The first 10 minutes were a uh, adventure. Until you have a sliver of muscle memory on where the clutch starts to catch, you're not in control of the bike. I thought I had it down after a good 20 practice tries in the driveway without any throttle to make me move, but when I hit the throttle for the first time, holy shit. Uncontrolled acceleration straight toward a wall (this is where living in the suburbs with wide, flat streets would have been nice). So I recover from that somehow, head up the hill (good 7% grade), get it into 2nd gear, try for 3rd, and kill it. A car is coming up behind me, so I manage to roll it down the hill toward the curb without falling. After five or six tries on the hill start I get going again.

After that I had no problems at all. Low speed u-turns were easy and I had the clutch down. I went up and down the street 10 times then put it back in the garage.

Today: millman attempts to drive to the gas station and refuel.

you are the media you consume.