December 6, 2007
Growing up moto – but not with cycles
How I discovered bikes and never looked back
By Carolyn Hay, marketing representative, Yamaha Motor Canada
Growing up, I was always surrounded by classic muscle cars, rail dragsters, big blocks, and four-speed manual trannys. Not too often would you find a motorcycle among the crowd.
But then, one hot July night back in 2000, something changed all that. I was at work when some friends came by to coerce me to go to a superbike race over at Mosport the following day. At that time I was like, ‘what’s a Superbike?” I was reluctant, but with a little convincing, I went.
I found out that motorcycles are a whole other world! And that was just the beginning. That summer I put in plenty of seat time as a passenger. It was official… I was hooked!
Then I decided, why should I leave all the fun to someone else? I didn’t want to be the passenger any more. So I went and got my motorcycle license in 2003. The natural progression was to get my own set of wheels, and it was the Yamaha R6 that I had fallen in love with!
The first time I got to sit on an R6 was at the Toronto Motorcycle Show back in December 2003. (Yep, that’s me in the picture (right). Pretty funny, I know… the look of pure concentration on my face is good for a laugh!)
The very next day, I applied for a marketing position within Yamaha Motor Canada.
The last four years have been a blast… now I ride R6s – heck, R1s even! But the sweetest was yet to come…
October 17, 2007 was an extremely exciting day for me; you see, I rode home for the first time on my very own
2007 Yamaha R6!! (That’s me with my baby, right.)
No more begging for loaner bikes at work… no more Sunday mornings waking up and just WISHING I had my own bike!
The ride to work will never be the same… or to anywhere, for that matter!
What I want to know is, am I going nut’z or is this normal?
- Cal
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