What do you see yourself riding at age 60..? [Archive]

terbang

15th June 2006, 18:36

Talking to some colleagues the other day and the comment about my age (46) and riding came up (what too old..Jeez narrow minded bastards). I dont see any problem with it but it was pointed out that at 60 I couldnt fly Internationally anymore..? Hmm Ok so what do others think..

onearmedbandit

15th June 2006, 18:44

I'd love to think that in 30yrs time I'd still be riding something that puts a massive grin on my face and gives me a buzz like my current steed does. However what spins my wheels now probably won't at that age (although there is always hope!) so might find myself on something more relaxed. I don't think I'd go to an all-out tourer, something more sports-tourer-ish.

30yrs is just too far away (closer than I think) to know where both motorcycles and myself are in terms of development.

eliot-ness

15th June 2006, 18:48

Age 66, Bandit 1200. Age is no reason to change riding style or bike. You are only as old as you feel

Edbear

15th June 2006, 18:52

You are only as old as you feel

Today I'm 103!:bye:

SARGE

15th June 2006, 18:52

i'll still be riding an FJ or T'Ace..

maybe a Dodge Tomahawk

u4ea

15th June 2006, 18:59

i am just over half way there and will be on a hog.........and am ever hopeful my trusty leathers will hold all my bits in place!!!!!!!!:blip:

MattRSK

15th June 2006, 19:04

someone in there 20s:blip:

trumpy

15th June 2006, 19:05

........but it was pointed out that at 60 I couldnt fly Internationally anymore..?

Really?? Then there must be an awful lot of decidedly old looking 45 year olds on the flights I take......

Riding...probably a sports tourer. Might consider a cruiser when I hit that 75th birthday...

ZeroIndex

15th June 2006, 19:07

This is on a t-shirt:

You don't stop riding because you get old, you get old because you stop riding :D

SPman

15th June 2006, 19:09

Maybe a GSXR 1000 K8..........:blip:

Ixion

15th June 2006, 19:26

You didn't include "Something more powerful and hairier".

Only a couple of years away, but by then I think I'll have grown a bit tired of the Beamer. Wonderful bike for effortlessly gobbling miles, but I've always liked to try something completely different each time I change.

I figure the older you get the less you have to lose. So maybe my next big bike will be at least a semi- sprotsbike of some sort. If (if!) I could talk Mrs Ixion round I'd like to run something like a Bandit or VTR1000 in parallel with a BMW - BMW for long distances , t'other for hooning.

Don't really understand the "more sedate" thing. Why more sedate just cos of a few more years?

Flatcap

15th June 2006, 19:34

Can't ride a sprotsbike with all that weight on your athritic wrists - perhaps a Cafe Racer of some sort...Triumph perhaps....

Darkman

15th June 2006, 19:37

maybe a mobility scooter..if I'm lucky and live that long.

kiwifruit

15th June 2006, 19:38

gsxr1000k60

SPman

15th June 2006, 19:46

You didn't include "Something more powerful and hairier".

I figure the older you get the less you have to lose.

Unfortunately the reflexes are a Tad slower, so what you don't have to lose, you lose that much quicker if you arent continually on to it......experience can only carry you so far.....which is why I downsized to a "mere" 900 sportsbike...........:whistle"

Blackbird

15th June 2006, 19:47

Ummmm... I've only got 18 months to go:shutup:

Maybe I should sell the Blackbird and get a scooter.

Actually, thinking of doing another 1000 miles in 24 hous ride to celebrate - grow old disgracefully:rockon:

APPLE

15th June 2006, 19:51

wen im 60 i'd still like 2 b riding my misses?ooohhhhhh naaaassssty.............:gob:

Oakie

15th June 2006, 19:55

14 years away .... Mrs Oakie and any motorbike I can still throw my leg over.

Maha

15th June 2006, 20:01

Making it to 60 is my first priority, but i can see myself still out there doing it on what ever i will own at that time, one thing for certain is, i will no longer be working at that age and will not have been working for about 5 yrs before. Plan A is to stop that nonsense mid 50's and get out there and enjoy enjoy enjoy.............:woohoo:

rasty

15th June 2006, 20:01

I'm only 12 months away and I'm not getting swapping the Multistrada for way longer than that.

