Hey congrats on the riding course--great start most people won't take the time to learn the right way. Don't know much about the 250 but my 650 is absolutely horrible off the pavement. I've been riding since i was about 10-12 years old and my advice is 1. Dont be scared of the bike 2. Don't think you ever know it all and get cocky 3. Use your turn signals and always assume a car or truck does not see you-even when they are looking directly at you. 4. Use the appropriate safety gear when riding in case you do take a spill 5. Keep your bike up to snuff especially the tires--especially the tires and brakes!! Of course you've heard all that stuff in the class but people who care enough about you to be instructors have you best interest at heart. When things get tense remember your training and you should be fine. Congrats again on passing your classes. Hope to see you soon out on the road.
On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 11:27:36 AM UTC-4, Dan Cook wrote: > > Hi, Dan here. Nice to "meet" you all. > > I am 44 and have always wanted to ride and am finally doing it! Took the > MSF course 3 weeks ago and just bought a 2008 Nighthawk 250 this week. > > Yesterday evening was my first time riding outside of a parking lot. I had > to be careful on the dirt roads because, of course, it's pretty easy to > skid out. I did not want to go down on my first day! (Or ever.) That worked > out. I had to go slow and turn carefully. > > I had to ride on a 45-50mph road for a half mile or so, and, I've gotta > say, it was scary. Very scary knowing that a twitch of an arm or a rock in > the road could put me on the pavement. I'm curious if this is normal for a > beginner? That 45-50mph road is the main one in town and I'll need to drive > it to get anywhere. > > I'm looking for some reassurance! I'll get comfortable with this, right? > > I'll be looking into how to change the oil next... > > Dan > -- 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 nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
