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Keep the bike. I went through a similar thought process when I our first child came along - now we have 3 under 6. My riding is limited to ~3K miles/year, which is usually done in one or two big chunks, supplemented by commuting (wear a shirt/tie under my Olympia Phantom, no problem...).

Don't sell the bike if you still enjoy it.

 
Some interesting comments being made, but this is really a very personal decision. Not one that other folks are really able to help you make, unless you just want them to give you an excuse to do what you already want.

I would not stop riding a bike because my wife (or anyone else) told me to. But I did make my own decision to stop riding for around 15 years when my kids were young. My wife and I made a decsion very early on to forgo a fancy lifestyle in favor of having her raise our 3 children. We experienced daycare for less than 6 months with the first one, back in the '80's, and that's what prompted the decision. With her staying home, that left me as the sole breadwinner.

Yeah, I loaded up on Life Insurance (should be called death insurance really), but if something happened to me that interrupted my ability to perform my job, but didn't manage to kill me, my family would have been in bad shape. In my line of work they give you a company car and you have to use it, so a motorcycle is purely a recreational luxury. For many years we didn't have the expendable income to support such a luxury, so I sold off the BMW K100RT I had at the time. Later, when we did have some money, we were just too busy enjoying our kids and didn't have time for motorcycle touring, etc.

Now, the kids are grown and doing their own things. Things are different now and we are able to enjoy getting off on our own, or with friends, on motorcycles. Not everyone would agree with the decisions I've made, but I'm just telling you that there's more than one right answer. Good luck with yours.

 
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I sold my bike when I had my second kid. That was a tough 2 years till I got another bike. Its a part of me just as being a good father is part of me. Kids are 9 adn 12 now and I do set aside time to ride and pleanty of daddy time as well. Doubt I will ever be without a bike again.

 
I should have mentioned that during my hiatus from street motorcycles we did manage to buy and sell a whole bunch of different dirt bikes.

That was something my son and I could do together.

 
Hate to state the obvious, but riding a bike is like, well, riding a bike! There will be FJRs available in a few years when you start to have time available again. Let someone else take the depreciation and spend the insurance money on your kid. There is plenty of riding time left in your life but your kid is only young for a short time. Savour it!

I filled the empty space in my garage when my girl was 3. Was really wanting the brand new to the market FJR at the time ('03) but opted for something more practical given the time I was going to able to spend on it and the use I was going to be able to make of it. 5 Years later my situation changed and freed up a lot of my time (about 50% of it ;) ) so I picked up my FJR to do the kind of riding I really wanted to do. My girl is 11 now and although we do spend a lot of time together (she even rides with me on occasion,) she is getting into the years where she'd rather be with her friends than her dad. I'd give up my FJR right now to do the last decade again! (Not that I'd change anything... much. :D )

On the other hand... maybe keep the bike and some of us fine folks on the forum that don't get to that area can fly in and stretch her legs for ya! :p

 
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