I got my ls today.

in 2014 i got my car license and had absolutely zero interest in learning to drive. i have attention problems, trouble telling left and right apart in my head, and virtually no life skills. i work at McDonald's full time and hate it. im severely schizophrenic,depressed, my best friend killed herself a year ago and im all around miserable.​Last year i started talking to one of the guys i work with, who rides a motorbike. we talked by his bike one afternoon after work and he showed it to me. i decided then and there i'd get a motorbike. No need for someone to be with me, independence, a way to travel(i walk everywhere) and a hobby. My parents are to busy with work to teach us to drive, and i wanted a way around so this would be a compromise.I booked the pre learners course. came off the bike(first time sitting on one) and didnt get to see the second day. booked a lesson for after that and learnt how to change gears(and stay on it, mostly). booked another lesson after that and could change gears pretty well(it still sounds like absolute shit when i do it, but practice). booked the test again and failed in the last 20 seconds(coming to a stop, and then taking off without stalling). he said he knew i could do it, saw me do it before,but i couldnt do it when i needed too, so he couldn't pass me. i had another lesson on saturday and was told to go the the second day on sunday. i passed the test. definitely need to work on my breaking at longer distances, i'm a little to trigger happy on the front brake, but i've got some exercises to do, and im going to practice them until im bored out of my mind, and then keep going. I sat the RKT today. messed up on a question, and then misread the next one and failed. They let me do it again and i got it with 100%. Went to my local bike shop, and bought all the gear that they recommended me. I've got a helmet,gloves,jacket,boots and jeans. they even gave me a 10% discount on it all(70 bucks more i'll have!)originally the plan was to get a Kawasaki zzr 250, but the gentleman that fixes bikes up and then sells them to learners had sold it(i waited too long). He currently has a beat down 2000 Honda vtr 250 and he's fixing it up and spraying it in the colour i'd like(yellow!). he has the bike on loan at the moment while he fixes someone elses bike, and he should have it back this weekend. he'll come by so i can put a deposit down on it, and then he'll get to fixing it(he said its in fine working condition, it just doesn't look pretty). And i'll have a motorbike in the next month. And i'm in love with this bike. It's not flashy, it's below what i was recommended for me(a 300-350). And for the first time in my life, i feel proud of myself. I found something i liked and wanted, and came in with no experience to passing the course in a grand total of 6 times on a bike. I've been trawling this subreddit for the crash videos. Been watching everything i can to scare the shit out of me. i don't want to speed and die, or worse. i'm watching these so i can drill it into my head how no matter how safe i be, it's still not going to be enough to account for others on the road.i never had any interest in bikes until last year and now im buying one.​I got my L's today, and i have never been this happy in my life. via /r/motorcycles https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/fs9ina/i_got_my_ls_today/?utm_source=ifttt