Well folks, I popped my cherry and took my bike out for my first solo ride ever!
Did the course two weeks ago, road test was this past sunday afternoon, and went to the registry office just as a three day rainstorm rolled into town. So I spent the last few days pining for the open road and teaching myself via Youtube to do electrical soldering and installing flushmount front turn signals.
Finally this afternoon, the stars aligned and off I went to the wild highways and byways of the nation for my shakedown cruise!
I had never ridden a motorcycle before doing the course. The course included one group ride with an instructor on the road, and then a 20 minute loop around town on a CBR125 with the examiner following behind. However, today I was on my own! Nowhere to go, but a tank of fuel and all day to get there. I putted around the neighbourhood for about 20 minutes, practicing shifting gears and remembering to cancel my turn signals, all that good stuff, then out onto the commuter highway (Just before rush hour!) to my sister's place for a couple hours to visit and play with her kids, and have a show-off session. by the time I rolled up into the driveway, I had put about 45 km on her for my first time as an official, duly appointed and gubbermint certified MOTORCYCLIST!
Did the course two weeks ago, road test was this past sunday afternoon, and went to the registry office just as a three day rainstorm rolled into town. So I spent the last few days pining for the open road and teaching myself via Youtube to do electrical soldering and installing flushmount front turn signals.
Finally this afternoon, the stars aligned and off I went to the wild highways and byways of the nation for my shakedown cruise!
I had never ridden a motorcycle before doing the course. The course included one group ride with an instructor on the road, and then a 20 minute loop around town on a CBR125 with the examiner following behind. However, today I was on my own! Nowhere to go, but a tank of fuel and all day to get there. I putted around the neighbourhood for about 20 minutes, practicing shifting gears and remembering to cancel my turn signals, all that good stuff, then out onto the commuter highway (Just before rush hour!) to my sister's place for a couple hours to visit and play with her kids, and have a show-off session. by the time I rolled up into the driveway, I had put about 45 km on her for my first time as an official, duly appointed and gubbermint certified MOTORCYCLIST!