Life as a biker
All right, the topic may be a little bit exaggerated. I just got my driver’s licence for motorcycles on Thursday, and have to get used to the idea.
I had been thinking for a while about getting the license, by the influence of my girlfriend, Katja. She has had the license as long as we’ve known each others, and has been talking every summer about getting some kind of bike. This summer I decided to get the license so that we can get a bike together for the next summer. The bike is mostly for fun, but also using it for transportation, as we do not own a car.
We’re looking for a street/sport bike of roughly 600cc. The first model I was looking at was the Suzuki GSX, but that idea got scrapped as it wasn’t really of Katja’s liking. Now I’ve been eyeing at Kawasaki er6-f, and it seems to be a good choice for us. Nothing is decided yet however, and we’re still looking at other possibilities. Requirements is about that it should be somewhat a sport model, used - 2-4 years old model, around 5000€. I am open to suggestions!
The original plan was to buy the bike this fall, but that probably won’t happen. Getting the driver’s license did not go as smooth as planned, and I lost a little interest into looking into the gear for that reason. It was really at the last possible moments that I got the license as it was already sub-zero temperature on my last exam, on Thursday. By failing it I would have probably had to wait for the next spring to continue. Now that I got through it, my interest is back up a little. I guess we’ll get the bike in the spring. I should get the other gear as soon as possible, as they should be much cheaper now on the fall. Only the clothes and gear I’ll need will cost around 1000€. Therefore it would be nice to get some warehouse emptying rebate this fall.
I should head to the stores in the coming days and see what they have to offer. Too bad that I don’t know many places in Turku to get the equipment, but I guess I’ll come up with something.
