Motorcycle Leathers Blog

I am 16 and I really like mechanics. I don’t have a lot of prior knowledge but I would really enjoy build my own motorcycle while i’m still in high school. Does anyone have suggestions for a motorcycle that would be reliable and easy to maintain?

if you are asking about building a motorcycle from scratch that is not going to happen. you do not have the skill,tools or the money to do that. if you want to try rebuilding a broken down bike go for it but because you say that you have no real knowledge of mechanics do not expect a Miracle.

I am 20 years old and I have a regular drivers license, live in Chicago. I just want to know what I need to do in order to get my motorcycle permit and then a motorcycle license.

Exact same procedure as a regular drivers license.
Go to DMV – fill out application – take the written test – take the road test.
Some states will waive the road test if you take a certified rider course.

http://www.msf-usa.org/

Search for a course near you and ask for information.

My boyfriend lost the key to his motorcycle and he didn’t have the spare key so we had to call a locksmith to make the motorcycle key. It was really late and we had problems so the locksmith said he would come tomorrow. "Tomorrow" was when my bf had to go out of town for a few days so basically the motorcycle was left in the garage for several days.

Do you think it might be towed, fined, or anything like that??? The parking garage is FREE for motorcycles.

I don’t think it’s a matter of being towed, I’d worry more about it being stolen.

I have my motorcycle permit and have rode around 600 miles and now I want to get the regular motorcycle license and was wondering what exactly you have to do for the test?

You should check out the requirements on the DMV site and read the pdf manual there.

I was wondering if I actually need to own a motorcycle to obtain my motorcycle license? I’m planning on getting my motorcycle later on. If so, how long until the license expires?

You will need to borrow one to take the riding part of the exam, you dont need to own it of course.

I’ve been hooking up with a boy for about 4 months. we sleep in each others rooms often, watch movies, go to dinner, go on motorcycle rides along the beach, and lost our virginities to each other. we talk and hang out almost every day and only hook up some of the time. School is about to end and we live about 30 minutes apart, i’m wondering if he would want to see me more over summer vacation.

Presumably he will want to continue to spend time with you. But this question should be posed to him.

I am wondering if motorcycle dealerships work like car dealerships. I’ve never owned or bought a new motorcycle. I am thinking of getting one and my girlfriend may buy a scooter as well. So, I wonder if people usually negotiate the prices on these when they buy new. Thanks!

Absolutely.

The tactic I always use is to rid yourself of all sales people when you get into the store (if they ask if they can help you as you walk in, tell them you are just browsing). Take your time, walk around, look at all the different bikes (even if you have one in particular you are interested in). After a couple of minutes, ask a sales person about the bike you are intereted in. Let them describe it, ask them for total cost (delivery, taxes ect). Ask them if it’s the best that they can do. If they don’t cut you a decent amount off the top of the price, don’t be afraid to walk out (plenty of dealers, and you can go back in a few days, getting another sales person can make a big difference).

Once you’ve got them to drop down to a better price, ask for some add ons you might like (pair of gloves, a helmet, different seat or saddle bags). After settling on a price, they won’t want to loose you.

Demand a better price if you are intending on buying a scooter at the same place, make them pay for your business. Remember, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, they all have bikes and scooters, shop at each, get prices, don’t be afraid to pit one against the other ("I like this Yamaha bike, but the Suzuki I’m looking at is $500 cheaper…")

my dad has a newish girlfriend that welli really dont like. sometimes i like her but not when she’s around my dad. she’s actually really cool when they’re not together. but i can’t stand either of them when they are because literally all they do is make out..all the time! they run off when were out in public to hide from us to make out. i want my dad to be happy but he’s obsessed, everything we do he invites her, even to go grocery shopping he tells her to go and then when they run into each other they put on a fake little act that they had no clue each other was going grocery shopping. also one time when he got home from work he was like "guess what!!!" and i asked what and he said "tracy finally got her e-mail set up!"…? wow like i really care, it’s not like i’m going to e-mail her… me and my dad used to be really close because he’s changed a lot since he started dating her. he never has time for me and he’s gotten really mean lately, especially when they’re together, he threatened to smack me one night because me and tracy were talking during one of his shows, he didn’t get mad at her for talking but he threatened to hit me which he has NEVER done. one time me and him were supposed to go out and do dinner and a movie just me and him and we were gonna take the motorcycle because that was always our thing, riding on the motorcycle but then at last minute tracy pulls up and i was third freakin wheel the whole time, which was gayy. but this morning my sister told me that last night my dad told her he plans on proposing to tracy on vacation which is in 28 days he doesn’t even plan on telling me. he told her he’s not saying anything to anyone else until vacation. i dont want them to get married but i know there’s nothing i can do but it really sucks because now we’ll probably move because what engaged couple doensn’t live together? and it will probably be where she wants
ughh. i hate this..
how do i cope with it?

