When to give it up
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Upstate New York
I have a friend who is 87 and still rides, so at 63 I'm still just a "kid". I have no plans to "hang it up". I'm still in good health and last spring when a car ran a red light in front of me, I found my reflexes are still plenty sharp.
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From: Lafayette, Louisiana
I have been battling a serious health problem for a couple of months. What kept me going was wanting to get back to riding. Well low and behold, a test I had done a few days ago shows there is nothing wrong with me anymore and there is no sign of cancer.
I could write so much here, invoking Ray Charles's name, or Alzheimer's, or any number of things but I won't.
The sun is shining. Doctor signed my release so I can return to work Monday. I am heading to my garage to put my bike back together.
I am going to hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike!
I could write so much here, invoking Ray Charles's name, or Alzheimer's, or any number of things but I won't.
The sun is shining. Doctor signed my release so I can return to work Monday. I am heading to my garage to put my bike back together.
I am going to hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike!
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Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Houston, TX
I have been battling a serious health problem for a couple of months. What kept me going was wanting to get back to riding. Well low and behold, a test I had done a few days ago shows there is nothing wrong with me anymore and there is no sign of cancer.
I could write so much here, invoking Ray Charles's name, or Alzheimer's, or any number of things but I won't.
The sun is shining. Doctor signed my release so I can return to work Monday. I am heading to my garage to put my bike back together.
I am going to hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike!
I could write so much here, invoking Ray Charles's name, or Alzheimer's, or any number of things but I won't.
The sun is shining. Doctor signed my release so I can return to work Monday. I am heading to my garage to put my bike back together.
I am going to hit the highway like a battering ram on a silver black phantom bike!
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 31
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From: West Virginia
I am only 42 but I've noticed lately that getting old and not being able to do some things has kinda been screwing with my head. I still ride dirt bikes, street race my Mustangs and **** I was even in a good fist fight a couple weeks ago at Myrtle Beach. In my mind I still have a lot of miles left on me but if I get to the point where I start to question my age and enjoying life then I must already be dead. It's scary for me to even think about it.
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From: Canton, Michigan
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From: West Central FL
So at 63 with arthritis invading every joint in my body I finally had to give up riding the chopper. Could no longer hang on to the apes and the pounding of every bump in the road prevented me from riding it farther than across town. So I bought a Softail. Feels good to have a soft seat and a suspension that actually moves up and down. When I can no longer ride this I'll turn it into a trike. So I still have a couple more options.
'The first symptom of death is birth.' - Me
'The first symptom of death is birth.' - Me
Last edited by Hey Man; Jul 24, 2015 at 07:36 PM.
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: nj
Every year the body slows down especially the reflexes. I start slow in the beginning as I get the confidence with myself as I come out of hibernation like my bikes. I am 53 which is not old but when you were 20 or younger and riding fast an careless never thought anything would happen to you now you, I think alittle different now. We don't roll no morewe fall and cannot get up now. If and when its time I will get a bike with a sidecar and drive in style and to be a talk of the town. Keep riding to blow the cobb webs out.