Can old people ride? - Page 3

chindog · 03-25-2013, 06:38 PM

And I thought I was one of the oldest here because I'm almost 60.

richardthescooter1 · 03-25-2013, 08:13 PM

Glad to have you aboard

prodigit · 03-25-2013, 08:30 PM

Man,
I'm 33, and think I'm about to die (usually from boredom when there's nothing to do)!
LOL

I hope I can enjoy my coming 33 years scootering too!
Probably buy a 2 stroke bicycle engine next.

richardthescooter1 · 03-25-2013, 08:51 PM

Go for it!

savy09 · 03-25-2013, 09:44 PM

see post on page 2.

tinstar · 03-31-2013, 05:32 AM

I'll be 60 in four months and I am loving my SYM RV-250! I had a Yamaha V-Star 1100, fully dressed out, but I gave it to my son as he needed a reliable vehicle and had no money for one. I had never thought much about scooters, thinking only of small ones like 50cc. I went to my local park one day for a walk and saw all these maxi-scooters parked in a row at one of the information stations. I think that I had seen maxi-scooters before but mistook them for some type of crotch rocket! I wasn't even aware that large scooters existed! After looking at them and seeing what fun the folks were having, I started looking. After reading up and researching, I found my SYM on Craigs list, approximately 50 miles away at a killer price...and the bike only had 2500 miles on it! It was owned by a lady who was learning to ride on it and had only ridden it around her subdivision. Her husband wanted her to ride with him on trips, but to have her own bike, so he got her a Yamaha V-Star 650 and there was no more need for the scooter. I went and picked it up and never looked back! Riding this thing is as much fun as when I was young and had a Sears and Roebuck mini-bike! No more throwing the leg over, no clutch and shifting of gears, nice and light, easy to hold up and manuver, plenty of get up and go, very easy on gas, quiet...did I say fun, fun fun!? I love it. No more motorcycle for me...now, I'm strictly a maxi-scooter man! I intend to ride until I can't ride. The biggest thing is for her to take the motorcycle safe riding course. Even though I had ridden for years, it had been years since I had ridden when I got back on my bike. I decided to take the course to get a break on my insurance, but did I learn a lot! I am very glad that I took the course. Good luck and enjoy!

Irish · 03-12-2015, 12:34 PM

My father told me yrs. ago that once riding gets into your blood that even when you're 90 , you will still want to ride. He was right! I sold or threw out all of my cycle gear before I moved to Fla. I was going crazy. I'm 71 & I bought a new (to me) bike & now feel normal. Irish
P.S. I just wish that I had my yrs. of cycle gear!

kz1000st · 03-12-2015, 01:37 PM

I'm a mere child at 63 by comparison but my 88 year old Father still rides his ZR-750 Kawasaki every chance he gets. It's even a little embarrassing that he has a 750cc to my 250cc but I still have time to catch up.

Bob Shaw · 03-25-2015, 11:45 PM

I'm 71, been riding for about 4 years, and I just bought a Yamaha Majesty 400 for winter riding in Florida, and have a Honda Reflex NSS250 I ride in the summer in Georgia. My wife calls them "death traps". I can't wait to do some longer rides on my Majesty.

novaraptor · 03-27-2015, 11:47 AM

Hmm, has anyone done a poll to see what the average age of our group here is? Bet it will be surprising.

rustyb · 03-28-2015, 08:47 PM

My first bike was a 1941 Indian back in 1951. Have ridden ever since which puts me right at 80. My heaviest ride is a Honda Pacific Coast but also have other smaller bikes including a Vespa GTV300 and a wonderful Mustang bike.

Irish · 08-12-2015, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by novaraptor

Hmm, has anyone done a poll to see what the average age of our group here is? Bet it will be surprising.

I would do it but I'm fairly "Computer illiterate". That's not an excuse , I've been a mechanic most of my life & even had to take a keyboarding (night course) to learn how to type! Needless to say , I was the oldest one in the course! I would love to see a poll. I also thought that I was the oldest but it's obvious that is not the case!

Irish

cfcjr · 10-28-2015, 12:33 PM

I am 68 and ride a Tao Tao 150 now, but will purchase a ice bear maddog 150 in the spring from one of this forums sponsors. (megamotomadness) I bought the tao tao last spring just to see if I even liked it, and now I'm hooked. I live out in the country, so a leisurely ride is a wonderful thing on a warm summer day.

rks · 10-29-2015, 04:59 PM

Hell yes us geezers can ride.....as long as we get home in time for our afternoon nap. Then when we get up, we're good to go.... til sundown.

Actually, I bought a Ural, sidecar rig last month, so I will be able to continue to ride as long as I live. Right now (at 68), I don't have a problem with the heavier bikes, and the wife sitting behind me......but in another decade....who knows. Muscle tone, and balance sure don't improve with age. So if I'm lucky enough to make it to 85.....with the sidecar rig, I'll still be riding when weather permits.

kz1000st · 10-29-2015, 06:19 PM

Pictures of the Ural are a must.

