Average age of FJR owners

[Jogle]

48 years old, bought my 07 march of 09 been riding since we had to walk 3 miles and take 2 busses to school.lol

 

[LAF]

53 here. Been riding all my life, but back into it seriously for the last 10 years and over 100,000 miles.

Waiting on the neck breaks to C1 and C2 to heal to get on my new 2010. Filling that time spending and gathering parts to put on it.

I am hooked for sure....................

 

[dhb820]

Turning 55 on Friday and just bought my first FJR last night! Picking it up today-can't wait!

 

[AVGeek]

I will be 39 here in a couple of months. I first saw the FJR at the Fontana AMA round back in 02, and sat on it and the Aprilia Futura (remember those?). At the time, I still had my first street bike (Yamaha Radian), but was looking for something with hard bags that was more practical for commuting (I wanted to be able to secure my stuff on the bike when I didn't need to take it with me). I put down my PDP deposit in March of 03, and had the bike that August. After moving to Vegas in 07, I fell in lust with the Black Bullet (08), and made the change (and I have no regrets Howie!). Between the two bikes, I have over 65K miles on FJR's, and I will always have one in my garage.

I started riding an ATC90 at 14, and stayed with quads for all my off-roading (they are the best choice for running the dunes, after all!). Yamaha earned my brand loyalty with the Banshee, as it was the only high-performance quad still being manufactured after the Consent Decree that banned all the 3 wheelers. So all together, with those hiatuses others have mentioned, I figure I have about 18 years of riding under my belt, 8 of those on the street...

 

[Andyman]

31 this month. Just bought mine last May and loving it. It doesn't handle quite as well as my previous bike but it's much more comfortable and I'm enjoying the performance mixed with the endurance.

 

[LDR1]

47 and going been ridin for 41 years still love it!!!!!!!! I have two boys as bad as me about bikes, gotta keep it going you know. :yahoo:

 

[Wee Willy]

Hatched in '58...that makes me, uhhh...wait a minute...carry the one...damn. Where's my calculator.

Lost again,

W2

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

I have clothes older than some of you young farts.

 

[capttwb]

Yeah, we might be over mid 60's, BUT here is the kicker. In terms of today, a 65 y.o. is really like a 45 y.o. of the 60's. Times are a changin' . We are in better shape, well most of us. Willie Nelson said:"I never thought I would outlive my d--k," but we have Viagra now!!! As long as we can hold em' up we can ride!

 

[RadioHowie]

In terms of today, a 65 y.o. is really like a 45 y.o. of the 60's. Times are a changin' . We are in better shape.

I'm sitting here LMFAO! We ain't in better shape...we just have better medicine.

 

[beemerdons]

In terms of today, a 65 y.o. is really like a 45 y.o. of the 60's. Times are a changin' . We are in better shape.

I'm sitting here LMFAO! We ain't in better shape...we just have better medicine.

You know Steve-O: If You, I, SacramentoMike, madmike2, Checkswrecks and Niehart would stop lying about our ages on our profile bios, we could really kick the average forum age into the stratosphere!

 

[RadioHowie]

In terms of today, a 65 y.o. is really like a 45 y.o. of the 60's. Times are a changin' . We are in better shape.

I'm sitting here LMFAO! We ain't in better shape...we just have better medicine.

You know Steve-O: If You, I, SacramentoMike, madmike2, Checkswrecks and Niehart would stop lying about our ages on our profile bios, we could really kick the average forum age into the stratosphere!

Shhhhhhhh.....

I LIVE with the fantasy that my lack of intelligence, machismo, wealth and personal hygiene won't interfere with my chances at one of the forum honeys........someday. Lying about my age is ALL I've got!

 

[Robert Ford]

When I first started looking at sport touring rigs, a salesman was telling me that he sees more and more "mature riders" buying Connies, FJRs and the like. He figured that we had done the crotch rocket thing and the cruiser thing and were looking for something that gave us the best of both worlds, but we weren't quite ready for a Gold Wing.

