Motorhead: My First Motorcycle

Natalie Porter

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• My r o o mma t e b o u g h t a My r o o mma t e b o u g h t a mo t o r c y c l e .mo t o r c y c l e .

• I b e g a n t o d r e a m I b e g a n t o d r e a m o f f a b u l o u s o f f a b u l o u s r o a d t r i p s !r o a d t r i p s !

• My s e a r c h f o r a n My s e a r c h f o r a n a f f o r d a b l e b i k e a f f o r d a b l e b i k e

b e g a nb e g a n …

The Classifieds

Craigslist.orgThe Buy and SellVancouver SunThe Province

I referred to these sources:

!And discovered a great deal

Love at First Sight!1979 Honda Hawk400cc30,000km$600A “Project” bike…

10 years ago:

On purchase day:

To fix the bike, I cleaned the carbs, replaced the battery, sparkplugs, oil, and fuel filter, and used some elbow grease, with

help from: • my friends • my manual • and some good reading material…

“Talkin’ Shop”

““The Majestic Unicorns”The Majestic Unicorns”

All motorcycle riders need to be in All motorcycle riders need to be in a gang… So I formed an all-a gang… So I formed an all-girl gang with four friends.girl gang with four friends.

We wear matching bandanas We wear matching bandanas and learned to ride and learned to ride together.together.

In July, I went for my “Parking-Lot” safety test.

I dodged cones and performed U-turns successfully!

This license allows me to ride along the highway, and go solo!

!And my dream of taking roadtrips came true !And my dream of taking roadtrips came true

Let’s Go!

!And again !And again

Cheese!

…Leader of the Pack

’ !And now she s gone

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Slide 4 Motorcycle 1 & 2 : Mike ConnollySlide 5 Book cover: Amazon.comSlide 6 “Talkin’ Shop”: Rhianon BaderSlide 8 Parking Lot: Rachel GursteinSlide 9 Roadtrip 1: Rhianon BaderSlide 10 Roadtrip 2: Rhianon BaderSlide 11 Night-rider: Joel Wittenbach