How long

[NC]

Ok kids, I know this thread has been done to death. BUt we have lots of n00bs and maybe they wanna know.

HOw long have YOU been riding for?

Me? 7 years this year.

[Ixion]

40 years......

[Waylander]

Been rideing for 2 years exactly as of saturday this week. Saw this thread then did some research and found my initial issue papers from the DMV back in the states. Gonna have to throw a party or somethin. Maybe just get drunk and watch movies...

[woody68]

Hi
I've been riding about 21 years but don't tell every one. :msn-wink:

[Two Smoker]

Just clicked over 16 months.....

[MikeL]

First got my leg over in 1967...

[Grumpy]

27 years...

[merv]

36 years that's all.

[Big Dog]

Only 12 years. :ride:

[outlawtorn]

7 months for me :banana:

[Al]

35 years for me :ride: :niceone:

Al

[riffer]

25 years and a couple of weeks.

[inlinefour]

25 years, since I was 8 years old.
On the old man's, since I was in nappies (well I sat on it and revved the snot outta it, apparently) :msn-wink:, but you get that when its a Yamaha (PT) :whistle:

[Fart]

11 years...... on and off

[dangerous]

Hi
I've been riding about 21 years but don't tell every one. :msn-wink:
a chippy and a 68er..... but Im 22 years in the saddle in the laws eyes but started out a year or too before that on a solex :niceone:

[NC]

35 years for me :ride: :niceone:

Al
Has it affected your kidney's and/or back?

[Aitch]

about 22 years ago I think.

[Two Smoker]

Just clicked over 16 months.....

I feel so much like an infant...

[NC]

I feel so much like an infant...
Oh look how lil! So lil :D

Narh don't worry about it, you ride witht he best of them..

[Two Smoker]

Oh look how lil! So lil :D

Narh don't worry about it, you ride witht he best of them..

LOL, its just im at the back... so glad Hayden Fitzgerald didnt lap me...

[NC]

LOL, its just im at the back... so glad Hayden Fitzgerald didnt lap me...
Oh Hayden Smayden...LOL

:confused: :whistle:

[chickenfunkstar]

Just about 2 years, i'm still greenish

[StoneChucker]

Hey Alucard, I think my 2 year mark is coming up next week sometime... :drinknsin

By FAR the best two years of my life. I can't ride fast (and I don't proclaim to, or try to for that matter) and I STILL can't sustain a wheelie but by god I have fun trying, and just riding along lazily like I normally do.

Why is it always about friggen speed? :sick:

[Waylander]

Hey Alucard, I think my 2 year mark is coming up next week sometime... :drinknsin
Heh if the bike was runnin I would suggest meeting somewhere in the middle for a bit of a pissup.:2thumbsup Seems there is a few of us just started 2 years ago.

[Sensei]

33 Years & counting
SENSEI

[MrMelon]

I think I've only been riding for 20 months or so now too! Feels like way longer though.

[NC]

I think I've only been riding for 20 months or so now too! Feels like way longer though.
Hahahaha *points and laughs*

[SuperDave]

About 7 months or so.

[MOTOXXX]

16 years, but have been a bit casual at times

[cammo]

less then a month...

[spudchucka]

24 years on and off.

[Skunk]

Somewhere between 10 and 15 years... :spudwhat:

[Zed]

About 20 years on and off.

Last year was the first time I've ever riden on a race track and it helped my skills & riding mentality heaps which has improved my road riding! I'd recommend doing a track day to all *experienced* riders who have never been before. :ride:

[Madmax]

about 22 odd years (dont rember getting old) :confused:

[John]

Being riding offroad for about 10 years + only had being riding road for about 5 months restricted soon :P

[Hitcher]

Just over two years and 66,500km.

[Groins_NZ]

Got my licence in 1994, rode for 4 years, then had 6 years off (shit was it that long!) except for the odd spin on a borrowed bike. I've been riding again since middle of last year.

[Rod Steel]

Ive been riding for nigh on 3 years now

[dangerous]

Just over two years and 66,500km.
Shit if ya want to mention km's covered, well I cover 10,000k a year on avarage always ridden with no breaks...... was 15 when I toured for the 1st time Chch-west coast return on a Yamaha G580.
So a quick add up and thats about 220,000km's :ride:

[Motu]

I started riding in 1970,so that's 35 yrs.

[Pwalo]

First got my bike licence in 1975. So 30 years riding, bar the obligatory no bike years for house and children.

Another brilliant day in the capital. Get out there guys.

[bungbung]

about 4.5 years of the last 8 years

[Oakie]

1978 thru to 1987ish and now from Aug 2003 ... so call it 10 1/2 years in the saddle over the last 27.