I don’t know your age, but for sure you’re not going to be living with your dad your whole life. At some point you’re going to find your special "someone", fall in love & you’ll be the one moving. No, it’s not going to be tomorrow, but just think of it that you’re not going to be around your dad forever. But doesn’t he too deserve some happiness in his life? I know there’s friction between you & her at times, but in a way you could be happy your dad at least is not going to be left alone. Just try your best, honey, to remember it’s not "forever" & that one of these days you’ll be on your own. He no doubt knows how the two of you get along together & that’s the reason he’s not saying anything before he gets engaged. He just doesn’t want to hear it before he asks her so he’s keeping it quiet. Evidently your sister isn’t having the "problems" you are with her, that’s why he told her. By all rites he shouldn’t have honestly told her & not you too, but I’m sure you know the reason for it regardless. I hope things straighten out for all of you & you can all get along a lot happier.^

read the story and answer the question
I was twelve when I really started learning about time. I spent a week during my summer vacation building a bench with an older boy named Tony. The bench now sits near the train station in my hometown. Whenever I return, I drive to the station to watch weary commuters collared by time sit on the bench and observe life passing by.
Tony was my grandparents’ neighbor. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I was more interested in spending time with Tony than in spending time with my grandparents. Tony had a real talent for woodworking, and he had a set of tools that looked ancient yet perfectly at home in his young hands.
The bench we built was made entirely from an old moss-covered walnut log we found behind Tony’s woodshed. We spent the last three days of my vacation scrambling to complete the bench. Countless times I told Tony and my grandfather, who would pop in to check our progress, that we didn’t have to finish right away. But my grandfather would have none of that. He grew up in an era in which time and resources were precious and counted in lives and lost opportunities, not in days, hours, or minutes. In this respect, Tony and my grandfather were alike. Tony seemed wise beyond his years, as if he held answers and secrets deep within him.
We had no plans, no pictures to go by. Tony envisioned the bench and then went to work.
“Let’s mill the log into planks, Jess,” Tony commanded. “We’ll rip the boards to width and cut them to length.”
I learned a new language and how to see the uniqueness within common objects.
We planed planks into smooth rails and elegant slats. We cut joints that were tight and strong. I like to think now that Tony and I were joined that week, not only by the common goal of finishing the bench, but also by something much stronger than any joint cut with a saw or chisel.
Parched and tired, we took periodic breaks.
“Jess, go fetch a couple pops from da ‘frigerator,” Tony would bark.
We’d sip the cold, fizzy liquid and yell like kids at neighbors and passing cars. Occasionally the summer air was punctuated by roaring motorcycles.
“Whooooo, boy, Jess” he’d yell at me. “That’s the motorsickle fer me.”
We finished the bench and it sat in my grandparents’ garage for some time. They eventually donated it to the town. Tony, I learned, had joined the army. Only recently did I learn why he never returned to claim the bench.
Today, I tell my son about Tony and how we built the bench. I show him Tony’s tools, which I now have, with handles worn dark and hard from the hands of a boy who ran out of time. And together we search old woodsheds for another moss-covered black walnut log with a secret buried within.

6. What does the narrator mean when he says the commuters are "collared by time"? (1 point)
They have many trains to ride.
They have no sense of time.
They have schedules they must keep to.
The have missed the last train home.

They have schedules they must keep to

– they’re like dogs on leashes, missing life because they spend all their life as slaves to their work schedules.

I’m looking into buying a motorcycle. But I do not have my motorcycle endorcement yet.
I would like to insure the motorcycle before i have my endorcement. Is there a way i can do that?

autoinsurance.bebto.com – try this one. I have their car insurance and, as I know, they can provide such a service.