zmeiaspas
The tall one
So after my little 2-week adventure with the stripped thread in the drain plug hole my friend and I finally go the bike ready to roll yesterday. I started it up on the parking lot behind my place this morning and rode for about 30 minutes (U-turns, emergency stops, etc). Being a new rider who's only been on the saddle during his MSF class and another 2 hour parking session just before I decided to change the oil, I was practically scared ****less from riding in traffic. I knew I had to bring the bike to a local service so that it can pass inspection (I was 10 days later already) and I had all the needed documents in my pocket ... I was just waiting to feel a little more confident.
Well, it never happened. I got pissed of at myself, forced my body to stop listening to my brain and just headed down the street. The moment I made my first turn I had this huge grin on my face that left all my worries on the parking lot behind me
I got to my local service that was literally a mile away from me, and I passed inspection, got all my stickers on my license plate and I was ready to roll. I headed back to my place to pick my GPS up from the car and I headed to [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ3Ibp9LQPM&feature=fvw"]destination unknown[/ame] :rockon:
Here are my first impressions:
1. I LOVE IT!
2. I met around 20+ bikers on my little 60mile trip and all of them were very courteous and regardless of the type of bike they were riding they always waved! That felt awesome
3. I stalled the bike around 10 times ... most of which were on hills. I really really need to practice taking off with my back brake engaged. At one point I thought I was gonna stay on the hill forever ... thank god there were no cars around me.
4. As I got into some random city that I spend 20 minutes trying to get out from, I stumbled upon rout 9 and decided to go against my other fears from the highway. Well, the moment I got there those fears disappeared too. The one thing that really caught my attention were the vibrations once the bike hits 7-8K. Jesus I thought it was gonna fall apart. So I just kept it in 3rd/4th gear around the 5K range and called it a day
5. When my friend and I were working on the oil pan we decided to first take it off the bike. To do that we had to get the exhaust off and I forgot to order new gaskets and we just reused the old ones. Also I am not 100% sure if the exhaust is all the way in. It looks like it but if someone has a random pic of their bike where the exhaust is visible I would really appreciate if you guys post it on here so I can compare. Some times I felt qutie a bit of heat hitting me under the helmet and I am not sure if this is normal or I have an exhaust leak from somewhere *insert noob icon here*
6. I ordered the ICON elbow and knee+shin armor and a pair of riding pants so now I'm a true power ranger (helmet, jacket, pants, back protector, elbow/knee/shin guards, riding boots, gloves). I've gotta say I don't feel hot at all AS LONG AS I AM MOVING. The moment I enter a city with traffic lights I begin to slowly boil ... Also putting all this gear all the time is a true 10-15 minute long PITA and I've gotta say I'm pretty tempted to leave some of it off but then I think a little more and just put it all on
Just sharing my first impressions. Ok time to eat something and head back on the road! I can't wait :cheer:
:Sport:
Well, it never happened. I got pissed of at myself, forced my body to stop listening to my brain and just headed down the street. The moment I made my first turn I had this huge grin on my face that left all my worries on the parking lot behind me
I got to my local service that was literally a mile away from me, and I passed inspection, got all my stickers on my license plate and I was ready to roll. I headed back to my place to pick my GPS up from the car and I headed to [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ3Ibp9LQPM&feature=fvw"]destination unknown[/ame] :rockon:
Here are my first impressions:
1. I LOVE IT!
2. I met around 20+ bikers on my little 60mile trip and all of them were very courteous and regardless of the type of bike they were riding they always waved! That felt awesome
3. I stalled the bike around 10 times ... most of which were on hills. I really really need to practice taking off with my back brake engaged. At one point I thought I was gonna stay on the hill forever ... thank god there were no cars around me.
4. As I got into some random city that I spend 20 minutes trying to get out from, I stumbled upon rout 9 and decided to go against my other fears from the highway. Well, the moment I got there those fears disappeared too. The one thing that really caught my attention were the vibrations once the bike hits 7-8K. Jesus I thought it was gonna fall apart. So I just kept it in 3rd/4th gear around the 5K range and called it a day
5. When my friend and I were working on the oil pan we decided to first take it off the bike. To do that we had to get the exhaust off and I forgot to order new gaskets and we just reused the old ones. Also I am not 100% sure if the exhaust is all the way in. It looks like it but if someone has a random pic of their bike where the exhaust is visible I would really appreciate if you guys post it on here so I can compare. Some times I felt qutie a bit of heat hitting me under the helmet and I am not sure if this is normal or I have an exhaust leak from somewhere *insert noob icon here*
6. I ordered the ICON elbow and knee+shin armor and a pair of riding pants so now I'm a true power ranger (helmet, jacket, pants, back protector, elbow/knee/shin guards, riding boots, gloves). I've gotta say I don't feel hot at all AS LONG AS I AM MOVING. The moment I enter a city with traffic lights I begin to slowly boil ... Also putting all this gear all the time is a true 10-15 minute long PITA and I've gotta say I'm pretty tempted to leave some of it off but then I think a little more and just put it all on
Just sharing my first impressions. Ok time to eat something and head back on the road! I can't wait :cheer:
:Sport:
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