06-04-2019, 09:11 AM
That's bloody bad luck, Ferret.
I'm in a sort of similar position myself. Been riding since '64, ridden in most countries in Western Europe, ridden quite a bit in USA and even into Canada (for a day!). But approaching a replacement hip operation, I had to stop riding my R100R BMW 18 months ago, and now I'm finding it really difficult to even PUSH my new CB1100 around!
Most of my trips have been longer tours/holidays, not just short day rides but I think that's over now. At 73 this year it's near the end I think...
Having seen for years, those adverts "Bike for sale, ill-health...". I think I'm pretty close to having just a few rides on the CB and Beemer and then calling it quits. I'm lucky I have my Dad's BSA C15T trials to potter about on eventually. It's been a great ride while it lasted - weeks spent for many years on the Isle of Man for TT week, starting in 1965, rides to Germany for BMWs 75th Anniversary, Holland, France, Spain and even up the Rock of Gibraltar! California, Colorado, Montana and more...
But no more. Short rides round the cute Devon lanes now. Up onto the Moors. Along the coast a little bit. And maybe on the trailer to France for some gentle Alps rides. And then... that's it.
I'm in a sort of similar position myself. Been riding since '64, ridden in most countries in Western Europe, ridden quite a bit in USA and even into Canada (for a day!). But approaching a replacement hip operation, I had to stop riding my R100R BMW 18 months ago, and now I'm finding it really difficult to even PUSH my new CB1100 around!
Most of my trips have been longer tours/holidays, not just short day rides but I think that's over now. At 73 this year it's near the end I think...
Having seen for years, those adverts "Bike for sale, ill-health...". I think I'm pretty close to having just a few rides on the CB and Beemer and then calling it quits. I'm lucky I have my Dad's BSA C15T trials to potter about on eventually. It's been a great ride while it lasted - weeks spent for many years on the Isle of Man for TT week, starting in 1965, rides to Germany for BMWs 75th Anniversary, Holland, France, Spain and even up the Rock of Gibraltar! California, Colorado, Montana and more...
But no more. Short rides round the cute Devon lanes now. Up onto the Moors. Along the coast a little bit. And maybe on the trailer to France for some gentle Alps rides. And then... that's it.