Art Projects

Showing posts with label Motorcycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorcycle. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

My Motorcycle Days

My motorcycle days began in the summer of 1988 when my brother taught me how to ride.  I didn't have a motorcycle of my own but I rode one of his, and we rode together frequently.  I loved it!
Ready for a road trip!


Here's my Honda Magna, V30 !  Isn't she a beauty! The whole bike is bone stock, and in cherry condition.  It has a 500cc engine, which makes it the smallest of the Magna series, but it is perfect for a smaller rider, and what it lacks in torque, a rider can make up in skill, and I counted on that factor when riding with bigger, faster bikes.  Also,  I frequently rode with other lady riders, who invariable had big, bad Harleys,  but tended to be a bit more tentative riders and their big ol' bikes didn't have the maneuverability that mine did. It is important not to have too much bike; the rider and bike need to have a perfect balance of skill, size of rider and motorcycle performance, and I and my Honda did!  I had many a fast, swoopy ride on this little bike. I rode it to do errands, rode it to college, rode it to destress, and rode it for the best times I have had in my life!  I am sick that this part of my life is behind me.

Alas, the time came for me and my husband , Lance to sell all our possession, he sole his bike too, and get ready for our Ecuador Adventure...so someone else gets to love my motorcycle, dammit!.  I sold it to a young fellow in Richland, who got himself a fabulous, cream puff bike!