About Me

Hi and welcome to my blog!  My name is Tiff and I am going to use this blog to document my adventures on my new 2015 RX3 250cc Cyclone and hopefully help to inspire other women to ride their own motorcycle.

A bit about me:
I have been riding motorcycles for about 10 years now.  Prior to riding, I had never operated a motorized 2 wheeled vehicle, but after a few bad experiences as a passenger on a CBR600 (you can read more about that in my blog post here: http://asoutherncyclone.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-long-long-time-ago.html) I decided that it was time for me to learn to ride my own motorcycle.  I took the MSF course through my local Harley Davidson dealership and received my motorcycle license as a result of passing the course.  I HIGHLY recommend taking an MSF course if you're interested in riding a motorcycle as the information and skills I learned have been invaluable. 

My first bike was a 1993 FZR 600, aptly named "Captain America".  Hence my screen name on all of my local motorcycle forums of "Miss America".

The Captain on one of our many charity rides

After extensive parking lot riding on my FZR with my amazing mentors, they got me interested in track days, as they were all avid trackday riders.  Just 6 short months after getting my first motorcycle and learning how to ride I was at my first trackday in Jennings, Florida.  As a result of my first trackday, I ended up getting the bug and did quite a few more trackdays.  Let me tell you, if you've never tried diving into a corner on an FZR, then you don't know what you're missing.  I loved hanging off the side of that bike through the turns- what a rush!!  However, I decided to stop doing trackdays as I started having some issues with The Captain and decided to retire him from track riding.

My first trackday with The Captain

I stuck to street riding with The Captain and started getting into long distance riding, but the poor bike was showing signs of aging and kept having more issues.  I decided that I didn't want to run up the miles on such a beautiful bike, so I got a 2002 YZF 600 for my long distance riding.  This bike was UG-LY as it had been crashed and the plastics were all scraped up, but the thing only ended up costing a few hundred dollars and has been an incredible motorcycle.  I'm not one to be flashy and this bike definitely suited my style.  :-)

The super slabber

Let me tell you one thing about this rough, ugly, motorcycle... it was amazing to ride long distances on!  We've been to places like Nova Scotia on a 9 day trip (averaging 600-700 miles a day) and to the ghost town of Centralia, PA on a 3 day weekend (averaging 600-700 miles a day).  We also had many weekends going to and from Florida just for oysters.  This bike has been an amazing long distance bike.  You just pad the tank bag with comfortable items to lay on and you lay on the tank bag while cruising down the road with your crampbuster on the throttle... easy peasy!

The YZF behind my husband's GSXR at the causeway in Nova Scotia

So now, after 2 Yamahas (both of which I still own) and multiple AMAZING adventures (including riding a rental BMW 650gs up to the Artic Ocean on the Dalton Highway in Alaska), I have decided to purchase the new 2015 CSC RX3 Cyclone, which is a 250cc thumper, for some new adventures!  I bought my favorite color, orange, and can't wait to see what this thing can do!  If you'd like more information on the RX3, visit CSC Motorcycle's website: www.CaliforniaScooterCo.com

Let the adventures begin!