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Monkey Butt
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Just curious at this point how old our average rider is.
45-60 (62%, 86 Votes)
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30-45 (16%, 22 Votes)
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Under 30 (3%, 4 Votes)
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60+ (19%, 26 Votes)
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Huh! Six days ago I went from the young and vibrant section into the wrinkly section  Thanks Ron, for making a happy man feel very old  Hey, now I can blame everything on my age  
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Dude, I turned 45 today. Do I click 30-45 or 45-60 .... fagedit, I'm clinging on to my youth a little longer and saying 30-45 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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If I wait about three weeks I can check a different radio button. 
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Dude, I turned 45 today.
Do I click 30-45 or 45-60 .... fagedit, I'm clinging on to my youth a little longer and saying 30-45
As well you should, Ade! 
OR, as Dylan Thomas once observed:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I was just about to say that ..
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Dude, I turned 45 today.
Do I click 30-45 or 45-60 .... fagedit, I'm clinging on to my youth a little longer and saying 30-45
Oh crap, I didn't even notice that 45 appeared twice. I guess I can click the younger one. 
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Already did 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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I am 50 today, will turn 51 in a week and a half, but I'll still be in the same category.
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I turn 45 later this year. Seems we have an abundance of people who are 45. Maybe that is why it is listed twice in the poll.
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Puppies! However, next month I'm turnin' 60, BUT thanks to Ron's overlapping of his categories up there, I TOO will still be able to tally myself in that "45-60" column! (..well, at least for the next 13 months, anyway...THANKS RON!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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60!?  But, you don't look a DAY over ... wait, ok, well, yeah you do. Sorry 
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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60!?
But, you don't look a DAY over ... wait, ok, well, yeah you do. Sorry
 
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He is right you know. But I'll have you know we had 10 minutes today when it WASN'T raining so shove that where your Arizonan sun don't shine
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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A couple of years ago I could get away with telling my stepdaughter that the grey in my whiskers was 'cause I dyed it like that Now she is 8 1/2 and sharp as a knife and doesn't fall for it. She knows I'm an old fart
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Well, once again John, need I remind YOU of a certain conversation we had that one time you stayed over at the house in California, and the next day when you asked me if "we were gonna actually WALK those THREE whole BLOCKS over to the El Camino Motorcycle Show?"!!!  (...yeah, yeah, I know, "bad back"...so WHO'S in better shape here, Kid???)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Next month on St.Pattys' day I will be a 69er!!!Might be my first tattoo..just not sure where to put it!
life is good..I am retired..sold my America in 2008,bought a Rocket and sold that in 3/2013 and now own a new Triumph Bonneville T-100
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He is right you know.
But I'll have you know we had 10 minutes today when it WASN'T raining so shove that where your Arizonan sun don't shine
Ooooh...WOW! 10 whole minutes, huh?!
(...saaaay, maybe you should post THIS in that "Global Warming" thread that's still goin' on around here, HUH?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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A couple of years ago I could get away with telling my stepdaughter that the grey in my whiskers was 'cause I dyed it like that
Now she is 8 1/2 and sharp as a knife and doesn't fall for it. She knows I'm an old fart
Eeh! You're still a puppy!
(...well, relatively speakin', that is!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Ooooh...WOW! 10 whole minutes, huh?!
It mighta been 15. I wasn't counting
"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Should be Riding
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A couple of years ago I could get away with telling my stepdaughter that the grey in my whiskers was 'cause I dyed it like that
Now she is 8 1/2 and sharp as a knife and doesn't fall for it. She knows I'm an old fart
I must have like 100 grey hairs now, they are becoming noticeable
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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FIFTEEN???!!! Well NOW I KNOW you're just puttin' me on here!!! Though I admit I DID already have my suspicions about the accuracy of your earlier "10 minute" weather report over there on that little ol' (damp) island o' yours!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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good to see someone else joined me in the below 30 group
neener neener
or did I vote twice?...haha
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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(...yeah, yeah, I know, "bad back"...so WHO'S in better shape here, Kid???)
Wow, Ade struck a never and you took it out on me. Or maybe you forgot who was messing with you. They say the first thing to go is short-term memory, pops.
I'll send you a note from my chiropractor since I finally started seeing one a little over a year ago.
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Well, not the oldest but not the youngest at 47...good grief where does time go hey? Having said that i was totally grey by the time i was 25 so i have had years to get used to the look that was inevitable LOL. Grey, its the new blonde right?.........right? 
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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He is right you know.
But I'll have you know we had 10 minutes today when it WASN'T raining so shove that where your Arizonan sun don't shine
THAT IS WHAT THE PACIFIC N.WEST CALLS A "SUNBREAK" When I was stationed up there ,,, I created "SUNSHINE LIBERTY" Too long w/out it,, and when It came out, I told my boss,,,, LATER< Im taking sunshine liberty and getting on the bike!
Mal: "Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun?{ref, Jayne} Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really, it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting."
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(...yeah, yeah, I know, "bad back"...so WHO'S in better shape here, Kid???)
Wow, Ade struck a nerve and you took it out on me. Or maybe you forgot who was messing with you. They say the first thing to go is short-term memory, pops.
Well then, tell ya what John. When it's YOUR birthday and YOU say somethin' I don't like, I'll take it out on HIM!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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(...yeah, yeah, I know, "bad back"...so WHO'S in better shape here, Kid???)
Wow, Ade struck a nerve and you took it out on me. Or maybe you forgot who was messing with you. They say the first thing to go is short-term memory, pops.
Well then, tell ya what John. When it's YOUR birthday and YOU say somethin' I don't like, I'll take it out on HIM!
That's a deal!
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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I believe Waylon Jennings once wrote...
"Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill
Ain't too much that we won't do what Waylon won't Willie will"
Sono qui per la birra
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When I buy my ticket at the theatre I always say," Two inmature adult tickets, please." Sometimes I get a look, sometimes a smile, but never a cheaper ticket!
Fidelis et Fortis
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or did I vote twice?...haha
They do say that the kids of today have got a short attention span
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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I believe Waylon Jennings once wrote...
"Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill
Ain't too much that we won't do what Waylon won't Willie will"
Boy ain't that the truth!
at my dire age (54) I like to think I'm "well preserved" owning to my penchant for good scotch. Most of the time I feel like a million $$$$, all green and wrinkled....
Karl
Odessa, MO
'07 America, Cinnamon Girl (aka: Black Beauty or Ol' Penny) - Sit Down, Shut Up & Hang On
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yeah, I overlapped. Was just curious about the average age of a rider from the other thread about where do they go. Looks like if this poll stays consistent almost half are over 45. Even Dwight will be OVER 60 in a month.
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[quoteEven Dwight will be OVER 60 in a month.
Nah, he opted to remain in the 45-60 category... as do I.
Live to love, love to live.
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Yep, I just added to that 45-60 category. No overlap issues here though.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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45 to 60 here too with no over lap issue here either, firmly over 45.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Yep, I just added to that 45-60 category. No overlap issues here though.
What with coming up on 64 soon, my only ovrelap issues have to do with my belt buckle. 
Morituri Nolumus Mori
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68% over 45. I think we may be listed as the most dangerous group in history! If 80 of us went for a ride we may still get lost!  Now, what was I saying, oh yeah, Mobile 1 is the best toothpaste, no, no, I will check back later.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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