Howdy, I'm Travis. I'm 20 and a technical support guy at my college. Been going through a rough patch of life lately and one day sat down and thought about it, and determined that I've been living scared. And even though my parents'll kill me if/when I get a rebel, I'm determined to do it. I'm also enrolled in a class this semester that'll have me rappelling off of a 7 story parking garage.
Now, please don't think that I'm some young blood wannabe who'll go out and instantly kill himself as soon as he gets a bike. I don't intend to ride without the course, and I will always, no matter how much of a PITA it might be at the time, wear proper gear. The works too: Full face helmet, gauntlet gloves, whole nine yards, no need to worry about the heat when I've got the wind to carry that away from me.
What got me interested in wanting to buy one of these when I can afford it? I'd say it's a combination of things: Part of me wants to exercise my alter-ego, take that toughened, risky biker image and re-invent myself as a completely non-stereotypical biker. Which, there's a thing that pisses me off, most people think of bikers, they think of troublemakers or hardassed jerks, but all ya'll seem friendly to me. Up to us I guess to show the world that not all of us are like that. Heh, look at me talking like I'm a biker and I don't even own one yet...
I intend to help with that effort of showing the world that bikers aren't necessarily evil, despite what movies and TV portray them as at times, because as I look at all these helmet cams of people on their rebels and vulcans, It really just seems like it's about living your life to the fullest, getting the wind in your hair and the rush of exposing yourself to the elements.
I want that.
Plus, it's cheap, both on insurance (Skel3tor1's page says that he's 23 and only pays 190 a year for insurance, whereas i'm paying 500 every 6 months for a 97 chevy cavalier at the moment,) and on gas (80 miles a gallon with prices going back up as the economy slowly tries to improve, is very appealing).
The rebel, so I've heard, is a great starter bike. For weekends where I'd need to commute between college and home at interstate speeds, it can make it, for around town, it's a great bike too. (For those wondering about the interstate route, it's a 72 mile shot up a not-too densely driven parkway, 70MPH limit, wouldn't drive the rebel on it until I knew what I was doing)
Feels like I already own one of these on the inside, it's just not out in a parking space at my apartment complex yet.
I'm going to stop rambling now. Hello to all of you, brothers and sisters.
Now, please don't think that I'm some young blood wannabe who'll go out and instantly kill himself as soon as he gets a bike. I don't intend to ride without the course, and I will always, no matter how much of a PITA it might be at the time, wear proper gear. The works too: Full face helmet, gauntlet gloves, whole nine yards, no need to worry about the heat when I've got the wind to carry that away from me.
What got me interested in wanting to buy one of these when I can afford it? I'd say it's a combination of things: Part of me wants to exercise my alter-ego, take that toughened, risky biker image and re-invent myself as a completely non-stereotypical biker. Which, there's a thing that pisses me off, most people think of bikers, they think of troublemakers or hardassed jerks, but all ya'll seem friendly to me. Up to us I guess to show the world that not all of us are like that. Heh, look at me talking like I'm a biker and I don't even own one yet...
I intend to help with that effort of showing the world that bikers aren't necessarily evil, despite what movies and TV portray them as at times, because as I look at all these helmet cams of people on their rebels and vulcans, It really just seems like it's about living your life to the fullest, getting the wind in your hair and the rush of exposing yourself to the elements.
I want that.
Plus, it's cheap, both on insurance (Skel3tor1's page says that he's 23 and only pays 190 a year for insurance, whereas i'm paying 500 every 6 months for a 97 chevy cavalier at the moment,) and on gas (80 miles a gallon with prices going back up as the economy slowly tries to improve, is very appealing).
The rebel, so I've heard, is a great starter bike. For weekends where I'd need to commute between college and home at interstate speeds, it can make it, for around town, it's a great bike too. (For those wondering about the interstate route, it's a 72 mile shot up a not-too densely driven parkway, 70MPH limit, wouldn't drive the rebel on it until I knew what I was doing)
Feels like I already own one of these on the inside, it's just not out in a parking space at my apartment complex yet.
I'm going to stop rambling now. Hello to all of you, brothers and sisters.