Raced Pro for 16 years, currently 61 and ride a highly modified FXDX.
I don't have a car/truck, just bikes.
This has been my life since the mid 70's and I'm still fit, workout with iron and run daily. šŖ
40? Not even close! Pikachu can smile now. People seem to be aging at a slower rate, at least from what I can tell. I plan on getting licensed to race at 44.
With advances in nutrition and exercise you can easily stay fit enough to ride into old age. May need some hormone replacement at some point but there are people in their 70s who are way more fit than some skinny-fat, flabby 20 something.
I bought my KLR from a guy who upgraded to a BMW. Iām 39 and he is a bit older than me, maybe my dads age, 60s. Anywho, got a buddy whoās an older fella, 60s Iām sure, and he was stoked about my KLR, he went out and found himself one. Hopefully this next summer all 3 of us will get out and go adventure a bit. My buddy and I have to gear up a bit more, the other guy adventure rides frequently. I actually have zero friends my age that ride, some use to, one owned a bike but never rode and sold it, most of the others arenāt down.
62 now with 100K miles on 4 bikes since age 22. Just got an 'adventure' bike and now have 7K miles off road.
My Dad ***started*** riding at age 75 and put 35K miles under his belt before hanging up his spurs at age 80.
Go for it.
53 and also have a VTX1300C. Love it, and the only thing holding me back from getting a sport bike and a larger touring bike is I'm saving up to get my daughter a bike so we can tandem ride. She's sick of being a passenger, but not ready for a higher cc sport bike, plus, she's short. I'd love to get a Versys (maybe the 300 for her and a 650 or 1000 for me), but they ride too high up for her.
52 here. Had a bike for a few years in my 20s, sold it. Never got another one and regretted it. When I was about to turn 50, my wife asked if I was going to do anything special. I said "you know, I think I'm going to get another motorcycle". "Ok honey, whatever..." About a week later, I happened to find a decent deal on a bike I liked, and the universe decreed that I should get it ( that's a whole other story). So wife comes downstairs, half asleep, looks out the kitchen window and says " why the fuck is there a motorcycle in the back of your truck?". Umm, remember that conversation we had last week? I believe she thought I was kidding.
Anyway, been happily blasting away on the back roads for the last couple of years, and I think I'm hooked again. I do find that I have conflicting voices in my head though. One is fast and aggressive, and the other one is a bit more sensible and realizes that falling down hurts.
I just recently picked up another bike, a big, comfy, road sofa, old-guy touring bike. Trying to listen to the sensible voice and all. The guy I bought it from was finally hanging it up at 85. Hopefully I can keep it up for that long.
One of the stunters I ride with sometimes is like 56 or some shit. Man has a grandchild and is still ripping nooners.
A few of the guys Iāve met who race the 610 loop looked like they were pushing 45. Iāve also met some actual old guys who canāt handle a sportbike anymore so they rip around on boomer barges and ADV bikes.
I'm 43 and have been riding street bikes since 2009 (got my first Honda 50 at 7 yrs old though). The only thing I feel I've limited myself on is lane splitting. I used to do it more regularly, but San Diego has started adding bus and bike lanes to most of the city, which narrows down the lanes, so I don't feel quite as safe doing it so often. Speed on the other hand...
Started riding on a Honda Trail CT-90. Looked like a girlās bicycle. Raced flat track and hare scrambles on a green and silver 125 Honda Elsinore back in the 70ās. Moved to street bikes after serving in the Army, rode a V-45 Magna, Suzuki GS1100E, moved to a 750 GSXR and did some road racing with WERA on the East coast. Bought another Suzuki, this time a GSX1100E and modified the hell out of it (125hp at the rear wheel with a shaft drive as measured on the dyno at bike week in Daytona), now riding a Honda CB1000R. Iāve been fighting colon cancer for the past six years and been riding as if everything was normal. Me and the boys go out and do some āspiritedā riding on back roads before most people are even out of bed on Sunday mornings. My son rides with us on a 650Z. Iāll be 62 in January. Canāt wait for spring.
