Congrats on passing your class and getting your license. I was older than you are when I took the class and I was not the oldest in the class..lol. All sutdents were nice as we were all in the same boat, but there were some that boasted they already had a license in another state and experienced....I guess a military base requirement to go through the class.

Just get on your bike and ride. Nothing can replace on-road experience to gain confidence in your skills.

 

Congrats on becoming 'official'! I did the same as you not too long ago at 50-something, but I got my Custom a few weeks after passing. Then I got a big brother for it.

I suggest, perhaps, a detached windshield for those highway speeds. Enjoy the journey!

 

Congrats! I was 65 when I took the MSF. Don't care - never too old to have fun.

Enjoy the experience, be safe and have fun!!!!

 

Congratulations!! Ride you're invisible and any ride is a good ride, its just some are better than others!!

 

Where were you guys, guys in my age range, when I was signing up?

Actually, all the people were great and easy to talk to but that being said, as they were talking about crotch rockets and other things, it was clear we were at different places in life. Different worlds even! Still, I'd love to run into some of them in the future and see how they are doing.

When I recover from all of my recent expenses, I plan to look into a new seat (single), a little luggage rack and a detachable wind screen. It could be awhile. Bike, helmet and gear, msg safety course, etc...the account is depleted.

 

Not like any of us ever rode motorcycles w/o "M" endorsement, back in the day...

Congrats & way to go legal.

 

True that.

I might have even ventured out recently, before the official M, when riding around the parking lot got too dull. And I'm a cautious guy!

 

Congrats!!!

Now the real fun begins.

 

Congratulations

 

I'm reading this thread and thinking about my own experience. For Father's day in 2012, my wife told me to go take the MSF course because I'd been telling her for a long time how much I would love to ride. I was almost 42 at the time, and throughout my whole life, I'd had countless "dreams" of riding. Sounds silly, but in my dreams, I knew exactly what I was doing. Rode like a champion.

When I showed up at my course the first day, I was nervous. There was that initial fear of being on a real bike for the first time, but once I got on, listened to the instructor about the controls and such and then started riding, it was like I'd always been on a bike. It was amazing.

There's still that nervous jitter I get sometimes before riding, but I'm getting better all the time. Now, almost 3 years and 4 bikes later, I've joined the harley world and wish I had done this 25 years ago!

I am wholly grateful to my wife for her insistence and to the rest of the biker community, both on the road and in forums like this.

Congrats on passing your course and taking the chance on yourself to learn a new feeling of freedom that many people, like myself, spend their whole lives only dreaming about!

Ride safe and ride on !