That's a hell of a trip during the fall. If you do it's gonna be tough on A sportbike and you got to be prepared to be caught by rain and lots of rest.. But I'm the kind of person who wouldn't care about any of that and take the trip, that would be a awesome journey and a great story to tell. Good luck bro

Others on the streets ARE NOT paying attention, period.

Nice GPA. But a 10.5 GPA doesn't make the others out there any smarter.

I don't have any advice for you trying to 'talk' to your parents about the subject but I do have ONE BIG piece of advice IF you do talk them into letting you. PAY 100% ATTENTION TO ALL THOSE OTHERS OUT THERE and 100% on staying 100% concentrated on your riding, think ahead, think behind, think under neath you, stay on top of the world and than go have fun!.