). 2014 and I got the bug again. I'm having fun riding my RK.
When do you give up riding
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,264
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From: WESTERN CHICAGO AREA
I'll ride until it is no longer safe or fun or until I am dead. Unlike some of the "purists" here, I bought a Triglide so that the wife and I could continue to enjoy our "therapy". I wish I had bought it ten years ago. No worries about sand, gravel, tipping over, traffic. Just riding. Do I miss leaning? a bit but do I miss inching along in traffic, trying to keep my bike, my wife and her junk on those two wheels? No.. I will just sit back and grin. Don't nock the trikes until you actually ride one and spend some time riding it.
I agree 100%
I switched to the TG a couple years ago, only because my job situation is not so good and at 70 I may not have a job in a year so now is the time to get the TG while I do have the money. So far my health if perfect so I don't see the end in sight for giving up riding. But life can change in a instant.
Steve's last sentence is 100% true. Of course some will not ride a trike no matter what and that's OK, but at least give it a try if you really don't want to give up riding in the wind. It takes more then a test ride to really appreciate it and get the hang of it. It really is a very different type of riding. Also no worries about sliding on ice in the winter.
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 994
Likes: 45
From: North Carolina
I love hearing from the 65+ crowd. I'll have 68 candles on my cake this year and while I might think about accidents more now than I did 30 years ago, I have no plans of giving it up. In fact just added this to my stable last weekend and that is incentive enough to keep going for many more miles.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 1,698
Likes: 132
From: x
I don't have that option. Some a$$hats held me down one day and injected chemicals in my body and said if I don't continue to ride and ride hard my head will explode. So far so good , winter scares me though.
Tourer
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 268
Likes: 0
From: Colorado
When I become a danger to someone else. Especially my grand kids.
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