Have Bike Now What??

[zipmap]

Hi!
Will need step by steps soon. See you then!

[alantf]

Welcome! You've come to the right place. You don't have to be crazy to come on this site, but it helps. :whistle: :2tup:

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by zipmap

Hi!
Will need step by steps soon. See you then!

Good FIRST step by joining here!
We need more gals.
The testosterone level gets a little too high otherwise. :shocked:

[burkbuilds]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on getting a GZ! Might I be so bold as to suggest you find a local MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) class you could take locally. Great classes that will help you build up your riding skills and your awareness skills, both of which you need working well when riding a bike. You can probably find information on a local class at www.msf-usa.org or call them at 1 (800) 446-9227 for the rider training location nearest you.

Good luck!

[zipmap]

Thanks for the info! I actually started with the MSF course last fall and passed the first time around. I had never been on bike before. The 2 instructors played good cop/bad cop with me the entire weekend. One always smiling and encouraging...the other always yelling and chewing my butt out, but it brought me around perfectly! F or the course I was assigned to a GZ so when I purchased, I went with what I knew. I have a 2006 w/300 miles on it. It suits me well, I'm only 5'4".

[burkbuilds]

Great, glad to hear you've already taken the course and had experience riding a GZ ! How did you find an 06 with only 300 miles on it, I do that almost every week. Sounds like you did well with your purchase! We hit 80 here in North Georgia today, how is the weather in Ohio now? Have fun riding!

[dannylightning]

Welcome to the forum, (now what??), get on that thing and ride it..

i am originally from Akron Ohio. never heard of the town you live in, i may be moving back there some time soon, not quite sure yet..

[Tranquility]

Welcome aboard, zipmap! I'm new to the bike world also, you are going to have a blast!!
And this forum is a GREAT place to be. My first forum ever and have already picked up invaluable advice about many things. VERY glad to see another newbie biker-chick online! :-) Have you posted a pic of your GZ yet? My husband belongs to a different forum (for Honda Shadows) and was told "No pix = no bike"! Ha!!!

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Tranquility

My husband belongs to a different forum (for Honda Shadows) and was told "No pix = no bike"! Ha!!!

Hmmmmm......Shadow rider here too. Recent convert.

I know of 2 Shadow forums; one nice and the other not so much. Hope he is in the first and not the one where the rule seems to be "the louder the pipes the better" and where the overall feel is a bunch of junior high school boys going through puberty !!!

[Tranquility]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

Hmmmmm......Shadow rider here too. Recent convert.

I know of 2 Shadow forums; one nice and the other not so much. Hope he is in the first and not the one where the rule seems to be "the louder the pipes the better" and where the overall feel is a bunch of junior high school boys going through puberty !!!

I don't imagine he'd have much fun on the "not so nice" forum, but online personae don't always match off-line, y'know? :-) Thanks for the heads-up ... if he starts acting like 13 year old chuckle-head, I'll know where it came from!