I've never been to Laconia so this will be a first for me. I've been to Daytona and Myrtle Beach many times on sportbikes and never had an issue.
For Laconia I'll be riding whatever Rick tosses me the keys too...he's pretty generous that way.
That's how he got me riding again...we went to visit last May and I knew he had bikes but wasn't really sure what to expect since I was meeting him for the first time. He knew I had owned several bikes and had several years of riding experience and wasn't a noob...just hadn't ridden in a few years.
My accident was due to a guy in a car slamming into me "that didn't see me" while I was going the speedlimit on a perfectly clear day. He shot out from behind a truck while in a lane of traffic coming toward me to make a last minute turn.
Ok back to the story...
Ricks first comment after the initial handshake and "how ya doing...nice to meet ya" was "You want to go for a ride ? Which do you prefer, a cruiser or sportbike ? " I said "either but I lean toward sportbikes." He said "Ducati 999R or Turbo Hayabusa?" Well I haven't ridden either but both made me
and I thought
...well the Duc will probably be easier since it's smaller and handles better and we were in the mountains so we took off on them...what a freakin' blast and it didn't take long before I got the fever again.
After taking a break we switched bikes and after riding the Busa for awhile it was easier to ride than I had expected so I took a couple of quick 130 mph blast...it wasn't even beginning to breath hard yet so I slowed back down like I had some sense. I'm a speed junkie and knew I better get off of that thing.
The blast on the Busa were on straightaways...4 lanes and no cars anywhere. One great thing about NH and Vermont is the traffic is NOTHING like where I live in NC which was a good thing.
The wife has been wanting a bike and due to my accident we had put off her getting a bike.
Well we got back home to NC talked...thought about it...talked some more and then I started making phone calls and taking her to dealerships to check out bikes and bought the R1 and R6 and it has been a blast. She had already taken the MSF course a few years back but took it again...passed...got her motorcycle license and the rest is history.
