Tin Foil Soldier

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Calkins road is 2 lanes in each direction, so I was pulling onto it and into the left lane because I had a green turn arrow to turn left onto Calkins.  A lady was on 15A, turning right.  This is fine, she gets the right lane, the [...]

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Winds: ESE
at 7mph
I’m taking every opportunity to ride my motorcycle to work.  This morning I double gloved it because there was frost on all of the grass / windows of the cars.  It wasn’t actually that bad with a pair of normal gloves on top [...]

I am still working on getting back in the groove of things but I am pretty much all better.
Basically this is how it happened:
Tuesday I went to the doctor(20$ co-pay) because my foot hurt and I wanted to make sure I didn’t break it.  She sent me for an x-ray (25$) and told me to [...]

Unfortunately I don’t think today was as much fun as usual at motorcycle class.  It started out fun, but then some of the turns are just ridiculous in what they expect us to do while not looking at the tiny little dots on the ground.  Yes, I am going to look at the ground if [...]

I never got around to posting about it, but day 3 was mostly like day 2 in the learn 2 ride class.  We practiced shifting, stopping, cornering, U-turns, etc.
Day 4 was another classroom session where we reviewed things like swerving, carrying a load / a passenger, cornering, etc.  We also took the 50 question multiple [...]

Today we got to sit on the motorcycles.
After reviewing the different parts on the motorcycles, we mount them:

standing on the left side of the bike, grab the right handlebar
lift your right leg over the bike
straighten it out and upright
raise the side stand

Then we start the bike using FINE-C

Fuel switch - to ON
Ignition - Key to [...]

Beginner
Basic RiderCourse
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic Rider Course BRC is a Beginner / Novice motorcycle rider-training program designed for those with very little or no experience in riding a motorcycle. The program consists of classroom and hands-on motorcycle training. The ability to ride a bicycle is necessary for this program.
Classroom adult learning discussions [...]

GUEST BLOG: Socks - A History at Puntabulous
When I was a kid you could always tell the “have” kids from the “have not” kids by their socks. If their socks stayed up around their calves they were definitely “have” kids. If, on the other hand, their socks slid down around their ankles they were poor, [...]