Average CB1100 Rider Age

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At Daytona this year the "aging motorcyclist demographic" the journalists have been talking about for years was painfully obvious. You could see it not just in the people themselves, but the rides as well. Trikes were everywhere, as were Can Am 3-wheelers. Fewer than 10% of the people at the demo rides were 30-something, and the majority were in their 50's and up.

Welcome to the future. It's been like this in general aviation for a long time now, and I think the trend is only going to accelerate for most non-virtual activities. Combine the demographic bulge of the "boomers" with the fact that younger people (as a group) seem to have less interest in this kind of thing, then throw in the ever-increasing pace of technological change....

The next 15-30 years could be "interesting," to say the least...