Motorcycle class

The good news is that I passed the class. All I need to do is show my completion card at a DoL office and I can get my endorsement added to my license. This makes that class completely worth it. 96/100 on the written test and 85/100 on the skills. I blew the u-turns test. I can't blame the bike, as I nailed the u-turns in practice earlier in the day (they give you a 20'x40' box to do two u-turns in). The bike, by the way, was a Honda Rebel 250.

I'm feeling the effects of working some muscles on my body from riding that I haven't worked in a while. And I spent Friday moving our lab full of servers up to a different floor in our building. So I'm still sore from that.

After class, I went looking at bikes. I finally got to sit on a V-strom 650, and it was pretty much what I was expecting. It's a large bike, and pretty high up, but it is just what I'm looking for. I wish I could find something similar that's a little bit cheaper, as I don't want to sink so much money on a first bike like that. If anybody has any suggestions, let me know.