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I think the Shinnara books were Terry Brooks. Never read them, but I did enjoy some of his other novels. I read the Wheel of Time up to Crown of Swords then gave up. The first 2-3 were the only ones worth it. Piers Anthony is good, I also like Terry Pratchett, Robert Asprin, Roger Zelany, Robin Hobbs, Sharon Shinn, Anne Bishop, Ursela LeGuin…
Most recently, Patricia Briggs and Jim Butcher have been my candy reading. Easy reads & fairly predictable, but nice action and good character development.
Thanks for the advice on practice. Thankfully I live in a somewhat remote area, so it is easy to find road without alot of traffic to ride on.
More likely having already switched me from one bike that I was having trouble with they didn’t want to switch me to another one.
Dunno.
I have a month of self-enforced shopping first. Maybe 13 months… We’ll see. I made a promise to myself not to get a bike until I pass a professional exam (took it in June, results in August, I await them with baited breath…)
Probably a standard rather than a sport bike, but I think maybe a sport bike over a cruiser. After the class, I’m leaning toward buying a used bike over a new one, so we’ll see what’s available… I’ve also heard that used prices go down once the snow flies, so I’m not really expecting to be getting a bike for this riding season.
Thank you all for all of the advice, comisseration and encouragement.
Today went much better than yesterday. And, much to my HUGE surprise, I passed the skills test at the head of the class. I only got docked points on the quick stop (I took too long to stop because in my practice stops I kept locking up the rear brake). I’m the only one who got the cornering right.
One of the instructors told me during the final debrief that he kept quiet about the clutch on my bike, but that it really was difficult to get the hang of because the friction zone was so short and so close to the end of the throw. Not sure how I feel about that, but no sweat.
I have to say (and I know that this makes me an oddity) but I LOVE box turns! I could have done them all morning long. That was an absolute blast. Credit goes to Capt. Crash and the Ride Like a Pro video. Between all of the views of those videos, I was able to get it down almost at once.
Thanks again!
Owlie
The funny thing was that the part that stressed me out with the clutch on the 125 wasn’t even part of what ended up getting tested on. With the first bike, they did take the time to figure out what the problem was and that was why my bike got switched. Of course, I was already all bent out of shape once I got the second bike, so having a flaky clutch didn’t help with the relax and have fun part.
While I understand your encouragement to not let failure be an option, I think it would probably have been counterproductive for me in this instance. Going into the second day without the stress of worrying about whether I would pass, made the whole day go more smoothly. Instead, I got to sit back and smile at all of the other people tie knots in their shirtails with worry about the exam.
