Who are we chatting to?

[Mom]

Fixed

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though

[The Stranger:Me]

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though

Define much.

[Mom]

Define much.

Round about your age smarty pants...ancient!

[nallac]

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though

Define much.

bout 2 days?

[Supertwin Don]

Profession: Civil Engineer specialising in Roads and Highways (that's why I'm a smart ass when it comes to road signs!)
Age: upper middle
Bikes: Guzzi California 111 LAPD, Yamaha XS750E, mini moto kneeler sidecar, son's old push bike, son's old junior drag bike, Top Gas class drag bike
1st Bike: (very quietly) 1963 Vespa Sportique 150 - quickly followed by 1953 BSA 350
One of the better moments: beating one of the locals on a newish Jap bike through the (old) Cromwell Gorge on my BSA Lightning
Another: seeing my son build, ride and win in an electric drag bike race.
Years riding: 40+ and only about one year (total) without at least one bike

[Mom]

bout 2 days?

[wbks]

Profession: student
Age: 14
Bike: gsxr 600
First bike: 2001 gsxr600
How many Years riding: 2
First/best bike memory: lane splitting two stopped patrol cars and a bus at 120 in the rain
Estimated km to date: 7, 000

[6ft5]

Profession: Still trying to figure it out
Age: whatever you want it to be
Bike: some cruisy thing FLHT
First bike: magna i think it was
How many Years riding: 35 yrs and some days
First/best bike memory: Solo Wellington to Hamilton and back to Wellington, 1400km in a single day, butt was sore as, made the trip over the Parapara's. Pretty awesome using my Triumph Tiger....
Estimated km to date: stopped counting years ago....LOL

[JATZ]

O.K. ya got me........

Job : Irrigation, Drainlaying,Pumps,Small engine maintenance, light engineering
Age : 38.5
Bike : DR750, Triumph trophy 900, CT125
First Bike : DR400
Yrs riding :2.5
Best memory : Leaving the bush after Arthurs pass heading to Christchurch, just something with the light on the tussock and the tunes on the I-pod and DRbig puuuuurring
K's travelled : ?

[MsKABC]

Profession: Yummy Mummy (or so I'm told)
Age: Let's go with 30.
Bike: Wicked-sounding Honda Bros 400, but there's an upgrade in the pipeline
First bike: A wicked-sounding GPZ250
Years riding: 8, on and off.
First/best bike memory: First time over the Kopu-Hikuai road, synchronised rider/pillion bird flipping at dangerous Indian driver. They're all pretty good actually.
Estimated kms to date: 12,000

[nallac]

Good observation, I AM older than 33 years, not by much though

no wonder you look sooo good then....

I'm sorry to say Maha I can't say the same about you,
don't mean to disappoint you being a Honda owner and all.
Maybe if i get another Honda we can talk.......

[Tubbsy]

Awesome, this thread is still going!!!

What a wickedly diverse group we are. No wonder there are so many differing viewpoints in conversation.

[Naki Rat]

Tony
Laser scan (hence the avatar) and offshore surveyor, and data processor
50
Triumph 955 Sprint RS
Suzuki RV90 before progressing to Suzuki TS185 and licence.
35 less a 15 year gap
Taking my mates CBX1048 for a blast, when my own bike was a Yamaha RD400 - Yeeeehaaaaaaaa
And my Dad telling stories of dragging off cops in the Kandallah Hills 'cause he knew his Matchless handled so much better than the cop's Norton
150,000km I suppose, and well over 500,000km on 4 wheels (born road warrior)

[taff1954]

Profession: Maintenance fitter
Age: fifty plus a few
Bike: GPz600
First bike: Honda C50
How many Years riding: nearly 40
First/best bike memory: First - not getting stuck in traffic on the way home at night. Best memories, cruising around mid Wales on a Tiger 90. December 29th last year when the wife of 30 years decided it was time to try riding pillion for the first time ever, and found that she LOVES it.
Estimated km to date: 20,000 a year for the first 10 years - I was doing about 60k plus each way for work for 5 years, about 7,500 a year since, so about 400,000 so far

[gatch]

Awesome, this thread is still going!!!

Its interesting so far the typical ill informed stereotype of the motorbicyclindricist has been shot to shit yes, most of the replies so far have been from professional nerds.

Diverse bunch we are indeed