Author Topic: Let’s check our median age again... (Read 46670 times)

beetle · « **Reply #120 on:** January 31, 2019, 04:19:59 AM »

Too old to rock 'n roll, too young to die.

MacGlennon · « **Reply #121 on:** January 31, 2019, 07:41:13 AM »

Joliet Jim · « **Reply #122 on:** January 31, 2019, 07:45:41 AM »

Quote from: beetle on January 31, 2019, 04:19:59 AM

Too old to rock 'n roll, too young to die.

Amazing more over 65 than under 55.

Fontain25 · « **Reply #123 on:** January 31, 2019, 08:11:11 AM »

There's more of us over 75 than under 45!

rocker59 · « **Reply #124 on:** January 31, 2019, 08:27:56 AM »

Large representation in the 55-75 range. An example of the Baby Boomers continued influence on consumer goods.

The big concern is what happens when those who are 55 today become 80+ and no longer ride motorcyles, spend money on hotrods and classic cars, buy RVs, houses, etc.

Things will be different in another 25 years.

twowings · « **Reply #125 on:** January 31, 2019, 10:28:14 AM »

I hope I pass on while riding my bike or sitting around the fire at Cedar Vale and NOT in some oxygen tent in a nursing home...

romanoaf · « **Reply #126 on:** January 31, 2019, 11:24:51 AM »

stratoguzzi · « **Reply #127 on:** January 31, 2019, 02:25:30 PM »

59,been on Guzzi's since 21......

oldbike54 · « **Reply #128 on:** January 31, 2019, 03:52:40 PM »

Quote from: twowings on January 31, 2019, 10:28:14 AM

I hope I pass on while riding my bike or sitting around the fire at Cedar Vale and NOT in some oxygen tent in a nursing home...

Same here . Scatter my ashes in Hewins Park .

Dusty

guzzisteve · « **Reply #129 on:** January 31, 2019, 04:10:03 PM »

Turned 65.

Raven · « **Reply #130 on:** January 31, 2019, 04:46:13 PM »

52 Great thread. Hope I can still ride into my 70-80's.

Bobic69 · « **Reply #131 on:** January 31, 2019, 09:47:20 PM »

49 and starting to feel it.

Huzo · « **Reply #132 on:** February 01, 2019, 01:27:32 AM »

Quote from: stratoguzzi on January 31, 2019, 02:25:30 PM

59,been on Guzzi's since 21......

What..
1921....!!!

Huzo · « **Reply #133 on:** February 01, 2019, 01:30:01 AM »

Quote from: Bobic69 on January 31, 2019, 09:47:20 PM

49 and starting to feel it.

I'm no different after a few beers.
After three I start to feel it...
After another three, anyone can..

Bobic69 · « **Reply #134 on:** February 01, 2019, 05:20:47 AM »

I thought you were gonna say that you're only as old as the woman you feel.

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #135 on:** February 01, 2019, 05:57:06 AM »

58. On my 40th the elder kids and I had a deal that I would celebrate each year after that counting backwards, so I'm just back to about 21 and a half.

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #136 on:** February 01, 2019, 09:45:04 AM »

Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on January 28, 2019, 04:03:52 PM

I'm 55 for a few more hours yet.

edit: BTW, Happy Birthday Charlie!

I just in the last few days completed my 62nd trip around the sun.

John Henry

twowings · « **Reply #137 on:** February 01, 2019, 09:51:12 AM »

Happy Belated, Zoom!

"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking,
Racing around to come up behind you again...
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death."

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #138 on:** February 01, 2019, 10:03:12 AM »

Well thank you sir.
I will say this about that:

When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I... Have become comfortably numb

Then again, perhaps you can understand!

John Henry

twowings · « **Reply #139 on:** February 01, 2019, 11:26:51 AM »

"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun..."

guzzler · « **Reply #140 on:** February 01, 2019, 03:13:30 PM »

58 but will be 59 in a couple of months.
Heart of the sun, jeez that about describes our bloody weather down here at the moment!!
Cheers Guzzler.
Ps might work on being comfortably numb later on!

Lannis · « **Reply #141 on:** February 01, 2019, 03:51:33 PM »

Quote from: rocker59 on January 31, 2019, 08:27:56 AM

Large representation in the 55-75 range. An example of the Baby Boomers continued influence on consumer goods.

The big concern is what happens when those who are 55 today become 80+ and no longer ride motorcyles, spend money on hotrods and classic cars, buy RVs, houses, etc.

Things will be different in another 25 years.

As I'm fond of saying, age distribution is not a "quantum" thing - it's a continuum of ages. "Greatest Generation", "Baby Boomers", "Millenials", etc is just a way of sort of characterizing people - there's nothing definitive about it.

When we in our 50s and 60s are 80+ and thus fewer of us riding, the people who are now 25 and 30 will have made some money, got interested in old bikes and cars, will have bought and paid for their house, and will be buying up everything we've got at estate sales and such, and be right where we are today.

At the Potomac Vintage Riders show and swap meet where I spent a lovely day Sunday, of the hundreds (maybe thousands) of people there throughout the day, it was about evenly distributed between little kids running about sitting on the Honda QA-50s, young 20 and 30 somethings looking for parts to get an Ossa or Bultaco or Elsinore running, and dudes that looked a lot like me with gray beards.

We won't be the last ....

Lannis

Bobic69 · « **Reply #142 on:** February 01, 2019, 08:15:04 PM »

I think it's fairly obvious that everyone here is a bit older. 1: because of the wealth of knowledge and 2: they a capable of constructing a sentence and use punctuation.

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Lannis · « **Reply #143 on:** February 01, 2019, 08:31:50 PM »

Quote from: Bobic69 on February 01, 2019, 08:15:04 PM

I think it's fairly obvious that everyone here is a bit older. 1: because of the wealth of knowledge and 2: they a capable of constructing a sentence and use punctuation.

getonayamahafzormta stheyrecalledherean dthisiswhatyoullfin dthespellingisatros hus

Not only that, but us old guys can read just about anything just using brain power.

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Lannis

kirby1923 · « **Reply #144 on:** February 01, 2019, 08:53:40 PM »

Sort of like Hieroglyphs and Chinese/Japanese etc. no?

Recognize the word buy a couple of the Letters or symbols.

It is amazing how the brain works!

Rusty goose · « **Reply #145 on:** February 02, 2019, 12:01:48 AM »

In my mind I am 29, my body disagrees and points out that I more closely resemble 82. Officially the clock says 49.

Luap McKeever · « **Reply #146 on:** February 02, 2019, 06:24:00 AM »

Well, we're still maintaining a solid average age of 60 of those that replied with their ages. This tells me that:

A: People don't start wising up to which motorcycle to ride until late.
B: Piaggio had better take notice and adjust accordingly. Maybe the V85 that the older folks hate will be loved by youth.
C: We need more dealers. Younger folks can't wrench for the most part. So, they will never buy a bike that the closest dealer is 100+ miles away.
D: None of the above matter, nor will change. Guzzi riders are going to ride Guzzi's no matter what.

convertaddict · « **Reply #147 on:** February 02, 2019, 06:51:39 AM »

73 soon

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #148 on:** February 02, 2019, 07:34:47 AM »

Quote from: Bobic69 on January 31, 2019, 09:47:20 PM

49 and starting to feel it.

You ain't seen nothin yet..

Get off of my lawn!!

guzzinka · « **Reply #149 on:** February 02, 2019, 10:41:12 AM »

For what it's worth, I bought my first Goose, a FrankenT3, when I was 26

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Author Topic: Let’s check our median age again... (Read 46670 times)

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