I'm just venturing into real motorcycling. I bought a motor scooter (145cc, manual transmission) last Spring. I had always wanted one and I was thinking that was just as big a motorized two-wheeler as I would ever want. Loved it, broke my right leg just above the knee after only a month of riding, healed up, still love it, riding again (possibly smarter), and finally just last week took the MSF class I was originally signed-up for the weekend after my little accident. Passed, got the coveted Motorcycle Endorsement!
It was an eye-opener. The class used 250cc Suzukis and I loved them! Also learned quite a lot, possibly even enough to not be a huge hazard to others on the street. (Anyway, I learned how much I didn't know. That's a start, isn't it?)
General stuff, I'm 48, single (not looking; BTDT*), have two indoor cats and feed two more outdoors, do tech-y work for a television station, and have driven smallish cars for years, from a '70 Toyota Corona (4-door MGB clone!) to a Suzuki Samuri to the real '74 MGB I still have. Tons of fun but not as much fun as 2 wheels! Personal, I'm taller than you are unless you're real tall, average weight, spend a couple hours at the gym each week, and live on coffee and dark chocolate. (The last is a joke, okay? Mostly a joke).
The Indian-built scooter's a keeper. In my small neighborhood, it's just right for grocery-shopping and similar excusions. It hauls cargo really well! But for longer trips.... Maybe not. It's topped out at 55 mph, which is maybe more thrilling than it needs to be on 10" tires, especially in traffic.
I'm looking at a Virago 250. Stepping up from the scooter, I don't want to get more motorcycle than I can handle; I want to spend time building riding skills before trying a bigger machine.
Roberta X
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* But thanks for wondering, if you did -- at my age, it's a compliment.
(A posed shot, I wear a proper jacket, gloves, fasten the helmet. etc.)
to the TMW community. There are quite a few of us who started later in life. It's a good feeling to have accomplished riding, when you start so late.
