New toy!

[sharkman]

My wife and I have been busy for the last couple weekends. We dropped down to 1 car last year to try and save some money. Anyway, we have found it to be kinda tight with both our work schedules. So, we thought as a cheap second mode of transportation that we'd get a motorcycle.

We ended up taking a motorcycle safety course a couple weekends ago and then went out last week and bought our first bike, a 2012 Honda cbr250.

We're both loving it, a lot of fun!

 

[sharkman]

Here's the beastie!

 

[SA Dave]

Looks bigger than a 250

 

[Hawkwrench]

Nice bike! Just be careful. One of the guys from work was riding his bike with his wife on the back when a deer t-boned them knocking them both off the bike.
She had a concussion and he had road rashes and tore 3 tendons completely off his shoulder bone.
I'll stick to my car!!!

Clear up right!
Tim

 

[sharkman]

We will be. We don't ever plan on riding together and the dangers was one of the reasons we took the safety course.

 

[Iron Mike]

I think the deer skip the safety courses. :laugh: Best wishes and ride safely. :drinks

 

[sharkman]

We will try our best! Only traveling a few km's off the main drags to work for now.

We did a lot of scenarios in the safety course of emergency braking, avoiding obstacles, etc... I already had a lady completely cut me off the first time I took it out! The safety course was quite good. I can't imagine anyone getting on a bike without the protective gear. These riders with T-shirts, shorts and sandals are crazy!

 

[Hawkwrench]

Yep, her and he were wearing no kind of safety gear except some leather vests. Me personally, no motorcycles for me. There's too much going on around you and no bumpers, sheet metal and everything to take the initial impact except your body and that's enough to deter me from riding!

Clear up right!
Tim

 

[moon puppy]

Be careful!