Tell her you are going to go buy a Harley and then come home with a new 1125!

I guess the 84 year old man that brought his bike to the track should have been told he exceeded some magical age limit.

I best tell Schwantz he can't come out and ride either...

Fuck that.

Hmmm... took the MSF and bought my baby Ninja 2 years ago just after turning 43. I guess I missed the too old memo, too. :lol:

Ever heard the saying...You don't quit playing because you get old, you get old because you quit playing!

Buy what you want, not what someone else wants.

I'll be 43 this year, going from a VTX to an FZ1 and when I can afford a second bike it'll be an R6 or a supermoto to hooligan on :D

I used to pit next to a guy named Doc Brown when I raced vintage bikes.

He was in his sixties back then. He fucking terrorized the 250 class on a TZ 250. The guy was unbeatable.

He also had an AARP sticker on the back of his bike, just to add insult to injury. :lol:

JC

I'm 38 and definately don't think or feel I'm too old, age is just a number.....

That is badass. Especially the AARP.

i'm 35 and will ride sportbikes long as I can, its starting to hurt my knees pretty bad, but will probably just buy some adjustable rearsets

or do what I did, buy the bike with the most room for the rider. :D

You're too old ONLY when you go to push the starter button and suddenly DIE on the bike in your parking place. theres no such thing as too old until you're no longer able to handle it safely in my book.

yep, we had a ~60 year old man come in and buy a ZX10R. I've ridden with him and he is fast, very smooth.

No I just needed a bike with ABS like the new CBR's. :dthumb:

This Doc Brown?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_26CFEHYphX...0/docbrown.jpg

:lol:

No, I don't recall a flux capacitor being on his bike.

JC

Yeah, then she walks away with all my money so I can't get a bike anyway. :idk:

Maybe he had a Mr. Fusion and just didn't tell you. :lol:

I was in my 40's when I got my bike, I'm 50 now. While I don't normally ride with anyone, the group of guys who I'd ride sportsbikes with are as old or older than me, and are all racers and track day instructors.

Dude here in Austin, Fox, is in his 50's, and he's sucked me into a few corners.. I dragged pegs on my old F2 following him, and he just makes it look effortless.

wussy :lol:

Whats she doin out of the kitchen?:whistle:

Thats really too bad. I would have loved to see a picture.

yeah I saw a comparison between non abs and the abs version... over like 16 attempts the ABS version stopped 20' shorter the first... 17' the second... and on... wasn't until the last stop... did they match the abs version.... and that was with a 20 year riding veteran... the new biker never came with in 5' of the abs version after 20 trys.

and every one of them said it didn't kick in until the last possible moment... so they didn't notice it otherwise.

can't remember where the fuck I saw it though... I think it might have been one of the British mags.

:dvrofl:

Thats what I'm thinking (see avatar)

Hah, if you weren't in Florida I'd ask you who he was.... we've got the same "guy" that attends our track days all the time up here. Not sure if he's early 70's or late 70's though. The guy fuckin hauls ass! Generally he's the fastest guy at the track but he doesn't race anymore.

I agree, get what YOU want... if she wants to ride on the back THEN find a compromise... Tuono, Speed Triple, Fz1 or something more sport touring...

I say buy a brand new FJR or Concourse, bring it home & say "HEY HONEY, I did what ya told me to do... here's our cruiser!" :D

That's a good option :dthumb:

My husband is 40 and I don't think he is tool old to ride a sport bike OR race.

Do what you want.

you're only as old as you think you are.

buy whatever you can ride.

Yeah that dude is like 72 I think... always rolls up with his own rolling tool chest and has his bike in like 200 pieces. He's in shape and could probably beat both you and I up, not to mention he's a fuckin quick rider too.

I want to be him in 50 years. That's insane.

Always had a problem with the age thing when it came to motorcycles. My parents told me i was to young and now my siblings tell me I am too old... Some body is full of ..it.

In 05 I was 54 and bought a 04 Z1000. The dealer never said anything about my age. I was too big for a 636 though.

Yeah my wife is full of it. I bought the bike anyway.

A new one or the previous?

Previous. No new bike in sight yet. I may just sit this season out and continue to work on the wife. Maybe next season if I'm lucky. I want another bike so bad but if I came home with a bike right now she would literally cut my balls off. No bullshit.

Well...in that case...best to lay low for a while.

Maybe you should "buy" a new wife. Just kidding.

I don't think a husband or a wife should dictate what the other can or cannot do. Erik and I aren't like this and I have to say it works pretty well. I believe it eliminates a lot of unnecessary arguments. Though this is mainly in part to us having separate checking accounts/bills.

Good Luck on changing her mind.

well I hope next season sees ya back on two wheels... and your wife finds something to enjoy as much as you do riding

To the original Q - I battled this same thing myself, I felt (still feel it a little) too old for a sportbike. I bought a V-Star, which for a cruiser is a nice bike. It was funny enough to ride, but my heart was never into it.

I've since sold the cruiser and am back on my true love, my R6. :drool:

Maybe down the road, I'll do the cruiser thing again. :idk:

For the record, I am 40. ;)

Wait.. what? 40?? From all the pictures I've seen of you, I would have never guessed you were older than 30. Seriously.

You're just trying to get in her pant's..... A little woman on woman love. :diitb:

Hey! I am in no way boring!!!! Nor am I middle management, or a man, or a dentist. I hate football. Wait, I do watch the weather channel on occasion even though there is a huge 9 foot sliding glass door beside my television... :lol:

That said, f*ck fitting in! Ride what you like.

Just ride! :) :rockout:

Yep pretty much went through the same.

I wouldn't mind having a cruiser AND a sportbike but that would mean 4 bikes since the wife also rides...maybe one day. :lol:

If I only have one bike...sportbike it is. :rockout:

If I swung that way, I'd be all over it. She's a looker. :D

But I don't swing that way, and I'm taken anyway. :nee:

Noone's ever too old to ride a sport bike. I hope to be as active and still riding as much as the old man I used to watch hit the MX track a couple of years ago when I was going. The man was in his 60's, rode a 2-stroke 250 and could launch that fucking bike like it was nothing! Double/triple jumps, clearing a big as table top :panic: ...that dude is awesome! If he can ride MX that hard at that age, then I have high hopes of me riding a sport bike well past that. :dthumb:

Right back at ya! :wink: LOL

BTW - thanks for thinking I was 30-ish! :rockwoot:

I wish I could remember where I read that sportbike back position was better for you than cruiser position. I'm guessing cruiser guys slouch.

that article was out many years ago. don't remember where I read it either.

+trillion. Plus the fact that when you're on a sportbike the wind props you up anyway.

still too old

Gregory House like a mofo.