The motorbike thread

Barriehie said:
No, there isn't! 😍 Don't think I'd try that at my age now given my reflexes but when you're 20-something...
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My Pa is 78 so he switched to a lightweight scoot and can still outride most people on motorbikes 😂
They get very upset when he flies past them on the twisties trying their best on a sports bike 😆

Then you have the outstanding legend of Sammy Miller, here he is at 86 having a little play in his garden
View: https://youtu.be/O7-dJ1el5KE?si=mIUYeTEm6YUv5QPk


He’s now 90 and still riding, doing demos of his bikes at events etc 😊
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
My Pa is 78 so he switched to a lightweight scoot and can still outride most people on motorbikes 😂
They get very upset when he flies past them on the twisties trying their best on a sports bike 😆

Then you have the outstanding legend of Sammy Miller, here he is at 86 having a little play in his garden
View: https://youtu.be/O7-dJ1el5KE?si=mIUYeTEm6YUv5QPk


He’s now 90 and still riding, doing demos of his bikes at events etc 😊
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Hats off to them! I'm not as everything as I used to be.
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Color me confused. Again. lol
I thought we were talking about bikes in an off topic thread.
Didn't mean to drift that far OT. Although I'm not even sure that's possible :o_o:

I tried to get into Trials again. But my last trials bike was a late seventies Yamaha.
I hadn't realized how torquey they had become.
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Yeah, that bike was short lived :whistling:
 
PAcanis said:
Color me confused. Again. lol
I thought we were talking about bikes in an off topic thread.
Didn't mean to drift that far OT. Although I'm not even sure that's possible :o_o:

I tried to get into Trials again. But my last trials bike was a late seventies Yamaha.
I hadn't realized how torquey they had become.
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Yeah, that bike was short lived :whistling:
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Oooo mi knees 😂
 
Barriehie said:
Took a minute to bubble up... That was back in the day when there were spokes coming off the tire you had to tighten/loosen with a little wrench to get the force on the rim evenly distributed. Used to spend hours doing that...
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Not sure what you mean?
Spokes are still about and very fashionable now. Costs a fortune to get a wheel re-spoked. Had to do it on the Continental a couple of years ago and had to drive to Wales to find someone who knew what they were doing!
You might have a lucrative side gig on your hands there 😉
 
Bubble up. Balance/tune.

And funny you should mention knees Sandwich.
After that GasGas shot out from under me when I was getting on it a little, I'm pretty sure I tore a tendon or two. I could barely walk for several months. But since I'm not an athlete or jogger, I just take it easy now and it's mostly fine.
 
PAcanis said:
Bubble up. Balance/tune.

And funny you should mention knees Sandwich.
After that GasGas shot out from under me when I was getting on it a little, I'm pretty sure I tore a tendon or two. I could barely walk for several months. But since I'm not an athlete or jogger, I just take it easy now and it's mostly fine.
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Off road always messes with my knees. To the extent I’ve just thrown in the towel. I no longer heal quickly and some remnant of the injury stays with me.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
Not sure what you mean?
Spokes are still about and very fashionable now. Costs a fortune to get a wheel re-spoked. Had to do it on the Continental a couple of years ago and had to drive to Wales to find someone who knew what they were doing!
You might have a lucrative side gig on your hands there 😉
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Exactly what I'm talking about! Be stupid to be doing triple digits if it wasn't right. 😧 Probably a good gig if I could even remotely remember what I was doing. 🤔

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