:laugh:......................Perhaps we should rename it The Old Farts forum given our decades in the saddle! "Sons of Ibuprofen" maybe![]()
Can't take ibuprofen. It thins the blood and I'm already on blood thinner so when I get an unbearable pain I have to resort to Tylenol. For all you spring chickens on the forum, don't laugh, its coming for you too.Perhaps we should rename it The Old Farts forum given our decades in the saddle! "Sons of Ibuprofen" maybe![]()
I think you've mis-read the situation. Most of us are pulling his leg because we're in exactly the same position! I'm 69 this year and have been riding for over 50 years too. When I started to notice age was getting in the way of motorcycling enjoyment, I looked at strategies to safely prolong my riding days. Started by selling my Blackbird as it was noticeably getting too top-heavy and a tad tall as I got older. Bought a Street Triple which re-kindled the enthusiasm. Most of us pick up bad habits during our riding and I arranged an assessment with the NZ branch of the UK Institute of Advanced Motorists - the same roadcraft system that a lot of police use internationally. Initially bad for the ego but the outcome has been outstanding in terms of raising my game over the last 5 years. It's arguably the best training system anywhere and like most worthwhile things, not easy to achieve.Why is everyone making fun of a guy who has been riding 50 years?
We should look up to, and admire, older people who have led their life the way they had wanted to lead it and wound up in the exact place they planned on being. We should admire them because they are smarter than us.
You totally missed the point. I didn't read any post on this thread that I construed as being offensive to or "making fun of" older people. As Kiwi Geoff said, most of us are "older people". I believe the comments were all in good fun. I'm 70 years old and blessed with reasonably good health. I have been riding for 47 years and intend to ride as long as my physical condition allows. But I have changed my attitude about motorcycling in that I now work diligently to hone my skills. Instead of telling myself that I am a competent rider, I am now compelled to prove it to myself by mentally analyzing every thing I do on every ride.Why is everyone making fun of a guy who has been riding 50 years? Most of you will quit riding once you get married or have children and sit around on the couch eating pizza and getting fat, then succumb to a electric wheelchair by the time you're 62 and spend the rest of your days eating cake and watching TV. Go to any old age home and you'll see hundreds of people, who aren't really that old, sitting in chairs looking miserable. My friends, most of you will turn out that way.
You should be careful what older person you make fun of because most of you will not turn out to be the person you had hoped you would.
We should look up to, and admire, older people who have led their life the way they had wanted to lead it and wound up in the exact place they planned on being. We should admire them because they are smarter than us.
Bless you Thumper your heart is in the right place, however as has already been said no one has been made fun of or disrespected in this thread.Why is everyone making fun of a guy who has been riding 50 years? Most of you will quit riding once you get married or have children and sit around on the couch eating pizza and getting fat, then succumb to a electric wheelchair by the time you're 62 and spend the rest of your days eating cake and watching TV. Go to any old age home and you'll see hundreds of people, who aren't really that old, sitting in chairs looking miserable. My friends, most of you will turn out that way.
You should be careful what older person you make fun of because most of you will not turn out to be the person you had hoped you would.
We should look up to, and admire, older people who have led their life the way they had wanted to lead it and wound up in the exact place they planned on being. We should admire them because they are smarter than us.
74 and you can use a PC! Very nice! LOLBless you Thumper your heart is in the right place, however as has already been said no one has been made fun of or disrespected in this thread.
I am not that old that I cannot enjoy a good old p....ss take, that's what makes forums enjoyable.
Any of you can call me an old fart to my face ---- if you can catch me ?
Just for info' I am 74 and started riding in 1957, no plaudits or congratulations required or wanted, I am just another biker.0![]()
Hey there don't you get patronizing me.74 and you can use a PC! Very nice! LOL
No patronizing. Genuinely impressed. Most 50 year olds struggle with it.Gixxus wrote,
Hey there don't you get patronizing me.![]()
No problem Thumper. I get your drift and your original post made good points that some young folks should pay attention to. One good thing I have discovered in getting old is that I don't worry about the little things anymore (unless it has to do with a motorcycle).Yeah perhaps I was a little overly defensive. I just hear it a lot, that's all. I'm only 48 but am still called OLD MAN often, by fat kids who abuse their bodies and get by only on their youth.
I was just joking with you mate, all is good.No patronizing. Genuinely impressed. Most 50 year olds struggle with it.