the progress is absolutely insane, when i first saw one of your videos ~3 weeks ago you were extremely nervous to even be outside of your neighborhood, and now you feel limited by your bike's speed

You're doing awesome dude! Im a pretty new rider myself and love your videos! I agree with what you said about motorcycles. They're freeing. You feel more aware than when you're in a car.

You can take that 150 to Daytona with those high speeds! I just ride my XR on the little backroad 2-lane highways to get to the dirt stuff. I'm fine without a windscreen up to 65 until I get a side-wind. You sit up high on these dual-sports so I feel like I catch more wind from the side compared to the shorter street bikes.

im so happy that me being a beginner i have the same internal thoughts as you almost to the T.

You're doing so great!! Love seeing you progress. I found that anything over 50mph was rough with the wind as well, so I bought a windscreen for my bike, not sure if they make one for yours... hoping to make my way to the coast soon. Just have to ride about an hour from the mountains! and don't worry, I get passed by Camry's on my Rebel 500.... people just drive way too fast in San Diego. (which is part of the reason why I haven't made it out of my own town lol)

You've officially ridden more miles than me at this point; I'm at around 280 miles total. Good job dude. I think my problem is that I don't like riding just to ride because in New York you're just dealing with constant stop and go traffic so it takes away the fun. I wish I could ride somewhere where there's so little traffic like where you are. You definitely seem like you're nearly ready for an upgrade but I'd say you're only ready to upgrade when you can ride without making a single mistake(such as the stall you did at one point). Or if you do upgrade now, upgrade to a 300 or 400. Keep the current bike though, maybe your significant other can learn to ride it! Oh, one small tip; always look over your shoulder when you change lanes, even after checking the mirror. There have been so many times I've checked mirrors; it's clear, I look over my shoulder and there's a huge truck coming up. Once I heard a motorcycle coming up behind me; I check my mirror and don't see a thing, and then like one second later he zooms by really close to my side. Stay safe out there!

if you do upgrade in the near future you should get a klx300sm or sex sm

Please tell me you crack yourself up when editing.