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gettin2dizzy
30-03-08, 06:32 PM
It seems that motorcycling consist entirely of them!
Grey hair, big guts, shiny new sportsbikes, top of the range race replica leathers..... But I couldn't help notice how clean their knee sliders were ;)
Where's the 'youf' ?!
ASM-Forever
30-03-08, 06:54 PM
We did see a middle aged guy at Bikesafe in a Rizla Suzuki one piece and he looked a right knob!
ArtyLady
30-03-08, 06:54 PM
It seems that motorcycling consist entirely of them!
Grey hair, big guts, shiny new sportsbikes, top of the range race replica leathers..... But I couldn't help notice how clean their knee guards were ;)
Watch it Sonny ;)....my ol' man is middle aged and grey! - mind you he's never stopped riding in 35 years and wears plain coloured textiles, oh...and doesnt need to get his knee down to get rid of his chicken strips! :rolleyes: :D
There are a lot of young versions of the variety you mention too! ;)
the_lone_wolf
30-03-08, 06:57 PM
Where's the 'youf' ?!
you rang?;)
gettin2dizzy
30-03-08, 06:59 PM
Watch it Sonny ;)...
:smt064
middle age? when does that start?
ASM-Forever
30-03-08, 07:12 PM
middle age? when does that start?
About 10 years ago for yourself. ;)
It seems that motorcycling consist entirely of them!
Be careful what you say mate, I used to say the same, now I'm one of them.
ArtyLady
30-03-08, 07:32 PM
:smt064 ouch! :(
Thing is with you yoofs, the same thing will happen to you, find a bird get married, get her pregnant ,get a mortgage have to give up bikes for a few years, times get better get another bike, you will see. :cool:
middle age? when does that start?
...depends how long you intend living :smt017
MiniMatt
30-03-08, 08:49 PM
You only notice the middle aged ones because they can afford the posh bikes. You don't notice the yoofs with supersports because they can't afford to buy or insure them. Economics has largely turned biking into a leisure activity rather than a basic need for transport issue. And an expensive leisure activity at that. And the folks with the largest disposable income coupled with a vague recollection/yearning for youthful persuits are the middle age folks.
**** - just thought, is it still "three score years and ten?". In that case I've only got two years to go before I'm officially "middle aged" :( Ouch.
Besides, as has been pointed out, many of the middle aged bikers around have earnt their biking stripes on decades of two wheeled ****e, now they can afford something decent can't we at least let them be and forgive their terrible fashion sense?
Wayluya
30-03-08, 08:54 PM
It seems that motorcycling consist entirely of them!
Grey hair, big guts, shiny new sportsbikes, top of the range race replica leathers..... But I couldn't help notice how clean their knee sliders were ;)
Where's the 'youf' ?!
Yikes! If Middle Age did not start at 50 you could be talking about me, except.........
Grey Hair? - a little bit, but it don't matter wot colour as long as it stays in. Trust me on this. :smt038
Big Guts? - Just dug me old bike jacket out the loft - still fits after 16/17 years (and no gut then either!)
Race Replica Leathers? - Whoaaa dude!! In my part of the world and in the 80's that was just Gay Gay Gay. With a capital "G". (hey, the "Caring sharing new age nineties" hadn't yet happened!)......and to get on a track yer needed to go racing - not have a day out.
Knee Sliders? - For stopping Carpet Burns. See above :rendeer:
Youf today on Motorbikes? ASBO's permitting I suppose :takeabow:
Wayluya
30-03-08, 08:57 PM
**** - just thought, is it still "three score years and ten?". In that case I've only got two years to go before I'm officially "middle aged" :( Ouch.
At three score and ten (70), I think the official definition of Middle Aged person for you is........youngster :D.
I hope my knees last til 68!
Gene genie
30-03-08, 09:09 PM
they'll learn, we've both been there and got the t-shirt . prove yourself being a hunter and gatherer first young man then have a go saying middle age men are passed it. ask my middle age wife and girl freinds to see if they think i'm passed it. i think thats put the record straight airfix don't you think pal.Thing is with you yoofs, the same thing will happen to you, find a bird get married, get her pregnant ,get a mortgage have to give up bikes for a few years, times get better get another bike, you will see. :cool:
yorkie_chris
30-03-08, 10:57 PM
Grey hair, big guts, shiny new sportsbikes, top of the range race replica leathers..... But I couldn't help notice how clean their knee sliders were ;)
Seems the money spent on bike and gear is proportional to the width of the chicken strips :-P
ask my middle age wife and girl freinds to see if they think i'm passed it.
