Thanks for the encouragement! I have asked my son to teach me. He said if I sign up for the DMV class he would retake it with me. I just haven't gotten the nerve yet. I do like riding the 4wheelers.
I was 6 when I first started ridding motorcyles(Honda trail 50). At age 8, I started my first clutch bike. My older brother taught me how to work the clutch, and get the shift timming down. He would ride "Bit.h" (excuse the exprssion) until he felt that I knew what I was doing. Then on one outing he simply "bailed" off the back, and I found myself solo..42 years later..still at it.
Once on an open road with the wind in your face, you will never look back. "If I have to explain, you wouldnt understand" saying, will become crystal clear.
Please do me a big favor if just starting out however. Learn by riding down dirt roads, open fields, or very isolated back roads.
Become VERY comfortable with the operation of your bike, and its characteristics. Develope the "6th" sense we bikers have about whats going on around us.
Only Hit the highways or busy roads when you have mastered this.
God Bless, and keep the rubber on the Road !!