Re: I want to ride Was: Shop Etiquette for Rank Newbies

On May 30, 3:38�pm, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com>
wrote:

What's to keep me from just going to the dealer, buying the bike, having
them put a plate on it and just riding away? �Assuming I can do it without
being too obvious? �Like I mentioned before, I live about three miles from the > dealer. �I can operate a clutch, at least on a car.

I did that with my first motorcycle and I almost died the first time I
let the clutch out and got confused as to which way the throttle grip
needed to
be turned to slow down.

I didn't know anything about the transition from direct steer (turn
the bars right to go right) to counter-steering (turn the bars right
to go left) which occurs at above 5 to 7 mph, either.

I jumped off the motorcycle when I thought it was going to hit a
parked car on the opposite side of the highway, and I wound up in the
ditch behind my motorcycle...
.

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