Motorpsycho - The Beginning...

I have never owned, rode or even had been around motorbikes, dirt bikes or any of the sort while growing up. Nor did I know anyone who had. So it was sort of out of the blue that I ended up owning one.


Ever since I went on this dune-buggy "adventure" while on a trip south, I have had the itch for motorized speed. Initially I was looking for the same sort of knock-off dune buggy that I had already spent a bit of time with. After some thought, I came to realize finding trails that would fit the buggy wouldn't be widely available. Especially given my urban location. More over, having to buy the machine, find a trailer and store all of it was not in the cards.

ATV's were the next idea. However, the same problems presented themselves. I would need a trailer, storage and a chunk of time to haul myself and the machine to an area where I could ride. It just wasn't feasible.

I had almost given up on the idea when I came across this Kawasaki dual-sport/enduro bike. I am not sure why, but dirt bikes and motorcycles never really came to mind. The bike seemed like the jack of all trades. I could ride the bike to the trails, so no trailer - check. I could go virtually anywhere - check. I wouldn't need an enormous amount of storage - check. The only small problem was that I had zero idea how to actually ride it.

So, quite out of nowhere, and amidst three days of negotiation - I ended up with a Kawasaki KLX250S... without any sort of license.

Stay tuned..

Always start with an introduction...

What is this blog, and who is 'Average Dave'?

This blog, to me, is just an outlet - hopefully - for some creativity and motivation to continue to create, explore and drive myself to new areas; both figuratively and literally.

Average Dave, me, is a moniker for myself as I see me. My favorite self-description is, "Jack of all trades, master of nothing." Which really speaks to who I am. I enjoy lots of different hobbies and topics, but I don't shine at any one particular thing. Think if someone asked you, "What are you better at than most other people?" Sounds silly enough, but it bothers me that I don't have a specific answer to that. Saying that you're, "..kind of", good at a number of things really doesn't make you feel all that great.

So here we have this site, which is secondary to my YouTube account of the same name (Average Dave) The YouTube channel is a bit of a mish-mash of various endeavors for me. There are some ridiculous silly videos to be sure.

I have never been the most outgoing sort, but as I have got older I am much less willing to sit on the side-lines. I want to experience new things. This has motivated me to go and seek out new experiences that before I would've shied away from. Where on YouTube it's more a video of these activities without much of any reason, I want this blog to serve as the background and 'meat and potatoes', if you will, of these experiences.

There isn't any particular goal for any of this, other than to serve as further motivation for myself. So here goes my venture into blogging for the first time. Perhaps though, it will motivate others like me to step out into the proverbial wild.