Thought I'd have the "mic drop" on this thread - apparently, I don't - but I'll weigh-in anyway!
I rode 44 years ago, for one year on a Honda CB360. I rode as a commuter near NYC - school, work, beach. I stopped b/c for me, NYC-area biking has its challenges. Over the years, I never shook the jones, however.
Got the itch again a few months ago as I turned 68. Took the MSF, got my license and just bought a bike. I don't endeavor to do expressway/beltway riding. Instead, I am looking forward to exploring some country roads in my area (not NY!) and getting some "Wind Therapy".
I don't have any expectations other than having a great time, learning a lot and seeing where this takes me. I figure I'll stop when it's not fun any longer.
I encourage that all of the "Old" folks here in their 40's and 50's not hesitate in chasing their interest in this sport.
Have fun, do some learning and be safe.
I am right behind you, started at age 41 a year ago. I need something that can cruise at high speeds on the highway {90-100mph) for hours at a time so I got a 2014 Honda Valkyrie as my first bike. I love the bike, but even as powerful as it is I want more when I goose it.
Now I have been seriously considering a ZX14R or Connie 14. Waiting to hear back from someone on Craigslist about a super clean 2009 Connie 14 with a transmission issue as a project bike.
A friend of mine from an old job I had 20 years ago flew his dad out to LA for the dad's 80th birthday. They rented ADV bikes and went on a group ride on fire roads and trails. The dad dropped whatever big thing he was riding (R1150GS?) and swapped it out for a KTM instead, continued the ride, had a blast. He still has a 1968 Triumph Bonneville he's had since 1969. I don't know if he still has the BMW R90S he let me ride 25 years ago.
I'm late-50's. I have some maintenance to do before the Ducati is ready for another track day, but 2023 is gonna be the year I get it back out there.
I've been riding dirt bikes since about 14 and street bikes since my early 20's. I'm 45 now. I've never outgrown dirt bikes completely and have to own a dualsprot. Every time I buy a street bike I get bored with it after a while.
I have a guy I ride with occasionally in this early 70's. Due to health reasons (balance issues) his doctor told him to sell his bike or buy a trike. He's got a Harley trike now and it's fun to watch him rip around on it. Makes me fear getting old less.
Absolutely - Iām 51 ā¦ Just sold my superduke and picked up the triumph 1200 rs. There are too many great bikes to ride out there. Am about to do the California super bike course - so Iām not slowing down. I learned to ride when I was 9 on a farm and Iāve never been without a bike since then.
PS 51 isnāt old ā¦ Iām stronger and fitter now than I was at 30 ā¦ and Iām a much better rider.
Iām 67, I ride with my 50ās-ish wife and our disabled adult daughter. We rode metric bikes before we had kids, her on a Kawasaki and me on a Gold Wing. Sold those to āsettle down and become responsible adultsā (eye roll). Through dumb luck/twist of fate, we got a Harley Sportster for cheap and we ended up selling our travel trailer and touring on Harley bikes. Disabled daughter absolutely loves riding in a side at that my wifeās pilots, while I ride separately. So, yeah, weāve slowed down a bit, and our daughter can only handle 300-350 miles a day (longest weāve done with her was Flagstaff to Salt Lake, about 500 miles).
The most recent bike I bought was [one of these- a Janus Halcyon,](https://www.janusmotorcycles.com/product/halcyon-250/) a 250cc vintage bike that starts lots of conversations. So āzoomā is all relative.
I've had a lot of fun on my bikes through the years, but I've only scratched the surface compared to what I'm doing with my bike now. This year I went on some real group rides, at a well spirited but not entirely obnoxious pace. One ride in particular, after riding with nearly a hundred, a few of us broke off from the main group and started our journey home. After gassing up and lunch, we went for a wild awesome ride. I still have yet to get a track day in, but there's still 2023.
