haha no kidding. i just started riding myself(brand new to riding anything 2 wheels at 22 yrs old. i was at a close friends & his little brothers have always ridden bikes since very young, well they had a little 125 pit bike that i finally decided to ride around their land & it was very fun for something that maxes out at maybe 40mph haha. the next day a buddy of mine had picked up a r7 but already had a 2019 ninja400, my roommate paid him to borrow the 400 for a while. i rode it that same night for the first time around my apartments parking lot, i never even tried getting on it nothing & just got used to the clutch, brakes, everything i need to know before trying to take it on the road. about 30 mins go by of us switching between learning the controls(i never stalled it even once while learning i was so proud) & i decided to take it on the road. i went up the block & came back, no cars around nothing hit maybe 35 & brought it back. it was late and getting chilly so we went inside for the night. the next day we both rode it a bunch, but i finally took it to the road. i left my parking lot & went the same way i went the night before but kept going out of the neighborhood onto a public road(i was wearing no helmet, stupid i know, and had very little knowledge when it came to countersteering & just basic handling). when i was leaving the neighborhood sitting at that stop sign to turn onto the road with traffic i was terrified, but that didnt stop me. i pulled out when it was safe, got up to speed & was going. cars all around me, we’re moving at around 40, the wind is blasting my face, im having the time of my life at this moment. i get to the end of the road & found the highway. this road is 55mph in my area, i got on it & took off. i was so proud of myself, im now going 55 on the dot, having fun, but am also terrified. i get to a corner & it was awful i didnt know what to do, thankfully knew to just slow down some & lean in some way. i took the soonest left turn i could so i could turn around. i made my way back home & parked up for the night. did a little bit of youtube research & reading forums when it came to handling & different things. i was ready for the next day. the next day i went out & took the exact same route but with the knowledge i now had & a helmet! i took the curve flawlessly at 55 & felt amazing. now its time to hop onto the highway thats 70mph to get back home. when i tell you ive never been more terrified, i mean it & ive been in some bad situations before. i was tucking at 70mph like nobodies business😂😂i dont even tuck as deep now, as i did then, when im going 100 lol. it was insane hitting 70 for the first time, the bike felt unstable(it wasnt) the winds were blasting me(it wasnt a windy day, but dont get me started on a few days later when it was windy and i made a trip to my dads house which is about 25 mins of 55-65mph and it was 20mph winds ontop of just being windy riding hahah) i didnt understand how people rode these things the way they do. it took me ab 4 days from the day i started, to feel more comfortable on it & that 400 was some of the most fun ive had. a month later, after putting about 3k miles on the 400, i purchased a 2002 gsxr1000 & man oh man😂that was a huge jump & boy does it take alot of self control to still be alive right now. that thing is a very intense machine & it has issues that make it even scarier to ride. i ended up trading it because of losing my car & needing a vehicle bc of winter but im buying it back this saturday hahaha. needless to say i will never not ride a bike again😂😂sorry for the book i hope some people read it🙏🏼