40 year old riders
#221
#223
A Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden pulled me over for doing over 80 in a 55 mph on my 08 1000RR. I also had an expired registration sticker. He talked pretty ruff with me until he found out how old I was. I kept my helment on the whole time. He thought I was a young punk. He was kinda young himself. There was an older man in the truck with him. Looks like they had a good laugh, and then he gave me a warning on the speed, and told me how to get the registration ticket dissmised. But, I do fell 20 when I ride.
#224
I'm 56, started riding in '03 when I turned 50 <Suzuki Volusia,cruiser>, two seasons later I got into long distance touring/camping and graduated to a '05 Honda ST 1300. Picked up a new '08 CBR 1000 on Saturday; I'll keep my ST for the trips, but the CBR make me feel 21, and I've only had one relaxed "break-in" ride so far. This mid-life crisis doesn't seem to be going away. Chuck