Senior motorcycle rider clubs

What does it matter what one's motivation is for riding a motorcycle? And if one is in "crisis" isn't that person entitled to resolve the "crisis" as they see fit?


I started riding last year at 67, cause I needed to replace my golf activities w another outlet.

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Done riding after 1997 broken Femur. Sold em in 2002.
Didn't need another broken femur. That leg, well, it felt
like a horse kick every morning for a year.

The fracture wasn't part of riding but ending riding was
a part of the pain. I stay in an F150 mostly now.

I go where I want, it's fun in the Turbo's too. More fun.

I see a bunch on the 3-wheeler that looks like a sport car sort of.
They seem fun but not on my bucket list now.

Today I drove beside a New Convertible Green Cooper with an Elderly Woman Driver.
I wouldn't mind having one for fun, but the 94-degree heat sort of turns me off.

That stuff, well its just off my bucket list, all the crampy stuff has been rebuked.
 
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The Nam Vets have a huge MC club, supposedly worldwide. There are some beautiful commemorative paintings on motorcycles on this website.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/vietnam-vets-tribute-bike--526499012660358356/

These guys still ride, many of them on trikes these days, for one reason or another. It’s a lifestyle for many who may choose to not give it up until they lay their bike down for the last time——

For what it’s worth the Hells Angels MC club was originally founded by a group of men assigned to a bomber squadron in World War II. They formed their own motorcycle club in Fontana, California when they got out of the military naming it after themselves - Hells Angels. A lot of people don’t realize that, as the Hells Angels group has morphed into worldwide infamy over the years.
 
Trade said:
I've been riding for a little over 3 years now. I started about two weeks before I turned 75. As an introvert I prefer the experiance of riding alone. I have no intrest in being in a club.
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That's pretty cool! I prefer to ride by myself as well, although I have a couple friends I ride with. They are lifelong riders so it's a good learning tool for me.
 
I've been riding on and off for nearly 50 years, all types and sizes.

For the last 15 years or so I've been mostly into scooters.

Rocking a SYM Mio 49cc for the last couple of years. 100 mpg, 40 mph and it carries a shitload of groceries. Puts a shit eating grin on my face every time I terrorize the streets with it.
 
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outlander said:
I've been riding on and off for nearly 50 years, all types and sizes.

For the last 15 years or so I've been mostly into scooters.

Rocking a SYM Mio 49cc for the last couple of years. 100 mpg, 40 mph and it carries a shitload of groceries. Puts a shit eating grin on my face every time I terrorize the streets with it.
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I couldn't handle that. You would get run over on the mean streets around here where everyone drives like a bat out of Hell. I gotta have something that I can keep up with traffic with. I started out on a Royal Enfield 650cc Interceptor but once I got used to it I wanted something faster.

So I traded up to a Triumph T100. It's got 50% more torque and at a lower rev range than the Royal Enfield. It's adequate but I'd really like something even faster like the Kawasaki Z900 rs. (I like the retro looking bikes). But I would have to take a huge hit on trading up so I'll just have to be happy with my Triumph.
 
Been riding all my life. Don't intend to stop now. Nothing finer than the wind in your face. When the time comes, I'll probably get a trike (like the wife's)... but, that time is still off in the distance.
In order of ownership....

1939 German wwII messenger bike don't remember the name, had a 98cc Sachs engine and a side car. 2 speed suicide shift.

1965 Yamaha 250 2 stroke oil injected. One time, the oil tank got plugged and motor seized at 60 mph. (no fun) Quickly junked it.

1965 Sears 250. replaced the Yamaha, but, soon decided I needed more power.

1963 pre-unit 650cc BSA. sportster tank. Z-bars, panther pink paint.

1966 650 BSA Lightning. 040 over with a racing cam. A sweet bike that I promptly ruined by hacking apart the frame to install a 6 foot long Girder frontend, and some twisted chrome struts to create a hardtail.

1957 panhead Harley. no fun. broken all the time.

1972 Honda CL360. Zippy on-off road bike. Great for commuting to work.

1970's Hodaka super-Rat, a great dirt bike, lot's of fun to blow off some steam.

1970's Honda chopper,750cc with Denver Jammer hardtail frame and a 21 over springer frontend.

1980 Honda CM400. Probably the most reliable bike I've owned. Sold it when I moved.

1985 Honda rebel CMX250. great little commuter bike. Almost got me killed though. (only bike I ever had an accident with).

2000 Suzuki Marauder VZ805, Replaced the wrecked Rebel. Put the most total miles on it. (65,000) trouble free). Sold it for near what I paid new.

Current bike is a 2003 Harley Heritage.
 
I wish motorcyclists here would give their age. Are any in their eighties? 😮 I once took a ride on the motorcycle of a friend who asked if I'd like to go with him to another bar. Having just enough beer in me I said yes, and we zoomed down the road to that other bar, the skirt of my dress blowing in the wind. And passed drivers who looked at us shocked. We made it fine. How stupid we were. I haven't ridden another motorcycle since.
 
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