03-12-2015, 01:37 PM	#38
kz1000st Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,131	I'm a mere child at 63 by comparison but my 88 year old Father still rides his ZR-750 Kawasaki every chance he gets. It's even a little embarrassing that he has a 750cc to my 250cc but I still have time to catch up. __________________ 2008 Eagle Milano 150- 9,679 miles 2009 Honda Rebel 250- 10,434 miles 2009 CF Moto Fashion- 16,023 miles 2009 MC-114 50cc Cub Clone- 4,317 miles twowheeler.yolasite.com/ That's 30,049 China Scootin miles and Counting.
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10-29-2015, 04:59 PM	#44
rks Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Western New York Posts: 454	Hell yes us geezers can ride.....as long as we get home in time for our afternoon nap. Then when we get up, we're good to go.... til sundown. Actually, I bought a Ural, sidecar rig last month, so I will be able to continue to ride as long as I live. Right now (at 68), I don't have a problem with the heavier bikes, and the wife sitting behind me......but in another decade....who knows. Muscle tone, and balance sure don't improve with age. So if I'm lucky enough to make it to 85.....with the sidecar rig, I'll still be riding when weather permits. __________________ 2011 Jonway 150cc..16,109 breakdown free miles, and counting
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10-29-2015, 06:19 PM	#45
kz1000st Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,131	Pictures of the Ural are a must. __________________ 2008 Eagle Milano 150- 9,679 miles 2009 Honda Rebel 250- 10,434 miles 2009 CF Moto Fashion- 16,023 miles 2009 MC-114 50cc Cub Clone- 4,317 miles twowheeler.yolasite.com/ That's 30,049 China Scootin miles and Counting.
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03-25-2013, 08:13 PM	#32
richardthescooter1 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nanty Glo, Pa. Posts: 163	Glad to have you aboard
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03-25-2013, 08:51 PM	#34
richardthescooter1 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nanty Glo, Pa. Posts: 163	Go for it!
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03-31-2013, 05:32 AM	#36
tinstar Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 15	I'll be 60 in four months and I am loving my SYM RV-250! I had a Yamaha V-Star 1100, fully dressed out, but I gave it to my son as he needed a reliable vehicle and had no money for one. I had never thought much about scooters, thinking only of small ones like 50cc. I went to my local park one day for a walk and saw all these maxi-scooters parked in a row at one of the information stations. I think that I had seen maxi-scooters before but mistook them for some type of crotch rocket! I wasn't even aware that large scooters existed! After looking at them and seeing what fun the folks were having, I started looking. After reading up and researching, I found my SYM on Craigs list, approximately 50 miles away at a killer price...and the bike only had 2500 miles on it! It was owned by a lady who was learning to ride on it and had only ridden it around her subdivision. Her husband wanted her to ride with him on trips, but to have her own bike, so he got her a Yamaha V-Star 650 and there was no more need for the scooter. I went and picked it up and never looked back! Riding this thing is as much fun as when I was young and had a Sears and Roebuck mini-bike! No more throwing the leg over, no clutch and shifting of gears, nice and light, easy to hold up and manuver, plenty of get up and go, very easy on gas, quiet...did I say fun, fun fun!? I love it. No more motorcycle for me...now, I'm strictly a maxi-scooter man! I intend to ride until I can't ride. The biggest thing is for her to take the motorcycle safe riding course. Even though I had ridden for years, it had been years since I had ridden when I got back on my bike. I decided to take the course to get a break on my insurance, but did I learn a lot! I am very glad that I took the course. Good luck and enjoy!
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03-12-2015, 12:34 PM	#37
Irish Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 738	My father told me yrs. ago that once riding gets into your blood that even when you're 90 , you will still want to ride. He was right! I sold or threw out all of my cycle gear before I moved to Fla. I was going crazy. I'm 71 & I bought a new (to me) bike & now feel normal. Irish P.S. I just wish that I had my yrs. of cycle gear!
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03-25-2015, 11:45 PM	#39
Bob Shaw Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 32	I'm 71, been riding for about 4 years, and I just bought a Yamaha Majesty 400 for winter riding in Florida, and have a Honda Reflex NSS250 I ride in the summer in Georgia. My wife calls them "death traps". I can't wait to do some longer rides on my Majesty.
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03-27-2015, 11:47 AM	#40
novaraptor Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Las Vegas, Nv Posts: 105	Hmm, has anyone done a poll to see what the average age of our group here is? Bet it will be surprising.
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03-28-2015, 08:47 PM	#41
rustyb Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2	My first bike was a 1941 Indian back in 1951. Have ridden ever since which puts me right at 80. My heaviest ride is a Honda Pacific Coast but also have other smaller bikes including a Vespa GTV300 and a wonderful Mustang bike.
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10-28-2015, 12:33 PM	#43
cfcjr Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 4	I am 68 and ride a Tao Tao 150 now, but will purchase a ice bear maddog 150 in the spring from one of this forums sponsors. (megamotomadness) I bought the tao tao last spring just to see if I even liked it, and now I'm hooked. I live out in the country, so a leisurely ride is a wonderful thing on a warm summer day.
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