What Year Were U Born?

[nnjhawk02]

To follow up how old thread....

[1KPerDay]

I was born early enough to cringe whenever I see phrases such as "What Year Were U Born?" and "U lived w/out computers"

[LoVel]

Seriously, I think you could figure this out from the how old are you thread.  

[TBone]

1963  

[bluepoof]

Seriously, I think you could figure this out from the how old are you thread.  

Not for those of us who voted in that thread 7 years ago or whatever. This poll makes more sense since assumedly your year of birth won't change year to year.

Oh, and 1977.  

[Rincewind]

'74

[Papa Lazarou]

My first record was Bill Haley, rock around the clock. On a 78. I was 3.

[chornbe]

Star Trek and I both debuted the same year.

[schoon]

65'

[chornbe]

Seriously, I think you could figure this out from the how old are you thread.  

[nomog]

Not for those of us who voted in that thread 7 years ago or whatever. This poll makes more sense since assumedly your year of birth won't change year to year.

Oh, and 1977.  

Crap, I've got shoes older than you.

[Loki]

End of '61

[vfrrider]

Playboy with Marilyn Monroe and I debuted together (and don't I wish).

Larry
VFRrider

[R Doug]

'71

I'm coming up on the 4-0.  

[bassjones]

70...  tail end of that age group.

[squeezer]

Birth class of '57. It was a good year for debuts.

The first albums from Buddy Holly, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash.

Paul McCartney had his on stage debut with John Lennon's band the Quarrymen.

Roger Maris started his major league career.

The first electric watch hit the market.

Ducati built their first desmodromic valve bike.

Sidney Lumet made his directorial debut with 12 Angry Men.

But most important (other than me): the television debut of Gumby!

[sammyseaman]

I was born on "Bloody Thursday"  

[MadOzodi]

Same year as Rincewind...but in our 35th year he bought a hooligan and I bought a S-T.

Yes, I'm envious of his Striple, I admit it.  

[Rincewind]

Same year as Rincewind...but in our 35th year he bought a hooligan and I bought a S-T.

Yes, I'm envious of his Striple, I admit it.   

My wife calls it my "mid-life crisis bike."   

[Orson]

My earliest recollection of a current event, was someone mentioning the Cuban Missle crisis of October 1963.

[R Doug]

My wife calls it my PRE - "mid-life crisis bike."   

FTFY    

[SuperHans]

1969 Just turned 40 a little over a week ago.

[CRFJohn]

1960 49 years old

[Paco23]

1966

[Tony T]

The best year of the century; 69

A friend of mine has the birthday of 6/9/69.  


Edit; Seeing that "69" on the screen make me feel old.  

[mist]

Like the first Mustang I'm a '64-1/2 model.

[maddjack]

Like the first Mustang I'm a '64-1/2 model.

You mean 1940    
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-51_Mustang

[tthompsr]

1959 the Year Alaska became the 49th state and Hawaii the 50th.
I'm not old, just middle aged! (Yea I know in denial too!)

[Galo]

Oh, and 1977.  

Hey, you're my oldest son's age!
 

And with that, I will leave the rest of the data to your imagination......
 

[Galo]

My earliest recollection of a current event, was someone mentioning the Cuban Missle crisis of October 1963.

My earliest recollection of a current event was the Bay of Pigs in 1961. We lived about 4 miles from Columbia, one of the Cuban Air Force air bases the 'rebel' pilots (American soldiers-of-fortune hired by the CIA) bombed and strafed with their fake FAR (Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria) B-26s and the AA fired up at some of the planes struck the side of our house that faced the air base while we were in the basement covering. I remember the bullet pock-marks on the wall -clear as day...

 

[Playinthestreet]

1950

I remember steam locomotives outside of museums!

[Papa Lazarou]

I was born in 1954.

Rock was not born until R&B came across the pond and the Brits gave it back to the US as rock. And that was about 1966.

[Paintman]

ahhh 1959 when cars had Fins

[DredheadV2.0]

Nice bell-shaped curve we got goin' on.

My earliest recollection of a current event, was someone mentioning the Cuban Missle crisis of October 1963.

