Ok, I am offically old now

[skip]

 I will be 52 in April but Monday I offically became old    This confirms I am getting old, I did a twelve hour ride on Monday and rode at or near the speed limit all day.  I even got passed by a diesel pick up!   We started in CT and took the highway to Brattleboro VT then it was a trip through the green mountains, over lake Champlain via the Ferry and then down through and the Adirondacks via rt 22 till we were parallel with Mass. We took rt 7 and 23 over to the Berkshires then back to CT. We spent ten hours in the mountains with incredible scenery and I don't think I was over the speed limit by more than a few till I hit rt 8 at the end of the ride. By then I needed a "fix" and rode rt 8 at "ludicrous speed". I rode with my friend mark who I met on the GSR.( another MC website) he now also has a ZZR1200 but is a much more subdued rider and If I picked the pace up it just meant I would have to wait longer for him to catch up so I never picked the pace up. What an enjoyable ride! Ill have to try that law abiding stuff again,I may be on to something here
 

[pmax]

Skip, you are old.  As a young man of 51, I laugh at your advanced age.

[jstark47]

Being 52 does not make you old.  I know this, because I also am 52.  Being 52 AND owning a V-strom makes you old!!!     You are not old until you trade the ZZR1200 for a V-strom!!!!   (Extra "old" credit points are available for trading it for a R1200RT!!!!   )

[stinky93071]

I was up there a few weeks ago. The guys I road with were just a little slow. One guy got in full tuck on the sprint at 70 mph.
They all thought I was nuts when I cracked it open just a little on 9(east) out of Bennington. So the rest of the day I hung at there speed, I got to look around and see stuff but didn't get to "enjoy" the roads till the next day

Your not old, I did like the view there, it was nice to see some of it. But I was wanting to "ride" that day not "look"

[cyclopathic]

We started in CT and took the highway to Brattleboro VT then it was a trip through the green mountains, over lake Champlain via the Ferry and then down through and the Adirondacks via rt 22 till we were parallel with Mass. We took rt 7 and 23 over to the Berkshires then back to CT.

This is a beautiful ride, VT100 one of my favorites we rode from Brattleboro to Burlington via Middlebury gap a few years ago, it was nice!

[Galo]

Crap, that makes me ancient at 56 in three weeks
Enjoy!

[r2t2]

Being 52 does not make you old.  I know this, because I also am 52.  Being 52 AND owning a V-strom makes you old!!!     You are not old until you trade the ZZR1200 for a V-strom!!!!   (Extra "old" credit points are available for trading it for a R1200RT!!!!   )

Kids...   So I wonder what that makes me??? Almost 55, gotta Wee and a C14... Although, I am finding myself riding a slightly lower air speeds than in past years.

[JIMLARCH]

You're not old, you're just mature.  Don't worry, I didn't start vintage racing until I was older than you, so there is still hope for you yet.

[Windblown]

Meh, You've been old for two years and just didn't know it. 50 years is antique status.  

(said from the safety of having 2 years to go before I reach that point.)  

[Flyer]

Crap, that makes me ancient at 56 in three weeks...

I've been 56 for weeks.  
And yes, the ZZR is a hoot at any speed.  

[Ant]

I'll just pipe up and say I'm 24 to make you all feel bad    

[sagerat]

I'll be in 50 Feb. and have a KLR and a Ural already.  Remember, you're only as old as the woman you feel.

[skip]

I've been 56 for weeks.  
And yes, the ZZR is a hoot at any speed.  

Yep I took it to the dragstrip a few weeks ago and was amazed how quick it was compared to some of the bikes that you would think would kick its A$$. Its kawasaki's best kept secret. Does everything well at a fraction of the cost.

[Baron Samedi]

I'll just pipe up and say I'm 24 to make you all feel bad    

And you were born in the wrong time. No 60's, no Punk, no New Age, no   you get the drift... All you have is nice reliable Japanese motorcycles, debts from being a student, no strong political views and the drugs are still rubbish. I'm 54.  

[mxvet57]

I'm going on 52 and i have no intention on slowing down.

[skip]

In my motorcycle club, at 55 I am one of the younger ones.  Baby-boomers refuse to 'grow old'.

