Road to Motorcycle Bliss part 3

Part 3

So I swallowed my pride and confessed this to him, he didn’t laugh at me or anything he just showed me what to do and explained how all the brakes and clutch worked and everything to look for while riding, we got on and off we went, we went down the road a little ways and it felt great, I will never forget the feeling of giving that little shadow gas and off I went it was great I had found a new happy place sitting on that bike that I knew would be there for awhile.

Well ended up I stopped working at the dealership went to Cali for something and came back ready to get on my new bike and ride. I went to a job fair and met a really nice guy who liked my resume and wanted me to come work for him and help grow his business and spruce up his moral among his employees. So I started a new job as operations manager for a non emergency medical transport company pretty close to my house.

I rode my bike as often as I could and slowly got more and more comfortable on it. I even found a Christian motorcycle club to ride with a couple times which was fun. I wasn’t the only one on a Honda either so that was a good chance for me to talk to others about bikes and things like that.

Only had one sketchy time, I knew we were moving so I listed the truck I was driving and sold it really quickly…..to quick so I had to ride my motorcycle everywhere I wanted to go including work, well when I was riding in the rain across the Tacoma Narrows bridge (which is all metal grate) it got a little swishy and I hit a big puddle at end of bridge, but it turned out ok I didn’t go down or hit anything just woke me up a bit, that night I took a company vehicle home and left bike in garage. Shortly after that I took a new job in Sparks Nevada and off we went to a sunnier warmer climate.

I was excited to get to Reno because there were so many motorcycle riders it was great, the sun was always shinning and I was able to ride so much more then when we were in Washington. We moved in August and I was pleased to find out that in September there was a motorcycle show and event called Street Vibrations, loads of fun that was…..another good story…..

While in Reno I added floorboards for the driver to the front and to the back for the passenger. My Dad and I had rented a Harley and both of use discovered how much more comfortable the floorboards were then the pegs. I added a bigger highway bar, which allowed me to stretch out a bit more on the highway pegs.

The next year when Street Vibrations came around I attended more of the events and got some cool patches for my sweet leather vest, it was a great little hobby. Jaden enjoyed riding with me sometimes and Shanna even went for a couple rides.

I knew that I would soon outgrow this bike. It was a 750cc and had some pep to it but I wasn’t a small guy and I knew a day was coming I would want some power and some highway cruising ability this one wouldn’t provide me.