When should we stop riding? -- perspectives of an older rider

[budman]

Yeah, the other use case for the SMT is travel in our RV - we bought a 5th wheel and my wife's MY07 and the SMT are perfect for day rides around wherever we wind up.

We were just in central CA - Pinnacles > Paso > Yosemite and we'll do another trip there in early spring. Plotting out a bigger trip to the east Coast for next year.

That sounds like the good life to me

 

[bmwbob51]

Yeah, the other use case for the SMT is travel in our RV - we bought a 5th wheel and my wife's MY07 and the SMT are perfect for day rides around wherever we wind up.

We were just in central CA - Pinnacles > Paso > Yosemite and we'll do another trip there in early spring. Plotting out a bigger trip to the east Coast for next year.

I did Blue Ridge Parkway back in the 70s on a Yamaha R5C 350.

 

[Racer_Vee]

I am a realist. Ageing is a one-way street, sloping downhill at an increasing rate. I know that doing this at age 75 is not realistic, unless someone finds the fountain of youth soon.

Thought you might appreciate this:

 

[canyonrat]

I am turning 60 in a few months. I have ridden from 26 to 56 years of age and have had a series of unforeseen events these last 5 years that have kept my off my motorcycle. I a few weeks I will get the bike running and get back on the road. The first 6 months back on the bike will be relearning the roads. Next year (2027) I will restart the knee dragging. However, I will also restart doing Instagram motorcycle photos, and that does slow one's riding speed down. I think the most important thing when riding "old" are ones reflexes. Secondarily would be some sort of brittle bones thing because a simple fall off the bike in gravel could be catastrophic or deadly. And all of this also would pertain to track riding as well. My last ride in 2021 involved a slow car holding up 10 vehicles on a twisty back highway. I slowly passed to the front of this pack. The slow car pulls off the road and onto the shoulder. THEN! pulls back out to cross the road to enter a camping ground on the other side. I was right there seeing and experiencing this car make this unbelievable maneuver. My training kicked in. I looked away and at my exit and went down part of the driveway (about 40ft wide) then saw the gate and did a tight u-turn and headed up the driveway and watched that car head down as I passed them with 5 ft to spare. Then I entered the road and dabbled in speed and fun corners. Shit like this no longer scares me or even gets my adrenaline pumping. When I got home I thought about this indecent and thought about the possible "fvckery" mess that might of occurred with all the rest of the vehicle behind us - I should have turned around and returned to provide my information if any crashing occurred. Oh well. It is this type of behavior (Stupid car) that makes my hands sweat when driving our SUV or pickup on two lanes roads...If a vehicle crosses into your lane It only ends in impact or ditching the vehicle. With ditching, the (stupid) car could just drive away leaving you with all the insurance issues.

 

[budman]

Thought you might appreciate this:

Interesting.

The no alcohol and him being vegan is kind of