![Wink ;-)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Before they came home Andy informed me he wanted to get a sidecar rig and learn to ride. Now Andy has ridden with me in the sidecar a few times( you may have met at the BlackDog two years ago when he was my navigator) , but he has no motorcycle experience at all. Well, that's not exactly true. Years ago I tried to show him how to ride my little 250 Triumph single and he rode it straight up the trunk of a large Ponderosa!
Within a week of getting back he bought this sidecar(that's his youngest boy, Nic, trying it on for size):
![Image](http://adventuresidecar.smugmug.com/photos/353760245_FW5cP-M.jpg)
and a couple of weeks ago he got this KLR off of Craig's List:
![Image](http://adventuresidecar.smugmug.com/photos/353177354_rbuRQ-M.jpg)
Monday he went to DMV, got the bike registered and insured and passed his test for the motorcycle learners permit.
He is signed up to take my S/TEP class to learn to drive a sidecar Sept 19 , and takes the Team Oregon motorcycle class to get his endorsement in October.
The other day we went up in the woods and I found an open area to practice in and ran him through the first four S/TEP exercises just to get him familiar with the clutch and the brakes. He did real well! He doesn't look like a beginner with no experience, does he?
![Image](http://adventuresidecar.smugmug.com/photos/361523303_xrsBb-L.jpg)
The S/TEP class, coming up September 19-21 will be the last class of the season. I plan on doing some classes next summer but probably won't schedule as many. There are still a few openings for this class-call Hood River Community Ed 5413862055 if you want to get signed up.