What do you see yourself riding at age 60..?

[trumpy]

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]

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. Do you notice there are not so many old folk around nowadays. Cheers John.

[Ixion]

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]

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!

[Wolf]

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!