30 years from now.

[Big Dave]

In the first 20 years that I rode or was interested in 'superbikes' the output went from 100 to 120 horsepower and 100mph was fast enough for most. (still is for me)

In the last 10 they have gone from 120 to almost 200 on both counts

What will I be riding in 30 years time then?

One of you mathematicians extrapolate those numbers please.

Socially

30 years ago we were a bit shocked by Punk. Now Marlilyn Manson has even worn off.

Ponder me entertainment 2038.

[James Deuce]

In 30 years we won't have any form of personalised transport that doesn't shit on your toes when you stand behind it.

Entertainment-wise, the luthier that manages to reinvent a catgut strung portable stringed instrument will be treated as a demi-god.

[rainman]

In 30 years we won't have any form of personalised transport that doesn't shit on your toes when you stand behind it.

What he said. As the Saudi oil saying goes: My grandfather rode a camel, i drive a car, my son flies a jet-plane. His son will ride a camel.

[McJim]

Yeah, I noticed lots of people wanting far more power than they could actually use in a motorcycle and decided it was a bandwagon I had no interest in gettin on.

I'll work out a way to run my Ducati on an alcohol based fuel and flip the bird at all you fookers with horses as I roar past:rofl: my wee bike makes enough music for my ears.

[James Deuce]

I'll work out a way to run my Ducati on an alcohol based fuel ......

If you don't drink it all first.

[hospitalfood]

Im going to be on a ion powered space bike doing 300 times the speed of light.
entertainment will be colonising other planets, shooting or rooting aliens, and taking hostages.

[McJim]

shooting or rooting aliens, and taking hostages.

That is soooo last week! :rofl:

[hospitalfood]

gave up trying to be fashionable, coz I never could.

[Ixion]

We'll all be riding sucky blowy hover things. But Mr Motu's got his already.

I'll be getting on a bit by then , might need to be starting to think about getting a Harley. Doubt they'll have changed much.

[McJim]

I'll be getting on a bit by then , might need to be starting to think about getting a Harley. Doubt they'll have changed much.

I didn't realise you were 286 years old dude. You hide it well.:rofl:

[Skyryder]

I'll most likely be dead. 63+30=93.

Skyryder

[Big Dave]

I'll be getting on a bit by then , might need to be starting to think about getting a Harley. Doubt they'll have changed much.

They call it retrotech. It's really neat. Much has changed but it all looks old school.

[Motu]

Well judging on past performance - I'm sure musically I will be really into something I loathe at the present time,haunting markets on weekends for old DSE 1G MP3 players to rip the music out of.I won't pay more than $100 for these old things - that's all they will be worth,the price of a litre of 98.

Likewise for bikes - I will have found an old GSXR600 that one of the millions of unemployed IT workers had stashed under his shack.With some parts from a few old Yamaha's I'd collected and a couple of Honda's I will be riding around on a real early 21st century sportsbike,weekdays I use my sucky blowy.Wonders never cease.Bottom feeders will inherit the earth......

[Mikkel]

I guess in 30 years time, going on 60, I might have bought a cruiser...

...if we indeed still have personalised transportation as Jim2 said...

...and are allowed to use it!

30 years is a long time in my book. Lots of stuff could happen. I guess if motorcycles are still around in the number that they are today a lot of development will have gone towards improved electronic riding assistance, transition from mechanical to electro-mechanical systems, nano-tech coatings to reduce friction allowing less maintenance and/or higher specific power output... There'll always be an obsession with more power and more speed - there'll still be people doing the equivalent of turbo charging a hayabusa. Dunno how much further the manufactuerers are going to push up power though. Eventually it'll become counter productive (just like 200+ hps in a FWD car).

With the current focus on carbon footprints etc I guess a lot of effort will be put into particle filters and improving efficiency. Eventually electric motors for road vehicles will become a reality - but not necessarily inside 30 years.

[scracha]

We'll be reading kiwibiker whilst our solar powered vehicle drives us to the office to worship Steve Jobs. The only thing we'll be riding will be our old ladies who'll look like 20 year olds due to all the $hit Suzanne Paul has covered them in over the previous 30 years.

[Big Dave]

I saw her tonight on the Mrs' TV for the first time in 10 years.
That is one long running act!

