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  • Spook
    Spook
    4 years ago
    Quoting steelo on 01 Nov 2019 11:50 PM

    With time, that will improve mate. You can go back to being a reckless old man. 

    Thank you for that, Stevie. That is of course your humble opinion?
  • OILLEAK2008
    OILLEAK2008
    4 years ago
    4 decades of riding. always a bunch of bikes in the shed nowdays = 4.
    In my 60's I ride slower (mostly) - and enjoy the ride rather than the wanking point to point accident lottery.

    Still look at them and feel the 16 year old in me. Will never not have one.

    Dont give a toss about 10/10 and love my old EVO. It dont handle, moderate power, loud, vibrates etc but its makes punting around at semi legal speeds fun. Personally, I think that while newer bikes may be as efficient as a new Toyota the fun 70's joy of owning and riding has left the scene. 

    I have owned more recent HD's but cant see myself ever updating.

    Perhaps I am turning into an old stick in the mud fart. 
  • softfat
    softfat
    4 years ago
    Yeah, same, in my 60's. Haven't been out hardly this year due to grandfather thing and work. Even the 73 HQ GTS next to the fatboy has only been out for a couple of round the blockers. Went out with a couple of fellas last weekend for a ride, 320ks, good weather, loved it but the old muscles let me know about it for a couple of days after. Been riding some type of 2 wheeler since I was 15. 
    Soft...
  • Choco
    Choco
    4 years ago
    Some good reading here. I started riding on the road when I was 17 and still riding now with 7 months to go before I turn 60. I did give up riding for about 6 months years ago because I was riding with my mate when he was involved in a fatal accident and that does something to you when you witness this. Anyway the need to ride was still strong back then so I bought another bike but I must admit that strong feeling I had to ride years ago is now fading a bit. I thought about updating my Evo a while back but then I asked myself why, I own it and who wants to go into debt at 60 years old for another bike. Yes I am a coffee club rider these days no more big miles for me done it all when I was younger so should I sell my bike well the answer is no even though I don't ride much anymore I still enjoy the mateship I get with my bike riding mates . Anyway who knows what tomorrow will bring for any of us also is there a written rule out there saying that you have to do hundreds of k's on a day ride to be a true motorcycle rider I don't think so. One day I will hang up my helmet for good but the only person who can make that decision is me cheers. 
  • 78gold
    78gold
    4 years ago
    I was a late comer to Harleys, mainly due to having no $ as a youngster.
    Grew up on Mainly Kwaka's with the odd trumpy and a couple of ducati's.
    Abought 9 years ago I decided that the old Norton Commando just wasn't cutting it anymore as a two up bike, walked into Blacktown Harley and picked up a second hand Lowrider. I have now passed that onto my son, after dropping in a 103 with about 4,000 Klm's on it.
    Whilst I was riding the Lowie I bought a Sporty 1200's which has now gone to my younger boy and I am left with a couple of FXR's, a Yammie 650 and an XV535 that is sold and being picked up on the weekend.

    I wouldn't go back to anything else, I love the FXR's as they are lighter and I can move em around the garage easier and the evo is fine for two up riding, we have toured to QLD, Vic etc a few times and Mrs finds it comfy enough.

    Maybe its wearing off for some but I will keep racking up the Klm's and find nothing better than riding with my 2 boys.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    4 years ago
    Wearing off, never, sometimes things wane, that is just don't shine like the gold of normal. 
    But hey, thats life in general. Sometimes things seem a little jaded and 'ah cant be fucked' but still there when the hit is not the same as first, but pretty good all the same. If ya know what I mean.
    In my mid 60's, fuckme, where did that go? Still love riding, after being riding motorcycles since 1969, thats fucken 50 fucken years.
    As said, if I knew I was going to live this fucken long I woulda looked after myself better.. and kept those unobtainable bikes which I passed on to others. 
    Owned Harleys only since 2006, and after yesterdays ride of over 500 kms in 40 degree heat can say I still get the buzz...(I left early morning on a nowhere ride to nowhere to get that known buzzz.)
  • gidgi
    gidgi
    4 years ago
    Quoting Baloffski on 18 Dec 2019 09:14 PM

    Wearing off, never, sometimes things wane, that is just don't shine like the gold of normal. 

    But hey, thats life in general. Sometimes things seem a little jaded and 'ah cant be fucked' but still there when the hit is not the same as first, but pretty good all the same. If ya know what I mean.
    In my mid 60's, fuckme, where did that go? Still love riding, after being riding motorcycles since 1969, thats fucken 50 fucken years.
    As said, if I knew I was going to live this fucken long I woulda looked after myself better.. and kept those unobtainable bikes which I passed on to others. 
    Owned Harleys only since 2006, and after yesterdays ride of over 500 kms in 40 degree heat can say I still get the buzz...(I left early morning on a nowhere ride to nowhere to get that known buzzz.)

    Know what ya mean Bal, life would be shit if  I didn`t have mine in the shed for when ,ya just got to be on it 
  • Spook
    Spook
    4 years ago
    Quoting 78gold on 18 Dec 2019 07:26 PM

    I was a late comer to Harleys, mainly due to having no $ as a youngster.

    Grew up on Mainly Kwaka's with the odd trumpy and a couple of ducati's.
    Abought 9 years ago I decided that the old Norton Commando just wasn't cutting it anymore as a two up bike, walked into Blacktown Harley and picked up a second hand Lowrider. I have now passed that onto my son, after dropping in a 103 with about 4,000 Klm's on it.
    Whilst I was riding the Lowie I bought a Sporty 1200's which has now gone to my younger boy and I am left with a couple of FXR's, a Yammie 650 and an XV535 that is sold and being picked up on the weekend.

    I wouldn't go back to anything else, I love the FXR's as they are lighter and I can move em around the garage easier and the evo is fine for two up riding, we have toured to QLD, Vic etc a few times and Mrs finds it comfy enough.

    Maybe its wearing off for some but I will keep racking up the Klm's and find nothing better than riding with my 2 boys.

    Keep on riding with the family, mate. Treasure each others company as you never know when it will end.
  • bigfella236
    bigfella236
    4 years ago
    Like most minded chaps i have had my share, British, Jap and American iron. For me its been just plain simple two wheels. If its got two i will have been drawn to them. Dirt not so much but road bikes. 
    Just like women we are drawn to those things we find fascinating. Sure it may leak and we spend hours if not collective days trying to stop it or plug it. In the end its that sence of being out there not wrapped in it. Having that feel of knowing that there is others who also share the same processes and understanding. Yep love um. Had my fair share of spills and scares but it has only made me sharper and more in tune. 

    So i am now back on a HD its a brand but more so its two wheels. Love it. 
  • bigfella236
    bigfella236
    4 years ago
    how about what makes you go weak at the knees on two wheels 
  • Train
    Train
    4 years ago
    Nah not wearing off. Haven't been able to ride for 3 months because of these Nanny fucking speed cameras in VIC amd I'm itching to get on.
    Close mate died a few years back and took me a couple of months to get over that and didn't ride much but during that period, but time heals all wounds and now when circumstances are right I want to add a ride glide and sit it next the the Dyna. 
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