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Title: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 26, 2012, 09:30:07 AM: Damn I never though riding a bike would be so complicated. Clutch in / out, fuckin gears this and that hold it half way release it slowly push throttle in :dur :dur :dur

8 hours later and I still feel like a noob. Tommorow the dude is taking me on the road in Dublin. I'm gonna die. Everytime I have to something new I feel like I forgot how to do what I was already doing right.

JAYSUS. This is gonna take years not a 16 hours course.

Bike I'm on is pretty sweet though, 250 Honda CBF. Feels so good when you push it into 2/3rd gear.... grrrrr sex

(http://www.dpmhk.cz/sites/default/files/autoskola/large/honda_cbf_250.jpg)
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Beezy on May 26, 2012, 09:45:42 AM: Sexy bike.

I'd like to learn someday, but I don't know if I would ride one regularly. I wouldn't trust other drivers to be careful enough not to hit me.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 26, 2012, 09:57:10 AM: I'm not worried about that, I have good situational awareness. I'm just worried about getting all the technical stuff down since that keeps me from looking around me.

Maaaaan it feels so good to sit on a bike. Shiiiit. Its a super sunny day and I felt like the king of the world doing 8's on the parking lot. Girls in short skirts walking by booyah.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 26, 2012, 10:02:39 AM: I never rode a car :dur

I thought shit was gonna be more streamlined, I really don't know why shit like this can't be automatic.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 26, 2012, 10:19:08 AM: :'(
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 26, 2012, 02:05:31 PM: I hope so :-[

It's not the knowing when to do it, it's the actual doing of stuff in succession that's a problem after these few hours.
Title: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Reb on May 26, 2012, 02:43:22 PM: Itt our most european member is being an american.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Himu on May 26, 2012, 02:46:13 PM: lager, stop trying to troll my country and my countrymen by pretending to be us you cunt
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 27, 2012, 01:37:44 AM: Ok I'll be hitting the road in a few mins. God bless.

Quote from: Stringer Bell on May 26, 2012, 02:46:13 PM
lager, stop trying to troll my country and my countrymen by pretending to be us you cunt

Inside every European there's an American trying to come out man.

Quote from: The Business on May 26, 2012, 09:11:57 PM
It's a wet clutch anyway, you don't even need to use it.

But my UK instructor gets all sad then.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Boogie on May 27, 2012, 01:51:31 AM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on May 26, 2012, 02:46:13 PM
lager, stop trying to troll my country and my countrymen by pretending to be us you cunt

He just said that he's never driven a car.

If he's pretending to be an American, he's doing a pretty shitty job of it...

edit: also, I second Biz' disdain.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Himu on May 27, 2012, 02:07:57 AM: i know some americans from nyc who have never driven a car.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 27, 2012, 09:42:02 AM: I never needed a car cause the Netherlands are blessed with amazing public transport and students get a free public transport pass.

Today went great btw, drove up and down hills, along the seaside, on a big road. Except for a couple of hiccups it was smooth and as from today I am allowed to drive :rock

Today I rode a Honda Rebel 250, much smoother ride then the CBF due to the engine. Felt a bit more wobbly driving it though.

(http://goedr.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/rebel.jpg)
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 27, 2012, 09:50:28 AM: Riding in the sun on one of these feels so good. Jaaaaysus.
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 27, 2012, 10:58:13 PM: congrats! i'm hopin' to convince the little lady that i need need NEED a beefier two-wheeled ride come fall. i took a honda vfr1200r for a spin from the local dealership and i didn't want to go baaaaack
Title: Re: My first 8 hours of Motorbike lessons
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 28, 2012, 06:05:21 PM: What's her argument? Would she hop on for a ride?

You already have a license?