What a bummer, or it sucks to get old

[JimmyJazz]

considering the options. . . getting old isn't so bad (just 76 a couple of weeks ago)

I rode until I sold my last bike 2 years ago. I was really into long distance riding. I realized I just wasn't up for 1000 mile days anymore.

I just "discovered" the Trans-America Trail on YouTube last week. Most consider 200 mile days about right. Gravel and dirt roads at generally lower speeds. Youtube ; Black bear pass Transamerica Trail. Pretty amazing riding available to suite all skill levels. Also check out ; ADV Rider forum. I love to ride.

 

[JimmyJazz]

I always laugh when I read, it beats the alternative. I wish someone would come back just once, and tell the world just what the alternative really is. For many folks I have seen parked in old folks homes, waiting out their days to finally die, not having a clue who they are, where they are, and just existing, I kinda got a feeling the alternative, when one reaches that stage, won,t be so bad. A lot of folks are already living their hell on earth, any chance the alternative could actually be any worse, for those folks ?

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke , thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S. Thompson

 

[Biker1mike]

It seemed every decade my cold weather mark rose higher and higher as the joints started to freeze up and coming off the pegs became a problem in cold weather. Riding since 13 and I do miss it. Looking at a goldwing but wife is against another bike. Too many close calls.

I have seen relatives become burdens as their bodies or brains start to fail them. After all the stupid crap I have survived I hope I have the strength and guts to end it before I get that far gone. In the mean time, look out world I have more to get done and some hell to raise.

 

[ve9aa]

There are very few Polaris slingshots here in Eastern Canada ($$$) and although I am sure they're fun, they're not really a bike. (at least in my mind, they're more a sports car missing a rear wheel, right?)
Three wheels yes, but with seats, steering wheel,cockpit, roll bar etc is not a bike.

A CanAm Spyder (or 10) can be seen in every city and highway around here and are super popular. EVen a few of the bare bone models called a Ryker I think are here and there. The Ryker is no good for touring (storage is nil) but they look like fun !

Someday, if it ever came to it, I'd likely either get a 3wheeler bike like a Harley Freewheeler or a kit for my Road King to add 2 rear wheels, but it's all the same breeze.

Cheers guys !

 

[RCW]

I sold my last bike, a Harley, a few years ago. Enjoyed riding for decades, but never long distances. Seldom rode more than a 100 miles.

I covered short distances real quick….

Missed it at first, but there’s too many idiots and too many people with their faces stuck in a cell phone….

Roads aren’t the same as they were 40 years ago, and neither am I.

 

[lynnmor]

I sold my last bike, a Harley, a few years ago. Enjoyed riding for decades, but never long distances.

Missed it at first, but there’s too many people with their faces stuck in a cell phone….

Roads aren’t the same as they were 40 years ago, and neither am I.

The culvert pipes are being replaced in the road past my house, they have been pi$$ing around with this for 6 months and still have much more to do. A guy on a large Harley way following my SIL and he saw the Harley lose it on one of those deep cuts that wasn't filled. The last I heard is that he may be paralyzed. It ain't just the phone zombies, idiots are everywhere.

 

[RCW]

The culvert pipes are being replaced in the road past my house, they have been pi$$ing around with this for 6 months and still have much more to do. A guy on a large Harley way following my SIL and he saw the Harley lose it on one of those deep cuts that wasn't filled. The last I heard is that he may be paralyzed. It ain't just the phone zombies, idiots are everywhere.

True.

First day owning a new Yamaha Fazer in the ‘80’s tractor trailer ran me off road when passing on a double yellow. I was stuck on narrow shoulder at 60 mph with truck 4 feet to my left.

Blew past him, and gave him the one-finger salute. Bike had 50 miles on it.

….idiot….. still think of that every time I see one of that company’s rigs…..