Who rides motorcycles?

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I told my buddy "the FJR is so heavy to roll out of the barn backwards, it is fine once you get going though." He said, "shut up and start lifting your wife's weights!"

LOL

 

[deserteagle71]

I'm 77 and I know I'm approaching the time I will need to give it up too. I'm going sledding this morning and realize I've lost some of the few skills I acquired.

I'm a bit older than you but I don't feel I've lost any of my riding "skills" that I developed over a lifetime on two wheels. It's my old carcass that is failing me. My reaction time that used to be milliseconds...seems like now it would have to be measured in minutes. Used to be able to "flat track" a bike, sliding around corners using body language to keep it on its wheels. No more. My body just won't respond in a timely manner any more when I do ask it to respond. I'm running over boulders and ruts and other obstacles I used to be able to avoid. My "skills" are still there - but my body is too slow to utilize them!

 

[the old grind]

I just sold this '89 FXSTS with <14k mi on it, .. if you wonder why I sold it. The buyer runs a custom bike shop and plans to restore it.

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[not2old]

I'm a bit older than you but I don't feel I've lost any of my riding "skills" that I developed over a lifetime on two wheels. It's my old carcass that is failing me. My reaction time that used to be milliseconds...seems like now it would have to be measured in minutes. Used to be able to "flat track" a bike, sliding around corners using body language to keep it on its wheels. No more. My body just won't respond in a timely manner any more when I do ask it to respond. I'm running over boulders and ruts and other obstacles I used to be able to avoid. My "skills" are still there - but my body is too slow to utilize them!

I can agree with that. Particularly when sledding, I tell my body "quick do this" and my body replies with words I shouldn't use on this site. On my dirt bike I tend to go slower and avoid the difficult maneuvers.

 

[3930dave]

I told my buddy "the FJR is so heavy to roll out of the barn backwards, it is fine once you get going though." He said, "shut up and start lifting your wife's weights!"

LOL

A Righteous Burn.... that I'd take all day long, from somebody who gives away well taken care of MCs !

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I just sold this '89 FXSTS with <14k mi on it, .. if you wonder why I sold it. The buyer runs a custom bike shop and plans to restore it.

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Going to a Good Home. That matters to some of us; and often comes up on JLenoGarage.

Can't do w/o $, but it's only one factor....

Rgds, D.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I'm planning to get my Arctic White Buell 1125R back on the road this year. Fingers crossed.

 

[3930dave]

I'm a bit older than you but I don't feel I've lost any of my riding "skills" that I developed over a lifetime on two wheels. It's my old carcass that is failing me. My reaction time that used to be milliseconds...seems like now it would have to be measured in minutes. Used to be able to "flat track" a bike, sliding around corners using body language to keep it on its wheels. No more. My body just won't respond in a timely manner any more when I do ask it to respond. I'm running over boulders and ruts and other obstacles I used to be able to avoid. My "skills" are still there - but my body is too slow to utilize them!

Note to Self....

1) Win a major lottery.

2) Develop a MC Rider Enhancement Exoskeleton, that works well enough to get banned on race-tracks.

3) Sell it at or below cost, to riders wanting to Ride Longer.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I know some older riders move from motorcycle to trike and enjoy them. I suppose if they are used to riding large, heavy, bikes like Wings or dressers, 2-up, yet are struggling to hold the bike up at a stop, but they still want to be on a Wing or dresser, a 3-wheeled version of the same bike lets them continue.

But other than parking lot fall overs from not being to hold it up, I don't see how they would be any safer than a motorcycle? Plus you're still out in the heat, cold, rain, dust, only w/o the fun of leaning, which is what motorcycles are all about in the first place.

Trikes remind me a bit of driving a tiny convertible car... open-air, sitting In a transport machine.

Any fully-faired MC has a lot more weather protection than the small stuff I'm riding. I don't go out of my way to ride in monsoons, but I'll trade weather protection for weight... so Trikes (cost aside) aren't really my thing..... Yet.

I can see where they give a possible option for continued riding, to people who can choke down the price. Everything has gone up lately, but a few years back, the starter BRP Sypder was in the ballpark of $10,000 CAD. I don't consider 10k (even CAD) to be small money, but there are plenty of 2 wheel MC at significantly higher MSRPs.

I shudder to think what it cost, but when I got a guided tour of the storage garage for the local HD dealer, there was a VRod trike build that had recently been finished. It was owned by a disabled Canadian Forces vet. I know what being able to ride means to me, so from an extreme distance, I can see where Project Cost can end up not @ the top of the list.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I'm planning to get my Arctic White Buell 1125R back on the road this year. Fingers crossed.

Public Commitment.... can help push a project forward !

Post up, how goes.....

Rgds, D.