Gerard irl
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« Reply #40 on: June 14, 2011, 11:07:13 PM » |
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« Reply #41 on: June 14, 2011, 11:50:02 PM » |
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Fitty Five now, got my first valk in 97, I had just turned 41.  Got a 2000 Tourer in 03 and a 2000 IS in 2010. Still got my first, the 97, and the last one, the 2000 IS. |
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« Reply #42 on: June 14, 2011, 11:57:03 PM » |
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i'm 44. bought my valkyrie from a 73 year old guy that bought it brand new when he was 65. when i was 12 a teacher told me to "act my age". i still don't know what that really means 'cause everyone tells me you're only as old as feel!!  |
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fordmano
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« Reply #43 on: June 14, 2011, 11:59:51 PM » |
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Just rolled up on 46 end of May, got my FatLady when I was 40.
Got the other special lady in my life when I was a still wet behind the ears 19y/o punk and I am holding onto both of my beautiful Ladies as long as I am physically able to hang on and ride them hard or until they buck me off and wont play with me any more.
For those that are slower than me in the math department been married 27 years come this September.
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« Reply #44 on: June 15, 2011, 02:42:12 AM » |
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Happy Birthday Marty! Hope finals went well for ya!
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Yea though I ride through the valley of the Shadow of Death I shall fear no evil. For I ride the Baddest Mother F$#^er In that valley!
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« Reply #45 on: June 15, 2011, 03:18:37 AM » |
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Well thats hard to say... I was 37 when I bought the 97 new..... kept it for many years ( supercharged it, mario gears, all sorts o other goodies along the way)... sold it at 80K miles or something... then had about 5 other bikes since ( boss hoss, FJR among them..still got the FJR)... and now bought another 97 a month ago and am now 51... so can I vote 2x? lol... valks never get outta yer head...even after ya sell em and get other bikes... this has always been the 'reference bike' i compared my others to... hadda get another one eventually...lol
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MacDragon
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My first Valk VRCC# 32095
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« Reply #46 on: June 15, 2011, 03:53:50 AM » |
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Turned 47 today. Bought Sandman as my bday present to myself 4 years ago.
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dubsider
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« Reply #47 on: June 15, 2011, 04:10:53 AM » |
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57.. been riding for 4 years, and most every day.
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Stars and Stripes
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Stars and Stripes VRCC #32857
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« Reply #48 on: June 15, 2011, 04:11:18 AM » |
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I'll be 55 in August. Just got the IS this spring. Allready got 2000 miles more than when I started.
Married for 32 years in August to a beautiful lady. I really bought the "Fat Lady" for the wife
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rmrc51
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Freyja. Queen of the Valkyries
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« Reply #49 on: June 15, 2011, 04:11:46 AM » |
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X Ring
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« Reply #50 on: June 15, 2011, 04:31:27 AM » |
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Happy Birthday Marty! Hope finals went well for ya!
