January 15, 2008
I was so excited, woohoo!! Cesar and I got dressed and went out to the garage to get the bikes out. Oh I didnt tell you he bought me a motorcycle, yeah Baby. Its a 98 HD Sportster 883. I know I know not the one I really want but that will come later and it is a cool looking bike so Nyah.
So we got the bikes out of the garage and took them to the front of the driveway. I got on mine and we proceeded to go over all the controls, I tested the gears for a bit so I would know when I was in what gear, Cesar was going over safety stuff with me so I wouldn't go tearing down the street. We decided it would be best just for me to try and go up and down the driveway for now till I got the feel of it.
Now I was ready, I knew I could do this and before you know it we would be ridding down the street together. I started the bike, made sure I was in first gear and slowly let off the clutch, I was moving forward slowly, I let off the clutch a fraction of an inch too much, the bike lurched just enough to freak me out and I let go of everything(dumb yes I know) including a scream(OMG I am a girl!) , then I grabbed hold of the handlebars again but couldn't get my grip back on the clutch in time.
Wow, my first crash...........less than 6 feet from where I started. Four by fours and 8 foot wood panel fences aren't as strong as they are supposed to be. I broke one of each. I have a six inch scrape down my right front leg and a sore spot next to it that is just starting to bruise. The fence cannot be saved because I broke the crap out of it. I didn't really like that panel anyway, it always looked at me funny and got in my way.
After I finally stopped laughing, we got the bike back up, moved the fence out of the way and then it wouldn't start, CRAP. Finally got it started again and THIS time I made sure to keep my hand on that clutch no matter what! I went up and down the driveway several times and now feel more confident that I will do this, its just too damn cold right now but on the next nice day my fat ass will be out there again. This time tho I wont just have my confidence I will have experience to remember to "NOT LET GO OF THE DAMN CLUTCH TILL ITS ACTUALLY TIME"!
For those of you on the road.... I am much much better at controlling my bike now so no worries.
