V1olin's new life without wife

[ImprovedRomeo]

v1, please be careful. Not trying to scare you but a lot of people don't realize how vulnerable you are on a bike when you're out on the streets. I upped me life insurance soon after I started riding and I'm not kidding. Lately I pretty much stopped riding realizing if I lose a limb I'll be screwed. Before at least I had a false sense of security that STBXW will take care of me if I ended up in a wheel chair lol

Of course, they're super addicting, the feeling you get on a bike is unmatched and I used to race cars (not drag racing, real door to door racing). When I gave that up after DD was born I had withdrawls and the bike was the only fix that filled that void.

So here's my advice: take the MSF course they're cheap (don't learn from a friend), buy good quality gear (helmet, jacket, pants, visibility vest) and wear ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time- biker lingo). Pick up the book 'Proficient Motorcycling' and watch out for the cagers (cars- biker lingo)

Gixxers are cool bikes, I prefer the vStom like touring/dual-sport bikes. I had dreams of traveling coast to coast and up to Alaska on a bike tent camping along the way like several have done at advrider.com - I'll stick to off-roading in a 4x4 for now.