First time motorcycle ownership [As a new yorker] (as a BushBurg-er) {Gone wrong?}
Title is a joke, I live in East Williamsburg and realtors call it Bushburg for some reason, but people don't actually call it that. Owning a Motorcycle in NYC I bought my 1996 Suzuki DR350SE in CT beginning of the summer and have been riding, maintaining, loving, it all year in lovely Brooklyn, NYC, NY. Until I rode it to Austin for winter storage (another story, not super interesting tho) I also named her "Suki", Suki is a 350cc Dual Sport motorcycle, electric start and kick start (i added), carbureted, no fancy technology on her. And I just wanted to briefly share my experiences as a first time motorcycle owner in NYC (Brooklyn) of all places. Good and bad. TLDR: Is owning one in NYC fun ? Absolutely Yes. Can it be a lot of work ? Absolutely Yes . Would I do it long term ? Probably not . THE GOOD 1. Good for making trips that are not well covered by public transit. For example riding 5 minutes to the grocery store, or 10 minutes to the film lab or Home Depot. These tr