How long do you plan on riding?
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 335
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From: Baltimore
Started riding when I was 21. Sold my last metric in 1991 and never thought I would ride again. Bought my first Harley, a Sportster when I was 62. Bought a geezer glide when I turned 63, two years ago. I try to work out several times a week and take care of myself. Rode with a 72 year old guy on a touring crotch rocket last year that could ride circles around me. He thought nothing of riding 7 hours one way for a hamburger because he liked to ride. He had put 9K miles on his bike in the last three months before I rode with him and he camped when at all possible. Just got to take care of yourself.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 335
Likes: 14
From: Baltimore
Started riding when I was 21. Sold my last metric in 1991 and never thought I would ride again. Bought my first Harley, a Sportster when I was 62. Bought a geezer glide when I turned 63, two years ago. I try to work out several times a week and take care of myself. Rode with a 72 year old guy on a touring crotch rocket last year that could ride circles around me. He thought nothing of riding 7 hours one way for a hamburger because he liked to ride. He had put 9K miles on his bike in the last three months before I rode with him and he camped when at all possible. I going to the Smokey Mountians for a one week 2K mile ride the first week of August. Just got to take care of yourself.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Delaware
I'm pushing 63. I had complete renal failure 6 years ago. They had me on dialysis for a year, (no fun at all), and I kept riding, I had a kidney transplant 5 years ago and haven't stopped riding yet. I'm one of those that will go to a trike before quitting.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,027
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From: Las Cruces, NM
63 here and plan on ridin until I can't handle the big bike. I already have a smaller (dyna) bike to take over for the big bike. I figure that ridin is nothing compared to 40 years in the Army.
Gonzy
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,141
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From: Foggy Coastside California
Will be 65 in a few months. Got my first Harley last April after not riding for 42 years (ouch!). Will keep on riding until I can't keep it up (the Harley!)... sheesh! If I had to, I would go for a trike, they look pretty cool, and you can still keep the wind in your face. Have to keep riding --- it clears the head.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Illinois
I'm 70. My plan is to ride another 20 or 30 years.
No one has proven to me that I can not do that.
Just finished a major ride of 6K that included going through Death Valley in the afternoon.
I have two more rides planned in the next two months. I try to do two to three long rides every year.
No one has proven to me that I can not do that.
Just finished a major ride of 6K that included going through Death Valley in the afternoon.
I have two more rides planned in the next two months. I try to do two to three long rides every year.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 253
Likes: 4
Father-in-law is 77. His knees are starting to give out, so he bought a trike. He might be 77, but he rides the trike like to stole it! Hope I do that well down the road.
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Road Master
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 916
Likes: 12
From: NoVA
62 and I'll stop when they pry the grips from my cold dead fingers. Been riding for 45 years. I've walked away from two heart attacks so far and I don't want to hear any whining from some candy *** as to why they have to trailer to an event.