I don't think that the Cuban Missile Crisis counts as a current event.  

I can remember feeling sad when Ford lost the election, because he seemed like a nice old man.

[Andrew]

My earliest current event memory is the moon landing, We were all gathered around the B&W TV in the living room.

[85V65]

'65 - just middle-aged...

[motomi1]

"Sargent Preston of the Yukon", "The Lone Ranger", "Tom Corbett and the Space Cadets" were popular radio shows in my youth!

[canban]

My earliest recollection of a current event, was someone mentioning the Cuban Missle crisis of October 1963.

I remember air raid drills in first grade in the fall of '62 . That and Ernie Davis being diagnosed with leukemia, are my strongest memories of our brief sojourn in Syracuse.

Also saw Roger Staubach qb for Navy that fall.

I had turned 6 the previous spring.

Ergo 1956

[sonnyb]

Nov 23 1970

[BobM]

13 Nov 55

[R6Chick]

Jan 10, 1971


I remember the news talking about guerrilla warfare when they had the hostages in Iran and wondering why they would send guerrillas in to rescue them.

I also remember when I was the remote control for the TV.

Once I asked Dad why all the football teams on TV had different names but they all wore either black or white uniforms instead of colors like they did at the high school.

I had all the songs memorized on our 8-track of Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits.

[jsanford]

My earliest current event memory is the moon landing, We were all gathered around the B&W TV in the living room.

Likewise, I remember seeing the Challenger blow up in full color during school assembly.  Christa McAuliffe was a teacher of a school less than a hundred miles away.  My science teacher at the time had been a finalist in the teacher selection.

[R6Chick]

Likewise, I remember seeing the Challenger blow up in full color during school assembly.  Christa McAuliffe was a teacher of a school less than a hundred miles away.  My science teacher at the time had been a finalist in the teacher selection.

Due to my impressive behavior I had been placed on independent study for a couple years so I was home watching the boob tube. I was watching the muppets and remember the news breaking in. Every single channel on the TV had it on and I remember people being sad for days.

[cfernandez]

Me and Greg Lemond were born on the same day, but Lance Armstrong and I share the same year.  Wish I had the same power of either of those two guys on a bike, oh well, now I have a motorcycle!  I like Greg!

[nnjhawk02]

Me and Greg Lemond were born on the same day, but Lance Armstrong and I share the same year.  Wish I had the same power of either of those two guys on a bike, oh well, now I have a motorcycle!  I like Greg!

Whoa memory flashback

After Lemond won his 1st Le Tour, he was training around NYC for The Donalds - Tour of NY.  Anyway, I was riding on Rt.9W in Alpine, NJ (man the hills getting to the top of the Palisades give U a good work out)  I was riding north & I saw 3 riders coming south - I figured I rode enough & decided to turn around, well in quick order the 3 riders passed me - w/ Lemond being one of them.  I think I said something like Hey Greg - he looked > then passed me like I was standing still - lol

FYI - I was riding my 12 speed Bianchi - still have it.

Anyway - since I started this poll

moi is a May '66 baby.  I'm coming up to my Hank Aaron Bday (the True Home Run King)

some 1st memories of living in the shadow of NYC...1976 watching Op Sail coming up the Hudson River - very cool.  Taking summer road trips w/ Grandparents to NH / Vt / Upstate NY.

Summer rentals @ the Jersey Shore (Ortley Beach) - There's a reason Y the NJ shore is a great spot to this day. [Sorry Cape Cod - ur water is too cold for me & ur waves suck]

Going into NYC via bus w/ friends to Times Square (pre-Disney-ification)  I think we were 12.  I have a 12 yr old now & can't imagine that.

