New Old Guy.

[doninreno]

I'm considered an "old guy" now but I still ride at age 76...having thinned the herd a bunch from probably 10 bikes of various (mostly old Brits)have down to a couple of bikes (one of which is a 1970 Triumph Bonneville parked in the living room and the other is a Ducati 900 SS/SP from 1997. Been riding now for about 55 years and have done a lot of types of riding from touring to motocross racing (rode for Suzuki back in the dark ages). Now a retired Army Officer and then retired from a second career as a corporate pilot....now mostly happily playing with my dogs, watching the clouds blow past and having a glass or two of wine. Pretty much contented to just stay home and not have to run all over the world anymore!

 

[Greyfell]

Welcome, from "down the hill" to the west.

 

[DoorPosition]

Sounds like you’ll fit right in here.

Good to have another Army Vet.

 

[Rocky]

Hello and welcome to TT from the east coast of Canada
Nice intro

 

[doninreno]

Hello and welcome to TT from the east coast of Canada
Nice intro

Thanks for the replies guys! I'll have to admit that I sold one of my favorite bikes (a 2012 1050cc Triumph Speed Triple) a while back and still miss it. I just loved the kind of power that bike had and the way it delivered power. Also loved the way it handled, sounded and looked. It was mostly all black and the previous owner added an Arrow complete exhaust, a bug shield, lowered seat, tail tidy and a LOT of carbon fiber stuff that really went well on it! I guess he missed lot a lot, too....so guess who bought it from me when I decided that it had to go? YEP! And he wanted it back so badly that he paid me exactly what I had paid him for it 5 years before that! But still....boy, do I wish I had that bike back....

 

[Vector]

Welcome from Mesquite NV USA. I am a fellow aviator (was) and and retired ATC.

 

[Qship]

Welcome to TT as well from soggy Eastern Canada.
Jump in and enjoy.

 

[solomon]

Thanks for the replies guys! I'll have to admit that I sold one of my favorite bikes (a 2012 1050cc Triumph Speed Triple) a while back and still miss it. I just loved the kind of power that bike had and the way it delivered power. Also loved the way it handled, sounded and looked. It was mostly all black and the previous owner added an Arrow complete exhaust, a bug shield, lowered seat, tail tidy and a LOT of carbon fiber stuff that really went well on it! I guess he missed lot a lot, too....so guess who bought it from me when I decided that it had to go? YEP! And he wanted it back so badly that he paid me exactly what I had paid him for it 5 years before that! But still....boy, do I wish I had that bike back....

I've never really looked at a Speed Triple. That is a nice bike! Not as nice as the one in your living room though! You should ride it, won't really devalue it. I was looking at my '73 Bonneville today idling, as I waited for someone. Like a frisky horse. Front fork bouncing up at down. Pushrods clattering. Handlebars shaking. Exhausts popping. Rear wiggling. Hot sweet-acrid smell. Doubt your Triple was so animated?

 

[doninreno]

I've never really looked at a Speed Triple. That is a nice bike! Not as nice as the one in your living room though! You should ride it, won't really devalue it. I was looking at my '73 Bonneville today idling, as I waited for someone. Like a frisky horse. Front fork bouncing up at down. Pushrods clattering. Handlebars shaking. Exhausts popping. Rear wiggling. Hot sweet-acrid smell. Doubt your Triple was so animated?

Well if everyone (and every motorcycle) on the planet looked the same (no matter how nice any one of them is ...thankyou,,,,,), acted the same, had the same personalities and sounded the same, what fun would THAT be? I think you really, REALLY DO NEED to remedy your comment about having never looked at a Speed Triple.....it just may expand your horizons. If not, well I guess I may have to give doing the same things with the same people in the same places and eating the same stuff for every meal a try rather than enjoying the variety life offers. I'm guessing that the monotony would make me even crazier than I already am, but then one never knows, huh?

 

[atomsplitter]

Welcome from sunny North Texas. Hope your retirement is smooth as butter.

 

[doninreno]

Welcome from sunny North Texas. Hope your retirement is smooth as butter.

Thanks. So far it has been fun, though even that is starting to slow down now...being retired IS nice though I just can't figure out how I EVER had time to work! Not to mention that modern technology in my past field of endeavor (from which I retired more than a decade and a half ago) have FAR outstripped me...basically making me an obsolete dinosaur!!

 

[rodsridin]

I'm considered an "old guy" now but I still ride at age 76...having thinned the herd a bunch from probably 10 bikes of various (mostly old Brits)have down to a couple of bikes (one of which is a 1970 Triumph Bonneville parked in the living room and the other is a Ducati 900 SS/SP from 1997. Been riding now for about 55 years and have done a lot of types of riding from touring to motocross racing (rode for Suzuki back in the dark ages). Now a retired Army Officer and then retired from a second career as a corporate pilot....now mostly happily playing with my dogs, watching the clouds blow past and having a glass or two of wine. Pretty much contented to just stay home and not have to run all over the world anymore!

Welcome from another not too old guy.

 

[atomsplitter]

Thanks. So far it has been fun, though even that is starting to slow down now...being retired IS nice though I just can't figure out how I EVER had time to work! Not to mention that modern technology in my past field of endeavor (from which I retired more than a decade and a half ago) have FAR outstripped me...basically making me an obsolete dinosaur!!

Know the feeling, the only difference is my field of endeavor was in stagnation from governmental beauracracy so it was a dinosaur when I got in and hasn't changed a bit since I got out. What has changed is my ability to roll bikes around my garage. I traded my 2005 Rocket for a 2020 Bobber. It's half the weight and twice the ease of pushing it around my garage. In fact I got rid of all my heavy bikes and now ride a lot lighter fare. Still puts a smile on the ol mug tho.