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Old 12-09-2011, 10:50 AM
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I'm certain this has been discussed before but cannot find the thread.

Let's hear from some of the oldest bikers who still ride. I'm only 62 and don't see the end in sight anytime in the near future. Hope I can still go coast to coast for another 10 to 15 years.....Anyone still doing that in their 70's?
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 10:52 AM
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Not there yet bur REAL close. Not gonna stop anytime soon.
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 11:01 AM
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still crankin out miles at 71, ain't about to stop, anytime soon.
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 11:05 AM
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Turned 70 last June. Haven't found the need to stop riding yet, in fact, I just purchased a Suzuki DR650se Dual Sport bike to go along with my '04 Deuce. Fiqured the Zook would sharpen my riding skills. Big trips planned for 2012: New Mexico, Colorado, WY. UT and the Natchez Trace. Some will be on the Deuce and some on the dual sport.
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 11:06 AM
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This past May and June I did a nineteen day solo tour of Civil War battlefields from TN to VA to Gettysburg to DC for Memorial Day and back to Colorado. My last day of riding was my 65th B-Day .....did 800 miles from Topeka KS to western CO. Yep, I'm braggin' a bit. Gets better all the time.
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 11:10 AM
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at 66 i am more respectful and aware of surroundings than when i was alot younger, but i feel at 70 i will hang it up
 
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Old 12-09-2011, 11:12 AM
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only 70 1/2 but still manage to put on a mile or two
not like I used to do but still can throw a leg over and get on down the road.
 
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Most respectfully.. I have regard for you "old timers" still out there saddleing up.
Hope to be there soon. 60+ and still a 365 rider, blue collar man... workin' for the man.
 
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Not quiet there yet either but at 62 I have no plans to stop.
 
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I'll be 65 next year - Why stop now?
 


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