Well,
Picked up my first street bike on Wednsday night, and been having a blast ever since. Been staying calm and not doing stupid shit. Haven't brought it past 8500rpm, and that was on an open backroad by myself this morning in 2nd gear. Been a really good experience for me. Had my dad take it home the 130ish miles the other night, and he's been watching me pretty close. He has like 150k miles on bikes, although hasnt owned one in long time. I find myself almost fighting for saddle time on the bike when we're both home!
Bad or squidly things I'm doing:
My shifting is still on the rough side, both down and up. It's definately getting better tho.
Lug'n the motor on starts, not all the time, but its still happening.
Winding 2nd gear out to 8k'ish on straight back roads .
Not riding with gloves. I have a set of Icon Hooligans, but I just can't get comfortable riding with them yet, working on breaking em in.
The bike I started on :chair
I'm 19, took the MSF, and I do wear gear. I got an Arai RX7 and a Joe Rocket Ballistic mesh jacket. I've been out on the road 3 times (go ahead, laugh at me :headbang), and 2 of those times my dad followed me in the car to let me know what to improve on. I just wish there were more hours in a day, this going to work and finding time to ride sucks!
Picked up my first street bike on Wednsday night, and been having a blast ever since. Been staying calm and not doing stupid shit. Haven't brought it past 8500rpm, and that was on an open backroad by myself this morning in 2nd gear. Been a really good experience for me. Had my dad take it home the 130ish miles the other night, and he's been watching me pretty close. He has like 150k miles on bikes, although hasnt owned one in long time. I find myself almost fighting for saddle time on the bike when we're both home!
Bad or squidly things I'm doing:
My shifting is still on the rough side, both down and up. It's definately getting better tho.
Lug'n the motor on starts, not all the time, but its still happening.
Winding 2nd gear out to 8k'ish on straight back roads .
Not riding with gloves. I have a set of Icon Hooligans, but I just can't get comfortable riding with them yet, working on breaking em in.
The bike I started on :chair
I'm 19, took the MSF, and I do wear gear. I got an Arai RX7 and a Joe Rocket Ballistic mesh jacket. I've been out on the road 3 times (go ahead, laugh at me :headbang), and 2 of those times my dad followed me in the car to let me know what to improve on. I just wish there were more hours in a day, this going to work and finding time to ride sucks!