Bigger and Faster

I thought I would be ever so happy once I had my license and was free to come and go as I pleased on my new bike. I still needed to get used to street traffic and stopping and taking off at lights because it is embarrassing to kill the engine when you're supposed to be taking off. You know how people are when you don't go when the green light says to go. I stuck to the smaller streets but after awhile that gets boring.

As I got braver, I decided to use this as a mode of transportation to and from work. I drive up Decatur to Rancho, close to UMC and the traffic tends to go faster than the 45 mph that is posted. This is normal for Las Vegas and I'm used to it in my car. I, also like to go faster that the speed limit if I can get away with it. Not to long ago, I didn't get away with it and I was on Rancho on my way to work so I pay more attention now. This is when I began to be dissatisfied with the smaller motorcycle. It didn't have much pick up and go when taking off and you can really feel the pressure of the traffic wanting to get around you. This bike was not up to highway travel either, it felt very small and insignificant compared to the cars and trucks traveling the road next to me.

Time for a bigger, faster bike and it was a 2007 Yamaha FZ6 which made me feel much more competitive as far as speed and size goes.
With a bigger bike I felt more confident that I would not be crushed at any moment by a car or truck.

During this time I heard mention of an all female track day and this was very intriguing. I checked on the internet and found Femmoto.com. Femmoto is sponsored by Sport Bike Track Time and was due to be at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October 2008. This was something I was sure I wanted to do so I made that my goal and we started making longer trips on the bikes so I would be ready to ride when the time came. We also found a 1999 Honda F4 just to use as a track bike. This was it, I was ready to go fast and be cool.