the child is a square foam block with two handles available for them to hold onto. In front of that is the large strap that secures the child to the rider.
The foam piece up near the back of the neck is designed to help hold some of the weight of the helmet. Since children are so small and helmets are so big, it would be bad to place all that extra weight on their small necks.
We took him out and tested the setup in the driveway. He had never had his helmet on with the bluetooth communications unit, so we had an opportunity to play with it as well.
After we were sure that everything was good to go, we drove up to a nearby parking lot to test it out in a quiet and safe location. Once we received the "go signal" we headed to Sonics for a banana split.