Though I never owned a crotch rocket and been a cruiser owner since 1985, I could see his point. For me, going to a sport tourer was a decision I made after an analysis of the type of riding I'd been doing and what type of bike would fill my needs best. I loved the detachable hard bags, the upright seating position and the fact that it is a quiet bike. I also loved the fact that it doesn't look like a Harley, which my first choice of a big tourer, Kawasaki Voyager most certainly did. The final decision was made when I sat on the FJR. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING immediately fit. My feet naturally rested on the pegs, my hands fell right on the grips and the seat and my ass were perfectly compatible.

Oh yeah, I'm 46.

 

[beemerdons]

In terms of today, a 65 y.o. is really like a 45 y.o. of the 60's. Times are a changin' . We are in better shape.

I'm sitting here LMFAO! We ain't in better shape...we just have better medicine.

You know Steve-O: If You, I, SacramentoMike, madmike2, Checkswrecks and Niehart would stop lying about our ages on our profile bios, we could really kick the average forum age into the stratosphere!

Shhhhhhhh.....

I LIVE with the fantasy that my lack of intelligence, machismo, wealth and personal hygiene won't interfere with my chances at one of the forum honeys........someday.

Uh Buddy-Boy, I have met Barb, Tyler, Mary Ellen, Kitty, Sharon, Heidi, and Kasey in person; and I am absolutely positive they did not have seeing eye dogs with them and were walking with a red/white cane! jes' sayin'

 

[RadioHowie]

I LIVE with the fantasy that my lack of intelligence, machismo, wealth and personal hygiene won't interfere with my chances at one of the forum honeys........someday.

Uh Buddy-Boy, I have met Barb, Tyler, Mary Ellen, Kitty, Sharon, Heidi, and Kasey in person; and I am absolutely positive they did not have seeing eye dogs with them and were walking with a red/white cane! jes' sayin'

Any of 'em drink alcohol??? There's still a SLIM chance, then.

 

[hotdogwater]

49 but I fell 48 1/2.

 

[fjrb0]

55 here. Bought the FJR in 2004, and still love it. Also have the Wee Strom which I bought to ride to AK this summer. Still loving the FJR, riding it to ATL next week just for grins. Starting riding bikes at 15, kept riding until 26, but sold my GS 750 when my wife was pregnant with our first child (story about a dumb ass old lady with no eye contact to the guy on the GS 750). Took an 20 year break while the kids were home, then got back on bikes when the youngest turned 18.

Just something about that FJR....Can ride it long and far, yet can still scare myself like I did Saturday with just a twist of the wrist....

 

[Spook]

Screw the naysayers. If they want to ride an uncomfortable bike, more power to them. Just take them on a 400 mile ride and see who's laughing at the end, and who's looking for the bottle of ibuprofen.

Excellent point.

My kids have some friends with bikes....all riding RickyRacer 1000's. They give me some **** every now and then about riding a bagger. I ask them if they've ever heard of or seen the TV show "Pinks". A couple wanted to take me up on my offer to race for titles. I said "Okay, but I pick the race location."

Then I tell them "We're gonna race to Atlanta and back. Okay?"

No one's taken me up on my offer yet. :evil:

Up and back in 15 hours...they'd be dead from back seizure before they hit the Florida/Georgia line, 4 hours from here.

Yep.

Apart from true racers, who spend hour upon hour training, practicing, and actual racing - most guys couldn't handle more than a couple hours in those saddles. It's just not made for that.

Then of course there are the real wierdos who mount car tires to MCs. Who the *** would do sumthing crazy like that? Same kind of dude that would violate a sheep, that's who! :wub:

That is a lie I have never been with your wife.

 

[beemerdons]

I LIVE with the fantasy that my lack of intelligence, machismo, wealth and personal hygiene won't interfere with my chances at one of the forum honeys........someday.

Uh Buddy-Boy, I have met Barb, Tyler, Mary Ellen, Kitty, Sharon, Heidi, and Kasey in person; and I am absolutely positive they did not have seeing eye dogs with them and were walking with a red/white cane! jes' sayin'

Any of 'em drink alcohol??? There's still a SLIM chance, then.

Yes, RadioHowie: They do drink alcohol. But for Petey's sake Hombre, they don't drink THAT DAMN MUCH, that they would do you!!!

 

[Jim Morrison]

I'm 52....

Been wanting a FJR for a few years, and now I have one....love it....