Finally!

[RJ East]

Early forties, finally got myself sorted out.

Licenced last fall and landed a 300cc naked bike. Did some emergency maneuver practice in an empty parking lot in East York yesterday. Can't believe I waited so long to do this. What a blast.

 

[bigpoppa]

Naked bikes are superior, welcome and congrats

 

[Evoex]

Welcome!

 

[Jampy00]

Welcome to GTAM, ride safe and post often.

 

[voyageur]

Congrats, welcome to the forum! Ride safe.

 

[AllistonGT]

Big welcome!

 

[sburns]

I was you a few years ago. Don't know why I waited so long, but it's been a blast since! Enjoy but be safe!

 

[POWERMAN]

Welcome RJ!

Remember - all the gear, all the time!
Unlike in our 20s, some of us tend to lose our superhuman healing abilities as we age...lol

Stay safe out there and enjoy the ride.

 

[RJ East]

Thanks for the welcomes - ya I'm definitely on board with wearing all the gear. It's robs a bit of spontaneity from a ride, but I can't imagine doing it any other way. I've wiped out on bicycles before and that's bad enough!

 

[01rc51]

Welcome to the group


Ride safe.

 

[oioioi]

Welcome .

Ride safe.

Glad to see the forum gaining new members.

 

[MacDoc]

Welcome
...I'm a 300cc rider from Cairns Australia.
What did you get?

 

[RJ East]

Hi MacDoc - I got a Honda CB300R. Aside from the M2 course, this is the only bike I've ever ridden so I cant compare it to anything else. I will say that it feels bananas fast to me. I was in Cairns a while back. I got some extended family in Melbourne. What are you riding over there?

 

[bigpoppa]

Hi MacDoc - I got a Honda CB300R. Aside from the M2 course, this is the only bike I've ever ridden so I cant compare it to anything else. I will say that it feels bananas fast to me. I was in Cairns a while back. I got some extended family in Melbourne. What are you riding over there?

lightweight, plenty of usable grunt, fun bike!

 

[MacDoc]

Small world ...
CB300F last in a string of bikes stretching back to the surpringly similar 305 SuperHawk from the 60s.

If you get back to Cairns happy to work out a ride for you. Buddy will loan me something and you can tackle the Gillies on mine


Get your CB300R down to Pennsylvania and ride PA44/144
..5-6 hours and you are in riding heaven.
Enjoy...

 

[RJ East]

Gonna have to hone my skills before I hit something like that. Looks amazing though! Thanks for the Pennsylvania tip. For now my adventures are going to be a little closer to home - Booting around the city and likely Prince Edward County a bit later in the season. I've heard around Creemore is good too.

 

[timtune]

Thanks for the Pennsylvania tip.

There's an old joke that the best motorcycle roads in Ontario are found in Pennsylvania.

 

[RJ East]

Ha excellent. Golden inside info. I've not heard of this.

 

[AllistonGT]

There's an old joke that the best motorcycle roads in Ontario are found in Pennsylvania.

No joke!

 

[PrivatePilot]

Welcome!

The worst part about riding in Pennsylvania....is coming home and realizing our only good roads are still in Pennsylvania.

Tennessee and vicinity isn't too shabby either. Some areas of NY not too terrible either.

Either way, our roads are only "good" with few exceptions if you compare against a boring as hell place like Florida.