Alvaro Parrado

So I guess I hate it when my friends call up and say – let’s go to so and so dance club. I usually say I’m not in the mood or that I have other plans. The truth is….I CAN’T DANCE….and I know the first thing my friends will say after getting our first round of drinks is…LET’S DANCE.

It seems so easy to everyone – the movements, the motions, everything. It seems like a natural skill like hunting is to a cheetah, something that I was inadvertently not gifted with.

Sometimes when I am in a dance club I ask myself – did all these people go to a dance class or do they practice in front of a mirror or what? I don’t get it.

I wonder how to even go about learning to dance. Do I just pop in to a class and make a fool out of myself? Can I get private instruction at home?

God why is this so stressful…

I would say I was initially interested in learning to ride a motorcycle from those awesome sport bikes you would see in movies and tv. I used to think – how awesome would it be to ride on one of those. I know pretty much anyone could ride one but there was something holding me back. I guess it was fear and embarrassment. I mean, everyone’s scared of being hurt in general and I suppose riding a motorcycle your likelihood of being hurt increases like 10x over a vehicle. The embarrassment part comes from the fact that I’m pretty self-conscious and going into a class to learn how to ride a motorcycle seemed quite intimidating to me.

In the past year for whatever reason, I said screw it. I got over my fear, forked over $350 and as it stands now – I am set to take the MSF class on Aug 22-24. I managed to get a buddy of mine to sign up and take it with me so hopefully having someone I know will help me get over it.

As far as the fear aspect goes – I think its good. It’ll help me face some of my fears and do something I’ve always wanted to do. I may not enjoy it at all but even the idea of being able to accomplish something feels so incredible and awesome that I HAVE to do this.

Now the question is: what bike should I start off with…hmm…I do like those cafe racers but I don’t know if they have any that are suitable for beginner riders.