They did. Made 3 As and a B. I've got 3.73 overall GPA so far. Celebrated my Bday by taking the first exam in a summer term night class. Marty |
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« Reply #51 on: June 15, 2011, 04:55:21 AM » |
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Happy (belated) Birthday, Marty! As far as mine, I was going to say that I just turned 56 a few weeks ago. Having said that, I now suspect that my birth certificate is an elaborate forgery. Has to be! I have to run it past some experts and Snopes et al, because I sure don't feel that old. Wouldn't put it past the Feds, either, to have installed trick mirrors in my house - the old fart in the mirror looks nothing like me. Bastards... |
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« Reply #52 on: June 15, 2011, 05:21:26 AM » |
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I was 81 when I sold the Valk, don't qualify anymore except I'm still in the wind at 83 on my VStrom. Started riding in 1948 on a 1946 Matchless thumper. I didn't vote, evidently over 60 is considered too old to include. John, I'm gonna miiss sitting on the balcony drinking a little scotch and kickin' tires with you. RJ, I wish that you could make Inzane . |
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« Reply #53 on: June 15, 2011, 05:24:06 AM » |
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Forgot to vote. Done.  A thought, YoungPup, Sir (I call you Sir since you're 6 years older than my internal age): you should add a category, like the one you have (...made out of stone...) - "my birth certificate is a forgery". Judging by some other threads herein, that would be an ice-breaker...  |
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Titan
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« Reply #54 on: June 15, 2011, 05:38:00 AM » |
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Darn! Looks like I'm older than most folks around here at 68! Bought my '98 Standard fresh out of the crate in August, 2000. Been married to my current wife, Cyndy, who just turned 48 last Sunday, for 23 years. I don't get a chance to ride much due to working all the darn time but it's my favorite toy. |
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Titan
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« Reply #55 on: June 15, 2011, 05:43:06 AM » |
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Oh, and by the way... what's up with the age discrimination in the poll questions?  Looks like the young (pup)whippersnapper who made up the questions figured there must not be any life after 60!  |
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Black Dog
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« Reply #56 on: June 15, 2011, 05:43:39 AM » |
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Just turned 55... Have owned the Valk 12 years.
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Just when the highway straightened out for a mile And I was thinkin' I'd just cruise for a while A fork in the road brought a new episode Don't you know... Conform, go crazy, or ride a motorcycle...  |
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POPS 57
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« Reply #57 on: June 15, 2011, 05:44:11 AM » |
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I will be 56 in july married 34 years. I always tell people in front of my wife that around five of them were good  I figure that makes me old enought to know better but young enought to to do it anyway  |
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And as i shifted into 5th I couldn't remember a thing she said.
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« Reply #58 on: June 15, 2011, 06:22:34 AM » |
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Happy belated Birthday Marty and hope you ride another 47! Congrats on the finals! Reb, Blackcat and a few others just proved the fat lady ain't just for us older folks like some say. BTW, I forgot I am 57...58 next month- going by so fast I can't keep up with it! lol Congrats Solo1, I think I just found your secret...I'm gonna buy me a V Strom!! |
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Gryphon
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« Reply #59 on: June 15, 2011, 06:50:07 AM » |
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Will be 54 in August. Married 35 years in October. Have been riding since I got my license at 16 and had the Valk for 4 yrs.
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« Reply #60 on: June 15, 2011, 06:50:40 AM » |
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62 years old here. Hef
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« Reply #61 on: June 15, 2011, 06:51:21 AM » |
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Well Let's just say that I'll be signing up for Medicare in a few months, birth certificate cast in stone! Been riding almost 50 years  , married for almost 40! Hope to emulate Solo 1, and ride well into the sunset years. This Valk is the best bike I ever owned, every time I ride it, it's a thrill!  |
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« Reply #62 on: June 15, 2011, 07:01:56 AM » |
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Be 64 in August....bought first Valk in '03....
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« Reply #63 on: June 15, 2011, 07:37:27 AM » |
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Born in 1953, so I'm 57.
Have been rding since I was 17 (Wow 40 years)
But after a long ride, I sometimes feel much older.
But as long as I'm riding I feel like a kid again!
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« Reply #64 on: June 15, 2011, 07:46:47 AM » |
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I have not tried, but can you get handicap plates for a motorcycle in Illinois.
I have to make a mount for my cane. 64 years( old) young and still ride. I have rheumatoid arthritis. I will ride as long as I am able to. I have been on bikes for about 50 years or so. My ex once told me to sell my bike as we needed the money. I told her that she would be gone before the bike will.
As I said EX. got a divorce, best 250,000 I ever spent, Sold my wing after I bought a Valk.
Got remarried later and my wife loves to ride.
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« Reply #66 on: June 15, 2011, 08:05:36 AM » |
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I'll be 65 in Nov. Purchased my 2001 std. 3 years ago from a 73 yr. old guy and hope to be able to ride at least that long.