Crasherfromwayback

15th June 2006, 20:11

someone in there 20s:blip:
Mate.....!
If we're (ok I'm) to be honest, when we're 60, we'll be looking 'round for some rich available 75 year old that wants a 'Toy Boy' and is willing to buy him a new toy to keep him happy and hard.

Blackbird

15th June 2006, 20:19

60 is a state of mind and Mrs B says I haven't got past 5. I'm stopping work full timeat 60 to do the things I really want to do whilst the body is in good nick.

Ixion

15th June 2006, 20:23

Can't ride a sprotsbike with all that weight on your athritic wrists - perhaps a Cafe Racer of some sort...Triumph perhaps....

Fortunately, I have no arthritic tendency. The Daytona 675 does look very juicy.

justsomeguy

15th June 2006, 20:26

Don't think I'll last that long, already used up about a 1000 lives:blah:

oldguy

15th June 2006, 20:36

Hopefully I,m still riding the VTR1000 in another 10years, should be a classic we,ll both be old relic,s:rockon:

sels1

15th June 2006, 20:37

There is a snippet is Triumphs Torque magazine about a 80 year old who just bought a new Bonneville, his 40th bike. Good example that bloke, in more ways than one.

sunhuntin

15th June 2006, 20:47

Don't think I'll last that long, already used up about a 1000 lives:blah:

yeh....thats the option ida ticked if it was there....sorry guys, but 60 just seems too old to me....i dont plan to get older than 30 if i can avoid it. unless some gorgeous guy or bike comes along to change my mind. i plan to die on whatever ride ive got at the time. hopefully something big and cruiserish.

El Dopa

15th June 2006, 21:05

Either of these'll do me

jaybee

15th June 2006, 21:05

most likely a goldwing an armchair to match the rocking chair

Mrs Busa Pete

15th June 2006, 21:27

Today I'm 103!:bye:

Shit i didn't think you looked a day over 50

Mrs Busa Pete

15th June 2006, 21:32

Finn

15th June 2006, 21:43

i'll still be riding an FJ or T'Ace..

Well it only has to last another year...:blip:

Lazy7

15th June 2006, 21:45

I will be riding the new ZXR-F

F standing for fusion powered. 0-100 in .5 second. 700km top speed.

in green

N4CR

15th June 2006, 22:36

After I make my millions I'll run my MV Agusta F4 1000 Veltro with synthetic petrol and pollute everything while electric floating bikes run wild. Lol.

Ixion

15th June 2006, 22:38

Of course, all the younger folk are assuming that motorcycles will still be legal by the time they reach 60. I wouldn't care to put money on that for anyone under 40.

Pathos

15th June 2006, 23:33

you forget... its the current parent generation that are letting all these babysitting laws in.

Our generation don't really seem to give a shit for personal safety.

Ixion

16th June 2006, 00:11

The current generation never does. But will you still be as blithe when it is your 15 year old kid wanting a motorbike?

SARGE

16th June 2006, 00:19

Well it only has to last another year...:blip:

yea .. i got this old by not mouthing off to huge crazy motherfuckers

Motu

16th June 2006, 08:17

I've got no idea what bike I'll get next,there is seldom any planning...someone usually offers me a bike and I grab it.Eight years to go for me - like Ixion I'll probably spear off on some tangent....bikes are a passion,there is no logic involved.

Lias

16th June 2006, 09:32

Really?? Then there must be an awful lot of decidedly old looking 45 year olds on the flights I take......

Riding...probably a sports tourer. Might consider a cruiser when I hit that 75th birthday...
I think terbang means he cant PILOT international flights any more. He can still be a passenger. I tried to figure out what his name meant one day but all I could get out of google was a bunch of stuff to do with indonesian aviation industries so Its a safe bet hes a pilot.

Two Smoker

16th June 2006, 09:33

My uncle is still racing at 75 (76 this year)... I hope to be doing the same... if i live that long...

The_Dover

16th June 2006, 09:44

Hopefully a 20 yr old blonde with big tits and a voracious appetite for my saggy old nuts.

And a motorcycle.

