Speaking of dealers, I was at a dealer looking to replace my bike couple of years ago. He just handed a new bike to a someone who was riding it off into the sunset and had almost no experience riding.He told me he crosses his fingers when they ride off the lot. He has seen them crash a few yards away.
When I bought my first bike, I had it delivered. Rode it a few days around the block and was pretty scared getting into main traffic. I then had a friend of mine come down on his bike and we rode around the block a few times before getting the courage to turn onto a busy Center Ave.
I will never forget it!
One block away there was a guy who just crashed his Harley to avoid a car crossing his path. He was ok and screaming at the driver of the car. We stopped to offer help to lift the bike but he ignored us (Typical Harley riders?
so we rode off.
I kind of considered that day my initiation.
