Hey everyone, not sure if you might have seen my last thread about suggesting a route to get my bike home but here is the gist of it.
Did learning curves on the weekend, passed the exam at the end, and felt comfortable riding the bike. I would sure suggest everyone take the course I learned so much more than I would have imagined.
So I got my bike from snow city and took it to a parking lot beside it and practiced a bit to get used to the bike and clutch. Say about 20 minutes later I was ready to go, girlfriend followed me home and we went up Kennedy to 16th but we stopped at pacific mall for a break and any tips from my girlfriend.
She said I needed to accelerate faster from stops and get up to speed quicker. I was pike man it feels like I'm going fast already, lol, but I picked it up a bit and got the hang of it. So just a couple left turns and a couple rights on my route but I do need to work on faster corners. Thing for me to practice in the parking lot today.
Overall felt great and lots of fun. Ended up putting 100km on bike yesterday. 4 different rides with breaks in between. Getting a 250 for first bike though, after first day the thing felt more than powerful enough for me lol, ask me again in a few months though.
Almost got cut off by a black bmw. He started to come into my lane before I even got by him, gave him a little beep of the horn to get his attention. My girlfriend said that between Scarborough where I picked my bike up and Markham drivers didn't give as much space or respect as people further north, up to Newmarket where they give you more space.
Overall great day , but lots.to continue to practice
Did learning curves on the weekend, passed the exam at the end, and felt comfortable riding the bike. I would sure suggest everyone take the course I learned so much more than I would have imagined.
So I got my bike from snow city and took it to a parking lot beside it and practiced a bit to get used to the bike and clutch. Say about 20 minutes later I was ready to go, girlfriend followed me home and we went up Kennedy to 16th but we stopped at pacific mall for a break and any tips from my girlfriend.
She said I needed to accelerate faster from stops and get up to speed quicker. I was pike man it feels like I'm going fast already, lol, but I picked it up a bit and got the hang of it. So just a couple left turns and a couple rights on my route but I do need to work on faster corners. Thing for me to practice in the parking lot today.
Overall felt great and lots of fun. Ended up putting 100km on bike yesterday. 4 different rides with breaks in between. Getting a 250 for first bike though, after first day the thing felt more than powerful enough for me lol, ask me again in a few months though.
Almost got cut off by a black bmw. He started to come into my lane before I even got by him, gave him a little beep of the horn to get his attention. My girlfriend said that between Scarborough where I picked my bike up and Markham drivers didn't give as much space or respect as people further north, up to Newmarket where they give you more space.
Overall great day , but lots.to continue to practice
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I remember the first day I got my bike, rode for 5 hours, I'm srs... Anyways make sure you stay safe bro.
