11-03-17, 10:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-03-17, 10:11 PM by Millietant.)
My Dad was diagnosed with cancer just before his 72nd birthday - went straight out and bought himself a GSX 600 and joined my brother, myself and our mates onmany a Sunday ride, leaving some of our younger friends on race-reps in his dust.
He rode until he couldn't hold the bike up at a standstill (half a dozen standstill tip-overs was his limit) in 2006 and passed away in 2008 at 79 yrs old.
I also have a good friend who is 79, who still rides his mountain bike every week, does plenty of +50 mile a day rides and shows a clean pair of heels to lots of our riding friends in their 40's & 50's. He doesn't have a motorbike, but is more than capable of manhandling one even at his age.
Me, I'm 57 and expect to be riding for at least another 25 years - or, like my old man, until I can't physically cope with on (maybe a Can Am Spyder could give me a couple of more years of fun once I couldn't ride a proper bike.
He rode until he couldn't hold the bike up at a standstill (half a dozen standstill tip-overs was his limit) in 2006 and passed away in 2008 at 79 yrs old.
I also have a good friend who is 79, who still rides his mountain bike every week, does plenty of +50 mile a day rides and shows a clean pair of heels to lots of our riding friends in their 40's & 50's. He doesn't have a motorbike, but is more than capable of manhandling one even at his age.
Me, I'm 57 and expect to be riding for at least another 25 years - or, like my old man, until I can't physically cope with on (maybe a Can Am Spyder could give me a couple of more years of fun once I couldn't ride a proper bike.