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Originally Posted by yungatart
Not to mention the smile on my face! I always turn up there feeling really good for some reason! Have always had a great ride down and seeing her open the door to greet me with that big smile...
Next time I think the Missus may be somehow keen to visit her Mum-in-Law too, as she seems rather pleased with our new acqusition and seems to want to go riding...
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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[QUOTE=Ixion;949448]So, what's his excuse, 60 is hardly old enough to think about giving up biking. Half the bikers here are older than that. Tell the young man to get his A into G and get himself his own bike, and stop acting like an old man.
More pertinent would be how many are STILL riding. I would hope that they were out there to welcome back the residents who were on the ride.
I had my 65th birthday this week and I'm only getting back into biking in the last year or so. (and loving it!!)
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Yeah, funnily enough I seem to remember McJim (my hubby) dressing up in drag and heading to Maraetai.
you got of lightly - he's been acting a bit funny lately
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You promised you wouldn't tell.Yeah, funnily enough I seem to remember McJim (my hubby) dressing up in drag and heading to Maraetai.
you got of lightly - he's been acting a bit funny lately
Little ol'Hornet Rides again!
TMI .... but, thanks for sharing?
"I like to ride anyplace, anywhere, any time, any way!"
Little ol'Hornet Rides again!
Actually, I remember a conversation with a dear old thing when we had one of our usual excursions to Kaiaua.
I was standing at the steps of the chippie and doing that "Biker..standing alone waiting for his feed" pose
And a car pulls up with these oldies in it (I have the upmost respect for oldies, being one of those AsianMathangsRespectConfuciusHangover). A little granny rocks up with a twinkle in her eye and she is wide-eyed and taking in all the bikes and bikers. She sees me grinning at her and without hesitation walks on over and starts giving me the learn on biking in her days!
An education it was I tell you! She had plenty of bfs who rode bikes, had mad-cap adventures and was a worry to her parents (and get this...she still is a worry to her mum!)
The last time out on the back of a bike was several years ago when she approached a pack of HD riders and one of them tossed her on the back and went for a blat!
I think she was hoping that she'd get a ride out of our group as well - the twinkle in her eye and that familiar lift of her nose when she smelt POL (petrol/oil/lubricant) made me feel a little sad that I couldn't do it for her (and if I could, I would!)
Anyhows after a fair old natter, the other oldies in the car must have known what she was up to - they got her to come back and take in the rest of the trip to take in the Waters in Miranda...but I know what she would rather have been doing
Dang, now that's how I want to be ... being daft and dodgy as hell and still lusting for a hot throbbing mayhemsickle between the legs at that age!
"I like to ride anyplace, anywhere, any time, any way!"
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[QUOTE=Daffyd;949730]
Welcome back! Your Virago looks sweet!We're a few years younger than you but after 30 years have got my wife back on pillion again and she's really enjoying it! Had to buy a bigger bike, (got it yesterday), but hey! if that's what it takes...
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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This is THE thread of KB!
So true on so many levels.
Keep it going!
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[QUOTE=Edbear;950180]Thanks for that. I can see now how motorcycling can become an obsession!
Welcome back! Your Virago looks sweet!
I looked at a C50 too but I couldn't afford it at the time.
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[QUOTE=Daffyd;950843]
Obsession!!!!???? I can quit any time.....
You don't get to be an old dog without learning a few tricks.
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Me too! I've just gone nine weeks without my bike, and I never missed it at all......
Obsession!!!!???? I can quit any time.....
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Yeah, right!
"Statistics are used as a drunk uses lampposts - for support, not illumination."
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I had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago, only at the other end of the scale.
A family (that I'd never met) was staying next door and dropped over to visit. Among them were two small boys; I suppose about 5 & 7 or 8.
They were drooling over the Virago so I offered them a ride.
The little fellow could only just reach the pegs and I had to put a beanie on under my spare helmet for him.
The grins those kids were wearing when they got off the bike are something I'll never forget!
"Statistics are used as a drunk uses lampposts - for support, not illumination."
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I think he was suggesting the ride would be worth it even if they aren't home that weekend.
One of the Guys in the group I ride with is in his mid 70's still going strong.
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My best mate has just......
turned 67 and rides regularly,he told me his first bike was a bantam he brought in 1955,and was hooked immediately.
He currently rides a Vmax and im sure could run circles round most of us.
A year or so ago he had a bit of fun with a chap on a Ducati monster, the look on the Ducati riders face was pricless when he found he had been cleaned out by a "grey haired old gezza" as he put it.
as it is often said 'age is only a state of mind"
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