1st Concert @ 14 w/ older brother was at the South Mountain park in West Orange, NJ - Southside Jonny & Asbury Jukes - drinking vodka & lemonade that his girlfriend made - then yakkin out the car window on the way home - (car was Grandma's '68 Mustang w/ 289)

Ha childhood memories

Oh 1 more - Freshman HS & The Doors muzak was back en vogue and having parties at my house.  Beer - girls - loud muzak - ah fun times

I'm the guy ur parents warned U about    

[pops66]

1942 -

Before TV we used to listen to the crystal set in the evenings. Parents had the big radio downstairs and we had the crystal upstairs.  On a "good" night we could pick up Country from WCKC AM in Cincinatti(Cincinatti OONNNNNEEE Ohio)

Then TV - Ed , Kukla Fran & Ollie, Howdy Doody, Captian Video, Tonto's friend, (Ed was for Dad) We let him watch too. 4 of us and 1 of him.

By the way - I don't love Lucy.

[JonS]

Seems that my parents go busy making me as soon as he got back from WWII. I was born  in the vanguard of the baby boomer gen. I remember the McCarthy hearings on tv, but I hadn't a clue what they were talking about.
1946

[rodm850g]

April of 1951
Memories too many to list a few highlights...grade school gathering to see the first rocket go up with a chimp in it......
polio vaccine on a sugar cube
the Mustang intro....Jr. high
Kennedy in 8th grade....{JFK}
I was on duty as a FirerFighter when challenger blew.....
So many Daytona bike weeks cant listem.....
Rod

[Acadian Rider]

April of 1951

I knew you were old when I saw your Avatar.  

[Zen Rider]

Jan 10, 1971


I also remember when I was the remote control for the TV.

 

+1

[rauchman]

Born on the day the astronauts came back from the 1st moon landing.

[GilaMonster]

"I like Ike," Burns and Allen, Ozzie & Harriet, and Jack Benny...Lucas, prince of darkness, in the 60s....

1948

[Busy Little Whiner]

Born in 1948 San Francisco... in 1956 I thought I was going to die on the back of Dad's 250 Allstate
chasing deer in the headlights through our walnut orchard in Lower Lake... I loved them ever since...

[Condor]

I was in my car studying for a psychology exam when the radio DJ broke in and announced that JFK had been shot. I guess that would make me about 30 by now.  

[mugwump58]

I thought Alaska was voted in in '58. Elvis gets drafted. 25 million hoola hoops sold in 4 months. Purple People Eater is number 1 on the hit parade and Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The US owns 2/3 of the television sets in the world  and Elizabeth Taylor is in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

At least that's what my coffee cup says.

1958. With in a day or so of Elvis and Nixon.

[jstnmarsh]

Terminator was release in the year when I was born. 1984

[243Win]

March, 1964.

I can dimly recall Star Trek in prime time.

I clearly remember wondering why gorillas fought so much in Vietnam.  What up with that?  I can remember the first moon landing too.

[Paintman]

Aug 59 when fins were cool

[ckvoncan]

1982, probably many years after most of you owned your first bike.  

[bob14]

We did this on the Concours Forum too...
Most were just  a little younger than myself
 A quick bike that is comfortable for old guys  

[Dan K]

Born in 1972.  First time I've felt kind of young in a while.  Thanks!  

- Dan

[Phodius]

4 September 1960 -- I'll be celebrating the Silver Anniversary of my 25th Birthday this year.  

[gargoyle]

January 1952... I remember handing out campaign literature for Goldwater.

1st bike in 1974, a 1973 Honda CL350
2nd bike in 1975, 1973 Honda CB750 (totaled in 05/76)
3rd bike in 1976, 1976 Honda GL1000
4th bike in 1989, 1989 Harley FTHTC (totaled in 02/91 with 50K)
5th bike in 1991, 1989 Honda GL1500
6th bike in 1993, 1976 BMW R750/6 (racked up over 100K on this one)
7th bike in 2005, 2003 Kawasaki Concours *
8th bike in 2007, 2004 Moto Guzzi LeMans * (bought with only 1000 miles)
9th bike in 2009, 2003 Aprilia Tuono Factory * (bought with only 2000 miles)
* still own

[Papa Lazarou]

January 1952... I remember handing out campaign literature for Goldwater.

I'm sorry that your parents were so cruel.  

[gargoyle]

I'm sorry that your parents were so cruel.  

Actually it was my idea.   My parents weren't very political.

[nnjhawk02]

Nice see this is still goin