Till What Age Do We Ride ?

[Nortoon_imp]

I started riding at 20 and stopped at 43 when Penny was no longer interested and I was playing a lot of baseball in the summer.

At 68 I bought a CB500XA and rode it for 3 year averaging 12,000 kilometers a summer. At that time I was in great health. At 71 I traded it in and bought a CB1000 EX and rode another 12,000 kilometers, but lost my gall bladder somewhere during that time.

The following two years the weather was horrible for motorcycling. I only rode 4400 kilometers those years. I also had a my prostate gland removed the first year and had radiation treatments the second.

I am now 74. This year the weather has been good, but I have been unable to ride because of the Covid pandemic restrictions. People from the city were not allowed in cottage country. Most of the restaurants were either closed or take-out only. Washrooms were not available. At my age I could not ride 400 to 500 kilometers a day without a few washroom stops. So this year my CB sits in the garage gathering dust. Hopefully the restrictions will be different and I will be ride in the fall.

When I am too old to ride I will probably buy a convertible.