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9,000 Miles
I’ve now come to the point where I’ve put almost 9,000 miles on one or the other of the motorcycles I’ve had. What’s interesting is that, up until very recently, I couldn’t see myself ever becoming as comfortable riding a motorcycle as I do now.In fact, I’ve put so many more miles of motorcycle driving in over the past couple of years than I have car driving that I actually feel more comfortable riding a motorcycle than driving a car. I mean comfortable not in the “creature comforts” sense there’s nothing comfortable about sitting at a stop light on a motorcycle in 108? temperatures but in the sense of confidence. While I still have a way to go (I still find it difficult to turn sharply at very low speeds), I am actually having fun riding now.There is one little problem though: the horn. It would be nice if people could actually hear me when I honk at them because they are changing lanes into my lane. I need to take the bike in for an oil change soon, so maybe I’ll have them add the 106db air horns I’ve had my eye on while the bike’s in the shop.
Posted by
fitzage on 04/29 at 11:04 PM •
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It’s fairly easy to learn. There’s a class sponsored by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (or something like that) that should be pretty standard nationwide. At least in Arizona, if you pass the test at the end you don’t have to take the test at DMV (or MVD as they call it here).<br><br>I practiced some on back roads before I decided I wanted to go on main roads. The advantage of that was that it was actually significantly harder to drive on those back roads (lots of speed bumps, lots of gravel and disintegrating blacktop). So, when I went out on the main roads it was a piece of cake. You definitely need to get used to your specific bike, first, though. Mine was significantly different than the ones in the class.<br><br>
Posted by
fitzage on 06/26 at 08:06 PM
How hard is it to learn? I’m looking to get a cheap cruiser for commuting, since I can’t walk too work and I don’t want to drive my truck all the time. I know you usually take lessons, think they’re required here. Were you able to go open road pretty quickly?<br><br>Oh, and in Safari, the ‘add you comment’ button at the bottom of the message box is messed.<br><br>
Posted by
nathan on 06/26 at 08:06 PM
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