And the snow piles up, but there is a ride in you so you go because you can and want to. After 49 plus on the road legal and a few years off road, many things are just second nature not a lot of thought goes into it. Some times you do grab the 87 hose rather than the 91 . But by now we know it won't madder. Just go it will all be ok.
My first motorcycle ride, I'm standing there the new owner of slightly used 1966 yamaha 250 street bike watching the previous owner driveaway from his storage shed 3 miles from my house looking at this thing wondering where do I put the key and what is this kickstarter thing he told me about.
2 hours, a mirror, both knees and a pocket on my pants ripped off later I get it home, best day of my life.
Hey OP, don't need any refunds but I'll give ya some extra points for the pic.
LOL!
I threw in that photo to make up for the time you wasted reading the post. The idea of the post came from me teaching my daughter to ride earlier in the year. Things that seem second nature to me where hard for her to understand until it dawned on me that it was not her, it was me that I wasn't explaining it right because I was assuming that everyone knew about it.
The other thing I wanted to do is cover most of the topics that were discussed in the forum throughout the year, as someone correctly guessed it. I did forget to include the jiffy down before getting off the bike, the audio system, the air temperature gauge, sumping, and some others that I can't think of at this moment. Oh, and as for cutting the post into small paragraphs, it helps on mobile devices as the screen is smaller and it also helps the brain to process the previous paragraph better when it is given a break in between, something I learned from a previous girlfriend who just wouldn't shut up.
Oh, and before any of you pervs ask; that is not my daughter in the photo
The day you take that first ride with your daughter is one of those memories you don't forget. Bit of pride when she takes off and you grind the floorboards trying to keep up her; she does love leaning into a corner or curve.
Push that button, pull that lever, now push that button...
Now try to keep up
Even kind of proud of my grandson at 7 years old, even if I did worry a bit till they got back several minutes later. Told him to get in the rider's position with his Mom in the sidecar for a photo. I should have known better... I yelled stop, daughter and grandson just laughed to the horizon.
If he lives to 100, I'd bet he'll never forget this. Mom got a pretty good picture, I think anyway. Complex machine or not, give a kid a chance...
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