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Title: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: qwiky on May 17, 2009, 09:21:18 AM
my first time ever on a motorcycle never rode a dirtbike  :thumb: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu381UOfH90&feature=channel_page
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: JStrube on May 17, 2009, 01:59:38 PM
Hey you looked pretty good there!  Glad to see you have all the gear on.

Now, get signed up for the Motorcycle Safety class!  You won't believe how much you will learn in 2 days.  swerving, braking, cornering, & turning around in a very small space.  You will be suprised at how much you learn.  I've ridden quite a fair amount, & definitely learned a few things.

Good riding!

John.
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: qwiky on May 17, 2009, 02:01:59 PM
thanks and in ontario i have to be 16 to take the course ...and i'm 15  :D  but me and my dad are going to take it together.
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: PaviSays on May 17, 2009, 03:05:15 PM
Haha wow no way, I have that same jacket!  Lol, the guy I bought my GS from said it clashed with the color of his new BMW, so he threw that in too, though it's a tad bit big on me.  Not bad for a first time out, hah, my first time, uh, I could not get the clutch to engage for the life of me, and my dad really didn't do a good job of explaining that you can let the clutch out only half way and still use gas.  That was, two weeks ago?  Keep up the good work, though!
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: qwiky on May 17, 2009, 03:07:43 PM
nice i got my jacket from a riding friend of my dad who bought a ktm, it clashed and was too small for him  :D  :thumb:
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: ojstinson on May 17, 2009, 03:15:19 PM
What is that big white inflated looking building in the background?
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: PaviSays on May 17, 2009, 03:18:11 PM
Hmm, I'm guessing an indoor field of some kind?  There's a golf driving dome like that down on Neville Island.
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: JStrube on May 17, 2009, 04:18:32 PM
Quote from: qwiky on May 17, 2009, 02:01:59 PM
thanks and in ontario i have to be 16 to take the course ...and i'm 15  :D  but me and my dad are going to take it together.

Here in CA, you have to be 15-1/2.  My son turns 15 this month, he's already itchin to learn to ride.  I'm not a cool enough dad to buy him a bike as nice as yours though!  He'll get my hand-me down TW200...  Though he was eyeing a Ninja 250 the other day.
Title: Re: FIRST RIDE! (with vid)
Post by: ojstinson on May 17, 2009, 04:50:58 PM
Sounds good, thanks Pavi.