50 years of biking

**ellipsis** · 3rd March 2018, 09:41

Originally Posted by Berries

Me too. Hope you are planning a big knees up to celebrate making it this far.

...if he has knees like mine, getting them up can be a problem...I'd say all the older knees on here would be feeling their age by now too...

**Blackbird** · 3rd March 2018, 11:12

Originally Posted by ellipsis

...if he has knees like mine, getting them up can be a problem...I'd say all the older knees on here would be feeling their age by now too...

And you'd be dead right! I fitted 20mm lower pegs to my GSX-S to take the stress off my knees. If you look at the attached photo taken at the Taupo trackday a week last Friday, that's why the balls of my feet aren't on the pegs - too uncomfortable!

**pritch** · 3rd March 2018, 11:20

Originally Posted by ellipsis

...if he has knees like mine, getting them up can be a problem...I'd say all the older knees on here would be feeling their age by now too...

Ahh but some of us have got a new bionic knee. A vast improvement over a badly worn one.

**rustys** · 3rd March 2018, 11:48

Shit.... 56 years continuous Bike licence for me, no way would i be without two wheels, planing already and thinking about the geriatric times ahead, bought a 125 scooter the other day, next stage after that i want a good fast mobility scoot and a few mates for racing down in the car park in the weekends, Closed circuit racing is getting to expensive these days for us retired old farts....who's into this?

**roogazza** · 3rd March 2018, 11:49

Originally Posted by Blackbird

And you'd be dead right! I fitted 20mm lower pegs to my GSX-S to take the stress of my knees. If you look at the attached photo taken at the Taupo trackday a week last Friday, that's why the balls of my feet aren't on the pegs - too uncomfortable!

Yeah mate dropped mine 25mm as well ,made a hell of a difference.Probably saved me selling ? The feet drag sometimes but hey,thats ok.

**Grumph** · 3rd March 2018, 15:58

Originally Posted by rustys

Shit.... 56 years continuous Bike licence for me, no way would i be without two wheels, planing already and thinking about the geriatric times ahead, bought a 125 scooter the other day, next stage after that i want a good fast mobility scoot and a few mates for racing down in the car park in the weekends, Closed circuit racing is getting to expensive these days for us retired old farts....who's into this?

Need some regs first....Got a choice of engines here from Kawa 90 through GSX250 twin, FZR250/4, GS1000.....

**sidecar bob** · 3rd March 2018, 16:42

I'm only running at 36 years licensed.
I bought a 250 maxi scooter a couple of weeks back & im having a ball on it.

**Blackbird** · 3rd March 2018, 17:02

Originally Posted by roogazza

Yeah mate dropped mine 25mm as well ,made a hell of a difference.Probably saved me selling ? The feet drag sometimes but hey,thats ok.

Bought some modified Buell pegs from a guy called Joe Satterwaite on the US Hayabusa forum. Beautifully finished and reasonably priced. Yep, they make a real difference!

**pete-blen** · 3rd March 2018, 17:48

Got my first bike for my 7th birthday.. now 58... so 51 years rideing
think i was 17 when I got my licence..

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**Daffyd** · 3rd March 2018, 18:02

Sixty one years for a car licence and sixty for a bike one. Took me a year to convince the olds that I needed a bike licence!

**Grumph** · 3rd March 2018, 18:28

Originally Posted by Daffyd

Sixty one years for a car licence and sixty for a bike one. Took me a year to convince the olds that I needed a bike licence!

I rode everything in the shed from about 12. Biking family....the old man got a bit strict and limited me to mopeds and scooters after I rode a Vincent he had there for repair...
Finally went legal some years later....

Didn't get a car licence till I was about 22. Had no need for one.