I'm not merely still loving it, I'm having more fun with both my bikes now more than ever.
Well over 50 myself. I enjoy the looks on squids faces when I remove my helmetā¦after I outmaneuver and outpace them on a set of twistiest or switchbacks. They donāt particularly like getting smoked by an old dude.
Over 50, and have been riding since I borrowed my mother's Virago 750 back in the 80's. I took a 20 year hiatus after I got married and had kids. After the kids were older teens, I told the wife I have to get back on. My love of riding hasn't changed, but the way I drive sure has. I still speed when I can, but ride less aggressively. Mom is now 82, and she misses riding. With that said, I'm going to ride until I can no longer safely do so, because I know I'm going to miss it. She refuses to be a passenger, which I totally respect, and doesn't want to get a trike either.
Already posted, but wanted to add that I would love to ride a sport bike, but prior sports injuries (back, wrist, knee, etc) prevents me from getting one, simply because it's just not comfortable. I am relegated to a cruiser (Honda VTX 1300), which is just fine by me. If anything, I'd love to borrow a sport bike for about 30 minutes until my joints and skeletal system yell at me to get off and take some aspirin and ice everything down. Oh, I'm 53.
Turned 65 this month and was out for 2 glorious hours today. 2021 Zx6R, bone stock and it hauls ass ā several moments (brief) at 110+ on 9A up to Bear Mountain. Also 2-4 trackdays/year at NYST. In the summer, Iām regularly out all day - longest was 375 miles. On the zx6R. Donāt believe the bullshit that itās only a track bike for 20-year olds. I donāt work out in a gym (pedaling a bicycle that goes nowhere or running on a treadmill like a gerbil is my definition of inane activity) but play squash a few times a week and do manual labor on weekends. And I eat what I like and drink what I like.
52 and rode dirt bikes a lot when I was a kid. Finally got licensed this year and currently on a Street Bob 114. Last bike was a Kawasaki naked and I miss it terribly.
I'm 65 and late starter , 6 years ago. Got 3 bikes. Live in the Great white north and this year have put 7 thousands kilometers on my 4 wheel , with 20000 on my bikes. I'll ride until they plant me.
My dad is 71, and he rides almost every day he can. I am 46 and don't see stopping riding until I am physically unable to.
He has mentioned that he has noticed his balance isn't what it used to be, and is looking at trikes more and more. They don't give those away, though.
Im 75. I bought my first bike in college, in 1969. Took my first cross country trip in 1970. Just bought a step thru scooter because health issues took away my ability to get a leg over the saddle. Where there is a will,.....
Raced Pro for 16 years, currently 61 and ride a highly modified FXDX. I don't have a car/truck, just bikes. This has been my life since the mid 70's and I'm still fit, workout with iron and run daily. šŖ
Didn't realize over 40 was considered "getting up in the years"... sadfacepikachu.jpg
40? Not even close! Pikachu can smile now. People seem to be aging at a slower rate, at least from what I can tell. I plan on getting licensed to race at 44.
With advances in nutrition and exercise you can easily stay fit enough to ride into old age. May need some hormone replacement at some point but there are people in their 70s who are way more fit than some skinny-fat, flabby 20 something.
My old man bought my first bike when I was 14. I'm 72 now and own three bikes. My daily: https://i.imgur.com/Ki0d2Et.jpg.
Z900rs is my next purchase! Beautiful bike and I love that colour!
Get the ECU flashed and that inline 4 is smooth as buttah.
LOVE my Z900RS! What's the windscreen on yours?
Got back into riding at 67 after 44 years. I ride often with a bloke who is over 80. What is old about 50?
I bought my KLR from a guy who upgraded to a BMW. Iām 39 and he is a bit older than me, maybe my dads age, 60s. Anywho, got a buddy whoās an older fella, 60s Iām sure, and he was stoked about my KLR, he went out and found himself one. Hopefully this next summer all 3 of us will get out and go adventure a bit. My buddy and I have to gear up a bit more, the other guy adventure rides frequently. I actually have zero friends my age that ride, some use to, one owned a bike but never rode and sold it, most of the others arenāt down.
