The whole west coast will be mine

[roadrunnertwice]

Huh.

...I did it. I signed up for the novice rider motorcycle class.

Never mind that I'm hoping to move south before my class happens; I'll start watching for openings to move my date forward, and if I've already moved, I can either cancel for refund or just ship back north for a few days and get it done. No problem! No, I do not currently own a motorcycle. Also not a problem.

So this is what forward motion feels like. I'd almost forgotten.

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[froborr.livejournal.com]

You know, of late, I've started to fantasize about owning a fully-electric Vespa. Don't know if such a thing exists... but if it did, it'd be kinda handy.

[gyladia.livejournal.com]

http://environmentsolutions.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/the-vespa-electric/

Although, I couldn't quickly find anyone that was selling one.

[zizz.livejournal.com]

hey, cool. i really need to sign up for the class too, but i've been working weekends for a long time, when most of the classes up here are i think. anyway, that's great! i've had a lot of fun riding a motorcycle, and they get great gas mileage too!

[roadrunnertwice]

Yeah, I am really looking forward to having some real freedom of movement again. And gas mileage! And zoom zoom! Two wheels good, four wheels bad!

[fozwalla.livejournal.com]

One of my coworkers recently had his bike crush his leg. He was at a stop light, he didn't put his foot down correctly or something, and he fell over with the bike. Broke his leg in three places. He's been in the hospital for a week, will have surgery next week, and will probably be in a leg cast for a while.

My cousin's been riding for a couple of years, and he's had plenty of accidents. (No injuries, though.)

Just saying. As a bike-rider, you're basically guaranteed mishaps. You probably already know.

[roadrunnertwice]

Well... I'll try not to die?

I've heard about accidents, too. (What is it they call ending up in front of a sliding bike? Topsiding? Highsiding? Something like that.) I intend to learn how to avoid the worst of them, and I guess we'll see how far that gets me.