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megocode3 · 03-01-2011, 01:46 AM

Since I just got my first bike today, I'll share my adventure of getting it home. I bought the bike from a guy about 20 miles away. After buying it I rode it around the neighborhood for maybe half an hour or so. The only previous riding experience I had was during the MSF class. My wife finally got tired of following me around the neighborhood and said it's time to go home.

I was a bit nervous taking it out on the real streets. Once I made it on to the city streets the cars seemed bigger and 35 mph might as well have been 200 mph. But the fun was just beginning! My wife some how talked me into taking the freeway home instead of the back roads since it was faster (or maybe she just wanted my life insurance money!).

The freeway was terrifying, especially since it's LA and they can be quite crowded. Driving it was easy, it's just flat straight road. It was the 30+ mph winds blowing me around, the giant semi's next to me and the feeling that I would fly off the bike if I loosened my grip that scared the you-know-what outa me.

Anyway, I made it home safe and spent the rest of the day riding around in empty parking lots. What a day though! I wish I would have just paid someone to tow it home for me.

03-01-2011, 01:46 AM	#16
megocode3 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 17	Re: Buying that first bike -- and getting it home Since I just got my first bike today, I'll share my adventure of getting it home. I bought the bike from a guy about 20 miles away. After buying it I rode it around the neighborhood for maybe half an hour or so. The only previous riding experience I had was during the MSF class. My wife finally got tired of following me around the neighborhood and said it's time to go home. I was a bit nervous taking it out on the real streets. Once I made it on to the city streets the cars seemed bigger and 35 mph might as well have been 200 mph. But the fun was just beginning! My wife some how talked me into taking the freeway home instead of the back roads since it was faster (or maybe she just wanted my life insurance money!). The freeway was terrifying, especially since it's LA and they can be quite crowded. Driving it was easy, it's just flat straight road. It was the 30+ mph winds blowing me around, the giant semi's next to me and the feeling that I would fly off the bike if I loosened my grip that scared the you-know-what outa me. Anyway, I made it home safe and spent the rest of the day riding around in empty parking lots. What a day though! I wish I would have just paid someone to tow it home for me.
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