easy rider - getting my L's
Day 1
Motorbike training day 1 was a success. I was a bit unsure about it all, but the Honda CB250's that were provided were well prepped, good fun to ride and very predictable, and the instructors were great. I even got to step onto an automatic Honda 150 scooter which was sparklingly clean and under 10 click's old. The thing was a tight little rocket, but so easy to ride that I quickly jumped back on a CB250 from fear of losing all the gear changing and clutch work that I had just got my little head around. There were no reported casualties from the 8 or so relatively fresh riders, myself included. We all had a good time with the instructers, and even enjoyed an early 80's yanky instructional video of a talking bike! My chosen Honda however, much to my disgust, couldn't talk.
Day 2
Yesterday the bikes seemed a little easier to ride, and my head was a little more in tune with the clutch and gears. Today however, I kept my tally of stuff ups for the test below the fail factor of 10 and received my bike L's! I won't go into details, like the fact that I screwed up enough to amass 9 points and nearly didnt make it. Ill just put it down to lack of sleep. 'What do you mean look through the corner more? its a painted white line and I can see exactly where it goes!' .