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I've noticed the same demographic.
55 in less than a week, here -- been riding since '64 or '65.
55 in less than a week, here -- been riding since '64 or '65.
Mature Riders and FJR's
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JimLor
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54 - first bike.
jdog109socal
The Video Dude
Yeppers i started out with a 74 honda 400-four then to a Interceptor 750 @ 41 (05 FJR) l still love having a sporty looking bike with big balls 
Jdog
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Mature? Perhaps. Experienced, knowledgeable, wise? Absolutely. 51 years here and Pillion will be 56 in June. She likes the FJR every bit as much as I do and has probably logged about 80,000-100,000 as a passenger with me. I've been riding 30 years and bought my first bike - a used RD400 Yamaha in 1977 ($600). Remember those? They were hot stuff in the day and would run with the 650 four-stroke four-bangers. And they wheelied as easily as an FJR! The Feejer offers the power and performance I've always demanded, but also the comfort I now need, though I keep a Blackbird as a spare emergency back-up bike (and loaner for appropriately skilled and experienced friends).
brazos parker
What??
61 here...dayum, a lot of you guys are old.
WVFJR
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41 here.
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Scythian
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It's an expensive motorcycle so the demographics skew to middle-age.
I just turned 39.
It's the workforce demographics too: I'll be the junior guy at work until I'm 50, then I'll be promoting myself because everyone I work with and for will be retired/dead or retired and dead.
Having lived in the shadow of every baby boomer fad, it can't happen soon enough for me....
I just turned 39.
It's the workforce demographics too: I'll be the junior guy at work until I'm 50, then I'll be promoting myself because everyone I work with and for will be retired/dead or retired and dead.
Having lived in the shadow of every baby boomer fad, it can't happen soon enough for me....
Keone
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I'm 39... 40 in a week. The FJR is my 3rd street bike. Tried the cruisers, sportbikes, and the generl utillity motorcycles before having the confidence, and experience to understand what kind of rider I wanted to be. I think lots of people purchase a bike before really think about how they want to ride (at lease I have a fair number of friends that have done that. included me with my second bike).
In addition, I think the FJR appeals to a more seasoned crowd because it takes that much life experence/time to devlelope a sense of style and taste that the FJR (and most sport touring bikes) emboidies
Just my .02
In addition, I think the FJR appeals to a more seasoned crowd because it takes that much life experence/time to devlelope a sense of style and taste that the FJR (and most sport touring bikes) emboidies
Just my .02
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problem is they've wrecked it lebintyseben times before they sell the shattered hulk; ruining a good fjr and driving up insurance costs for everyone else at the same time. :angry2:
rogdeb
Scouser
62 in August, pillion 55 (shhhhhh) -- we love the FJR, which is just as well cause I cannot do the paper clip shape any more :lol:
turbodave_98
TurboDave_98
+1 KD!! my vintage is 1941 and I am still plagued with the same afflection I was born with, that is being a "Chick Magnet"!! and riding since 1955.
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52 here and going strong.
this about sums it up ---> In addition, I think the FJR appeals to a more seasoned crowd because it takes that much life experence/time to devlelope a sense of style and taste that the FJR (and most sport touring bikes) emboidies
this about sums it up ---> In addition, I think the FJR appeals to a more seasoned crowd because it takes that much life experence/time to devlelope a sense of style and taste that the FJR (and most sport touring bikes) emboidies
Scythian
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Y'know, as opposed to the financial acuity and thriftiness of the "Me Generation"--It's not us buying all those midlife Corvettes and Harleys
I'm leery of going to any of the FJR Owners get togethers 'cuz I'll be one of the younger guys there--and I'm not particularly young! Everybody will be talking Bob Dylan and I'll be talking Depeche Mode....
nusman68
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I'm 44...but parts of me are 18! Yeah, that's right...that's the ticket. Just ask my wife, Morgan Fairchild...yeah, that's right....
My first bike (believe it or not) was my used '82 GS1100L; very 'user friendly' & comfortable.
Yeah, that's right...that's the ticket. Just ask my wife, Morgan Fairchild...yeah, that's right.... My first bike (believe it or not) was my used '82 GS1100L; very 'user friendly' & comfortable.
at least pick a decent group that doesn't have David Gahan as its gay-assed lead. even NIN is less gay that DM.
If we talk about Dylan do we have to do so more understandably than any of his lyrics since the mid 90's?
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feejer222
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I find the good thing about alzthiemers is that you make new friends every day.
I posted that on another forum and got a whole bunch of very angry, empty PM's.
I find the good thing about alzthiemers is that you make new friends every day.
I posted that on another forum and got a whole bunch of very angry, empty PM's.
TruWrecks
Still chewing thru the Restraints
I'm 36 and I refuse to grow up. I have a "Mid-Life Crisis" Corvette (according to my wife), and an FJR. I like going fast, and I love the torque. I'm worth more than I owe, and I save 25% on my income every year. I listen to almost every type of music, except gangster rap and most country music. I'm an NRA member, and soon to be an AMA member.
On top of that I'M PAYING FOR THE BABY BOOMER SOCIAL SECURITY MESS!!!! I'm required to pay it, and I'll never see a dime of it! :diablo:
On top of that I'M PAYING FOR THE BABY BOOMER SOCIAL SECURITY MESS!!!! I'm required to pay it, and I'll never see a dime of it! :diablo:
UselessPickles
Making Grand Canyon replicas from air boxes...
I'm 25. Do I win something?
Scythian
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Hahahaha! David Gahan is pretty faggy.... Of course Bob Dylan had his androgynous phase...
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We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
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Who lived up the stair
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When I was thirty-five
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Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
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-Ervin Drake
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
Wed ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
But now the days grow short
Im in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
from fine old kegs
from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year
It was a mess of good years
-Ervin Drake
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