After reading the thread "Plight of the Responsible Hooligan"

It's good to see that there are quite a few older gents tonking around on SD's of all types.
So the big question is........

WHO IS THE OLDEST SD RIDER HERE?

I'm a near pup at 51.

A free bowl of something you can sip through a straw for the winner.

67 here, but I get younger every time I ride my 1290 SDR. It's probably likely that someday it will keep me from getting older.

Almost 53, but my knackered body suggests a fair bit older

Looks like so far, it's me at 67 years.

Class of 1958 myself but I’m told you’re only as old as the woman you feel - so one year younger, then (been together for 42 years now)......

64 here...I had a heart attack a few days after I made my 2008 990 SDR purchase on eBay from out of State, a year and a half ago.

The bike wasn't even delivered yet when I tapped out (probably from too much excitement waiting for the bike). I was out cold for a week and spent a whole month in the hospital. I had no recollection of even buying the bike when I awoke after the first week. It was like a gift that inspired me to make a full recovery and get home to see my beautiful surprise. I didn't have the strength to even sit on the bike, let alone ride it for several months later. I spent several hours staring at the bike with my walker, saying to myself..."what the hell was I thinking when I bought this beast?"

Then I remembered... I was thinking how fun it was to always be striving to be a better rider, every time I rode, all those years. Bikes have been my life since I was 14 yrs old and I wasn't about to give in yet. So, a few months later I took my first outing with my riding buddies. I told them I would hang back and take it easy so they could go ahead and have fun without me holding anyone up. Before we took off from the famous "Rock Store" in Malibu, they all realised they had no idea where to go and asked if I could show them the way. It felt so good to finally be back on a bike and It all just came back naturally and so easily.

When I stopped several miles later, no one was there behind me and I had to wait a couple minutes for everyone to catch up. One of my good buddies was laughing as he told me he was hoping that he would finally be able to keep up with me for once. Oh well, he said, glad to have you back... I have been having an absolute blast with my 990 SDR ever since, and am riding better now than I ever have. I'm looking forward to many more years of burning up tyres in under 2k miles on my KTM. You're only as old as you feel, mentally as well as physically. Luckily, riding my KTM makes me feel like a kid again every time I head out for the canyons.

Well I'm now 54 but. Liker Many of the forum, feel older due to past bike injuries, so pretty fooked in the knees, ankles etc.

But I still just fitted a low, race seat, rear-sets and clip-on handle bars to my 1975 Kawasaki H2c so still up for contortionist riding positions in the name of style and hooniganism!! Keep my 990 in a sort of hybrid state between lunacy and sensible 200 mile riding limit practicality.

Still be riding till I die!

feel rather young a 59 - thanks for that fellers!! doesn't seem to matter what you're riding, if it's giving you the smiles it's worth it, I got given a 3 to 12wk use by date 18mnths ago & riding the sdr is medicine - but you all know that ..

You're the man Warbaby. I ride some of the same roads as you but not nearly as often. My group does a Fall and Spring ride whereby we rent a massive house and have a 3 day assault on the roads of TN, NC, VA & KY.
Hell, at 53 I was thinking I'm nuts for getting faster and faster bikes. Started late in life (39 ) with a Monster 800, graduated to a Speed Triple and now with the SD 990. I was thinking at some point I'll slow the eff down and get a Guzzi or something but now I'm re-thinking that.
Great Thread.

"Best regards to all 'older' guys and gals who are still having tons of fun riding! Get it while you can. It won't last forever.
I still off road ride too although the crashes with that are much more painful the next day now.

Interesting that we’re older than I would have expected. I would have thought it would appeal more to the 20’s-30’s demographic who wanted to wheelie everywhere. However, If I had such a powerful bike when I was younger I probably wouldn’t have reached my age.


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51 hear, not sure who the old cunt is that I see in the mirror everyday though

Comrades: I'm one digit short of the year of the beast Ironic, is it not?

665? Damn!

I am 66 but I may have the distinction of being in the worst shape of the elders on this forum. I'm recovering from a stroke and am back to riding but at a much more sedate pace. The 1290 still makes me feel like I'm 19 but my balance and reflexes are not what they once were. I started riding in 1965 and am not quitting until I absolutely can't ride any of my ten bikes.

Agro, there's a couple of us(1290, 990) heading your way via a toy run @tents on sat, oniting in kyogle meeting up another couple( 1290, 690) & traipsing the light fantastic through your end of the world sundy if you got any interest in meeting some new faces, or anyone else in the northern rivers/borderlands ... be pretty cool to meet some other old farts nodding off over their beers

Do the cops in Straya even bother to chase after sportbikes?

little further than that bloke, I'm sunshine coast hinterland, can either slip down the highway or over mt mee to samford or wherever suits... let me know either through here or pm & I'll do my best to keep ya in sight

Scamb66 it's about 45mins north from my place
How long from yours?
So 9am qld time.

WHO? So you think your coming to? Sound like a rhyme

ha! yeah mate, my plan is to suss out which way the Scamb66 man is going & tack on in the background

I was in Nerang less than 2 weeks back, but in a camper van. Quite a nice area.