Lou Girardin

16th June 2006, 10:01

If the plans work out, and my wife still gets on the back, it'll be a tourer and something fun like a Speed Triple, Superduke or whatever is hot.
The again, it could be a mobility scooter. But I'll get the local sparky to make it a bloody quick one.

trumpy

16th June 2006, 10:03

I think terbang means he cant PILOT international flights any more. He can still be a passenger. I tried to figure out what his name meant one day but all I could get out of google was a bunch of stuff to do with indonesian aviation industries so Its a safe bet hes a pilot.

Thanks, that makes a bit more sense!

ManDownUnder

16th June 2006, 10:06

Any of you guys catch the "flying fossil" on TV about a week ago.

Super quad with a fucken HUGE motor in it. Racing in the reach for the skies and doing bloody well to...

70 or 75 years young I think? WHAT A LEGEND!

Mate he inspired me. I have to age but I don't have to grow old...

terbang

16th June 2006, 10:59

I tried to figure out what his name meant one day but all I could get out of google was a bunch of stuff to do with indonesian aviation industries so Its a safe bet hes a pilot.

Terbang is "Fly" or "Flying" in Indonesia. Safe bet allright I drive 737's for Qantas.

Swoop

16th June 2006, 11:26

By the time I'm 60 the gubbinment will have outlawed all forms of fun, osh will be "big brother" even more than they are now. Motorcycles will not exist!

eh, helen?:bye:

Fryin Finn

16th June 2006, 11:40

60 only 7 years away - at 25 I promised myself I would be riding dirt bikes at fifty - promise fulfilled. I haven't made any promises for 60 but I'm aiming to still be riding dirtbikes at 60 (probably my Gas Gas 250)
As for a roadbike - I'm thinking a big soft Adventure bike thats off road capable - KTM990 would be nice but realistically Suzuki DL 650.
A mate, at 65, is riding a KTM 400 EXC so he provides a target for me age/riding wise.

The Pastor

16th June 2006, 11:43

I will be riding lots of differnt bikes, maybe a bandit 1200 which i look to get within the next few years.....

Jamezo

16th June 2006, 13:26

gsxr1000k60
You're 6 years old? Impressive.

kiwifruit

16th June 2006, 13:50

You're 6 years old? Impressive.

daddy ?

oldrider

16th June 2006, 15:13

We are already well past that so haven't voted.

We have downsized but that wasn't age related, it was budget related.

We wanted a more versatile bike because we can only really afford to have one bike now, that includes space in the garage etc.

The TransAlp has done everything we have wanted it to do for us so far. (I miss the power though, sometimes.)

I know from listening to other people, that I am very fortunate with my best mate still enjoying riding on the back and everything and going touring around etc.

Size or power of bike isn't really a factor of age so much as good health, you can't expect to hold a big bike up if your legs and hips are shagged.

One thing to remember about age though is that you don't respond as quickly in the cold and that's the most dangerous factor, I believe. :yes: Cheers John.

oldrider

16th June 2006, 15:17

By the time I'm 60 the gubbinment will have outlawed all forms of fun, osh will be "big brother" even more than they are now. Motorcycles will not exist!

eh, helen?:bye:
Husshh, don't encourage her, she loves to make rules and tax our fun. :shutup:

Wolf

16th June 2006, 15:23

Given I'm already 42 and my bike's an '03 model of a motorcycle reputed to be "bulletproof" I should still be riding it unless I get too senile to remember to put oil in it.

Aim to have a veritable fleet by then - old BMW R100CS (which will be around 40 years old by then) and a couple of road/trail bikes of various sizes - one purely decked out for the road for cheap commuting, the other set up for on and off-road use and adventure touring. Plus a couple of trophy-bikes purchased brand new and never ridden just to clean and drool over for the shear satisfaction of finally being able to afford one.

Wolf

16th June 2006, 15:35

Lou Girardin

16th June 2006, 16:51

One thing to remember about age though is that you don't respond as quickly in the cold and that's the most dangerous factor, I believe. :yes: Cheers John.

Ain't that fact. I'm always worried I'll piss my pants before I can find it.

Troll

16th June 2006, 18:35

had my current bike 10 years now and it still does the business

see no reason to change bikes within the next 13 years

Skyryder

16th June 2006, 18:46

Been there...................still riding. But as Oldrider says it's the cold that 'git's' to ya. Went for a run a few weeks back. Just a shortie 150k's or there abouts by the time I got back into the city I could hardly operate the clutch because of carpel problems.

