Just wanted to thank everyone for their wisdom & counsel as I've worked towards which bike to get.

I just finished today my 3 day MSF riding course & got my Motorcycle license at Road Atlanta. It was a pretty intense school. 10 hours a day. LOTS of riding. The road test was very complete. We had to do 4 major items for the testing as a class.

1. Figure 8 in a tight box.
2. Emergency stops.
3. Obstacle avoidance
4. 90 degree & 135 degree turns

Me & one other guy both scored 100% on both the road test & the written exam!! Both of us are in our mid 40s, so we felt pretty good beating the scores of the "young bucks" out there!!![:'(] During the class, one of the young studs out on the range came up to me & said, "Dude, you been doing lots of riding haven't you?" I said, "Yeah, over 30 years ago I raced some pretty serious motorcross." He just sorta looked.......

So today, I drove home in the Corvette & changed into my pickup truck & headed to the Honda dealer -- Southern PowerSport Honda in Chattanooga. There, I purchased a 2006 Honda CBR 600RR -- and I bought the FAST COLOR ~~ RED/BLACK!!!!

Brought her home in the truck & what a view!! Looking back through the glass & seeing that gorgeous sexy shape of an RR right behind me. Got all sorts of looks & admiring glances from the motorists passing by all the way home.

Off loaded her with a neighbor's help, then fired her up for the first time!! Put on my gear & have already put about 10 miles on her tonight!!! What a TOTALLY AWESOME MACHINE!!!!! It's just amazing how balanced & adequate this bike is!!

I can only say this in closing...BEST lookin bike I ever rode!!!!!!!!!!!

 

lol... sounds like you're on cloud 9! CONGRATS on the purchase & we're expecting pics to be posted shortly...

 

congrats! i've heard so much good lately about southern powersports that i'm considering giving them a call. great prices that they advertise and all. and a big thumbs up for the perfect scores in the class. i got a 100% on my writing test, but got 4 points on my riding exam (scoring might be different elsewhere but zero is perfect and anything up to 21 is passing.) i crossed a line on the figure 8 box (1 point) and my time in the 2 turn course was 3/10's of a second below what was expected. a point for every 1/10 second. so congrats and enjoy that beautiful new beast!

 

congrats-----i know the feeling. it's like a new born in the family.. show some pics.

 

LETS GO RIDE!!! end of may deals gap get ready ..... then maybe a trip to Fl mid summer who knows

 

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here are some fresh pics...wanted to get one of her coming in on the truck, but I needed to beat sundown to get it off for a quick ride.

Drats!!! I've tried to upload pics, but all the files are too big it says. Most are running 350 - 385 & the limit is 250.

Any suggestions?

And THANKS for the congrats!!! Waited a long time for this.

 

Did some cropping...trying again:

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One last shot....

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