Erin, 1) Welcome! 2) Congrats on the new bike! is a great one. 3) Pictures or you won't be able to keep posting (kidding) 4) Do you have your motorcycle endorsement? if you can, I would suggest taking a motorcycle safety course. They are usually pretty good and everyone I know had loved the experience. 5) Forget about the neutral on first try. It will never happen. Besides, is better to keep it on gear for now. That way you are prepared to go at any time. It will hurt after a while, but that is how you develop muscles in your hand and some character. 6) Take your time on the parking lot. Get out once you really feel confident. Don't go anywhere with too much traffic, fast traffic, or many big intersections. Just walk your way through learning how to ride your bike without taking any shortcuts. It will pay off.
Javier. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Erin Newkirk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All! > > Got my temps, insurance, tags today. I practiced starting and stopping, > figure eights, turns, starting on hill (and because of stalling it multiple > times while learning to use the clutch, got a crash course in popping the > clutch). I have two big things to keep working on, using both front and > back break and getting it to neutral on the first try. > > I plan to spend another day or two in the parking lot, then get on side > roads and figure out how to remember to use my turn signals, mirrors and > interact with traffic. > > Give me your top three things to get down right away to save my hide. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
