What!?! A Motorcycle!?! Are you crazy!?! You're
going to kill yourself!!!
Yes, that's the typical reaction I receive when I announce my intentions
to family and friends. Including my husband. But you know, sometimes a girls' gotta do what a girls' gotta do and this girl
is getting a bike.
WHY!?! What possesed you to want to get a bike???
Good question. I'm not quite sure when it happened, but I got bit
by the bug. Probably happened when I got on the back of my brothers bike and we went for a little ride. I started thinking,
I can do this. This would be fun. So I looked into it, researching sites, talking to people, looking into different bikes.
I started out wanting a Harley Sportster but soon came to the conclusion that that would not be a good place to start. I needed
to start small. That's when I found the Honda Rebel. Cute little bike, lightweight, easy to handle. Everyone said it's a great
starter bike and you can't go wrong with a Honda. Then I came across a relatively unknown bike called the VENOX made by Kymco.
The what made by who?? Like I said it's not very well know, at least not here in the U.S.
Not Yet. But before I made a decison on a bike I needed to take the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) course. GREAT
COURSE. I highly recommend it to anyone starting out or getting back into riding if it's been a while. I went from a complete
novice that didn't even know where the clutch was, to riding a bike pretty comfortably. I'm not saying I'm a pro. Far from
it, I don't think I'm even ready to attempt this in traffic. However, I can shift, turn, stop, etc. But beyond that, taking
the course made me very aware of what's going on around me. I even drive my car differently.
I have to brag a little, I did really well and passed with flying
colors. I took the course on the Honda Rebel and was happy I got that bike. I realized after 8 hours on the bike that it was
not the right bike for me. Once I passed the course they let me take a ride on the Venox. What a bike! It felt soooo good!
I was going around the track, swerving through the cones and I was in heaven. It was very liberating... very empowering....
I was sold. I was definately getting a bike, the Venox, and nothing was stopping me now.
