Now that my son is tall enough to reach the passenger pegs and coordinated enough to know when to hang on, when to lean, etc. I've begun to let him ride with me in the pillion position. I've found, and I bet many of you have found, it very difficult to find armored street-riding pants and jackets in kids sizes. No problem at all finding dirt-bike riding apparel and armor, but good luck finding something in kids sizes comparable to what I wear on the FJR. I did finally manage to find a youth-sized touring jacket from Duchinni on Amazon. I ordered one for my 11 year old son and was pretty impressed with the apparent quality. I would rate the quality, in fact, a little better than the First Gear jacket I recently ordered for myself. The jacket has a lot of size adjustments and even has a full circumference zipper around the sleeves that can be unzipped to add an additional inch or so in sleeve length. So, I think this jacket will last him until he is large enough to fit into women's small sizes (in something other than pink and light blue, of course).
I still haven't found a great solution for the pants, however. For now, some heavy duty Carhartt pants over motocross knee pads will have to work. He doesn't much care for the look or the hassle of putting them on, but that's the price he has to pay in order for Mom to agree to let him ride. If any of you have found some great kids riding pants, I'd love to hear your suggestions/reviews.
I still haven't found a great solution for the pants, however. For now, some heavy duty Carhartt pants over motocross knee pads will have to work. He doesn't much care for the look or the hassle of putting them on, but that's the price he has to pay in order for Mom to agree to let him ride. If any of you have found some great kids riding pants, I'd love to hear your suggestions/reviews.