Truer words were never spoken. I have not grown up either. Like I said in an earlier post I took the ZZR to the dragstrip a few weeks ago and had a blast ( see my signature photo). I was the oldest guy there on a bike. I usually am one of the guys up front with the folks  I ride the twisties with, they are all younger than me  some only by a little but younger none the less. I usually don't lead but always  ride in the top three. this past Monday, spending a whole day not having to worry about getting a ticket or  what was around the next corner was really nice. I guess my point is ten years ago I could never ride all day at the speed limit and enjoy it. Now I can. I can still ride hard and I will, just not all day like I used to.

[traveler]

Bunch of young pups, the lot of you.

[r2t2]

I'll just pipe up and say I'm 24 to make you all feel bad    

And you were born in the wrong time. No 60's, no Punk, no New Age, no   you get the drift... All you have is nice reliable Japanese motorcycles, debts from being a student, no strong political views and the drugs are still rubbish. I'm 54.  

Well said... He just desn't know what he missed out on! Punk Kids!!!  

Bunch of young pups, the lot of you.

  Yeah, but I'm better looking that you!!!  

[BRPtourer]

Not much on spelling though "pretty boy", are ya?

[bikerdude55]

I'm 53. I ride every day and yes my riding style is a bit conservative. it is embarrassing when old people fall down...

[Bodhi]

I'm in that bracket too gentlemen, and I think I'm about to discover the fountain of youth. I'm thinking very very seriously of trading the ST3 for an 848.

[mugwump58]

I'm 53. I ride every day and yes my riding style is a bit conservative. it is embarrassing when old people fall down...

Yeah it hurts worse and takes longer to heal. On the other hand I have less of my life left to enjoy, better get a move on.

[CoffeeRider]

  I'm 59 years young and have been riding on and off since I was 16. I ride my C-10 to work as much as possible and on the weekends ride with my 33 year old son with his ZR1. Being old is only a state of mind.

[FBRR]

I'm 57 and about to RETIRE!! That's old. I too have slowed down "in old age". I friend and I went "up North" last the weekend. His GPS Max.Speed only showed 129.8.
We've definately slowed down..

[ty454]

Shit I traded my Busa in for a weestrom last year...at age 27.  I even bought a heated vest this year, and a larger windshield.  I've also been wearing a hi-viz roadcrafter suit for the past 5 years.  I'll be lucky to see 40.

[narly]

I'm old (closer to 60 than 50).  
Old and slow is O.K.  
FAST AND STUPID - Not so much.
I'd rather be old and slow.  I still get there.

Narly

[dj313]

I   ludicrous speed...  


Just a thought, but I've come to believe we're getting wiser, not older!  

[skip]

I'm 57 and about to RETIRE!! That's old. I too have slowed down "in old age". I friend and I went "up North" last the weekend. His GPS Max.Speed only showed 129.8.
We've definately slowed down..

     I hear ya!

[JETSET]

 I will be 52 in April but Monday I offically became old    This confirms I am getting old, I did a twelve hour ride on Monday and rode at or near the speed limit all day.  I even got passed by a diesel pick up!   We started in CT and took the highway to Brattleboro VT then it was a trip through the green mountains, over lake Champlain via the Ferry and then down through and the Adirondacks via rt 22 till we were parallel with Mass. We took rt 7 and 23 over to the Berkshires then back to CT. We spent ten hours in the mountains with incredible scenery and I don't think I was over the speed limit by more than a few till I hit rt 8 at the end of the ride. By then I needed a "fix" and rode rt 8 at "ludicrous speed". I rode with my friend mark who I met on the GSR.( another MC website) he now also has a ZZR1200 but is a much more subdued rider and If I picked the pace up it just meant I would have to wait longer for him to catch up so I never picked the pace up. What an enjoyable ride! Ill have to try that law abiding stuff again,I may be on to something here
 

Dude, your not old its all in your head .I'm right there in age and if I ride the speed limit I day dream to much and don't pay attention. So I like to ride Spirited (by the seat of my pants   ) and this allows me to get rid of everything on my mind and solely concentrate on my riding I find this exhilarating and at the end of the day I'm 29 for the third time.

