My Motorcycle Story is unfolding
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:44 am
*Edit* My injury left me to a spotty start on my blog. Pages 1-2.5 are pretty much about the accident. Page 3 starts my life back on a bike
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I started thinking back on my experiences with motorcycles recently and I realized that I have alot of stories to share. However, in the next month I plan to write about the following.
1.) Painting and fixing the problems on my beloved Yamaha Vision
2.) Taking the BRC a second time around with my g/f (bluemonkie99)
3.) Becoming an MSF Rider Coach
I'm taking the BRC again because it's recommended for my rider coach training.
Some information about me. I'm a 23 year old guy who was born in Virginia, grew up mainly in Virginia and thinks he's going to stay in Virginia for a reasonable amount of time. I graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in Economics and Biology (majors) and Chemistry (minor). I've been riding dirt bikes since I was a kid and I've owned the following bikes
2 1982 Xz 550 Yamaha Visions
1981 Yamaha xs 400
1981 Kawasaki Kz 650 CSR
1979 Suzuki Gs 750
1978 Kawasaki kz 400
1985 Honda Magna v30
1983 Honda Nighthawk 650
I didn't hit the street until I started college at 18 so you can see that I've ridden quite a few bikes in the last five years. Before then I was an avid bicyclist. I still feel that moving to a motorbike is simply a matter of natural progression.
As I got into street riding, rebuilding and customizing bikes became a hobby of mine. I exhaulted in finding a gem of a junker and making it a great bike again. It wasn't too expensive a hobby seeing as 4 of those bikes were free, most of it going to new seals/gaskets/tires and chains.
If I find another major project I'll be sure to detail it here as well.
Let me know what you like, and what you don't like by PM and I'll try to modify the posts to fit the audience. If you have something to share with everyone then please feel free to do anything but hijack my blog.
If you haven't done it already, make sure to sign up for the TMW user groups, donate some money or just tell Mike he's a great guy.
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I started thinking back on my experiences with motorcycles recently and I realized that I have alot of stories to share. However, in the next month I plan to write about the following.
1.) Painting and fixing the problems on my beloved Yamaha Vision
2.) Taking the BRC a second time around with my g/f (bluemonkie99)
3.) Becoming an MSF Rider Coach
I'm taking the BRC again because it's recommended for my rider coach training.
Some information about me. I'm a 23 year old guy who was born in Virginia, grew up mainly in Virginia and thinks he's going to stay in Virginia for a reasonable amount of time. I graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in Economics and Biology (majors) and Chemistry (minor). I've been riding dirt bikes since I was a kid and I've owned the following bikes
2 1982 Xz 550 Yamaha Visions
1981 Yamaha xs 400
1981 Kawasaki Kz 650 CSR
1979 Suzuki Gs 750
1978 Kawasaki kz 400
1985 Honda Magna v30
1983 Honda Nighthawk 650
I didn't hit the street until I started college at 18 so you can see that I've ridden quite a few bikes in the last five years. Before then I was an avid bicyclist. I still feel that moving to a motorbike is simply a matter of natural progression.
As I got into street riding, rebuilding and customizing bikes became a hobby of mine. I exhaulted in finding a gem of a junker and making it a great bike again. It wasn't too expensive a hobby seeing as 4 of those bikes were free, most of it going to new seals/gaskets/tires and chains.
If I find another major project I'll be sure to detail it here as well.
Let me know what you like, and what you don't like by PM and I'll try to modify the posts to fit the audience. If you have something to share with everyone then please feel free to do anything but hijack my blog.
If you haven't done it already, make sure to sign up for the TMW user groups, donate some money or just tell Mike he's a great guy.