The ride that got me back on the road.....

One week to go...

Its Friday 3/30/2012.  One week until I pick up my new Suzuki 2012 C50T.  I have been shopping for a while and finally bought the bike at my local dealer.  There were quite a few used bikes with low miles for sale reasonably close by, but the dealer had the new one and Suzuki was offering a deal.  0% for 60 months and they were willing to sweeten the deal with a number of accessories I wanted to add to the bike.  My bike will have a Windshield, Saddlebags, and a Passenger backrest with luggage rack.

My C50T Pre goodies.

I created this blog to journal my adventures, mod's to the bike etc.  I have already ordered some stuff.  

1. Powerlet Powerbar kit.  This way I can plug in the iPhone and use it as a GPS.
2. Drivers backup back rest. 

As I instal these things I will post pictures and videos of the process.

How did I get into this?  Well its an interesting story.  Many years ago growing up in the Poconos my father bought me an Arctic mini bike like this one.

Not my bike but the same model. Loved this little  bike.


It had a little 50cc motor and was a blast to ride for a little kid.

Some time in the late 80's early 90's  A good friend suggested that we get dirt bikes to ride the trails in the Poconos.  So I bought a 1984 Kawasaki KDX 200.  That adventure lasted a few years and then Nothing.......

 The usual life stuff happened. Jobs, Moves, then Kids etc.

Then in 2011 while with the childhood Pocono buds on a sailing trip to Martha's Vineyard.  (sounds kinda pretentious huh?) We rented scooters to tour the island.  I was hooked again! When I came home I bought a Piaggio Fly 150 scooter to take little trips to the gym and have a little fun around town.  I needed to get my Motorcycle endorsement because the scooter was over 50 cc.  So I enrolled in the MSF Basic Rider Course.  I was not riding scooters but little Suzuki GS125's during the course.  This of course got me thinking....hmmm  "wonder if I will want a bigger bike?"  Well after the first 1000 miles on the scooter, in only 5 months. ( bought it in November 2011)

I knew I wanted to get a bigger bike.  

"We need milk, let me run down to the store" 

So that brings us to today and the story of this blog.  I am getting a Suzuki C50T Boulevard.  To say that I have been obsessing about this for the past 4 months in an understatement.  I have been on a number of blogs, forums, web sites reading and studying about the bike an potential modifications.  Also shopping and shopping and shopping.  So now the adventure begins.