Motorcycles, Chess, and Life
The family of Viragos in this household has expanded by 100%. The
new addition to the family is the tiny, cute, and shiny-new xv250 which belongs to my fiancee. She took the ABATE motorcycle safety/license exam course last weekend and couldn't wait to get herself an actual bike to ride.
This 250 is a surprising little bike though. I rode it home from the dealership so that its owner could get comfortable with it at her leisure and not have to ride her first street traffic on Colfax on a Saturday afternoon, and while I looked ridiculous on it, I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of power it had for such a small bike. I had to jam my boot between the left peg and the shifter to upshift, because this is not a bike made for people my size, which made changing shifting direction at speed a challenging experience. I'm also used to a bike which weighs more than twice that of this tiny cruiser, so I was somewhat alarmed at how easy it was to throw the bike around, even at speed. That all said, it's the perfect size for her, and its surprisingly powerful V-Twin engine will ensure she doesn't outgrow this "starter" bike for a long time to come.
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