(09-11-2018, 08:00 PM)Foxcroft007_imp Wrote: Great idea for a license plate “INNW”. My kids think I’m old at 56 but I have lots of kid left in me. I’ve been riding since I had an early 70s z50. I wish I still had that bike and I will probably buy the new monkey when it comes out. I’ve had many bikes through the years and loved each for different reasons. I’m also blessed with a wonderful and understanding with...I thought the garage in central Ohio might be too cold for the Ducati 916 so she let me put it in the dining room. We had guests for thanksgiving with the Ducati in the bay window. Interesting conversation piece...don’t touch

(09-11-2018, 07:20 AM)decarmine_imp Wrote:

(09-11-2018, 05:48 AM)cooldrum_imp Wrote: I just turned 69 and have been riding since I was 17. I still ride my first bike a '67 Honda 305 scrambler. I have kept that bike all these years as a reminder of where and when I started riding. Raising a family of 3 kids with my wife and careers, bikes were mostly parked but never forgotten. As the kids left home there was more time to ride and add more bikes to the garage. There's a '74 CB750 and a '74 Yamaha RD350. The 2013 CB1100 I found in Scottsdale, AZ. and rode it home to Portland, Oregon. It still feels good to throw a leg over the saddle and I ride with a group of retired guys here. We ride a lot of backroads and some super slab. We encourage each other on riding techniques and always talk safety. One guy in our group will be riding the "Continental Divide" on his KTM. Our motto is "If not now, when." We'll all keep on riding till it's time to move on.

It was those exact words, "If not now, when?" that got me to buy my first Harley. I had been riding mainly Hondas, with an occasional Kawasaki, even a BSA, in the mix but never was willing (or able) to afford a Harley,

In those days all Harleys were priced at MSRP plus "opportunistic markup" of several thousands of dollars. "What does 'opportunistic markup' mean?", I asked. "Just that we had the opportunity to mark it up, so we did. Take it or leave it", I was told.

Well, I always left it, but thought I had to have a Harley at least once in my life. When I turned 60, about 14 years ago, I realized, "if not now, when?"

By 2004 those "opportunistic markups" had disappeared, so I bought the Harley, thinking I would put up with its foibles just to satisfy that long-standing desire. Turns out I *loved* it...

After I bought the CB1100 in 2016, however, I noticed that, when deciding which bike to ride today, the CB was chosen about 80% of the time.

That led to the decision to sell the Harley and buy the Honda Fury. Now the mix of "which bike to ride" is about 50-50...

(09-11-2018, 07:31 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: We had another member—bokobob—who had turned 80 when last we saw him in 2016. I can't recall exactly why he sold his CB1100, but I don't think he was planning on giving up riding.

"If not now, when" is a great motto.

(09-16-2018, 08:45 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I'm only 68 so have a couple years to go to get into the elite 70 group.

Started street riding in 1965 and have ridden most days since.

Bought a new Sportster in 1994 and had to put a deposit, pay retail plus and wait 6 months to get it from Harley Davidson of Cincinnati (where I bought my fist bike in 1965)