how do i convince my parents?

[the_lomph]

i am a 14 year old boy living in W.A. i have had two motorbikes in the past (a dt175 and a yz80)
my mum never liked the idea of me having bikes in the first place and my dad followed suit. they said i wasn't allowed to buy another one after i sold the dt175, so my friend gave me a yz80 to get around that problem, but it wasn't the bike for me, it didn't start well and spat oil when it was running and smoked like a chimeny (it was modified for racing poorly) so after a while i sold it, but before i did i made my mum say i could get another bike, a four stroke, but now she says she never said that and that im not getting another motorbike until im seventeen.

for some reason she refuses to believe that i know how to ride even though i was taught how to ride by a man that had been riding for 45 years and counting.

she has allowed me to go down south riding before but the last time i came home from a trip i was limping from a crash and i think this is why she doesn't want me getting another bike.
has anybody ever been in this situation? and does anybody have any idea on how to convince her?

PLEASE HELP

[hmmmnz]

lol, i think all of us have been there.
i just bought a bike and there was nothing she could do,
im not sure what the laws are like in reguard to getting your licence in oz, but in nz its 15 to get your learners which lets you ride a 250cc bike.
funnily enough, my mum made me do my licence but said i couldnt have a bike yeah right! needless to say i bought the quickest 250 i could find a nice little rgv250, which my mum was none to pleased about, but she was the first one to blag a ride when she saw it

all i can say is try and clock up the mile/hours on a bike... any bike before you get a licence, and ry and minimise any crashes you have.
good luck
 

[the_lomph]

i gota move to new zeland with a licencing law like that, im prity sure i have to be 16 to get my learners.

i try to reduce crashes but they happen any way, last time i was down south i was riding a xt500 (1976) i crashed it because of the guy on the back, it was his first time on a bike; and i was riding a yz426 (2000) i crashed it because it had dodgy brakes, i was riding down a hill hit the brakes (which did nothing) when i was almost at the bottom, i went up the side of a dryed up river bed then up and over my friends head, it really sucked when i hit the ground

[hmmmnz]

lol shit happens mate, especially on a 426 with no brakes
 atleast your alive to ride another day. keep plugging away, start saving now there will come a point when you won't give a $%^&& what your parents think and you can buy a bike with out there help

[the_lomph]

i have started saving, i set up a new bank account and all, the day my parents can't stop me is soon.
i guess im kinda lucky i havent broken any bones...yet