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How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« on: November 19, 2019, 05:41:24 PM »
  50 +1 and counting . 1968 on a Honda Cub , way too much fun , then by 1969 bought a new BSA Lightning ! Holy crap , was that a change ( to understate it  :grin:) , took another
24 years to step into my Le Mans 2 , bought new in Alberta . Peter

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2019, 05:47:56 PM »
Sort of depends what you consider a proper "motorcycle".

Home-made trail bikes to today, 52 years.

60cc Bridgestone proper trail bike to today, 50 years.

Actual road motorcycling with a license (200cc Yamaha CS-3 twin), 49 years and counting.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2019, 06:00:25 PM »
Lawnmower engine in a bicycle frame with 8" wheels.  58 years.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2019, 06:02:59 PM »
77 Honda CR125 (edit:corrected from "RM" in 1981 stock picture)

wish i'd kept that one, too.

that is only 43 yrs not counting earlier mini bike.




 On the pavement on a '78 AMF HD FXE SuperGlide 1200 since 1984, so that would be only 35yr on the slab.
was glad to see that one go.
(another stock photo, but it was stock with same tank decal and color, I had a SU carb instead if S&S))




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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2019, 06:08:46 PM »
26 bikes at 50 years this past summer... not very many things I’ve done longer.
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2019, 06:13:05 PM »
First bike was a worn out 350 Kawasaki two stroke 6V enduro.  Kick (and kick and kick...) start only. 35 years ago and it's been E start ever since!

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2019, 06:14:17 PM »
If a Cushman motor scooter counts, 61 years, otherwise 58. :bike-037:

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2019, 06:40:11 PM »
I got a late start in actual motorcycling.  I had a moped for a couple years in highschool; that was 42 years ago.  But then I got my DL, and didn't get an actual bike until I was 25, 32 years ago.  I then spent 6 years on various scooters and small Japanese bikes (under 350cc).  Then I bought a Ducati Monster, so I've been riding those for the last 26 years.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2019, 06:44:56 PM »
55 Started playing in the dirt on a Benelli 175 Enduro, Then started racing Bultacos. First street bike was a Maico 250 Blizzard, Makes perfect sense to be riding a Guzzi now. To me anyhow.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2019, 06:55:21 PM »
At least 50 + years
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2019, 06:56:58 PM »
50 yrs.
Started riding my best friend’s Honda SL350 (‘69?) since my folks wouldn’t allow such a thing at our house.
My first owned was ‘76 Bonneville, which is still in my garage. Bought when in Med School.
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2019, 07:07:32 PM »
52 years - but with quite a gap in the middle.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2019, 07:12:59 PM »
Started in either 1964 or 1965, so 55-years or 54-years.
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2019, 07:21:48 PM »
If you start from the first motorcycle I rode it would be 54 years, counting from my first bike ownership and regular riding would be 40 years spread over just three bikes. All of them good! :thumb:
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2019, 07:24:52 PM »
55 years, first bike was a Harley 45 inch. But several years before I had a 50cc Rex in Germany.
My second bike was a BMW and then back to a pinhead Harley. After that I was all over the board with bikes.
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2019, 07:37:30 PM »
  Boy o boy and I thought I might be one of few with a half century of motorcycling under my belt  :azn: . In the interim years an HD Sportster with lotsa motor work (and an SU carb), a BSA Rocket 3 ( Routt 870 kit ) , gear head obsessions . Financial holes in the ground , but , The Fun !   Peter

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2019, 07:43:28 PM »
Holy cow we have a tremendous amount of experience here  :bike-037:

I'm a comparative pup.
47 years counting a mini bike. 46 on proper motorcycles. First bike was a '73 Suzuki TC100.
43 years riding on the road (legally  :wink: )
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2019, 07:50:32 PM »
My first personally bought & owned bike was a 160 Honda Dream in 82 when I was 14 or 15, but riding anything much on the farm was taboo because it could put the cows off their milk.  Dad wasn't averse to me having bikes, but he didn't want them around the cows or heifers.

Regular riding started in 92 on my 65 Ducati Sebring 350 and serious riding began when I got my V7 Sport rebuilt & on the road in Feb 94. Lots of bikes since that 160 Dream, but I'll claim my real street riding time began 27 yrs ago, with casual stuff 10+ yrs before that.
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2019, 07:51:53 PM »
51 years  started at 14 years old , first bike  and it was old then  :azn:   was a 1948 James  125
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2019, 07:54:02 PM »
 Bought first MC in 1963, bought 2nd one 1964 and still ride that and others now.(56yrs)

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2019, 07:55:31 PM »
    53 years starting with a Honda CA200
1200 GS
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2003 Rosso Corsa
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2019, 07:55:43 PM »
52 years this Christmas, licensed 52 years April.

I needed an abacus to work this out.
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2019, 08:04:21 PM »
52 years riding...34 motorcycles ridden and owned during that time...50 years riding legally, (since age 16), on the street...estimated >250,000 miles ridden during that time... :thumb: :cool: :wink:
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2019, 08:20:58 PM »
Don't think I have a calculator that has enough digits to add up all the riding experience here. :bow:
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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2019, 08:45:51 PM »
I worked for 2 years to save up and buy my Cushman at 11years old. 53 and counting, over 1 million miles and counting. Still ride dirt bikes. :bike-037:

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2019, 08:53:44 PM »
Began riding my dad's Yam 90 around the the rotary clothes hoist at 15 in 1967, got bitten by the bug and now going strong hopefully for a lot more years yet, 42 years.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2019, 09:17:34 PM »
57 years. First bike 1961 Yamaha YG1 80cc. Only owned ten bikes total but still have 5 of them.

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #27 on: November 19, 2019, 09:41:16 PM »
Great thread question!

41 years for me.  Started on a Yamaha RD-350 two stroke.  I’ve mostly ridden street, but in my twenties I also did a lot of dirt bike riding.

Once I got totally hooked on motorcycles around age 19, I basically gave up on cars.   There have been many years in my life where I have owned multiple bikes but no cars.  Or one really crappy car.

I’m now 57.  Still the same deal: bike only, no cars, year round riding (in Texas).  I average about 25-30K miles per year between commuting, work related trips, and pleasure riding.  Wish I had more time to ride.   

Despite all those years, miles, and bikes, on most days I’m still grinning like a fool just to ride one of my bikes. 

The truth is most people get jaded or bored with their hobbies.   I’m truly blessed to still get such a kick almost every time I ride a bike, like I just discovered this thing. 



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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #28 on: November 19, 2019, 09:41:57 PM »
 Started riding in 1962 with a old Whizzer motorbike.  I'd ride it for one day then have to work on it for the rest of the week!  What adventures I had that one day!  I've had 73 motorcycles since.  I'm riding a '08 Breva 750 and a '16 Ducati Scrambler at this time.   The Kid

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Re: How Many Years Motorcycling ?
« Reply #29 on: November 19, 2019, 09:46:21 PM »
51 years
Starting with a '67 Honda S90 (motorcycle?)
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