It’s been one of those things that I’d always liked to be able to do – as far back as I can remember. About 15 months ago I finally took the plunge and got my motorcycle licence.
In Australia we have to hold a learners’ permit for a minumum of 3 months, during which time we have a number of restrictions attached to the permit. The biggie is that the motorcycle must not have an engine capacity greater than 250cc! I passed my motorcycle licence on 1 Dec 06, and as the permit restrictions are for 12 months, I only recently (ie. 2 Dec 07) could legally upgrade my motorcycle.
To cut a long story short, for a variety of reasons I decided to buy a Yamaha YZF R1 1000cc sports motorcycle (I ride purely for recreation only)! To say this is a big step up is an understatement! But WOW, this bike is absolutely awesome.
I’ve only been riding the R1 for just over a month and I am absolutely loving it! So to my 2nd ‘thing’, I want to be an excellent motorcycle rider. To this end, I would like to do a couple of advance rider courses and maybe some lap days at a local race track.