Promised myself a trip up to Nelson in couple of weeks time but in truth I'm begining to baulk at the idea. Eight hundred odd k's in two days..............it's a big question mark at this time of year.

Skyryder

Ixion

16th June 2006, 19:26

,,
One thing to remember about age though is that you don't respond as quickly in the cold and that's the most dangerous factor, I believe. :yes: Cheers John.

All in all, I find the cold affects me less now than it did when i was young. Prolly cos I'm fatter now!

But one thing I have noticed in the last few years, is that cold weather makes my eyes sting and water if I ride at any sort of speed with the visor up (on a naked bike I mean) .

Never used to do that.Must be some change in the nature of the air. I blame the french tests, they've buggered the atmosphere.

Other than that i can't say I've seen any physical issues that would affect my riding in the last 40 years. Maybe reflexes a wee bit slower, but they're still pretty good (by objective timing tests, < 0.2 sec) . Eyes were always a bit funny, no worse now. Not as fit as I was, but that only shows up if I have to push a bike.

"D" FZ1

16th June 2006, 20:35

Your only as old as the Woman you feel :blip:
Ride what you enjoy as long as you can

Genesismatrix

16th June 2006, 21:12

Hover Bike. Defnitally a hoverbike!

Indiana_Jones

16th June 2006, 21:15

Bonnie or R75 with sidecar I dare say.

-Indy

madmal64

16th June 2006, 21:21

I hope to be riding a similar style bike to my current one. If the knees & wrists let me.
No matter what i know I will still be on 2 wheels and enjoying it, no matter what I am riding

El Dopa

16th June 2006, 21:43

Of course, all the younger folk are assuming that motorcycles will still be legal by the time they reach 60. I wouldn't care to put money on that for anyone under 40.

Cheery bastard.

In that case, probably something like this, then. Hopefully things won't be so bad that the pillion seems like a good idea, though.

Brian d marge

16th June 2006, 21:49

Well the ole mans 65 and is doing a trail ride on a CR 125 ,,,,

The only problem is ...I am a 32 ( f ) ... ( Fat)

and the ole man is a 2X+y ( double F ) ...( F#$#% Fat )

So my MX gear may not fit ..... we ll sling him out in some ole cammo pants ... at least he will be cool ,, as everyman and his dog goes past !!!

Stephen

Thye Mother aint happy ,,,, nooot happy at all is our mum

Kickaha

17th June 2006, 08:27

I'll be riding anything I damn well like and still racing sidecars :yes:

Rossi Gal

17th June 2006, 11:01

hmm let me think...that'll be in ..39 years. ok ill be riding somthing like a 2044 modle of something like im riding now!! :) so long as they arent sucky hovvering thingys by then

Motu

17th June 2006, 14:07

When I was a lad.....we were told there would be no cars when we grew up,we would be driving some sucky hovvering thing.

Some things never change....I bet Claudius was told he wouldn't be driving a chariot when he grew up...he'd be driving some sucky hovvering thing....

Ixion

17th June 2006, 14:11

I reckon hovering things would be fun. Wiz wrong wiv hovering? I'd be a starter if they were available. AND they can go over water. Whole new dimension I reckon.

Y'gotta move with the times.

Edbear

17th June 2006, 15:10

Terbang is "Fly" or "Flying" in Indonesia.

I know it's only phonetics, but "flying" and "Terbang"... somehow...:bye:

Edbear

17th June 2006, 15:34

Shit i didn't think you looked a day over 50

Shhhh! Today I'm 21!:blip: I thought the new Honda CBF Thou looked really nice for my physical condition. I believe, though, that the wide variety of types of bike around, demonstrates that everyone has their individual preferences and there'll be just as wide a variety of bikes ridden by over 60's as there are for the younger ones. I like the W650 and the Royal Enfield as much as the new 675 for different reasons. I'd love a 'Busa, too, but I'd be real nervous on one for a while.:ride:

diggydog

17th June 2006, 17:31

something large and broad with power, at the age 60+, if i make it that far.

