So I turned 17 on August first, and in the UK this is about the time to start working towards getting a vehicle licence. The thing is I want a motorbike, nothing fancy or particularly quick but not a steaming slag heap. 
 
My mum says she doesn't want me to have one but my dad is worse saying there is zero chance of me ever getting one so long as he is alive, he seems convinced that everyone who gets on a bike  will  and must die by it and that if I want to get a licence and a bike, he wont help in any way towards, and I quote;  "putting the loaded gun to my head" 
Worst part is both he and my mother rode a motorcycle for years, an era that ended when my father wrote-off the bike after going to fast on a roundabout and broke his thumb.

At the moment I’m trying my best to persuade them by saying that them saying I can’t ride is insulting me and that they are basically calling me incompetent.
Both seem set in their ways.

Any advice? Ever had to persuade a parent to your way of thinking?

Oh and the reason I really want a motorcycle is because I watched Mad Max and I totally want to be reckless with it.