Vroom Vroom!

Chaz & I had our first on-bike motorcycle lessons today. We signed up for them at MotoFun
The first couple of times I put it in gear, I was a bit hesitant, but within an hour or so we had some good exercises where we were weaving in and out of cones, and eventually doing some laps pretty quickly. Its up in Round Rock in an old Walmart parking lot, and it got hotter'n crap out there. They had us start at 6:30am "Ready to Ride" so we could get off the asphalt before it got to be noon. The only problem we had was really with the emergency stop. Both hands and both feet have to react to get it out of gear and stopped quickly; it'll take some practice to get to where we can do it reasonably.

I got to ride one of the Eliminators.

After 10 lessons on the bike, we had a quick lunch then did our written test - Chaz got a 100, and I got a 94. I guessed on a few.

We go back Sunday for another 6:30am lesson, for probably about 3 hours of lessons, then a riding exam. If we pass that, we'll have a certificate that we take to DPS to do only a written test with them.

I initially didn't like the idea of a 5:30am wakeup for these classes, but it does beat the heat of the day, and being able to drive a motorcycle will really be cool. I'm going to have to get one pretty soon. :-)