Most of the conscious energy that I have remaining from programming Ruby on Rails & general life-n-love, I've been pouring into my new obsession: a motorcycle (a 2006 Suzuki SV650S, to be exact.)
Motorcycle ObsessionThe original (and still prevalent) intention of this new acquisition is energy efficiency. I've received reports that this bike gets around 57-MPG highway and 47-MPG city. Not so bad for an almost 90-horsepower, twin-cylinder, fuel-injected two-wheeler! We'll see the results from my real-world usage.
This is my first motorcycle. My only other riding experience was two-weeks ago, taking the MSF-certifed "RiderCourse," motorcycle training & safety course here in Austin. (Jon is a great teacher... highly recommended!)
Being my first motorcycle ever, I dropped it during a practice U-turn on a narrow street, a very low speed high-side to the right. A stupid newbie accident, it actually scraped & cracked the beautiful front fairing. Fortunately no real damage, accept to my ego ;) Thank god I'm in this for the economy, and not the tough motorcycle-man image!
After three evenings of quiet-street riding in my South Austin neighborhood, this Saturday afternoon I rode out into the traffic-laiden streets of downtown Austin for the first time.
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