I joined the group riding tour that was staged by the driving school where I had learnt how to handle big motorcycles. I have ridden several motorcycles for more than 30 years, but all of them were below 400cc of displacement. That's because I had not been allowed to ride over 400cc motorcycles. Two years ago, I was able to lift the restriction of the displacement in this school. I wrote about how things were in the school in the previous entries.
On the morning of July 17th, instructors and graduates of the driving school got together at the school and enjoyed riding motorcycles to Omogokei Gorge. The route we ran will be shown at the bottom of this entry.
Japan is also struggling against the rapid aging of the population resulting from the decline in the birthrate like other developed countries. Lots of schools, universities, kindergardens and those which deal with younger people are worrying about enrolling students. The number of people who love motorcycles is decreasing. The driving school seemed to have such concerns.
The organizer arranged a support car that would help us ride in hot and humid conditions. The car kept our lunch and drinks cool and took them to every rest spot. It was really helpful. They shot lots of pictures and videos of us and seemed to use them to promote the school. When the web page of this tour is built, I'll link this entry to it.
(Vocabulary)
displacement
[U] 強制移住［移動，退去］/ [U] 代替 / [U] 解雇, 解任, 離職 / 《常に単数形で》(専門) (船の) 排水量 / [U](専門) (エンジンの) 排気量
enroll [自] (学校に) 入学する, (講座に) 登録する, (組織に) 入会する ／ [他] …を入学［入会］させる
enroll in sth ＜…＞に登録する
He plans to enroll in college in the fall. 彼は秋に大学に入学する予定でいる．
enroll on/for sth (英) ＜講座など＞に登録する
promote …の販売を促進する, 宣伝活動をする
She's in town to promote her new book. 彼女は自著の新刊を宣伝するために町に来ている．
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