30 Under 40

[NotDeadYet]

I'm 62 and I act like I'm 30. I just bought my second ZX14. I put 60,000 miles on my first one before selling it and buying another.  Age is a state of mind.  I walked across Spain last year, a 600 mile walkabout.  I still walk, bicycle, hike, climb mountains, ski and ride every opportunity I get.   I'm pretty much as fit and as strong today as I was in my 30's.  The less you do the less you will be able to do.  Keep moving and don't slow down.  It's harder to hit a moving target.

[Sport-Touring]

[bdhszy1]

I'm about 80 days from medicare.

[Hodge Podge]

I was 28 when I joined, and just turned 40.  

[schmii]

I didn't expect to be the only person under 30.

[naustin]

I didn't expect to be the only person under 30.

Yeah, but you have the same geezer bike I have, so we must be 50 in spirit.  

Love my Pan, btw.

[Orson]

  55

I was 50 when I joined. Late bloomer.  

You should have already purchased a Guzzi by now  

Is there a problem?  

 

[NotDeadYet]

No problem here - I have the requisite old guys Guzzi too.  It keeps my ZX14 company.

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[viffergyrl]

You should have already purchased a Guzzi by now 

Is there a problem? 

 

Well I have a Ducati. Does that count?

[NotDeadYet]

Well I have a Ducati. Does that count?  

Yup they count too - but not without pictures - and maybe not as old guy / or gal geyser bikes.

 I will see your Ducati and raise you one.

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[Chronic]

FTFU

Our demographic is really aging for sure.

Do they even sell Sport Touring bikes any longer?

Yup...... but, they dress 'em up as, and renamed 'em as........ "Adventure Touring" bikes.  

BTW, I be almost 57 and still got me a sport bike (really hard to give it up).  And, gonna flip out my big-ass German Panzer to a KTM 1190 for my Sport-Touring needs

[Andrew]

Joined STN in 04 and am now 49, you figure it out.
 

Started with a XZ11 (ZX11Andrew) and now own 2 BMW GSA's a KLR and a Ural no sport bikes left.
 


Dam Kids, get off my lawn and out of my way

[Blue is Best]

Very concerned here. Some of you old guys are giving us old guys a bad name with your "crotch rocket" bikes and acting like kids.  


I guess that's what keeps us young!!!!!!  

[Mike-H]

Very concerned here. Some of you old guys are giving us old guys a bad name with your "crotch rocket" bikes and acting like kids.  


I guess that's what keeps us young!!!!!!  

What he said

[bogfro]

33 here.  27 when I joined.  

[coho]

You're only as old as you feel.

Some days I'm twenty five.
Some days I'm eighty.



YMMV

[Blue is Best]

You're only as old as you feel.

Some days I'm twenty five.
Some days I'm eighty.



YMMV

There's an honest man! Most days I'm closer to twenty but once in a while the eighty year old guy shows up! Must be those past bounces and bumps!!!!!

[VFRob]

I know what ya mean, I float around from 25 to 80 as well.  But for the sake of the pole I popped out of my Mom in 66'.

[Nodaclu]

Add me to the group that was under 40 when I got here, but no longer.

Odd part is, less chronic pain now than I was in my 30's (long standing back issues that have mostly been resolved), but less energy now too. Those two things shouldn't go together.  

[Migs]

Where's the 10-20?  

[Windblown]

S/T bikes, just like D/S bikes, tend to draw an older crowd. Why? As we age we tend to back away from the extremes of the sport. On the typical D/S ride the over 50 crowd runs around 50%, same for most rides involving S/T bikes.  On the other hand if you're 50 or older and show up for a sportbike ride or  at the local MX track you may get called "pops."

Are their exceptions? Sure, some old riders continue to rock on MX tracks, harescrambles, etc and tear up the street or track on sportbikes but they are in the minority compared to the younger crowd.  Just the way it is.

As for the aging demographic of sport-touring? I think it's mostly because of the lower number of folks coming into motorcycles over all.

And yes, the ADV market is "hot" and the S/T market has cooled.  For one thing the big-ass bikes they are calling ADV bikes these days are powerful, comfy, and have lots of cool bells and whistles.  And most importantly they have that "Adventure" moniker attached to them. Pure marketing genius at work.  You go play on your "Sport-Tourer" I'm jumping on my "Adventure bike". Doesn't matter that they are both likely to be ridden on the same roads and end up in the same places, one is cooler than the other.

Where's the 10-20?  

Good catch!