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Caner Derici

Canonical Ltd.

PhD Candidate, Computer Science

Sandy, UT, USA

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Bike

I've been riding motorcycles over the years for various reasons. It was mostly a daily commute for me back when I was living in Turkey. After a long break since I moved to US in 2015, I finally decided to get back to it and get a motorcycle, this time mostly for recreation.
So I took some classes like the returning rider course from community college to help remember riding. Then I bought a Harley-Davidson FatBoy 114. It's substantially larger bike than my previous bikes, it's 700lbs (317kg) with a 114ci (1868cc) engine, so I was a bit nervous before getting it, but it was surprisingly a smooth experience. I often use it to go to the gym or travel around with my wife (depending on the season of course).

Here are some more pictures including me and my wife riding around the Utah visiting the places we like, such as the Park City.

And here are some pictures of my old bikes that I used to ride back in Turkey. The one on the left is a Regal Raptor DD-250E-10, a.k.a. Spider 250, a very nice looking bike with a long fork (turns like a semi :). And on the right is a Hyosung GV250 cruiser, which is a much better ride than the Spider in terms of make quality and the drive train. My brother made about 700-800 km (~500 miles) with this model (his own bike) and I went out to a long road trip for about 1400 km (~800 miles) range with this bike and the bike was quite alright. Eventually I had to sell it to move to the US.