The bottom paragraph especially. It’s a terrible idea honestly. It’s better to learn how the bike should run, and what to watch for, before you need to actually watch for it and wrestle with it.

This is kind of screaming Honda CRF300LS. Low seat, it’s super easy to ride, great learners bike. Throw a set of wrap around handguards on there when you buy it, and you can drop it all day without really much consequence. They aren’t all that expensive, and pretty low maintenance. Dual sports make great learning bikes too, they are super approachable, let you make all the mistakes with lower consequences, and you can literally take that bike just about anywhere. It’ll do 55mph no prob, I’m pretty sure you can get those things going 70-80mph. They ain’t built for highway comfort, but they make a great around town bike. You can even get a little rack for the back.

Take a course, it’s invaluable, especially when you are learning. Otherwise you’ll spend the first year struggling.

They are so cool. I just about bought that red and white one a few years ago, it reminded me of my Dad’s old early 80s Seca a little bit, just had that kind of retro look to it. In hindsight I shoulda just bought the damn thing.

Those damn mountain rains that come out of nowhere. That looks like a great ride!!

I’m pretty lucky for sure. Between this and the mountain bike, I definitely have a lot of mountains in my life.

Thank you. I’m blessed to live in a beautiful place.

I was in the same boat as you, for a very very long time. There’s always some excuse or some obstacle. It’s almost better that way, because you’ll appreciate it more when you get yours, trust me on that.

Yeah it’s kind of a cool feeling when you get some flow right?

I really like those KLX’s especially the newest ones. I was considering a KLX300 or the new CRF300L for the longest time, but ended up with this. It’'s a '24 Husqvarna FE350s, it’s pendulum is swung harder towards the off-road, but it’s still a fun little ripper on the road too, as long as you minimize the higher speed freeways as much as possible. If it’s more than an hour away, it goes on the trailer.

Was a killer weekend temperature wise here in Southern Alberta, perfect temps and the smoke levels are manageable. Ride was in the Ghost PLUZ, which is on the eastern border of Banff National Park