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wingnutt
28th June 2007, 21:52
gidday all,
back on two wheels after a 25 year break.
Turned 60 last year, and birthday present was a long held dream, a 1896 Honda Goldwing aspencade GL1200. slowly bringing little things up to scratch.

First ride, I was all over the place, wrong lines, wobbles, brakes, lol, even lifted front wheel at one stage, worked myself into a hellava lather, I wondered what I was thinking, when brought it for a while.

But now its a wonderful pleasure again to be back on two wheels, ride most days, and am looking forward to few long trips.

great reading in this forum

cheers.
dogsnbikes
28th June 2007, 21:58
Welcome to KB Wingnutt and sounds like you are getting alot of pleasure being upright again....enjoy the ride and the site
chanceyy
28th June 2007, 22:01
welcome back to biking ... never too old to get back into it ;)
Edbear
28th June 2007, 22:01
a 1896 Honda Goldwing aspencade GL1200.



:gob:


(You're gonna fit right in...:second: )
kiwifruit
28th June 2007, 22:03
welcome to the site :)
Stickchick
28th June 2007, 22:04
Welcome to KB dude. Us Hawkes Bay people have a ride every Saturday...heres the thread
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=46301
you are more than welcome to join us and we look forward to meeting you
Oakie
28th June 2007, 22:09
Welcome. Gosh, lifting a Goldwing front wheel. That would have been a sight to see.
You'll fit in well with the rest of us 'returned to biking' oldies in here.
Macktheknife
29th June 2007, 10:28
a long held dream, a 1896 Honda Goldwing aspencade GL1200.


cheers.
REALLY!!!!
Now that is what I call a collectors item! lol
Welcome to Kb and welcome back to the best way to live...
on two wheels.
kevfromcoro
29th June 2007, 10:49
done that myself. got a CBX1000.took it for a test run.hoisted it right the main street...came back and everyone said shit.you can ride....just sat there calmly ....like nothing happened.....was F ucken shitting myself
Blackbird
29th June 2007, 12:34
Welcome from someone who hits 6 decades this year:Punk: Reckon you'll shed a couple of them with your return to bikes! Old bodies don't bounce too well though but what a way to go:rockon:
johnnyflash
29th June 2007, 16:08
Welcome aboard wingnut, there is certainlya a much larger group of "mature" bikers around nowadays....look forward to catching up some time.. ... stay safe...
simo j
29th June 2007, 21:19
good to hear another old bastard is out on the black stuff enjoy your bike dude come summer u could head south for atrip if so give me a bell by then i hope to bup to speed with local attractions as i have just moved to oxford from tokovegas we have a spare bed rates are1 bottle jb u drink half we dig in freezer bbq and plenty bull shit :scooter:
oldrider
29th June 2007, 21:46
gidday all,
back on two wheels after a 25 year break.
Turned 60 last year, and birthday present was a long held dream, a 1896 Honda Goldwing aspencade GL1200. slowly bringing little things up to scratch.

First ride, I was all over the place, wrong lines, wobbles, brakes, lol, even lifted front wheel at one stage, worked myself into a hellava lather, I wondered what I was thinking, when brought it for a while.

But now its a wonderful pleasure again to be back on two wheels, ride most days, and am looking forward to few long trips.

great reading in this forum

cheers.

Shit Wingnutt 1896 really is an old bike for a Honda so I guess you have a big job there sourcing parts! :shit:

Hey, I ride like that all the time and that is after the lessons too!

Welcome to KB, all you need here is a love of bikes and you find friends right across the speed range.

Age is only as big a problem as we make it!

Great people on KB! Enjoy. :ride: Cheers John.
Swoop
2nd July 2007, 16:35
1896 Leadwing.
Steam driven???:whistle:


Welcome to the funny farm mate!
:ride:
NZsarge
2nd July 2007, 16:40
Yeah mate....Never too late to get back into biking eh, enjoy.
Blueskies
4th July 2007, 00:08
Hi wingnut,
As another in the 6th decade of living it's great to welcome you back to biking. Great choice.
Reading this thread it occurs to me that there appear to be very few women riders in this age group . . . . . are there any out there, or am I all on my lonesome I wonder ?
Well anyway, welcome back to your two wheels and welcome to the site.
Drum
4th July 2007, 05:46
Gidday wingnutt. Welcome back to riding and welcome to the site.

We need some old codgers to knock some sense into the whipper snappers around here!
Holy Roller
4th July 2007, 06:33
Welcome to the site.

Sounds like another prospect for the Ulysses Club.:yes:
One cant beat the super cruisers for comfort and style.:dodge::scooter:
NighthawkNZ
4th July 2007, 07:01
1896 Leadwing.
Steam driven???:whistle:


Welcome to the funny farm mate!
:ride:

I was thinking that too... an hour to start each morning... trailer for the coal... thank gawd for electric start... :lol:


oh welcome Wingnutt to the local nut house... I had a friend who use to own a 1985 goldwing, was a great tourer. Enjoy
EnzoYug
14th July 2007, 11:25
The Honda Goldwing was chucked out (produced) tween 1983-1987/8 I think. Wingnutt made a typo. The bikes not 105 years old guys.

But hells bells it'd be a good story if it was!
helenoftroy
15th July 2007, 00:37
Hi there Wingnut.Riding again is an awesome thing and makes life a better thing.
Oakie
15th July 2007, 17:56
Hi there Wingnut.Riding again is an awesome thing and makes life a better thing.

Hell yeah. I started doing it again 4 years ago and Mrs Oakie started again about 8 weeks ago. Bloody marvellous being a middle aged biker.
He he. Mrs Oakie accidentally found the power band in her bike today and nearly wheelied away from an intersection. (Well, as close as you can get to wheelieing an Eliminator 250).