who has a motorcycle permit?

[dredpiratebunny]

well, i have a motorcycle permit!!

woot!
yup, i left work a bit early so i could brave the RMV.

next step: book into the rider class (hopefully get into lionstar's class in may...)

actually buying a bike will be way out in the future. i'll have to save for quite some time. but in the meantime, i could potentially use my dad's

Comments

[prowler1971.livejournal.com]

I need to do all that myself. Life is busy.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

Whoot! Conga-rats lady.

Start with a small bike, one that you can pick up when you dump it (and you will, at least once). Tipping the darn thing over is embarassing enough, without looking for someone else to help you pick it up. My criteria for my first bike (a Kawasaki 440 LTD) were that I had to be able to sit on it and put both feet on the ground (not a problem with your long legs), that it had to be under 500cc (a good idea for beginners), and that it had to be light enough for me to pick up when I dumped it (it weighed 350 pounds). I did dump it twice the first year. Both times when I was pretty much standing still and the darn thing just started to topple over. I figured it was smarter to drop it than to throw out my back trying to fight 350 pounds of hot metal.

Wear long pants and good shoes or boots. I have a second degree burn on my ankle from a hot pipe from another time it tipped over (never park in sand!). And buy the best helmet you can afford. They're your brains.

I am so buying a new bike with next year's tax refund. We should start a rennie/wench biker gang. =0

[darkwing830.livejournal.com]

Congrats love!!! That's fantasic. I agree with brickhousewench's advice about buying a bike when you are ready. Go to a cycle store and sit on a LOT of differnt bikes and find out what you are comfortable on. Deb has started on a 125cc (which we'll be trading up on by the end og the summer) and my first one is 800cc. It's different for each each person. Oh...and she is right about dumping it (the first 10 FEET of my riding it (lol)). (HUGGS)(KISSES)

[hex61.livejournal.com]

*sweet*