It's riding season. New riders: be aware that your confidence will rise faster than your actual competence. You'll over extend yourself and crash hard one day... It goes like this... 0-3 months you respect the bike. The day you finally pin the throttle is the day you think you got it. From there, you start climbing mount stupid... usually after 6months to a year your throttle hand writes a check you ass can't cash. You get humbled again and start accumulating hours and confidence slowly now.

There are no old bold riders.

This pic is me and my daughter in front of the small castle in Bavaria 10 years ago. Wife and I were able to rent the same bikes we have in America over there and rode some really nice back roads that day.