How old are you? Ageing biker population?

[racefactory]

21 with a gsxr1000 power commander remapen to k&n filter and muzzy exhaust system

Good on you mate, we should go cruise riverhead/coatesville bends sometime. That goes for any young riders.

[Timmeh:P]

Good on you mate, we should go cruise riverhead/coatesville bends sometime. That goes for any young riders.

If you are out that way, get on Old North Road, Then onto Peak road which takes you to SH16 at Kaukapakapa, then ride West Coast / Woodcocks Road out to Warkworth. Rode this the other day, great ride!!

Ps. 27 ride a Striple and a Hornet.

[cheesemethod]

24 with a VTR1000. Before that it was a GSX400, and before that it was a GN250. GN250 was a great bike, rode away from a few 'proper' bikes while serving my L time. Anybody who's ever been in Group 1 on a trackday will know that it is the rider that matters, not the bike. Overtaking a big Ducatti on a 400 is awesome, but then getting owned by a 250 on the same section brings your ego back down. Age or size of bike has nothing to do with riding skill.

[Pixie]

I'm 106, ride a 47' Norton International.

I'm 125 and ride a Bandit 1250.....
Where's No No No and his Rocket 3?

[Corse1]

You know thinking about the reason for this pole and supposed lack of young riders out there, I remember back in the day (40's now and started riding when 15) I was one of the very few YOUNG riders out there.

Sure I had mates that I went dirt bike riding with but road riding seemed to be for the mainly older folk. I never road with groups, always on my own so maybe a lot of riders progress from dirt bikes into road bikes when they get a little older. It just might be the way. No different now than what it was years ago??

I certainly see quite a few more younger riders now on L plates commuting around Vegas on GN250's, Hyosung 250's etc etc.

I am sure the future of motorcycling around Aotearoa will not be dying out anytime soon

[racefactory]

If you are out that way, get on Old North Road, Then onto Peak road which takes you to SH16 at Kaukapakapa, then ride West Coast / Woodcocks Road out to Warkworth. Rode this the other day, great ride!!

Ps. 27 ride a Striple and a Hornet.

Mate I did pretty much exactly this route not so long ago.... love those roads. Usually do something a bit more windy. Hopefully see you out there sometime.

[Dean]

17 with a 450 rebel and Yamaha zeal on the side which I barely ride. cbf riding anymore its gonna be cars for me too. Maybe off road.

[Voltaire]

Good on you mate, we should go cruise riverhead/coatesville bends sometime. That goes for any young riders.

Thats a bit urban for a fire breathing Duke, try Pukekohe to Raglan on SH22....

[racefactory]

More into the bends mate. Straights don't do anything for me, not into speeding.

Riverhead and coatesville have some excellent tight bends with 80kmh speed limit that you can easily stay inside whilst throwing the bike on it's side hard.

[avgas]

12 and a half
I ride a bike with missing parts

[digs_nz]

Ok I don't know if this has been brought up or not, I didn't read the whole thread, but this poll is hardly a balanced sample of the population.

Kiwibiker has been around a few years now, from what I gather, and so those bikers who are older have had alot more chance to google "motorbike forum" and find this place, and then they stay on here. Also take into account that, while perhaps some pretty heavy generalisations, people cool down and become a bit more open minded and wiser in their old age, as in... more likely to look up some information from an outside source.. as opposed to thinking they know everything already and they don't need to learn about safety, especially not from the geeky internet.

Also consider a similar effect, while I'm making a few more assumptions here... once you begin to ride motorbikes, you don't stop, so you kind of only have to try it once when you are anywhere from 20-30 and then you become a part of the older statistic in a few years. Again, this will be a cumulative effect. This is also slightly offset by people who give up biking once they hit these years, but my guess is this is a smaller number than the above scenario.

Also there is a smaller age bracket (7 years, 8 years) for the 'young' options, and the 50+ age bracket is larger (probably about 15 years max).

My point is, the poll is not answering the question it is designed to, which is "is the biker population AGING" which means that the average age is growing older.. the results of the exact same poll 10-15 years ago would probably be very similar.

I'm 22 and just starting.

[MSTRS:Me]

My point is, the poll is not answering the question it is designed to, which is "is the biker population AGING" which means that the average age is growing older.. the results of the exact same poll 10-15 years ago would probably be very similar.

You are right. The poll is showing the age demographic as it is now. 10-15 years ago the results probably showed similar or slightly younger average.
However, 20-30 years ago I think you could reverse the bar graph as it shows. Cheap Jap import cars and steadily increasing ACC/insurance are to blame.

[EZAS]

Almost didn't get past one of the OP's starting posts bagging 250 ninjas.
I ride one 150k's everyday, and have for the last 2 years.
I'm not on my learners or restricted and I traded my ZX9R in for one of these bikes.

25-30 and I live nearish the Wellsford end of SH16. With the exception of the tight twisties on West Coast road, the 250 will sit on 110k comfortably through the SH16 route mentioned above.

[racefactory]

It's not a bad bike at all mate, an awesome commuting machine there is no doubt... but they do look pretty fugly!