Are you getting old when...

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Rider

You know Honda makes a nice little thing called an Interceptor. Still sporty but is also very comfortable, you just have to get used to that heavy beast. SM's are pretty comfy too and you can still track those.

After owning the DRZ, I have gotten less interested in motards/supermotards. They aren't a practical street bike. You have to be in tight corners for them to be in their element, any sweepers and say goodbye to your friends on sportbikes. The supermotard not so much, but the range of them also makes it not much fun on the street. Filling up 80 miles is not the best.

The DRZ is not comfortable in the slighest if you spend all day on it, the test ride of the supermotard I did would make me think it would be along the same lines. The point of going GS is to leave the fast stuff behind too.

[Mr Lefty]

Yeah well for me the rr would probably become track only.

Strongly looking at doing this in the next year or two.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

Yeah well for me the rr would probably become track only.

Strongly looking at doing this in the next year or two.

track only and you haven't even tried the track yet.

[Mr Lefty]

Hey I didn't say for me.... Lol.

[wildchild]

making the move from a sport to a cruiser last year seems like a great move still. I miss the speed but not the tickets. I looked and drove a couple of the bigger tour bikes but I still like commuting to work on the bike and the big dogs just don't like to be flung around stupid cage pilots who turn in fornt of you. the cruiser has a nice ride and yet decent response to maneuvering. I easily rode to Carolina on a sport so traveling on this thing is a dream.
Yeah the first thing I noticed riding it on the same old roads is the nice scenery.
Guess I'm old. I used to say at 35 I'd sell the sportbike and get a wing. I'm quite a bit passed that and still haven't quite gotten the tour bike yet. I'm getting closer though, maybe at 55.

[Mr Lefty]

I doubt ill ever get a wing... Not really my thing. The bmw is nice cause it'll soak up gravel in stride.

If I ever hit the lotto..(probably need to play first) ill do a trip like long way round...

[CrazyKell]

I've never ridden on a cruiser (other than a short trip as a passenger last year) but I definitely wonder about it.

I'm not crazy though....I wonder what it'd be like to have a second (or third, or fourth, etc. ) bike. My first love will always be a sportbike. Maybe when I go to the track I'll get a cruiser though.

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Fleck750

I'm hoping getting old means a Kawi Concourse in the garage.

Touring plus 160mph. Seems right to me!

Mmmmm I saw one of those the other day, big bitch, but sposed to be light and great to ride...

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by eBBs15

I doubt ill ever get a wing... Not really my thing. The bmw is nice cause it'll soak up gravel in stride.

If I ever hit the lotto..(probably need to play first) ill do a trip like long way round...

I always say my last bike will be the bimmer. Save the best for last right? Only problem is they are very tall bikes.

[julie j]

Originally Posted by neebelung

See, we've had touring in the back of our mind all along. We've never thought "Oh one day we'll graduate to cruisers..." We've always said "I wanna grow up to be a Bimmer geek."

I look forweard to being old, retired, and having a nice faded Aerostitch suit.

I think I am on my way. I have not rode my Duc since I got the GS in November but the weather here has not been real Duc worthy until recently. This thread is making me feel a little old since I was just at the Sergent site looking for an update on the F800/F650 seats. They don’t have them yet. I have to do something before our trip in June but Cobin’s are fugly.