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Riding the very first time....

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So I got my very first bike yesterday and even though I have taken the Humber riding class and have riding a bike before, yesterday was the first time I actually rode on the roads with other cars and went past 2nd gear.

It was just an amazing experience. I was nervous and excited at the same time. I was confident yet doubtful. It was an experience like no other.

Do you remember the first time you road a bike besides the learning class? What/How did you feel? How long has it been nice that moment?
 
It was fantastic until a moving van rearended me and took off
 
My first day riding on the street was very frustrating. I bought my first bike literally 2 days after getting my M1, so I hadn't taken the course or anything yet.

Got some quick lessons from a buddy, stuck to my parking lot for the first few days, and when I felt confident enough to try the street, I rode to a sidestreet just down the street from me. Problem was, I hadn't really figured out clutch/throttle control yet at that point, and was stuck at the intersection while I stalled. Repeatedly. For about 10 minutes.

I was so ****** off and frustrated with myself that of course, it made things worse as I was panicking trying to get out of the way of traffic behind me. I was very lucky to not be in the *middle* of the intersection.

Once I got past that part, made it to the sidestreet and then wound up stalling for what must've been at least 40-50 more times. Lol.

End of the day, I was exhausted, but happy to have figured things out a bit more. :p Long story short, I took the course a short while later and definitely benefited from it.
 
I was very nervous as the and first day was spent learning cornering,counter steering and group riding.It was impressed up me very early not to try to hang with everyone else in the corners,didn't have the feel for it yet and ended up in on coming traffic the first couple miles out.Since then I've taught many people to ride and always get a sick feeling watching them fight the bike on their first few sweeps.Picking a twisty road with no traffic or ditches is key.We always put the newbies up front and allow them to set the pace while we fend off traffic in the city until they"get it".You seem like you'll do fine since you sound like you have a good balance of survival instinct and excitement.
 
TekNinja81 said:
My first day riding on the street was very frustrating. I bought my first bike literally 2 days after getting my M1, so I hadn't taken the course or anything yet.
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It's for those reasons i never rode after i wrote my M1 until taking the school course and passing to get my m2. I can't imagine riding without any real training. No matter how much i like my friends i wouldn't trust my life to them by learning to ride a bike from one lol. Leave it to the pro's. I still can't believe that the mto actually allows people to ride a motorcycle on the streets without ANY formal training at all just because they passed the m1 paper test.

As for the op's question. My first ride was nervous, i didn't get my bike plated and on the road until about a month after passing the course, so i was a bit rusty, i just took it to a back street in an industrial area with no cars around to practice. My first couple of weeks there were the embarrassing stalls at lights until i got used to the clutch on my bike. I had maybe a week or two of streets riding then went on a 300km highway trip without any prior highway practice at all, just gunned it and went for it. Was kinda scary but everything worked out ok, I'm still here.. :)
 
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I felt the same for the 1st few minutes and then simply adrenalized. I rode dirt bikes for years before that which i am sure helped a lot.
 
Can't remember much, I was drunk and I wheelied the bike all the way home except when I used a crown victoria as a ramp for an evil knievil jump across the st Lawrence river where I landed in the US after being classified as a UFO by NORAD.
 
Within a couple of days of finishing the m2 course I took the go train into Toronto at like 6 am. Was first inline at bay st. I think to pick up my plates, then went to the condo where I bought the bike the day before. Threw the plates on, rode up all the underground garage hills and ramps and onto the street haha! Downtown Toronto at morning rush hour, straight down to the Gardiner and back to oakville!! :) it was a lot windier on the highway then I ever would've imagined. Then rode around close to home until it started to rain. It was a good day!
 
I just got back home from riding. It's such a great feeling and I'm already more confident on the bike.

I bought a used bike and notice a "chick chick chick" sound when I ride. Any idea what it could be. I also found a nice size crack under the driver seat which I missed when I got the bike from the other dude. A shame that he didn't honestly disclose it to me.
 
TekNinja81 said:
My first day riding on the street was very frustrating. I bought my first bike literally 2 days after getting my M1, so I hadn't taken the course or anything yet.

Got some quick lessons from a buddy, stuck to my parking lot for the first few days, and when I felt confident enough to try the street, I rode to a sidestreet just down the street from me. Problem was, I hadn't really figured out clutch/throttle control yet at that point, and was stuck at the intersection while I stalled. Repeatedly. For about 10 minutes.

I was so ****** off and frustrated with myself that of course, it made things worse as I was panicking trying to get out of the way of traffic behind me. I was very lucky to not be in the *middle* of the intersection.

Once I got past that part, made it to the sidestreet and then wound up stalling for what must've been at least 40-50 more times. Lol.

End of the day, I was exhausted, but happy to have figured things out a bit more. :p Long story short, I took the course a short while later and definitely benefited from it.
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Yeah I'm getting use to the proper usage of the clutch too and how to shift smoothly. Sometimes I give too much gas or am not giving enough gas when shifting. I guess that comes with practice.
 
TheNewDude said:
I just got back home from riding. It's such a great feeling and I'm already more confident on the bike.

I bought a used bike and notice a "chick chick chick" sound when I ride. Any idea what it could be. I also found a nice size crack under the driver seat which I missed when I got the bike from the other dude. A shame that he didn't honestly disclose it to me.
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The "chic chic chic" noise is the playing cards in the spokes of the wheels.
 
I remember the first ride. I thought 40km/hour was FAST! Then 80km/hour..and so on...
 
I thought I was scared, but I rode around the parking lot for an hour, then took Highway 7 home and hit 100km/hr once.
Going straight is easy.

It was my first moderate speed turn that was memorable. I was like "WOAAAH This feels like a video game!!!!!!"
From that day on, I just love leaning.
 
I remember my first ride after completing the m1 exit course last year. The next weekend was Suzuki demo day at Brampton powersports. I thought about the Gxr 600, but last minute picked the gladius. What a rush. About 3 minutes into the ride the rider who was on my right was riding the m109 took off up the street. So I did what all new riders would, dropped a couple gears and cracked the throttle. I can assure you that bike will lift the front tire. The end of that ride and my first time on the street let me know that there was no way I was ever going to get away from this activity. So this spring I bought an 1987 fz750, rebuilt the front forks and new brakes and new tires. I've had it on the road for less ten two months and have put about 4500 km on it. I would also like to point out my shoei helmet cost more then the bike did.

Man I love this stuff
 
The Saturday after I finished the course. Got up and was on the road at 6am to get use to the bike without any traffic around.
 
i used to ride my bicycle everywhere as a kid, so riding a motorcycle was easy for the first time, can't remember the first week, took to it like, water off a ducks back, a piece of cake, no pedaling.
 
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