Howdy all. I've been lurking around here and HSN for over a year now. Figured I better register before someone else uses my nickname.
My ride: I "stole" a nearly brand new 2002 GS500 (in October 2002) from a guy in Mississippi. The bike was too good a deal to pass up and seemed like a good intermediate bike before stepping up to something in the 650 - 800 cc range sometime in the future.
I grew up riding dirt bikes, got my first one when I was 5, topped out with a Yamaha Mini Enduro 60 in my early teens riding (mostly) on dirt tracks but with some (illegal) street riding. The GS500 is my first motorcycle in the last fifteen years, and my first legal street riding.
I enjoy "touring" and group rides. Finding time and endurance to tour on a buzzy 500 keeps my trips short. I attended and managed to barely keep up with last years HSN Coast Ride. I'm looking forward to making one of Scott's beginner rides in the future. It's not so much that I'm a beginner (yes, I have a lot to learn) but the combination of bike and "payload" do not allow me to keep up with some of the more "sporty" group rides.
Hopefully a bigger bike will fall into my lap someday soon.
My ride: I "stole" a nearly brand new 2002 GS500 (in October 2002) from a guy in Mississippi. The bike was too good a deal to pass up and seemed like a good intermediate bike before stepping up to something in the 650 - 800 cc range sometime in the future.
I grew up riding dirt bikes, got my first one when I was 5, topped out with a Yamaha Mini Enduro 60 in my early teens riding (mostly) on dirt tracks but with some (illegal) street riding. The GS500 is my first motorcycle in the last fifteen years, and my first legal street riding.
I enjoy "touring" and group rides. Finding time and endurance to tour on a buzzy 500 keeps my trips short. I attended and managed to barely keep up with last years HSN Coast Ride. I'm looking forward to making one of Scott's beginner rides in the future. It's not so much that I'm a beginner (yes, I have a lot to learn) but the combination of bike and "payload" do not allow me to keep up with some of the more "sporty" group rides.
Hopefully a bigger bike will fall into my lap someday soon.
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