I hear that! I pulled mine out of the building yesterday and coming through the back yard I felt like I was going to need training wheels! lol... I put it up in early December and it had been sitting for at least probably a month. I started slow yesterday, but we ended up on a pretty fast ride and I gradually got "the feeling" back.

One thing I want to say without starting a new thread: TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS! I had a weird feeling in my gut yesterday, and my girlfriend kept reinforcing the "be careful, I have a bad feeling" statement that she made before I left... I kept it slow and stayed towards the back of the group, and eventually branched off from the group with one of my buddies to head back home about halfway into the ride. I said goodbye to my friends, and headed home. A few hours later, I see that I missed a phone call while I was in the shower from my buddy that was leading. I instantly had a bad feeling about it, so I called him back... and to no surprise, someone went down. One of my buddies was trying to keep up with him (the leader) and going a bit faster than he was probably comfortable going, and all it took was a few little pieces of gravel in the road. He laid it down and was lucky that a guardrail stopped both himself and the bike from going off about a 100ft embankment. That's scary shit! He broke the shifter and quite possibly his foot, but otherwise okay. Scuffed his brand new leather jacket and helmet up, but he's alive and was able to ride it home most importantly.

Be careful out there fellas! The reason I haven't been pushing it on the street is because I have nothing to prove. I'm not saying he was pushing it or trying to prove anything, because he's a smart kid! He's an airline pilot, IIRC... I'm just saying remember what it's all about. If you wad your bike up, or don't go home in one piece, the fun is over. My prize is being able to go home and park my bike to ride again another day. No ego, no bragging rights, no injuries.

Sorry. Completely unrelated. Just wanted to get that off of my mind! Be safe, brothers