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Just wanted to share my recent experience.
So I guess I got a midlife crisis going on or something. I decided to buy my first motorcycle, a Yamaha XVS650 (not operational) to learn how to fix and ride a motorcycle. Call it a bucket list item. Anyway, I fixed the bike and got it running and took it out for its first maiden voyage, down the street and back. I have never been on a bike before so was a little terrified, didnt want the wife to see but she specifically came out in the cold to see me break my neck the first time. I got down the road and around a bend out of view, roughly 400m, and a car was coming from behind and in front of me. I got cautious, not scared but i was aware of my inexperience, how crazy the other drivers in my area are, and how far away from the house I was. I decided to slow down pull off into a dirt path and turn around. Just as I pulled off to the side going about 5mph i hit a patch of wet dirt and without any chance to correct the wheels slid sideways and the bike tipped and fell into the grass. I was able to dismount on my feet and lifted the bike right away but how embarrasing!! When the drivers didnt even flintch at my dumbass and drove away i jumped back on and drove home. The wife was there waiting for me, I didnt have the pride left to tell her i dumped it, or the guts to tell her how dangerous this could be. She didnt notice, but I spent 10 minutes with the shop vacumm in the garage sucking all the dirt and grass out of the right side of the bike.
So I guess I got a midlife crisis going on or something. I decided to buy my first motorcycle, a Yamaha XVS650 (not operational) to learn how to fix and ride a motorcycle. Call it a bucket list item. Anyway, I fixed the bike and got it running and took it out for its first maiden voyage, down the street and back. I have never been on a bike before so was a little terrified, didnt want the wife to see but she specifically came out in the cold to see me break my neck the first time. I got down the road and around a bend out of view, roughly 400m, and a car was coming from behind and in front of me. I got cautious, not scared but i was aware of my inexperience, how crazy the other drivers in my area are, and how far away from the house I was. I decided to slow down pull off into a dirt path and turn around. Just as I pulled off to the side going about 5mph i hit a patch of wet dirt and without any chance to correct the wheels slid sideways and the bike tipped and fell into the grass. I was able to dismount on my feet and lifted the bike right away but how embarrasing!! When the drivers didnt even flintch at my dumbass and drove away i jumped back on and drove home. The wife was there waiting for me, I didnt have the pride left to tell her i dumped it, or the guts to tell her how dangerous this could be. She didnt notice, but I spent 10 minutes with the shop vacumm in the garage sucking all the dirt and grass out of the right side of the bike.