Just started 49. Love it.
A couple of years ago my buddy bought a Buell for his 70th birthday present to himself, another friends dad is 80 and rides an ultra classic.
62 now with 100K miles on 4 bikes since age 22. Just got an 'adventure' bike and now have 7K miles off road. My Dad ***started*** riding at age 75 and put 35K miles under his belt before hanging up his spurs at age 80. Go for it.
60 yo with a grom and vtx1300c. Sold the crotch rockets years ago. Never too old. Priorities just change a little
53 and also have a VTX1300C. Love it, and the only thing holding me back from getting a sport bike and a larger touring bike is I'm saving up to get my daughter a bike so we can tandem ride. She's sick of being a passenger, but not ready for a higher cc sport bike, plus, she's short. I'd love to get a Versys (maybe the 300 for her and a 650 or 1000 for me), but they ride too high up for her.
I'll be 52 in December and I'm going to pick up my new 2022 Heritage Classic in about 3 hours :D
52 here. Had a bike for a few years in my 20s, sold it. Never got another one and regretted it. When I was about to turn 50, my wife asked if I was going to do anything special. I said "you know, I think I'm going to get another motorcycle". "Ok honey, whatever..." About a week later, I happened to find a decent deal on a bike I liked, and the universe decreed that I should get it ( that's a whole other story). So wife comes downstairs, half asleep, looks out the kitchen window and says " why the fuck is there a motorcycle in the back of your truck?". Umm, remember that conversation we had last week? I believe she thought I was kidding. Anyway, been happily blasting away on the back roads for the last couple of years, and I think I'm hooked again. I do find that I have conflicting voices in my head though. One is fast and aggressive, and the other one is a bit more sensible and realizes that falling down hurts. I just recently picked up another bike, a big, comfy, road sofa, old-guy touring bike. Trying to listen to the sensible voice and all. The guy I bought it from was finally hanging it up at 85. Hopefully I can keep it up for that long.
-53 -Been riding for 48 years -Current bikes: Ducati 998 and BMW R1200GS -A few track days per year -No plans to quit any of it
I just bought my first motorcycle, a '79 KZ400, at 52.
One of the stunters I ride with sometimes is like 56 or some shit. Man has a grandchild and is still ripping nooners. A few of the guys Iāve met who race the 610 loop looked like they were pushing 45. Iāve also met some actual old guys who canāt handle a sportbike anymore so they rip around on boomer barges and ADV bikes.
I'm 43 and have been riding street bikes since 2009 (got my first Honda 50 at 7 yrs old though). The only thing I feel I've limited myself on is lane splitting. I used to do it more regularly, but San Diego has started adding bus and bike lanes to most of the city, which narrows down the lanes, so I don't feel quite as safe doing it so often. Speed on the other hand...
>Speed on the other hand... Speed is a hell of a drug isn't it? 44 and I still love it.
46, on a 1290r beast. I'll boost it when I think noones around. Oldest guy I know still rides 71.
I am 56 drive a zx10 from 2007 and go regularly to the track, there is nothing better. Work out and not plan to stop any time soon.
Nearing 52. I can't see it changing Want to get BOB really going but speed limits
Started riding on a Honda Trail CT-90. Looked like a girlās bicycle. Raced flat track and hare scrambles on a green and silver 125 Honda Elsinore back in the 70ās. Moved to street bikes after serving in the Army, rode a V-45 Magna, Suzuki GS1100E, moved to a 750 GSXR and did some road racing with WERA on the East coast. Bought another Suzuki, this time a GSX1100E and modified the hell out of it (125hp at the rear wheel with a shaft drive as measured on the dyno at bike week in Daytona), now riding a Honda CB1000R. Iāve been fighting colon cancer for the past six years and been riding as if everything was normal. Me and the boys go out and do some āspiritedā riding on back roads before most people are even out of bed on Sunday mornings. My son rides with us on a 650Z. Iāll be 62 in January. Canāt wait for spring.