[Wiki Drifter]

I'll be riding my android sex slave(s) :banana:

[Sully60]

I have trouble thinking past what's happening in the weekend let alone 30 years time!
But I reckon the big thing in music will be a just another sampled tune of one of todays hits and all the kids will be saying "Man, like this new music is really great, I think it's just so, like original".

I'm already building a still, just need some brass bodied carbs and magneto ignition system for my SV because I'll will still have it in 30 years time!:yes:

If I can still ride I will get great satisfaction from carving up the "hot shoe" sports bike(or whatever they'll be then) riders up the Takas when they on their 450hp Hydrogen fuel cell machines. :laugh:

The more things change, the more they stay the same:yawn:

[Pwalo]

You'll be riding your zimmer frame mate. And so will I. Bikes will still have two wheels and an engine of some sort.

[Coyote]

I'll finally be able to afford a decent bike.

'Sex sells' will go so far as to have porn at primetime and Sunday mornings.

There will be a McDonald's food maker in every kitchen.

Women will become 'studs' and men will become 'sluts'.

Feminists will be celebrating that they've finally reached equality.

Cars will run on Petrol.

Governments will be run by private organisations.

The Coca Cola company will have by then released 2 new brands: 'Soylent Soda' and 'Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator'.

Darma And Greg will be considered 'intelligent humour'.

Media scrums begin to attack people to make news on slow news days.

Slow news days will of course be when there's a pandemic and the Celebrities are forced to sit at home.

Prohibition was re-introduced by the Safety Nazi Party, but eradicated soon after when politicians realised they couldn't drink either and thought it was 'stink'.

Linsay Lohan edges out rival Paris Hilton in the race for the whitehouse after winning in both New South Wales and Victoria primaries.


I could keep going, this is fun.

[oldrider]

In the first 20 years that I rode or was interested in 'superbikes' the output went from 100 to 120 horsepower and 100mph was fast enough for most. (still is for me)

In the last 10 they have gone from 120 to almost 200 on both counts

What will I be riding in 30 years time then?

One of you mathematicians extrapolate those numbers please.

Socially

30 years ago we were a bit shocked by Punk. Now Marlilyn Manson has even worn off.

Ponder me entertainment 2038.


Shit a brick, at 98 I will count myself very lucky to be riding a self powered zimmer! :shifty:

Even breathing will be bonus by then but I will do my best to be there! :headbang:

:confused: Might take more than positive thinking though. :doh: Positive action could be helpful. :sleep: Cheers John.

[Badjelly]

Hmmm. 30 years ago (more or less) I was riding a Honda CB175. Now I'm riding a Scorpio 225, about as similar as a bike could be (50 more cc, 1 fewer cylinders, slightly less power, slightly better front brake). In 30 years time? If I'm alive, I'll be in my 80s, I think a 30-year-old ZX10R would be good, with retractable trainer wheels, because I won't be able to hold it up when it's stopped.

[Coyote]

The human race finally meets aliens from the dark side of the moon.

Aliens confirm that there is no American equipment on the planet proving the moon landing was a hoax.

Aliens say Roswell was a weather balloon. Conspiracy theorists are not convinced.

Cliff Richard still sings Christmas Carols

The food pyramid is scraped for the more accurate 'Food David's star' with takeout companies in the middle and everything else on the points.

The Simpsons is onto it's 45th season.

2 Strokes still live hidden under cargo nets in the forest. Few get ridden, evading the law. Most wait until their day comes.

Scientology and Atheism are the biggest religions in the world after Islam. Virgins proving to be more popular than evil aliens and ironic elitism.

A cure for aids and the common cold is found. The cure for small pox is lost.

Honda buys out Suzuki. Suzuki riders panic at the thought of loosing their masculinity. Many accept it and finally come out of the closet. A sense of relief is had by all.

Rap continues to cast it's shadow over popular music with music videos finally taking the step into pornography. Metal continues being awesome.

The Safety Nazi party abandon the police quota system opting for the 'take what they have on them' system. Record numbers of cars are impounded.

[Sully60]

Cliff Richard still sings Christmas Carols




And is still single....

[MIXONE]

And is still single....

And still a virgin.

[gijoe1313]

This thread is useless without pics! :oi-grr:

When our SIM expiration for registration expires, the computer will be turned off, our file deleted and the operator goes out for a break ... zero sum game, set and match!