REVISED POLL - How old are you

[stealth1]

My first street bike was a 3 cylinder 1972 Honda CB 350T. The bike was not the best handling nor the best looking but it was a set of wheels. B)

That's a new one on me.

I remember Honda making a 350 4 cyl and a 350 twin about that time.

Suzuki and Kawasaki made some small street triples back then.

 

[Barry 07 FJR1300AE]

Damn you guys are old!!! LOL I dont think the FJR is really an OLD MANS bike. Goldwing YES. Not many options for a high performance touring bike out there. If you love to see the country and ride you only have so many choices. In my opinion its the best of both worlds. Plus most young boys just wanna ride to Dairy Queen and back.

 

[Baddog]

Well as of right now I am a 12.37 & 10.70 percenter..... that's just 11.37 & 9.70 percent more than a 1 percenter,

should I buy a Harley? :blink:

 

[nik.hisham]

Just turned 39. Have been riding for 6 months.

 

[Big-D]

Age: 54 Riding:40 years (including 2 years on a dirt bike. First street bike a 1970 Kawasaki 100 centurion. First street bike a Yamaha 125.

 

[majicmaker]

I'm 56. Rode a bike the whole 8 years I was in the U.S. Navy. (Cheap transportation and FUN!). Stopped riding for a while to raise my family. Once they left the nest, I started again. I should have kept

riding. I missed it the whole time. This FJR is by far the best bike EVER!! :yahoo:

 

[etepjavelin]

aged 59. legally riding 44 years, total riding 49 years, first five years riding in grass paddocks and super smooth crushed pumice bush roads

 

[timk]

I'm almost 61(427 in dog years), and I've been riding my own bikes for 44 yeaars.

 

[rucrispy]

Being vote 399, and 1 of the 20 of us under 30 years old. Seems that us young guys picked the best bike earlier than the rest of you. I've always thought that you get wiser as you get older.

What else do I know that I don't know I know?

 

[reddog]

I'll be 48 in november and will have been on the street for 32 years, started riding dirt bikes when I was 8. Its truly been a lifelong passion.

 

[supertankerm60a3]

I started on a '78 KE100 Kawasaki enduro in '78. I stopped riding in 1990 when I gave my GPz750 turbo to my brother and started riding again in 2006 when I bought the used BMW K100RS with 193,000 miles on the clock. Upgraded to an 03 FJR last June. Lovin every mile of it!! Turned 47 last month.

 

[Top Case]

51. Legal for 20 years, but there was a gap. Got my license in Washington State, got reciprocity to Massachusetts, then reciprocity to Pennsylvania. Lived in Philly for 14 years, maintained my license but didn't have a bike - rode when I visited Washington, as my brother always had multiple bikes.

Moved back west 16 years ago, but Washington State would NOT give me reciprocity even though I started here, and I never bothered to re-take the exam until I got my own bike 4 years ago today. I've ridden just under 48,000 miles since then, just missing a thousand miles a month average because my Buell Ulysses was so often broken down.

At the rate I've run the FJR - 10,500+ in six months, my back on the bike average will be well over 1,000 miles a month by next year.

 

[Tolstoy]

70 years old. Been a motorcyclist since 1963. I can still hold my own in the canyons with the sport bike riders. Also won a competition involving slow speed manuevers at a MSF course, competing against riders who were all younger than me. Have had the FJR up to an indicated 150 mph and someday, when conditions are right, will try for 165. Maybe the FJR is an "old man's bike", 'cause it sure works good for me.

 

[GillaFunk]

HA HA HA HA. 3% (26-30 age group) and 12% of years riding. HA That awesome.

I propose this question for the poll: How many years did it take you to ride your first 100k miles?????

I think it took me about 5

 

[sin_loki]

"woohoo" i made up the part of 1.88%

 

[fjr183]

As all can see, the over 41's are running ahead of the curve.

This is not unusual, cause we had the best mentors anyone could of had.

Fred (off road & illegally 6 yrs / legally 51 yrs)

 

[r1byker]

I think you're right; I don't Honda ever made a 350 triple. I had a '69 CB350 twin. Pretty fun.

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That's a new one on me.

I remember Honda making a 350 4 cyl and a 350 twin about that time.

Suzuki and Kawasaki made some small street triples back then.

I think you're right; I don't believe Honda ever made a 350 triple. I had a '69 CB350 twin. Pretty fun.

 

[RacinRay]

Got my first bike 1n 1975 (1975 Yamaha MX125). I rode dirt bikes until '81. Then I didn't ride for 20 years. In 2001 I bought my next bike and have been riding since. So what's that...17 years I guess.

 

[petey]

Started riding late in life, was 35yo (maybe that's why I didn't kill my self) and been riding for 37 years, that, makes me an old man... :glare:

 

[beemerdons]

Started riding late in life, was 35yo (maybe that's why I didn't kill my self) and been riding for 37 years, that, makes me an old man... :glare:

Herr Petey, let me take a wild ass guess: Zweiundsiebzig???