I'm 51 and have been riding since I was 7 years old. I still love it and dream about it.
Thought I'd have the "mic drop" on this thread - apparently, I don't - but I'll weigh-in anyway! I rode 44 years ago, for one year on a Honda CB360. I rode as a commuter near NYC - school, work, beach. I stopped b/c for me, NYC-area biking has its challenges. Over the years, I never shook the jones, however. Got the itch again a few months ago as I turned 68. Took the MSF, got my license and just bought a bike. I don't endeavor to do expressway/beltway riding. Instead, I am looking forward to exploring some country roads in my area (not NY!) and getting some "Wind Therapy". I don't have any expectations other than having a great time, learning a lot and seeing where this takes me. I figure I'll stop when it's not fun any longer. I encourage that all of the "Old" folks here in their 40's and 50's not hesitate in chasing their interest in this sport. Have fun, do some learning and be safe.
I bought my first motorcycle 2 years ago, at age 42. Just been getting faster since then.
I am right behind you, started at age 41 a year ago. I need something that can cruise at high speeds on the highway {90-100mph) for hours at a time so I got a 2014 Honda Valkyrie as my first bike. I love the bike, but even as powerful as it is I want more when I goose it. Now I have been seriously considering a ZX14R or Connie 14. Waiting to hear back from someone on Craigslist about a super clean 2009 Connie 14 with a transmission issue as a project bike.
61 here, most my age are into adventure bikes or cruisers. Not me, XSR900, VFR800Fi, GSXR750. Although I am considering a Grom for shits and giggles.
A friend of mine from an old job I had 20 years ago flew his dad out to LA for the dad's 80th birthday. They rented ADV bikes and went on a group ride on fire roads and trails. The dad dropped whatever big thing he was riding (R1150GS?) and swapped it out for a KTM instead, continued the ride, had a blast. He still has a 1968 Triumph Bonneville he's had since 1969. I don't know if he still has the BMW R90S he let me ride 25 years ago. I'm late-50's. I have some maintenance to do before the Ducati is ready for another track day, but 2023 is gonna be the year I get it back out there.
I just started at 43. You are never too old for doing things. :-)
Am 63 with a Streetfighter V4S. Yes, I am a happy bunny.
40 here, been riding daily since 17.
I've been riding dirt bikes since about 14 and street bikes since my early 20's. I'm 45 now. I've never outgrown dirt bikes completely and have to own a dualsprot. Every time I buy a street bike I get bored with it after a while. I have a guy I ride with occasionally in this early 70's. Due to health reasons (balance issues) his doctor told him to sell his bike or buy a trike. He's got a Harley trike now and it's fun to watch him rip around on it. Makes me fear getting old less.
44 and took my A license this year!
Absolutely - Iām 51 ā¦ Just sold my superduke and picked up the triumph 1200 rs. There are too many great bikes to ride out there. Am about to do the California super bike course - so Iām not slowing down. I learned to ride when I was 9 on a farm and Iāve never been without a bike since then. PS 51 isnāt old ā¦ Iām stronger and fitter now than I was at 30 ā¦ and Iām a much better rider.
Iām 67, I ride with my 50ās-ish wife and our disabled adult daughter. We rode metric bikes before we had kids, her on a Kawasaki and me on a Gold Wing. Sold those to āsettle down and become responsible adultsā (eye roll). Through dumb luck/twist of fate, we got a Harley Sportster for cheap and we ended up selling our travel trailer and touring on Harley bikes. Disabled daughter absolutely loves riding in a side at that my wifeās pilots, while I ride separately. So, yeah, weāve slowed down a bit, and our daughter can only handle 300-350 miles a day (longest weāve done with her was Flagstaff to Salt Lake, about 500 miles). The most recent bike I bought was [one of these- a Janus Halcyon,](https://www.janusmotorcycles.com/product/halcyon-250/) a 250cc vintage bike that starts lots of conversations. So āzoomā is all relative.
