At first glance, the engine was being stored in a laundry bin (indoors, fortunately for me) along with some other odds and ends. The front brake was so siezed up, we needed to pick up the frame rather than roll it to my vehicle. The start of a great winter project!

I grew up in the country with the distant sounds of two-stroke engines. Although many of the kids at school grew up riding their family dirt bikes, I never had the opportunity to ride one when I was younger.

Two years ago I decided that I wanted to learn how to ride a motorcycle as a fun challenge for myself. After doing lots of studying and passing the M1 and M2 license tests, I realized that if I ever want to actually ride on the road, and not just in a parking lot while I was learning, my next step would be to find my first motorcycle.