A New Bike

So, I finally did it.  I bought a motorcycle.  A couple weeks ago my brother and I were going to go snowboarding, but he ended up not being able to go.  So I decided to go up to South Valley Motorsports off of 11400 S in Salt Lake.  For the last year or so when looking at motorcycles I have narrowed it down to a Kawasaki KLR650.  South Valley Motorsports had a 2009 in blue left.  That is the color I wanted.  They said there was a $750 rebate if I bought the 2009.  I spent some time talking to the salesman and then left to come home.  One thing I learned from my dad is to never make a large purchase the first day.  So I will think about it and make a decision.

The next morning, I still felt good about it so I went back to the dealership to make the purchase.  Everything went smoothly and they really spent time going over the bike with me which was nice.  It was raining pretty hard and I was nervous to ride it home so I brought the trailer to bring it home.  I did buy the extended warranty so the bike is warrantied for the next 5 years.  I normally don't buy warranties but for some reason I decided to buy it for the bike.

I have now owned the bike for a couple of weeks and have put about 265 miles on it.  I have driven it to work 5 times and several other small trips as well as my first ride which was out west on the other side of Utah Lake.  For the first 500 miles I have to keep it under 4000 rpm, so that basically gives me about 55-60 miles per hour.

Below is some pictures of the bike.  I wish I would have gotten some pictures of it at the dealership as well as the odometer at 1 mile but I didn't.