Rider's Edge
August 26, 2007
My friend Jimmy and I went through the Rider's Edge course this weekend. It's a course, referred to as the Harley-Davidson Academy of Motocycling, that teaches you to ride (if you're new) and fine tune your riding skills so that you can be a safe bike rider.
At the beginning, most of the skills we were learning were a bit elementary, but we graduated up to more difficult maneuvers. Each exercise would build good fundamentals, and build on top of each other as we progressed throughout the day. We also learned some good practices and techniques to be safe, evaluate, and develop strategies to help prevent accidents.
We had a lot of fun and we got to ride bikes. So, it was pretty awesome. Plus, we can go hook up our motorcycle endorsement without having to do the riding test at the DMV! If you're thinking about getting a bike, or you have a bike and you haven't taken a course like this, I would recommend it. Our instructors we awesome, and really freakin' good riders. They have a lot to offer to any level of rider.
We rode the Buell Blasts. They were fun to learn on. A bit small and not as neat as the other bikes Buell has to offer. I'm definitely looking forward to buying a bike someday...not anytime soon...but maybe in the next year. I'm going to get a used bike for sure, but I hope I can find a Ducati Monster, Buell Lightning or Firebolt, Triumph, or Yamaha R6. I know they're all pretty different, but I dunno what I like the most yet. We'll see what I can find. I wonder how much an old Ducati RS996 costs?!
- Rider's Edge
- August 26, 2007
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