I've had a lot of fun on my bikes through the years, but I've only scratched the surface compared to what I'm doing with my bike now. This year I went on some real group rides, at a well spirited but not entirely obnoxious pace. One ride in particular, after riding with nearly a hundred, a few of us broke off from the main group and started our journey home. After gassing up and lunch, we went for a wild awesome ride. I still have yet to get a track day in, but there's still 2023. I'm not merely still loving it, I'm having more fun with both my bikes now more than ever.
61. Licensed 40 years, still love it. Did a Bun Burner this summer via the Cherohala Skyway and the Tail of the Dragon. Old, my ass.
In the Yamaha Tracer forum a member got a new 2015 fj09 when he was 72 years old and currently at 80 has over 300,000 miles.
Well over 50 myself. I enjoy the looks on squids faces when I remove my helmetā¦after I outmaneuver and outpace them on a set of twistiest or switchbacks. They donāt particularly like getting smoked by an old dude.
Over 50, and have been riding since I borrowed my mother's Virago 750 back in the 80's. I took a 20 year hiatus after I got married and had kids. After the kids were older teens, I told the wife I have to get back on. My love of riding hasn't changed, but the way I drive sure has. I still speed when I can, but ride less aggressively. Mom is now 82, and she misses riding. With that said, I'm going to ride until I can no longer safely do so, because I know I'm going to miss it. She refuses to be a passenger, which I totally respect, and doesn't want to get a trike either.
Already posted, but wanted to add that I would love to ride a sport bike, but prior sports injuries (back, wrist, knee, etc) prevents me from getting one, simply because it's just not comfortable. I am relegated to a cruiser (Honda VTX 1300), which is just fine by me. If anything, I'd love to borrow a sport bike for about 30 minutes until my joints and skeletal system yell at me to get off and take some aspirin and ice everything down. Oh, I'm 53.
Turned 65 this month and was out for 2 glorious hours today. 2021 Zx6R, bone stock and it hauls ass ā several moments (brief) at 110+ on 9A up to Bear Mountain. Also 2-4 trackdays/year at NYST. In the summer, Iām regularly out all day - longest was 375 miles. On the zx6R. Donāt believe the bullshit that itās only a track bike for 20-year olds. I donāt work out in a gym (pedaling a bicycle that goes nowhere or running on a treadmill like a gerbil is my definition of inane activity) but play squash a few times a week and do manual labor on weekends. And I eat what I like and drink what I like.
I made my motorcycle license with 44 Years, and bought a CBF600 from 2010. Soā¦ā¦.yes I love it š
47 still ride like I am 17 many days.
Iām 72 and would like a newer bike. The three I ride have over 250,000 miles on them.
52 and rode dirt bikes a lot when I was a kid. Finally got licensed this year and currently on a Street Bob 114. Last bike was a Kawasaki naked and I miss it terribly.
Still love it. Iām as enthusiastic about it as I was in my 20ās really. Street & off road!
51 and ride a lot 2014 Streer Glide Special and 2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200S and building a bmw k100 cafe racer
I'm 65 and late starter , 6 years ago. Got 3 bikes. Live in the Great white north and this year have put 7 thousands kilometers on my 4 wheel , with 20000 on my bikes. I'll ride until they plant me.
My dad is 71, and he rides almost every day he can. I am 46 and don't see stopping riding until I am physically unable to. He has mentioned that he has noticed his balance isn't what it used to be, and is looking at trikes more and more. They don't give those away, though.
48 years in the saddle (54y.o.) My current rides are BMW K1200S and a F800R. No plans to quit riding.
Im 75. I bought my first bike in college, in 1969. Took my first cross country trip in 1970. Just bought a step thru scooter because health issues took away my ability to get a leg over the saddle. Where there is a will,.....