Chapter 31 - The "Pit" Bike

Hello again Everybody,
After a super hot and humid day walking in town, I was walking on the
pathway back to my flat to get in my room where the super cold AC
awaited me. With the sun beaming down on me causing me to sweat and
then run down my forehead into my eyes. Making my eyes very
itchy and irritated on the walk home my eyes were slightly open or if not
closed. As I got closer to the school I could hear a motorcycle. I
couldn't see it but just from the sound of the exhaust I knew it was a
different motorcycle from the other motorcycles that you see every
where.
As I rounded a corner the sound got louder and I could hear that it was
coming right at me. Now I didnt care about the sweat in my eyes I
just wanted to see this bike. Well finally this Chinese guy flew
past me on an actual dirt bike! My heart started to beat faster and I
was getting all excited. This has been the first dirt bike that I have seen in
a very long time! Well the guy got off and I was looking at the bike trying not to drool of course, but was in aw that this was a dirt
bike, here in China!
Now most people don't know but the name for these types of bikes are
called "pit bikes". They are dirt bike that are shrunk and even older people
can ride them with no problem. This bike was a Chinese model pit bike and
was completely street legal. It had turn signals, head light, brake
light, and even a horn.
As I was admiring this pit bike the guy
gestured for me to ride it! Heck ya! I will never pass a chance to ride a motorcycle. It was hard to comunicate how the gears worked but I
decided to just ride and figure it out on my own. Jeff so you know the gears are the complete opposite that we are used to. The gears were N,1, 2, 3, 4 ALL DOWN. So I got to ride this pit bike up and down the street in front of my school.
It felt really good to be back on a motorcycle and it was a reminder of
how much I have missed riding. Riding up in the mountains getting
away from the stresses in life and just being free. Its hard to
explain but in plain and simple words. Riding helps Jordan with stress
and brings him much happiness. So to be able to ride some random
strangers bike for only a few minutes I was able to get that feeling
that I've been missing the past 3 months! Also cool that is was the
same feeling that I get in Boise. So it was cool to experience that
feeling in China. Definitely a chance that probably wont ever happen
again.
Well I hope all is well with everyone and please remember if you want
certain photos please let me know. Oh Matt, I got the photos you
wanted and that will be my next blog.
Love
Jordan