Hi. I've been reading the forum for a few days and just signed up.
I live in the NYC suburb area. I was driving to work crawling along in traffic (rare in NYC...) and saw this woman texting and slinging at 15mph. I had never seen or heard of one before. She looked like Batman meets Oprah and had the biggest smile on her face! Had to google what it was. Then I saw another one the next day. Test drove one 2 days later last Saturday. Took off to Hong Kong that night for a 2 week work trip.
Thought about it. Liked it. Wondered if it was crazy to get. Put it to a Facebook vote. About 50 yes' and one no. The one no drives a Buick. He doesn't count. Got stuck in my hotel in a severe Typhoon and woke up in the middle of the night jet lagged and negotiated pricing through phone / email with several dealers. Put down a deposit on a navy Blue SL at 3am. Combined with severe jet lag, maybe not the best time to make big ticket purchase decisions.
Woke up the next day and didn't cancel the order. I've never driven a motorcycle and am scared and super excited at the same time!
I come home Thursday late night. If all goes to plan, permit test Friday morning, Slingshot pickup late Friday morning, and maybe certified motorcycle classes starting that night through the Labor Day weekend to get the test waived and licensed (I'm picking it up in CT where it's an auto cycle so no license. NJ same rule. Damn NY!)
Can't wait to get a feel for it and have some fun. I only have two weeks before I go on vacation. Then it starts gettting chilly. I'll get a bit of use out of it. Maybe spend the winter tinkering with it.
Any tips I need to know?
Also, not sure if this forum is locked down for access overseas. Kept getting access is denied. Found a work around so I can keep reading all the awesome mods people did.
Thanks for the welcome !