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Could I be the oldest SV650 rider at 67.
Just wondered ! :cool:
Narr my dad was at 70.
but he sold his bike to Skip. He now rides a V-Strom 650, as it's better on his wrists...
So you might be the current oldest...
Sid Squid
14-08-07, 06:04 PM
Very possibly - watch this space and perhaps we'll find out :D.
Whoohoo another one older than me. :thumright:
Bluepete
14-08-07, 06:12 PM
This fella, found on a curvey on the last catherine wheel. ohlins front and rear, needed a stick to walk accross the car park. Dunno how old he is, but he ain't no spring chicken!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/PICT6492.jpg
BigBaddad
14-08-07, 06:40 PM
This fella, found on a curvey on the last catherine wheel. ohlins front and rear, needed a stick to walk accross the car park. Dunno how old he is, but he ain't no spring chicken!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/PICT6492.jpg
Looks like Pete to me :smt110
Total respect due there. That's probably what I'll be like come the day. I apparently will have reverted by bike to near standard faired yellow trim, as it was the day i got her. Awwwww.....
BTW. What's the extra dial on his bike?
Look in the screen/tankbag area, you can see the wires out the back of it?
Wideboy
14-08-07, 07:13 PM
This fella, found on a curvey on the last catherine wheel. ohlins front and rear, needed a stick to walk accross the car park. Dunno how old he is, but he ain't no spring chicken!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t48/conker51/PICT6492.jpg
he speaks highly of you:D
ASM-Forever
14-08-07, 07:27 PM
Look in the screen/tankbag area, you can see the wires out the back of it?
Catheter........:smt077
Sid Squid
14-08-07, 07:33 PM
BTW. What's the extra dial on his bike?
Well, it only has two obvious connections so I'm guessing it's a voltmeter - the two crimps are red so they're light and thus probably not up to ammeter current - maybe.
Bluepete
14-08-07, 07:59 PM
Apparently, it's a blood pressure monitor. If it gets too low, he thinks about getting a Pointy until it gets back up to normal....
Apparently, it's a blood pressure monitor. If it gets too low, he thinks about getting a Pointy until it gets back up to normal....
Nah, it's an alarm which sounds to wake him up after thinking about pointies sends him to sleep!
It's an onboard defib machine that gives him a jolt when it senses he's fallen asleep or died of boredom. He's now bought a pointy and doesn't need it.
Bluepete
14-08-07, 08:28 PM
Apparently, it's a blood pressure monitor. If it gets too low, he thinks about getting a Pointy until it gets back up to normal....
Just re-read it, there's a euphemism in there somewhere!
BTW. What's the extra dial on his bike?
Look in the screen/tankbag area, you can see the wires out the back of it?
NOS :cool:
Wasn't it great to finally meet Tim W's younger brother?
Ceri JC
15-08-07, 12:48 PM
Well, it only has two obvious connections so I'm guessing it's a voltmeter - the two crimps are red so they're light and thus probably not up to ammeter current - maybe.
Surely it must be the ageing hooligan's boost gauge for his turbo?
Wasn't it great to finally meet Tim W's younger brother?
Oh you,ve done it now pal....*steps quickly away from thread*
Total respect due there. That's probably what I'll be like come the day. I apparently will have reverted by bike to near standard faired yellow trim, as it was the day i got her. Awwwww.....
BTW. What's the extra dial on his bike?
Look in the screen/tankbag area, you can see the wires out the back of it?
Its an alarm clock, I think he,s asleep in that shot ! and probably been riding bikes even longer than richie or luckypants so , respect mate
So!
all I was interested in was, am I the oldest SV Rider, and what did
I get ! a picture of an old geezer on a girly machine half asleep
in a car park and a load of age related micky takes !
When I said 'rider' I'm talking about blasting down the bypass,
seeing of Honda 125's at the lights and out braking Harley-Davidsons on the
local S Bends !!
Remember ! I was fighting off Manx Nortons and AJS 7R's round the Crystal Palace Motor Circuit on a Velocette KTT, when the only wheels you lot had under you, were on your pram!
"light the blue touch paper"
Tomis.:mad:
Ooooooooooooooooh....
it'll be
http://www.freedmanharness.com/bags_country/bolster_hand.gif
at Dawn then.... ;-)
the_runt69
16-08-07, 06:26 PM
So!
Remember ! I was fighting off Manx Nortons and AJS 7R's round the Crystal Palace Motor Circuit on a Velocette KTT, when the only wheels you lot had under you, were on your pram!
"light the blue touch paper"
Tomis.:mad:
ah someone else that remembers motorcycling at Crystal Palace, used to go and watch as a kid in the 60's and early 70's
Tomis, are you off the the IOM in the next couple of weeks for the Manx Grand Prix?
My old man is with a few of his other oldies m8's. ;-) I think it starts on the 27 Aug
I just remember the expressions on people faces when we saw that old fella struggling across the car park with his walking stick......put on his helmet............swing his leg over the SV and reduce his telescopic stick to attach it to the bike.
If im still doing that at his age, then I'll be a happy man.
Yep, I was talking to lady at the cafe (behind the Till) a friend of his as he's local, she said he was 83... IIRC.
plowsie
17-08-07, 08:48 AM
Am i possibly the youngest? 19 me, dont think i am though. I thought Luckypants was the oldest *awaits big stick to the head*
Would love to go to I.O.M Richie but " my wife won't let me".:(
Am i possibly the youngest? 19 me, dont think i am though. I thought Luckypants was the oldest *awaits big stick to the head*
Nope, I am a mere 18.
Alpinestarhero
17-08-07, 08:33 PM
Alright grandads, tell us a story about the war!!
I'm 21, and am of the incorrect understanding that all older people ride BMW's. This is something I have learnt from my father, a young whippersnapper of 50-something years who enjoys tearing around the UK, france and holland on his GSXR750. Bloody asbo.
Great to see the old dude on a curvy yellow SV. Lot of power though, I think I would at least ride a lesser power blue curvy, if not a woefully slow pointy :p if I couldnt walk without the aid of my stick
But this guy is obviously a dab hand at riding bikes. I would like to think he even scrapes the footpegs :cool:
Matt
Nope, I am a mere 18.
Me too, Me too.
Well I was once a long long time ago. Ho hum.
Me too, Me too.
Well I was once a long long time ago. Ho hum.
And I was. before he was... ^^^ :smt021 Doh, age it catches up with you. but if you can out run it then life's sweet.:D
ArtyLady
18-08-07, 10:57 AM
Could I be the oldest SV650 rider at 67.
Just wondered ! :cool:
Hope Im still riding at your age Tomis :smt023 -That makes me wonder - could I be the oldest female SV rider here at 48?
plowsie
20-08-07, 10:15 AM
Can we set up a part of the site where we let you guys collect your pensions ;):smt064
Alpinestarhero
20-08-07, 03:02 PM
Can we set up a part of the site where we let you guys collect your pensions ;):smt064
Thats if the people they work for havnt screwed them out of one
Matt
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