That is a move up for riding. The 300 will get you into motorcycles to see if you like them and want to ride motorcycles. Hopefully you get to do it for fun and not transportation to work. You need time to get acquainted.
Have you taken or plan to take any motorcycle riding courses? Well worth the time. Just like on a bicycle, cars are your biggest problem for safety.
if you can find a big empty parking lot nearby for practicing would be good too if no gravel.
Welcome aboard. Best of luck getting up to speed. There are many other new riders that came here just after getting their Rebel/
Hi Amanda, I'm a new motorcycle rider, and am in Long Beach. Not sure if I'll ever get on the freeway though! I wish PCH went all the way thru from here to SD.
Wendy, I once rode from Bellflower to San Diego one back in the early 80s with out getting on a freeway ( just to see if I could do it ) sorta remember ti took just about all day . So break out your maps and check out if it can still be done today.
I took the class by Twysted Throttle at Biggs in San Marcos and the lab time was in Carlsbad.
I'm riding every other day, just working on building muscle memory and getting practice.
I'm still shocked at how much impact the wind has at higher speeds. I see youtubes and reports of very high speeds with the 300, but it seems like 60 is probably her max for a long ride. And right now, I am fine with that.
What Amanda said. My relocation is that I had to go over the Ortega Hwy at San Juan Capistrano, picked up Us 395 and then worked my way to Oceanside via Fallbrook/ Escondido.The route isn't entirely clear to me now but i'm sure you can pick a route .
Ortega Highway over the hill to the 15 is essentially a freeway at this point...and it's a moderate Twisty(TM) full of commuters. If I was on a 300 I'd do the Coast Road as far as I could go and then pop through Camp Pendleton where the bicyclists go and stay in the slow lane for that stretch.
But to be fair, the 395 in north county San Diego is a nice ride.
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