I have found that some of the best, no the most fun skills and activities I have done are the ones that require some type of perishable skill. Painting, sports, shooting, and riding. After a huge wait to get my motorcycle and get back on the road I have found that what little skill I acquired from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic riding course last year has quickly vanished to a shadow of what it was. Okay a relatively huge wait and vanished isn't too far of a step from where it was. I was no prodigy or anything at the end of the class but I sure felt comfortable. And that seemed to be most of the battle with the bike was getting used to it and being comfortable with leaning the bike over moving at suck slow speeds. The class was a blast really, I'd love to do it again.
But the class and the controlled and safe environment of the parking lot are a far cry from actually riding out on the street with some other cars. I was a little nervous to get on the bike after not doing anything for almost a year, but just doing the exercises they had us do in the class got me upright with my feet off the ground and on the pegs in no time. A little wobbly but there's some great residential streets around here that I can ride on without too much traffic, pedestrian of vehicular.
I still need to get the bike registered before I can take it on Joint Base Lewis McChord but that should be happening next week. It's been a week now since I rode but I'm still super excited to get back on and just ride around the block.
I've been taking this hobby as a skill that needs to be learned very well. Not just so I can get good at it but for my safety as well. Can't afford to get all jacked up and not be able to work for the family. It's a goal to not only have fun with this bike, the blog and hopefully a youtube channel in the near future but to do it without sacrifice from the family. If anything it'll give something for the wee ones to join me on in the future. Gotta teach em how to ride a bicycle first though. That's a small Dad fail I've had so far.
Till the next time my friends . . .
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