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RainMaker
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« Reply #67 on: June 15, 2011, 08:12:18 AM » |
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I'm 55 - bought the I/S new in 2000, when I was a lot younger! But when I ride, it doesn't seem like I've had it that long - it always feels like a new bike to me. Been riding for 40 years (that CL70 was my first and I also bought it new - so my first and last bikes were new, the rest used). |
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« Reply #68 on: June 15, 2011, 08:23:52 AM » |
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I have not tried, but can you get handicap plates for a motorcycle in Illinois.
I have to make a mount for my cane. 64 years( old) young and still ride. I have rheumatoid arthritis. I will ride as long as I am able to. I have been on bikes for about 50 years or so. My ex once told me to sell my bike as we needed the money. I told her that she would be gone before the bike will.
As I said EX. got a divorce, best 250,000 I ever spent, Sold my wing after I bought a Valk.
Got remarried later and my wife loves to ride.
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« Reply #69 on: June 15, 2011, 08:35:31 AM » |
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Turn 65 in a few weeks, been riding bikes since '69. I have a few joints that act like I am in my 80's first thing in the morning.
Got my Valk in '08, only put 30k on her since then. I will try to do better in the years to come.
You really "Old" guys on this forum is what keeps me thinking I can be riding thru my 70's maybe even into my 80's.
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First Company in... Last Company out! VRCCDS0234
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« Reply #70 on: June 15, 2011, 09:09:24 AM » |
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50 + a few months, 99 I/S bought new in 01 and with over 200,000 miles we both are old enough to know better butt still to young to resist! |
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« Reply #71 on: June 15, 2011, 09:15:38 AM » |
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I was mid-twenties when I bought the Valk, but that was a few years ago.
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« Reply #72 on: June 15, 2011, 09:20:43 AM » |
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I've never understood people bragging about their young age or pretending some superiority to their seniors. Youth is not an accomplishment. It's automatic. Growing older requires at least something.
I'm 60, and probably a high mileage 60 at that. I used to brag that there was nothing I'd do differently if I had it all to do over again. I don't say that anymore. Honestly, now and again, I would like to to it all over again.
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X Ring
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« Reply #73 on: June 15, 2011, 09:24:27 AM » |
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Happy (belated) Birthday, Marty! As far as mine, I was going to say that I just turned 56 a few weeks ago. Having said that, I now suspect that my birth certificate is an elaborate forgery. Has to be! I have to run it past some experts and Snopes et al, because I sure don't feel that old. Wouldn't put it past the Feds, either, to have installed trick mirrors in my house - the old fart in the mirror looks nothing like me. Bastards... Maybed someone put it through a scanner?  Marty |
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« Reply #74 on: June 15, 2011, 09:40:25 AM » |
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I'm 60, and probably a high mileage 60 at that. I used to brag that there was nothing I'd do differently if I had it all to do over again. I don't say that anymore. Honestly, now and again, I would like to to it all over again.
Geez Carl, does Lori know she's married to such an old guy. As for doing it all over again....there's a few things I'd like to leave out. But for the most part, yes...I'd like a repeat performance. If nothing else, it might explain why I look this way! |
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« Reply #75 on: June 15, 2011, 09:55:13 AM » |
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35 when i bought her new...47 now... according to my wife, I act like I am 12...so I call her a cougar! |
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rmrc51
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« Reply #76 on: June 15, 2011, 10:14:44 AM » |
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35 when i bought her new...47 now... according to my wife, I act like I am 12...so I call her a cougar! LMAO!!! Good one!!! |
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« Reply #77 on: June 15, 2011, 11:05:05 AM » |
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What was the question?
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« Reply #78 on: June 15, 2011, 11:40:54 AM » |
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I sure have enjoyed reading this thread, its gotten more response than an "oil" or "petcock" or even a "darkside question".
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« Reply #79 on: June 15, 2011, 11:42:14 AM » |
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