I'm 63, been riding since 1973. Looking at purchasing my first Harley in the next week or two. The more I ride the more I love it.

 

Good luck. I've been riding since 1971 or so and got my first Harley in 2014. Loving it!

 

no runs on gas just a bracket car & quick 16 class

 

When this thread started I was only 63. Now I'm 69. Hope to still be riding and post again in this thread when I'm 79

 

I'm 62 wife 60 tomorrow this is what we tell the kids. Now we're the problem.

 

I'm 66. Next Summer I will have had my M/C endorsement on my DL for 50 yrs. Started out on a Vespa125. I've owned HD,BMW, Kaw, Triumph. Currently looking for my next HD.

 

Bought my first bagger this spring. I am 57. Bought it because I wanted a bigger and heavier bike with better ride and fairing..... "nough said.

 

I started riding in 1969 and ride as much now as I did then. I have a 2000 Heritage Softail. My geezer glide is a 2005 VTX1800s.

 

[QUOoldprowler;145TE=94037]I am 75 and have hip replacement (at least 1 maybe both) in my very near future. That means I am also looking at owning a Tri-Glide pretty shortly.[/QUOTE]

Here's a chronology of my surgeries since a back injury in '95:
1996 - John Wild, M.D., Kurt Schroeder, M.D. – Posterior lateral fusion L4 to L5 Steffe Plates@L4-L5 crosslinked; laminectomy and extensive decompression, Gill procedure, foraminotomies. .1996 – Kurt Schroeder, M.D. – Additional decompression surgery.
1997 – Steven Curtin, M.D. – second opinion; regarding non-union of lumbar spine.
1998 – Steven Curtin, M.D. – Repair non-union collapse and hardware failure.
1/12/98 – Removal of posterior hardware.
1/14/98 – anterior discectomy and fusion w/ femoral cortical dowel bone & anterior iliac bone.
1/21/98 – re-instrumentation at L5-S1 w/ iliac crest bone harvest, fusion, and re-decompression.
2/16/98 – Complication: collapse of anterior graft, replace bone dowels w/titanium cage.
2003 – Lawrence Housman, M.D. – Total Hip (Zimmer) replacement (left).
2005 – Stuart Melcer, M.D. – Laparoscopic repair of incisional hernia.
2007 – Steven Curtin, M.D. – Neck surgery - Cervical anterior carpectomy C-6, Fusion C5-7.
2008 – Joel Goode, M.D. – Left ulnar nerve revision at elbow.

I'm less then a year short of seventy, and am currently on a 2002 Electra Glide Std. The only concession I've had to make is a Lapera 2-up Villain seat. Since I had my (left) hip replacement in '03, it got hard to support my weight on that leg and swing my right leg high enough to clear the back seat sissy bar and back rest without banging the **** out of my saddle bags.

So give yourself some time to recover, then see where you're at physically. For me, the hip replacement was the MOST successful and quickest recovery of all my surgeries. It's truly amazing what these surgeons can do for you. Good Luck!

 

I just had C4-5 fused in 2012. Beforehand when the disk let go I had paralysis of my left shoulder and bicep. Thankfully I regained 90% or so function after the pressure was relieved from the nerves. It took almost a year of slowing gaining the use of my muscles back. I am expecting C6-7 to go in the next couple of years as well.