I took a Basic Rider class from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation last weekend, and applied for my motorcycle endorsement on Tuesday. This morning I picked up my new ride. It's a Honda Shadow VLX 600 Deluxe 2006 with under 3,000 miles. Took it to a neighborhood behind the dealer and practiced in an elementary school parking lot until I felt more comfortable with the bike, after all it has twice the displacement of the 250cc Kawasaki I took the course on. After I was able to relax some, I had a blast. I'm wondering why it took me so long to do this.

So is it early mid-life crisis? I don't rightly know myself. Not sure I care either way to be honest.

Tex

Nahh, It's just bone-cracking fun

Enjoy the new ride Josh, looks sweet!

Nice man! enjoy

And who cares what it is, as long as your enjoying it and everything else thats all that matters!

Hrmm, well, that reminds me of an article I found linked on the EQ2 forums the other day. (The "non-gameplay discussion", mind you.)

Under the heading "It's not always nice, but it's true", soo, take a read

www.psychologytoday.co...000002.xml

No midlife crisis, there, dude. You just got a late start on the absolute blast that riding a motorcycle can be. I'm having flashbacks just looking at the pic (it's the same make, model, displacement and color as my last bike). Just remember that paranoia is a virtue in a street rider.

Another first today. My first time getting caught riding in a torrential downpour. Guess I'm not as sweet as I thought, I didn't melt.

Tex