Sat 26 Apr 2008
Ready for Class
Ever since moving back from Budapest almost two years ago I have wanted to get a motorcycle. Maybe it was all the big American cars around that made me want something opposite that; maybe it was that I owned one too many of those big American cars myself. Either way, when I found out that the local Harley dealership offered classes I decided to do it and got a few friends to join me.
We had classroom instruction last night and parking lot maneuvers today for six hours. Today was really fun! I get why people like riding motorcycles so much - and we never left the parking lot. This class includes a free one-day rental of a Harley. We plan to terrorize our neighborhoods on that day and are looking forward to it. (Not sure our wives are ready to be Harley chicks quite yet.)
Partly scary about the whole thing is that we fell right into the demographic they sell to: 40 - 60 year olds. Ouch. All the Harley promotional videos and safety films had middle aged men and women in them.
Anyway, we look cool in the photo above, but we looked like goobers most of the rest of the time.
April 27th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Looks like “Wild Hogs - The Sequel”. You all are doing the Mid-Life crisis thing I guess. Have fun, and don’t hit too many gators as you ride to the coast.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:24 am
This class was one of the funnest things I’ve done!