I have not ridden a motorcycle since 1975 when I had a Honda CL360. Now at 73 I want to ride again and thus 8 months ago I put down a deposit for a Honda CRF300L. It came in today and right now I am getting the feel for it on my dead end street. Today’s ride which lasted maybe 15 minutes was mostly about 1st gear throttle control. Don’t know what tomorrow I will be challenged with but I am now as excited as I am anxious about it. At first I was just anxious. My goal is to be able to safely ride it down Eastern Kentucky backroads and do some photo journalism of ghost towns.