You wanted it, here it is!
So after many years of thoughtful contemplation, and by getting hooked up by my friend DJ from The Cripsy and Toasty Show. I decided it was time to enroll in Motorcycle Safety school to make a valiant attempt at earning my endorsement.
So with baited breath I stepped into the menacing classroom and prepared to learn. For those of you who truly know me, school bores me, learning in a classroom bores me. Blah Blah Blah illegal turns, blah blah blah right of way, blah blah blah wear a helmet. However I have been blessed with the gift of taking tests very well. So, after fighting to stay awake for 4 hours, and downing 6 cups of coffee I stared at the written portion of the test. 5 minutes later I was done and turning it in to the instructor.
Now I know what your going to say, 5 minutes for 50 questions, you must have failed. WRONG. I aced the test. There were only two students to get 100% scores, and I managed to land one of them.
Whew... that monkey was off my back. Now show me to the bikes, I wanna ride.
Mind you being that its Florida, apparently I decided to take this class at the hottest time of year. I don't know what is going on with the weather here in Central Florida, but it should by NO MEANS be 95 degrees in the middle of May. WTF!!!!
And of course, in lieu of wearing a long sleeve shirt for the driven part, I elected to wear my Harley Davidson leather jacket. Thanks to the wonderful people at Real Radio and The Monsters I won said jacket a few years ago in a contest. No way I would pay close to $500 bucks for a jacket, BUT my motto has always been. "If its free, its for me!!!!"
BIG MISTAKE. I think I lost about 25 pounds in sweat. It was brutal!
Now mind you, it was incredibly hot for the 10 hours of riding instruction, but low and behold, when it came down to taking the actual graded part of the riding test, here comes Mother Nature.
Torrential downpour, thunder, wind. I thought it couldn't get any worse.
HOWEVER........
I passed. Sorry for the huge setup. I know everyone was waiting for a big ending, like I got struck by a bolt of lightening or something.
Not everyone in the class passed. A few people dropped the bikes in the rain, one person wrecked. Instant fail!! Boy does that suck, to make it that far and not pass.
But, minus 13 points for various indiscretions, I passed. WOOP!!!
Now I have the fever. All day today I thought about riding. It didn't help that a co-worker of mine rode his cruiser into work today. I found my mind wandering about being out on the road.
Is this how the proverbial biker thinks? Do they daydream all day of riding? Is this a passing fad for me??
Only time will tell. I need to find a bike of my own, or find someone who doesn't ride or has an extra bike and lets me mooch off them until I can get my own.
Thanks to my friend Aby, who let me take his bike for a spin today. It was just what I needed to clear my head.
I think I found a new hobby!
Thanks again to DJ John for setting me up with the class. Thanks again to Orange Osceola Safety Institute for having great instructors who taught me well enough to pass.
Everyone who's thinking of taking the class themselves, please go check out www.oosi.org.
Let them know you heard about it on The Crispy and Toasty Show and The Experience.
Ride Safe! Hope to see some of you out on the road.
Check out the show every Friday night at 7 PM.....
Roll the credits.... time to surf for bikes on the net.
Bitches....
Tail
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