When to sell your bikes and quit riding?

most of the singles today are counterbalanced also the steel frame on a KTM tends to absorb more buzz than a thicker aluminium frame. Honestly the most buzzing you will feel will be from the DOT knobbys at speed on the pavement and out of balance wheels due to the rim locks.

 

Got me there. It has been a long time since I road a dirt bike, or any kind of motorcycle for that matter.

I'm thinking more of a lightweight "desert sled" play bike. Like maybe an old SL 350 with a bigger twin motor in it. Here's the thing, as I recall you used to race motocross. Well, I was one step before you. We used to race "scrambles" or TT. The most exotic thing running would be a Bully Taco, with maybe a CZ every know and then. I never got into jumping, but I loved to slide. The more crossed up the better.

I'm guessing the Ducati Scrambler may be my best bet, but damn the muffler is ugly, and I don't do ugly.

 

Aftermarket exhausts are always fun to research...Arrow is first to come to mind (I love the look and sound of the full Ti system on my MV Agustsa Brutale)

 

Go to a KTM or Husqvarna dealer and take a glance at there enduro models. One of the reasons I mentioned shorter suspension is that it makes the bike more fun to throw around and you don't need the 12 inches if you are not jumping. They come with electric start EFI and weigh less than 250 pounds.

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Maybe a lowered Supermoto?

Although the 500 EXC looks cool.

 

That would be going in the wrong direction. A notary has 17 inch wheels so you are limited in tire choice. Motards are more of a street fighter not really suited for off road. On top of that the stiff suspension will make it miserable in rough terrain.

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Thanks. At 65, one thing I'm not interested in is miserable. A couple of years ago, I sold my 1970 Triumph Bonneville because I got tired of getting a proctology exam everything I road the damn thing.

 

Damn man, you should have tried sneaking out for a ride without telling your proctologist.

 

You know, when I was young and stupid (i'm now old and stupid), I would ride brit bikes and not think anything of it. In addition to the buzzing, I thought every motorcycle did the hula when you pushed it hard in the corners. But then, I got one of the first new Triumphs in 1995. Sumwitch! I never knew riding a bike would be so easy. Big fat tires. Big fat torque curve. Big fat handling in the corners without even a niggle. I just started riding the Turnip less and less.

 

When Huggie Seniors won't hold enough...errr...material.

Riding in the Bay area has become a selective process...mid-week, afternoons, highway 1...weekend's?
Never.

 

"There are plenty of good excuses to stay the hell away from high-performance motorcycles. Maybe your spouse has forbidden it, or you’ve done the math yourself and decided a cheap adrenaline rush isn’t worth the risk of debilitating injury.


But if you don’t mess with motorcycles, you’ll always be missing out on a distinct and mind-blowing vehicular experience.

The sensation of speed and excitement that an aggressively dialed motorcycle delivers blows a car out the water by such an incredible margin that the activities are hardly worth comparing. Doesn’t matter if it’s a hardcore dirt bike or high-powered sportbike, the story is the same.

It’s the deepest evolution of “person and machine as one” you can achieve without making yourself into a cyborg."

 

Well stated! Carving up corners and narrowing chicken strips makes life worth living....even at my ripe old age of 65....


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I sold all of my bikes a few years ago to buy my second Fcar. Ill get another one to put around on, but not as everyday transport.

 

The big issue today is dirverless cars in an era when we dont yet have autonomous cars.

 

It was 2009. Sold my Honda RS125GP race bike, which had been sitting in the garage in a state of denial after I'd thrown in the towel on a motorcycle racing career the year previously. Six months later, my '08 CBR600RR was gone too and I moved interstate for grad school.

Two weeks ago, I bought another '08 CBR600RR, and had my first jaunt on a motorcycle in 8 years. Rode for 4 hours the day I picked it up, over 200 miles.

Learned more about myself in those four hours than any number in a therapist's office. A therapist couldn't tell me who I am. The bike could.

 

I failed to ride one whole summer two years ago due to issues at home. That winter I sold the awesome bikes bc I thought it best to turn a page at 53.

For the last year now I am pining everyday to get back in the saddle, to hell with pragmatism.

 

It's why I won't sell mine. When a ride is all that'll scratch the itch....money isn't as important.

 

I just purchased a 1,300 mile one-owner perfect 2015 BMW S1000RR, from a 58 year old bloke.


I am not old. However, I am over the BIG 50.

Let's say I am 50+



It comes with a few old fart features - heated grips, cruise control, 450 pounds wet, and just 199 German Ponies.

Did I mention this is a fassssT motorcycle.

Fast for 21 y/o kids.

HooraaaaaaH

 

Like I said in my earlier post, I am looking to get back in (I must be between you and the bloke in age ;-) )
So now my default search is Harley soft tail or new Ducati Diavel (had both before) - except I have read BMW's are a fav of a few pp. I wonder if I should consider one of those instead. Never rode one. I like old fart features, I like cushy ride, I like blazing fast for 2 pp.
Congrats.

 

I am actually getting interested in bikes again (not much to excite me anymore with cars), and am trying to convince my girlfriend that we should each get one. I showed her the Honda CTX700 DCT (she can ride it in auto mode, she does not want to shift anything) which I think would be a good fit for her. The bikes probably will not get that much use, but that has never stopped me before.

 

This hits the nail on the head for me.

Count me in as one who’s considering getting a motorcycle again. Rode early BMW airheads and Ducatis in the 90s and early 00’s. Feeling the itch again as I recently rode my brother’s 80s vintage GPZ.

I find myself looking for a Ducati 851/888 SPx and/or even a Corsa. An 80s BMW Dakar bike would be interesting too. Certainly, newer bikes are more capable but don’t pull my heartstrings. Besides, the early 90s Ducati homologation bikes are more than capable for my track day skills and the twisties.

 

You like a cushy ride and still considering a Diavel? (again). Mine was rough, really rough. Was considering the X-diavel except heard the same about the suspension (no smoother than original Diavel) so went with a Panigale instead.

 

I was told the Diavel X, nothing like the Diavel,,,, I test rode one and only a like more refined,,, no its going to be the Harley,, but I posted in another thread that I saw a ride I never saw before so I wonder if there is something new that might work... good problems to have

 

Both my 2015 Diavel and Panigale ride beautifully, but my Diavel is cushier than my Panigale 959. The Diavel benefitted from having the static sag adjusted. I weigh 205 lb and IIRC, the factory sag was set for a significantly lighter rider.

Both bikes are for sale at Ferrari of Atlanta. I’m 51 yo and have been riding since age 13, but I’m giving up bikes due to fears about the number of distracted drivers on our roads. Definitely bummed but too much to lose. At least, I still have a Hayabusa engine in the Radical SR3 RSX.


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