I was just browsing around Facebook Marketplace, like you do, and came across this gem. A 2021 Suzuki GSXR 250. It was at dealership nearby called Columbia River Motorsports – Hillsboro. Saw that it was just $3000 with 1170 miles on it and I was immediately sold on it being something I can afford right now just to do it. I needed something before everything I learned from the MSF class went stale in my mind. I get that it’s the end of the riding season but I was determined to just get something for now.
So, things to know, I have ridden mopeds a couple times, so it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with riding a motorized bike but I never needed to shift on one of those. 🤣 I have ridden bicycles all over the island of Oahu. To get to work and recreation. I’ve gone from Ewa Beach to Hawaii Kai and then from Hawaii Kai to Sandy’s. So I know about riding.
So here’s some things I still need to get used to doing. Stop putting so much damn weight on my throttle hand. (Time to focus on core muscle strength again. Ughh ab workouts just remind me of Highschool 🤣). As you can see, I hate coming to a complete stop at the stop sign. I’ll stop doing that as soon as I get better at stopping and finding neutral. Got’damn that’s a pain in the ass. Shifting? Up, easy. Down, eh, easy-ish. Neutral? WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU! (op found it finally) Braking, well I have to get used to rear brake usage still.
Anyways, this channel might end up changing to more Motorcycle content as I try to get better at this situation. At some point, maybe I’ll have a new bike to show off too. First though, let’s get better at core skills.
(Thank you for coming to my MotorEd talk)