Motorbike Riding

A couple of years ago, I was introduced to my favourite hobby, motorbike riding!

The first time I ever got on a dirt bike was at a place called Pacific Park.

I was only there to watch my friends ride, or so I thought. I started off getting doubled by my friends, then one of my mates asked if I'd like to have a turn on his bike.

I jumped at the chance because it looked like so much fun.

When I got on the bike, my friend sat behind me and showed me how to take off. After riding for a while, he jumped off. The only problem was, he didn't tell me how to stop!

After riding a short distance, I thought I'd turn around and ride back over to him, hoping that he might be able to tell me what I needed to do to stop.

When you're riding a dirt bike, it feels weightless. I had absolutely no idea how heavy they were!

As I went to turn around and ride the bike back over to my friend, I slipped in the mud. It was really thick mud too, so thick that it swallowed the whole handle grip!

So anyway, it wasn't a big fall, but as I went to pick the bike up, it wouldn't budge. It was so heavy!

So here's me, a 50kg girl, trying to lift up an 85kg motorbike that has been swallowed by ankle deep mud!

My friend came running over with his arms waving in the air. I thought he'd be upset that I'd just dropped his bike, but as he got closer I realised that he was smiling. 

"That was mad!" He yelled. He then asked if I wanted to try it again, before taking me over to the learners' track for a lesson. 


When we got to the learners' track, he gave me a set of instructions: let the clutch out slowly, while slowly twisting the throttle. So what did I do? Twist the throttle all the way and let the clutch go!


The bike kicked up on the back wheel and I was almost vertical, but luckily I somehow managed to stay on the bike.


It was a great experience and that was when I fell in love with motorbike riding.


Lela xx