Well i am 73 and feel the same pains you described, i have a 73 T-140V (OIF) Triumph, i just put up with it because it still brings me back to my youth when i ride it, reminds me of my 1965 650 back in the day.
Am I Getting Old Or Is It The Bike (72 Tiger).
- Thread starter BAinLA
- Start date
Help Support Triumph Motorcycle Forum:
Magno
Member
My 1976 T140v is now 2/3 my own age (you can work that one out). In 20 yrs time it will be very close to 3/4 my age. At this rate it stands to reason that one day, if I live long enough, we will be the same age. What bothers me about this is that inevitably I will be the first to degenerate into a state when I no longer run properly whilst my bike will still be fit and ready to go. I no longer worry about my kids but the bike is another matter, who's going to look after it?
To relate this capricious chain of thought to the matter in hand. I used to live on my bike, riding in all weathers every day. Now, with increasing years, I have become less brave and with the onset of winter the bike doesn't see the road as often. The good news is, when all systems are firing (including my own) and your arse is firmly in the saddle and you and the bike are one it's still the best buzz in the world. It doesn't happen as often but there again there are a number of other fun things that don't.
Just enjoy it whilst you can and good luck and respect to all the more "mature" TriumphTalk riders - over 80 and still doing it - I hope I get there. Happy new year amigos.
To relate this capricious chain of thought to the matter in hand. I used to live on my bike, riding in all weathers every day. Now, with increasing years, I have become less brave and with the onset of winter the bike doesn't see the road as often. The good news is, when all systems are firing (including my own) and your arse is firmly in the saddle and you and the bike are one it's still the best buzz in the world. It doesn't happen as often but there again there are a number of other fun things that don't.
Just enjoy it whilst you can and good luck and respect to all the more "mature" TriumphTalk riders - over 80 and still doing it - I hope I get there. Happy new year amigos.
You actually touch on another issue. In the not too distant future many developed countries are set to ban all new non electric vehicles. This surely must have a knock on effect even before it even happens. What will this do to the value of all historic petrol cars and bikes, some worth many millions? Will petrol become ridiculously expensive and will Govt. deliberately price them off the road. If I owned a large collection of valuable classics I would already be quietly selling them off. Will my 67 Bonneville end up worthless and dumped in a landfill? Will this new generation look back fondly and want to own the first electric bike they rode? Will our bikes hold no meaning to them? It would be quite logical for this to happen. In this modern world of ours things now change very quickly. Once electric takes hold Govts. will want to remove petrol vehicles as fast as possible to meet ever stricter emission requirements. Once the new generation buy into electric that will be the end. Todays vehicles will join steam engines as a museum attraction, but only for the lucky few. This could happen as soon as within the next ten years and are we the last generation to have fun without the use of chemical stimulants?
I had to give up 2 wheels due to arthritis in my neck and shoulders. The pain I could deal with but I did not feel as if I had full control of the bike.
I purchased a Vanderhall Venice Blackjack and it is a ton of fun.
Attachments
Magno
Member
Twin Pots has a very good point and one that has bothered me for some time. Living in London I seem to be on the front-line of new restrictions. Next October our controlled emission zone is due to expand to cover a much larger area that will extend beyond Greater London's limits meaning that each time I use my camper van I'll have to pay £12.50 (approx $18) just to leave my drive. At the moment I can use my Bonnie in town as it is classed Historically Exempt (over 40 yrs old). It's just a matter of time before I have to pay to use it and the price of petrol shoots up to discourage me even further.
However, this is a tough issue as I have always supported cleaner air in our cities. Maybe I'll just have to accept that I can't have a foot in both camps for ever.
Enjoy your bikes whilst you can amigos.
However, this is a tough issue as I have always supported cleaner air in our cities. Maybe I'll just have to accept that I can't have a foot in both camps for ever.
Enjoy your bikes whilst you can amigos.
I would love to have a go in one of those it must be huge fun all round.
I wish we had Historically exempt. I own 3 bikes and three cars and I pay full road tax on all of them yet I can only use one at a time. You were lucky so many Govt. MP's own classic/vintage vehicles! I left London in 2003 when only Central London was restricted. This new move seems very unfair. Ban jet aircraft if you really want to make a difference. It seems we face more immediate dangers from China, the virus, the storming of the Capitol in the US. If only we could go back to the more simpler days of the age of the Triumph. Bad things happened but we didn't hear about them. On balance I think I prefer that.
It's soooooo much fun.
I really hate the fun police.
Freedoms are being taken world wide.
