So i just got my first bike. '83 interceptor 750, and now i need to learn how to ride it. Ive just been riding local back roads around town to try and stay away from heavy traffic as much as possible till i can get my skill level alot higher. While it's a blast the length of the rides are fairly short nothing longer than 15 minutes really.
I thought taking 224 out past estacada would be a fairly decent day trip to work on my cornering skills. Does anyone know of a decent day ride with really good pavement? I have ridden a motorcycle for exactly 15 miles now, so that gives some idea of my skill level.
Or if anyone would want to go for a ride and doesn't mind taking it easy the first couple of trips for my pansy a$$.
Congrats on the ride. Now get the to team oregon mc training. Best 75 bucks you can spend.
http://teamoregon.orst.edu
Or if anyone would want to go for a ride and doesn't mind taking it easy the first couple of trips for my pansy a$$.
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Hello....I'm here in Albany, south of Salem 20 miles. I'm allways lookin for an excuse to" GET GONE" There are tons of great twisty roads round here but might be a little intense takeing I-5 down this way,for a first time rider. One great day trip is taking higway 30 north along the river to Astoria...then south on 101 till cannon beach jct. then east on 26 back to Portland. bring a camera! Just take any road to the coast...or pm me and we'll plan a ride :D
Go out to Astoria, take the coast hwy to aberdeen, cut over through shelton and head to bremerton. go across the hood canal bridge and go out to port angeles. from there, get on hwy 112 out to neah bay, and enjoy.
Its pure bliss on pavement. :beer:
ps. while in port angeles stop at port angeles power quipment and ask for bill. he'll give you road conditions. tell him jay up in alaksa sent you.
Another couple of ideas....when I first started riding I took Skyline out to Germantown and around HWY 30 towards the coast. Some other ideas are taking Roy Rogers / backroads around Washington County. Nice easy curves and good scenery.
I too say you should take the Team Oregon class if you have not done so. Very good and it will help out on the insurance. At some point you will have to get used to riding in the Portland area traffic. I suggest staying away from rush hours and the heavily travelled main areas. Once you have some confidence up, there will be no where you will not be able to go.
Good luck!
wow i didn't expect such a response so fast. I will definitly sign up for the team oregon course. And thanks for so many trip ideas. I will definatly give them a go.
-- on a side note i take my skills test in a few days. do you have any pointers you can share? i know it's wrong of me to ride without my license but i gotta learn before the test, and i got more insurance than you can shake a stick at till then.
Good Luck on your skills test. Keep loose with your hands. Don't death grip the bars cua you'll get tired and will have a hard time turning. When you turn the bike at slow speeds get up on the balls of your feei in the pegs. Look where you want to go. Stay off the front brakes when going slow, like parking lot speeds. You don't want the bike pitching forward. Use your rear brake to stablized the bike going slow. Slow riding is the hardest thing you'll have to do in a Skills test.
Hope this helps... once again, good luck.
Bert