[Bodhi]

I envy you retiring at 57. For a while it looked like retiring at 55 instead of 65 would become the norm. Now it looks like they'll have to pry the mouse out of my cold dead hands.

[Against The Wind]

I left the 50's in the dust of my XX. I did 1522 miles this past weekend and I never went above the speed limit once. Well one of those points is accurate. The other one I won't discuss, officer.
I hope to be riding in my 70's. My buddy's dad is 82 and he still rides his BMW.

[bomber]

two great t-shirts:

first, a pic of an HRD Vincent, with the tag line being "Old Guys Go as Fast as They Want to," or something close to that

2ndly, "We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding"

signed, the 58-year-old that BARELY ducked a performance award yesterday (taking off the lid, blinding the occifer with grey hair got the award knocked down to a warning and a "Do you think you can keep it down close to town, sr?"

;-}

[cultureslayer]

You're old when you spend more time eating bran flakes and talking about riding than on the bike.  

[2RR2NV]

I'm in that bracket too gentlemen, and I think I'm about to discover the fountain of youth. I'm thinking very very seriously of trading the ST3 for an 848.

you're STILL debatin that?  !?!  you got some patience. i would have lost that battle, that day.

oh...i'm still a youngin....21


plus 16 years experience.  

[r2t2]

You're old when you spend more time eating bran flakes and talking about riding than on the bike.  

As I choke on a mouthful of Uncle Sam Bran cereal... 'Scuse me my dear young thing... But bran is a GOOD thing and as the body ages, it helps to keep things in order... What's that make me when I take a box of US with me on a trip???    Try riding when yer all bound up!  

[DRam]

You kids just don't know what you're missing.  Sixties!  Now, the fifties.  That's where to good stuff was.  Sixties was a bunch of flower children.  Fifties was BSA and Norton 650's and Triumph Bonnivilles (the original ones, that is) and Royal Enfields and Indians and real Harleys that leaked oil and shook (okay, they still do, but not as bad)  Yup, them was the days.

52 isn't old, 65 isn't old, riding the speed limit isn't old.  Old is a state of mind.

[Karmak]

59 and just installed a nitrous purge system.  Favorite route is #28 through the Catskills.

[Bodhi]

Old is a state of mind.

And I think mine has started to secede.

[Ded Fred]

I'll just pipe up and say I'm 24 to make you all feel bad    

Sorry son, I would not have given up growning up in old America for anything. The 50s were good, the 60s were alive, the 70s, I dont remember to well.

[Bodhi]

Sorry son, I would not have given up growning up in old America for anything. The 50s were good, the 60s were alive, the 70s, I dont remember to well.

The 80's haven't even happened yet, the 90's is a liberal myth, and the 21st century is happening only in the eleventh dimension.

[Ant]

the 90's is a liberal myth

Bloody liberals.

I'm currently working on my Dad to get another bike. He stopped riding around the time I was born because of financial reasons, but now he has been mentioning bikes more and more. He likes the look of the V-Strom (hey, so do I! We're obviously just a strange family) so at the age of 59 I'm working on getting him back in the saddle.  
Age has nothing to do with riding

[skip]

Bloody liberals.

I'm currently working on my Dad to get another bike. He stopped riding around the time I was born because of financial reasons, but now he has been mentioning bikes more and more. He likes the look of the V-Strom (hey, so do I! We're obviously just a strange family) so at the age of 59 I'm working on getting him back in the saddle.  
Age has nothing to do with riding

but it does have to to do with how long you can ride between Pee stops  

[YamadogR1]

I am 53 and I did 157 miles on VIR north yesterday on the GSXR600. Still clunking along

[2RR2NV]

I am 53 and I did 157 miles on VIR north yesterday on the GSXR600. Still clunking along

grats.



   lucky bassard.

[Powerman]

Riding my CBR on 211 that goes over Skyline drive near Sperryville VA.
Rocking with two teenage Army boys, we got the attention of Smokey the Bear in the state park. "You guys have had enough fun for today, I want you out of here". "And you have a lot of gray in your beard to be out here with these guys". WTF? I'm only 50!

[ViffrKlr]

I'll be in 50 Feb. and have a KLR and a Ural already.  Remember, you're only as old as the woman you feel.

damn....what does that mean if my wife is older than me