Don't encourage, but don't discourage either
I'm in a slightly more difficult situation; having lived most of her life with me and travelled on the back of my bikes, my step daughter now says she wants a bike for her 17th birthday. I have had enormous pleasure from motorcycling and would happily get her the bike and Compulsory Basic Training (1st stage tuition for non UK readers). The following stages would be up to her (I'm not rich), and she would be subject to rules I would set. Her mother is OK with this, BUT we also have to consider her father and he is unlikely to be so keen. For the moment it looks as though she will have to wait until she is independant of both him and me.
I don't think I have "encouraged" her toward motorcycling, but she has seen the pleasure her mother and I get from motorcycling and come to her own conclusions. I would certainly never discourage her interest.
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