[XTC]

20 years.... Was without a bike once and it was the worst 3 months of my life....

[GSVR]

Double post

[GSVR]

About 5 months this decade. But a few weeks of that I couldn't ride as I fell off and broke my arm.
1995 was last time previous to that.

[GR81]

5 years, still on learners :(

[MSTRS]

33 years, but not all at the same time

[Devil]

11 months, wheeee

[vifferman]

Since 1974. But I had a few years off to practise making babies, then a few more once I'd perfected that, to help grow them.

[slick]

20 years, longest break was 6 months after I wrote off an R1 (3rd party only insurance)! Took a while to persuade 'management' that I needed another bike.

[Dodgyiti]

22 years for me too, but only 5 days with a full licence.. :whistle:

[ben444]

1...2...3... oh shit i've ran out of fingers... has it been that long... I must be getting old... Is it hard to drive a car???

[Jantar]

35 years in total. But that includes a period of about 3 - 4 years when my RE5 was out of action and I didn't have a second bike.

[Storm]

Off road - 16 years. On road 1 1/2 years

[NC]

Off road - 16 years. On road 1 1/2 years
Happy birthday for yesterday dude :D

[Wolf]

23 years but there have been occasional bike-less periods. In one at the mo' drat it all. Old enough to qualify for Ulysees but haven't got wheels to go on enough rides to qualify.

[RDJ]

32 years... but not much while in Moscow...

[saiko]

23 years, less 5 whilst overseas

[Al]

Answering NC's question... No back or kidney problems, most rides are with a kidney belt and BEER helps keep kidneys functioning properly too :msn-wink:

Al

[babyB]

rode years ago but since i had to learn how to walk again ...been riding almost 4 years now

[Krusti]

I can't count!......way too many too remember...too early in the morning to think....have trouble working out if I need another coffee:wacko:

[MrMelon]

12"

Oh shit, wrong thread!

[ManDownUnder]

aaaahhh lemme see...

First ride on a motor thingy (in control... sort of) at 13... 36 now...

YEESH... I don't want to admit to that...

Long enough... and I've just about gotten over the fright that damned KZ80 gave me when it hit powerband!


MDU

[ManDownUnder]

12"

Oh shit, wrong thread!

yeah that's the "How far can you stick a screwdriver up WINJA'S nose before doing anything noticeable"

As an interesting side point... it's 12" because after that it make a hole out the other side and that vacuum sucks in the fresh air.

[DEATH_INC.]

aaaahhh lemme see...

First ride on a motor thingy (in control... sort of) at 13... 36 now...

YEESH... I don't want to admit to that...

MDU
Me too!well, maybe plus a couple of years.....

[Lou Girardin]

37 years, give or take a few bikeless ones.
Jeez, that's old. Now I'm depressed.

[Lias]

I'm still a n00b, only been riding 15 months, and over half that was on a TR50 on a car license.

[Wolf]

I'm still a n00b, only been riding 15 months, and over half that was on a TR50 on a car license.
Learners car licence - but we've managed to seduce him away from cages and into real vehicles before too much damage could be done...

[dveus]

About 9 months for me, though I spent a few years messing about on dirt bikes previously

[MrMelon]

I'm still a n00b, only been riding 15 months, and over half that was on a TR50 on a car license.

Look, there's nothing at all wrong with a tr50!

[Legolas]

34 Years.
Still Learning.
Still loving it. :ride:

[betti]

eek !! 21
years on the road and 30 on the dirt, and (he says gripping onto everything wooden in the vicinity) am still in one piece! :niceone:

[CBR97]

and love every min of it

[Zed]

and love every min of itGood testimony. :Punk:

How long have you been riding your 'Blade for?

[CBR97]

and it would be one of the best

[CBR97]

i have ridden

[NC]

12"

Oh shit, wrong thread!
Yeah, and I'm a size 8

[Storm]

NC- Whats the point? We know you are hot, no need to be bragging. You'll give the other girlies complexes. :shifty:

[NC]

NC- Whats the point? We know you are hot, no need to be bragging. You'll give the other girlies complexes. :shifty:
:whistle: Thanks

[TLDV8]

A while,longest stint without a car 1982 to 1990.........not sure i have learn't anything since :killingme

New from Colemans Suzuki in 1976 ( RM125S)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/manurewa/1976_RM125_yellow_500.jpg

First Roadbike from Summer's Kawasaki in 1977 (74 S1B)

http://www.z-power.co.uk/Images/S1B.jpg

[Velox]

7 years all together but only 3.5 years on my current bike. Offroad (Ags) and Streetmagic before the 'Jade'.