🚨 Why should you ride a motorcycle as you get older? When are you too old?

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• PA

  @paulroberts7561 · 2 years ago · pinned

  One big problem with older riders is insurance, many companies shy away from insuring over 80s. If anyone has any advice about getting insurance for over 80s.

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• AD

  @Adventuringmanonamotorcycle · 2 years ago

  I came back to motorcycling aged 55. The thing I found is this,  it is possible to go out, spend an entire day on your own, ride by yourself and not miss out on anyone's company. I like to ride at my own pace and look at the scenery. It to me at least, is the cheapest form of "Therapy" money can buy.

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• RM

  @rmessenger1534 · 1 year ago

  You don’t stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding!

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• RU

  @rustyturner431 · 2 years ago

  I'm 86 years old and still ride...and I can still start my 850 Norton Commando ('73 and I've had it since new)!  I've got a garage full of bikes and ride every week, come rain or shine.  I have the advantage of living in New Zealand, in a village on the south island.  There is no better place to be a motorcyclist in the world:  great winding roads and fabulous scenery, and the weather is conducive.  RIDE ON...just as I have for 72 years now!!

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• JO

  @johnc.6645 · 1 year ago

  I'm 78 and still riding.   Ridden since 14.  Motorcycles have kept me young in mind and body.

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• SA

  @savage22bolt32 · 2 years ago

  You don't stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding.

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• LO

  @lot2196 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I got cancer at 52. Missed a year of work, spent 4 weeks in a coma. I recovered and bought a used 2006 BMW F650GS from a Craigslist add. For the princely sum of $3,000 US. I've been having a wonderful time. Now 59.

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• BA

  @barriewilliams4526 · 2 years ago

  My (younger) wife passed her test at the age of 63, bought herself a Honda Rebel 500 and never looked back. Her only complaint, "I have no one to ride with" So, knowing that I had a bike licence, she cajoled me into buying a bike again after a 50-year lay-off. We are now aged, me 87, wife 68, and we are out on our bikes whenever the weather is amenable, also enjoying 1 or 2 bike nights each week. Motorcycling has been a lifesaver for my wife, as she suffers from depression, but not when she's on the bike, or even looking forward to riding the bike. Best thing that could have happened for her, apart from me, lol.

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• GE

  @gerrymcdonald6194 · 2 years ago

  I've ridden motorcycles all my life, from age 16 to age 70. Loved it. A passion that cannot be explained. Then I made the mistake of listening to my family saying, 'Dad, you're too old for bikes now. Your reaction time is not what it use to be. You're brittle health-wise; if you fall you can break a hip.' And so forth. So, I gave in and sold my bike, an 1,100 cc Honda Shadow. Loved that bike; it's hard to explain the feeling a biker has for his bike. She was all black and chrome. I named her, 'Matilda'; not a name others would fancy but it has a deep, endearing meaning to me. To me, Matilda was like a living horse .. a faithfull steed. I know this sounds sick to some, but for me she was real. Anyhow, it is years later, I'm riddled with health problems, and I so deeply wish I had kept Matilda and gotten those lost years before it was too late. My message to readers is this .. if motorcycling is your passion don't quit until you absolutely have to. There's too much regret that follows premature surrender. Good riding to you ...

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• CL

  @ClassicalGas101 · 2 years ago

  Cars move the body, Motorcycles move the soul!

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• JI

  @jims5632-nb2gb · 2 years ago

  I AM 86 AND STILL RIDE.

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• SH

  @sherwoodbarkergrimshaw2259 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Never to old 👍 (74) 🇬🇧

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