I cringe
I cringe to look at these pictures (not explicit, not gross, just the implications):
http://basia.blog-city.com/tykes_on_bikes.htm
Entire families riding on a single motorcycle. Life is cheap in India, I guess.
Sample photo:
Motorcycle
So what's your current ride?
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Matthew P. Barnson
For sale, cheap.
Why, you can see it right here!
Nice bike!
Nice bike! Great price, too. Here's the ride I'm buying later today:
http://www.cycletrader.com/find/listing/photos/93356849/
Sure, it has 46K miles on it, but it drove really well, and I vaguely remember the commercials on TV from when I was a kid. "The quarter mile..."...
One of the fastest motorbikes in the world for a couple years. The one I'm buying has been driven really regularly, garaged, and runs beautifully. For less than a grand, I am paying cash instead of financing, which is a big deal to me. It's a little big to learn on, but as long as I'm cautious with the clutch and spend a few days in a parking lot getting used to it, I think I'll be OK :)
Why are you getting rid of yours?
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Matthew P. Barnson
Helicopter commenting
...a little big to learn on.
I get the impression that you haven't owned a bike before. For the love of God, FSM, and all that is holy (such as your wife and kids), do not teach yourself how to ride. If you spend a few days in a parking lot, you will spend a few months in a hospital. Swallow your pride and take a riding course. Despite being free in many states, they cost $180 in Utah. If you need the money, I'll loan it to you interest-free (email me). I've taken it twice--once when I started, and again when I bought another bike after 5 years of cage driving. You just can't pick this stuff up in a parking lot.
Your link didn't work for me--just a (mostly) blank page. Please modify or give me a better description so I can search for the bike.
I'm selling mine because I rarely ride it so it just sits and depreciates. Yuck.
Scheduled...
I get the impression that you haven't owned a bike before.
My MSF course is scheduled for October 1, 4, and 5. They don't have an opening before then; I put in a call to see if it's possible to schedule 1-on-1 instruction at a higher rate earlier than that. Unfortunately, I'd have to ride to Ogden to get private instruction... a two-hour round trip that I'm not prepared to take.
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Matthew P. Barnson
Two Things
Regarding motorcycles - two things.
1. Organ donor card.
2. Did you bequeath me all the music stuff?
Having seen it with my own
Having seen it with my own eyes, you,ve got to imagine packed motorcycles in the absence of traffic laws. I saw some dead pedestrians, but no dead riders.
Extended stays in India had an interesting impact on my risk assessment capabilities. I typically ride very warily, because my vivdness heuristic outweighs my availibility heuristic. But after seeing 1,000's more motorcycles in a compressed time in the craziest urban traffic imaginable, I feel quite safe back in the US.