oldrider

18th June 2006, 17:19

something large and broad with power, at the age 60+, if i make it that far.
Make it happen but don't leave it to luck, manage it! Good luck. :blip: Oops, should I say good management! :yes: Cheers John.

diggydog

18th June 2006, 17:30

Make it happen but don't leave it to luck, manage it! Good luck. :blip: Oops, should I say good management! :yes: Cheers John.
I'LL DO WHAT I HAVE DO TO GET THERE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.:blip: :bye:

DougB

18th June 2006, 18:29

trumpy

18th June 2006, 18:37

I am 73 and still riding. A 60 year old seems a young guy or gal to me and a 30 year old has barely reached maturity.

Thirteen years ago when I was 60 I rode a police special Moto Guzzi T5 which is for sale again on trade me right now.

I bought my eleventh bike last year and now have two, a 1974 Aermacchi 350 for the open road and a 2005 Suzuki 125 scooter for around town.

I ride nearly every day, but not in the rain now (my only concession to age). I dont think I would go far in the cold but ride short distances, up to 10k, on frosty mornings to events.

If you are healthy age is irrelevant.

An old person is 15 years older than you are, for me that is about 90. I expect (hope) to be still riding at that age.

Sir, I salute you!
I am 20 years your junior and you give me great hope for the future. (.... and I'll never complain about my age and health again)

oldrider

18th June 2006, 19:30

I am 73 and still riding. A 60 year old seems a young guy or gal (Mrs O/R is 63 and I can still "talk" about fighting, so watch it boy!) lol.

An old person is 15 years older than you are, for me that is about 90. I expect (hope) to be still riding at that age.
Good on ya, I will only be about 80 so I hope I'm still riding with you. :first: Do you notice there are not so many old folk around nowadays. :blip: Cheers John.

Ixion

18th June 2006, 20:39

Well, THAT'S lifted the bar, hasn't it. I guess the poll question needs to be changed to "What do you see yourself riding at age 90 ?"

Good on y'both.

Now, where's some old chicky riders?

Edbear

19th June 2006, 07:39

I am 73 and still riding. A 60 year old seems a young guy or gal to me and a 30 year old has barely reached maturity.

Thirteen years ago when I was 60 I rode a police special Moto Guzzi T5 which is for sale again on trade me right now.

I bought my eleventh bike last year and now have two, a 1974 Aermacchi 350 for the open road and a 2005 Suzuki 125 scooter for around town.

I ride nearly every day, but not in the rain now (my only concession to age). I dont think I would go far in the cold but ride short distances, up to 10k, on frosty mornings to events.

If you are healthy age is irrelevant.

An old person is 15 years older than you are, for me that is about 90. I expect (hope) to be still riding at that age.

Awesome DougB and the other old guys,(!), here! Makes me feel like the proverbial "spring chicken"! Some of my best friends are over 80! They say that 60 is the new 40, and it seems that people are getting "younger" at older ages. My Mum is 73 and would love to get on a bike again but is not confident enough to ride my 600. A 60+ mate of mine was comlaining the other day that his FAther-in-law still treats him like a boy! LOL!!!! His FIL is 89 and says he's not old, his 95 year old friend is old!:rockon:

Wolf

19th June 2006, 09:01

Yep, when you read the ages of some of these riders you think "43? Pfah! I'm young yet." This Wolf's a mere cub beside DougB.

My uncle's in his 70s and still borrows his daughter's FZR400 from time to time and is extremely active in the Targa Rally - has a Sunbeam Rapier of which he is justifiably proud. (One of the few cages I actually like.) When he was a young lad on his bike a cop gave him shit for wearing a helmet - thought he (my uncle) saw himself as a bit of a racer and gave him crap for his irresponsible attitude. My uncle had a brain bucket to protect his skull in case of a spill, not because he thought he was Burt Munro.

Great uncle Owen was still riding when I last saw him and he was over 70 (few years ago now), and he regaled me with stories of learning to ride at age 15 on gravel roads with no helmet on a Harley 1340 - quite an education for one who learned to ride in the days of compulsory helmets, staged licences and 250cc restrictions...

He got arseholes from some young lads for wearing a leather jacket for protection - they picked him as a "Rocker".

Ach, I haven't lived!