Does your wife know about these girlfriends? :-D
Thing is with you yoofs, the same thing will happen to you, find a bird get married, get her pregnant ,get a mortgage have to give up bikes for a few years, times get better get another bike, you will see. :cool:
+1
gettin2dizzy
31-03-08, 06:40 AM
Can I not give up children instead?
wyrdness
31-03-08, 06:48 AM
Thing is with you yoofs, the same thing will happen to you, find a bird get married, get her pregnant ,get a mortgage have to give up bikes for a few years, times get better get another bike, you will see. :cool:
That's not the right way to do it. Here's what you should do:
Have a succession of birds and bikes, but don't settle down. Then once you reach your mid-30's, find a Pretty Young Thing who's just finishing university. As more mature(!) bloke with bike and money, you stand more chance with them than you did when you were a spotty 21 year old oik.
Then pay off mortgage and have family once you hit 40. Keep your bike and disposable income.
Gene genie
31-03-08, 08:07 PM
kids are not something you choose to have, its a common misconception. one minute you couldn't give a toss for anything and the next morning you wake up with 2 kids wife and a hefty mortgage plus long hours at work. trust me on this. you don't choose kids the beggers choose YOU.Can I not give up children instead?
sv-robo
31-03-08, 08:17 PM
Thing is with you yoofs, the same thing will happen to you, find a bird get married, get her pregnant ,get a mortgage have to give up bikes for a few years, times get better get another bike, you will see. :cool:
Correct +1
thebluelion
31-03-08, 08:21 PM
Ok let me explain: us "middle age people" hit this thing called a mid-life crisis which causes us to start looking at younger models ie women so we think what could stop us from stepping over that line of straying, so we come up with the idea " i know i will buy a bike" and there you go hey presto we're Beer gutted grey middle aged bikers. So if we we weren't there who would you take the mike out off. As for the chicken strips and clean sliders well the strips are there cause our beer bellies kind of restrict our movement and the sliders is because of the arthritus
;) :smt081
yorkie_chris
31-03-08, 08:25 PM
Always gives me a good laugh, they're held on with velcro so why not take them off
Always gives me a good laugh, they're held on with velcro so why not take them off
Chris, you didn't see my sliders. Or at least, I don't think you did.
You would have noticed that they are indeed well scuffed.
But that's where I came off:smt081
note to self"take sliders into shed and scuff up on grinder"
It seems that motorcycling consist entirely of them!
Grey hair, big guts, shiny new sportsbikes, top of the range race replica leathers..... But I couldn't help notice how clean their knee sliders were ;)
Where's the 'youf' ?!
........ but you couldn't keep up with my beer gut and grey hair could you ;)
Ratty
mister c
01-04-08, 05:50 AM
I think I'm waht tey class as middle aged at a tad over 40, I feel like I am 18 all over again, which is great :)
As for having lots of money, new bike etc. I got divorced 4 years ago & still have a heafty mortgage & all the bills that go with owning a house, so I have sweet FA in the money stakes, but hey, I'm a happy little Hector ;):cool::)
gettin2dizzy
01-04-08, 06:43 AM
........ but you couldn't keep up with my beer gut and grey hair could you ;)
Ratty
:lol:
My clutch must have been slipping ;)
Dicky Ticker
01-04-08, 08:57 AM
Thats the problem with the "Yoof" of today----always an excuse:)
Its a bad tradesman that has to blame his tools,and there is many a good tune played on an old fiddle
timwilky
01-04-08, 10:10 AM
It seems that motorcycling consist entirely of them!
Grey hair, big guts, shiny new sportsbikes, top of the range race replica leathers..... But I couldn't help notice how clean their knee sliders were ;)
Where's the 'youf' ?!
Listen here sonny. We grey hair, beer gutted power rangers do it because we can. We don't need to ask permission of anyone to buy any bike we fancy, or to prove ourselves in willy waving knee down action. We did all that 30 years ago. Learn't broken bones and new knees hurt.
So what my puff lines are enormous. But so is the smile on my face when I play out.
Middle age is always 5 years away, no matter what age you are.
I'm 46 next week and have a nice collection of proper knackered knee sliders, 1 1/2 homes with no mortgages, 4 kids, a 3 yr old SV and some very leery 1-piece leathers.
gettin2dizzy
01-04-08, 10:16 AM
It's not that I'm jealous of all their fancy kit at all ;)
ASM-Forever
01-04-08, 10:18 AM
People will never grow old gracefully. I was talking with my dad a few days ago and he reckons he's just about middle aged. He is in fact 51 and i laughed for a long time. :)
ArtyLady
01-04-08, 10:07 PM
People will never grow old gracefully. I was talking with my dad a few days ago and he reckons he's just about middle aged. He is in fact 51 and i laughed for a long time. :)
Oh dear - I must be growing old disgracefully then - your Dad is only a couple of years older than me :(
mind you Im just glad these days if i wake up in the morning then Ive had a result :lol:
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