First ride in traffic

[dusty97]

So after a few weekends of short trips out in parking lots and on low traffic highways I brought the bike into town. I live in a city of ~67k people to give you an idea of the traffic situation. Nothing compared to a bigger city but its enough to make me very very aware of how many cars are around me.

However, compared to how nervous I was two months ago when I got on a bike for the first time I felt very comfortable. The bike is a 1994 Harley Sportster 883. My lady's dad had it sitting in his garage for ~8 years w/o riding it so he told me to put some miles on it this summer. Feels like a good starter bike and has more than enough oomph to get me going. Looking forward to putting lots more miles on it.

Camera phone pic but here she is:



I'll be sure to post some more pics when I get home. The internet party's at work block facebook (though rightly so, some people would never do anything around here) where most of the pictures are hiding.

[jmillheiser]

Nice bike. Looks practically new:)

[dusty97]

Rolled over to 10k miles on my way to work tonight. Thanks

[jaskc78]

nice lookin' bike, and it sounds like you're taking the right approach--parking lots and low traffic areas and then moving on as you get more comfortable. good luck with it and look forward to seeing more pics.

[redwing]

Very Cool. I like the wire wheels.