AA Directions magazine - Boomers on bikes

[MD]

So the winter edition of the AA mag arrived with a story on born again bikers. 'Stayin' Alive being the headline. I must say for a pleasant change this was an unbiased story. I first thought it would be the usual rhetoric about stupid old folks that should know better, but it nicely described the freedom and pleasure these oldies get from riding.

Then it does deservedly dwell into their lack of skill and the dangers they face. But again it's balanced especially the closing paragraph;

It's a recurring theme among older riders -a desire to capture and hold on to the energy of life, to feel the surge of excitement which asserts, 'yes I am still very much alive'
Tempered, of course, with a healthy awareness of the risks involved

Not bad.

Shame it did mention idiots like the woman who's first bike at 63 y.o. was a 1700cc Hog. Really! How dumb the woman and the person who sold her the bike and her friends for not intervening. I would ridicule a teenager or a 20 something who was stupid enough to think they can start riding on such a massive heavy and way over powered machine for their skill and experience level.

The other bit of silliness is the uniform these pensioners insist on wearing over their incontinence pads. Pretend tough boy black, always black, yawn, leather riding gear with tassels galore. Honestly, they look like refugees from a 1976 Village people video shoot. One pictured had enough tassels on his jacket and handlebars to string together and circle the globe. What's Ulysses motto, Grow old disgracefully. Ha, more like growing old embarrassingly.

Again for balance it did show a pic of a middle aged rider enjoying exploring real roads on a practical XT250. Well done that man. As opposed to pretend riders doing the Parnell Cafe to K Rd Cafe route.

Rare for the AA to even acknowledge that motorcycles exist.

[awayatc]

Black ....?
Until they come up with a darker colour I will wear that......


I agree most bikers these days are old cunts on shiny new BIG bikes..

[Kickaha]

Pretend tough boy black, always black,

Best colour for them

[98tls]

Better still the fuckups that leave behind the mother of there children in search of days gone buy as they wobble about on recently registered Fatboys with some skinny old booze hag on back complete with "born to ride" in ink across what used to be tits but 7 rugrats to seven different dickheads later look like chicken wings.Can never work out what annoys me most the ugly loud thing with bad teeth on the back or the sound of the recently registered Fatboy or the hideous sound of the brand new made in china leather pants as they stretch with the force of the huge gut there trying to hold in bought about by to many years in an accountants office/orifice.Born to be wild

[oneofsix]

Black ....?
Until they come up with a darker colour I will wear that......


I agree most bikers these days are old cunts on shiny new BIG bikes..

There's A New Black That's Even Blacker Than Black
http://www.refinery29.com/2014/07/71...ker-than-black

[buggerit]

Better still the fuckups that leave behind the mother of there children in search of days gone buy as they wobble about on recently registered Fatboys with some skinny old booze hag on back complete with "born to ride" in ink across what used to be tits but 7 rugrats to seven different dickheads later look like chicken wings.Can never work out what annoys me most the ugly loud thing with bad teeth on the back or the sound of the recently registered Fatboy or the hideous sound of the brand new made in china leather pants as they stretch with the force of the huge gut there trying to hold in bought about by to many years in an accountants office/orifice.Born to be wild

Why don't ya leave her at home?

[oneofsix]

Why don't ya leave her at home?

because she sewed all the tassels on for him.

[unstuck]

There's A New Black That's Even Blacker Than Black
http://www.refinery29.com/2014/07/71...ker-than-black

I want. Wonder if it comes in a spray can.

[Voltaire]

63 y.o. was a 1700cc Hog.

only 10 years and 700 cc to go for me then

I cancelled my AA Directions mag as a protest against their attitude to bikers...that showed them.

Did recently get a free 5 week Herald subscription from the AA.... however so used to reading on line now it sits in the letter box.

+1 on black.

[george formby]

I wonder what effect that "black" has on radars & lasers.......

[GrayWolf]

Black ....?
Until they come up with a darker colour I will wear that......


I agree most bikers these days are old cunts on shiny new BIG bikes..

well we are both Old 'C's" on BIG bikes, yours is shiny!!............. and your point is??

[Big Dave]

I'm glad to read how all youse cunts are perfect.

[unstuck]

I'm glad to read how all youse cunts are perfect.

Im glad that you finally noticed.

[awayatc]

well we are both Old 'C's" on BIG bikes, yours is shiny!!............. and your point is??

Why would I be the only one on here with a point....?

that would be pointless

[Motu]

Did recently get a free 5 week Herald subscription from the AA.... however so used to reading on line now it sits in the letter box.

I just got the last paper in my 3 week free subscription today - what a lot of waste paper. I prefer it online now too...because it's free.

I wear black because my wife does the washing, if I want to wear light coloured clothing I have to wash them myself.

I wrote this song for Johnny Cash a few years ago...



Well, you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town
I wear it for the prisoner who is long paid for his crime
But is there because he's a victim of the times

I wear the black for those who've never read
Or listened to the words that Jesus said
About the road to happiness through love and charity
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me

Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back
Up front there ought to be a Man In Black

I wear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men

And I wear it for the thousands who have died
Believin' that the Lord was on their side
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died
Believin' that we all were on their side

Well, there's things that never will be right I know
And things need changin' everywhere you go
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right
You'll never see me wear a suit of white

Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day
And tell the world that everything's okay
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back
Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black