Look at the Polaris trike. 2 seater, its not a bike, but way better than adding a sidecar.
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Look at the Polaris trike. 2 seater, its not a bike, but way better than adding a sidecar.
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Uh, no. I've seen those things as well as the Spyders and others. Not at all for me. Does not feel, look or ride like a motorcycle. Hey it's what you like. I hate Glocks and Goldwings but don't rag on anybody that has one. I even ride with some wingers every now and then.
I'm like the OP, too crippled up to ride anymore. When I lived on the reservation, I loved putting around on the old trails on a dirt bike. Summer highway riding has been a real hazard for years, due to tourists looking at everything but the traffic around them. I always wanted a Rokon for off road, but that won't happen now.
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I have a Suzuki DR 650 that hasn't been ridden in several years, jut too hard for me to kick start. It was fun to ride, but was too much bike for me, too tall and too fast, and I could see myself getting easily hurt on it. I started out riding a Honda SL70, and will probably keep my 74 Trail 90 as my last bike. I do like the looks of the recently made Royal Enfield's though, might have to find one of those.
You just need to get in shape. I'm 71 and still ride. I have 4 motorcycles and enjoy all of them.
I had a similar experience. I grew up in Idaho riding dirt/trail bikes. I am now 64. Bought a TW200 a couple of years ago. Took it out on a Saturday, sold it the next Monday. Wife & I now ride a Polaris 570 Touring and have a great time. Ya just gotta adapt as you get older!
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I am 67 and have owned and ridden motorcycles since I was 15.5 and got my permit. 25 years ago I bought my BMW R100(1000cc's) and I met my wife because of that bike. When I was 48 we had our first kid, and i didn't get to ride much, mostly used the small pickup to take them around. But then I put a sidecar on it and have driving them and myself around in that most of the time since. Now both kids are late teens so i bought a '77 Kawasaki foro them to learn to ride street on, figured knowledge is always good. It is fun for me to ride too, but a bit small as I am 6'2" tall, 200 lbs.
2 weeks ago my brother gave me a deal I couldn't refuse, and I bought his BMW R100 RS, Paris Dakar model. Holy smokes this thing is tall, and feels way heavier than my old R100, even though it actually weighs the same. I don't think I have even got to 4th gear yet, and I certainly haven't taken it on the freeway. I think I am going to sell it, and stick with my sidecar. Apparently I have become more sensible in my old age, or more afraid of getting hurt, because it just doesn't seem the same as when I was younger and bullet-proof, and bouncing off the roadway just doesn't appeal that much anymore! I do like the sidecar, much more than I thought I wold, and prefer it greatly over those 3 wheeled Can-am type vehicles. Those just don't feel like a motorcycle,where my sidecar mostly does. And I would like to be able to enjoy some grandkids later without being all busted up. i do have 2-3 '64 Hondas I want to restore in my garage, but I think I am done with big street bikes.
when i was 20yo, my right knee had an accident. i was on top of the ground and i hopped into 4' ditch. my right foot went one way and the rest of me went another way. the right knee didn't know where to go and it stretched out the ligaments and tendons. i was told, that i'd be better off if i would break the ligaments and tendons. anyway, i was between a passing out and throwing up when i attempted to stand up. i figured at the time i was good and let me lay there and be a part of the waterline fill. it took me about 3 months to take off my crutches and walk again. when i was about 30ish, my right knee said "no, you will not run" and it planted me on my face.
back in my younger, 25yo, i drink ALOT and i would get into fights quite frequently. it was around midnightish and i was drinking and for some reason or another, my wife(now ex-wife) made me mad and i punched out the window of my screen door, instead of my wife. the shattered glass was up and down my yards, i later measured a piece of glass 52 feet from my door. anyway, for some reason, i look at my arm and i noticed i had a gash on my right forearm. i looked at it and said, "well, a Band-Aid isn't going to cut it". so to the hospital i and my wife go. it was 27 layers of stitching and i don't know how many stitches it was. now i have a scar on my right forearm and ever since then the "accident" has calmed me down.
i was 39yo when i had my stroke. i had to learn how to walk and talk(not so good) AGAIN. 4 days were spent in intensive care(i was out of it) and for 3 months i was in the recovery room to learn how to walk/talk. 12 months were spent at home and going to rehab center. in my mind, i was going back to work, but it ain't happenin. i can see me now, a crippled up guy that can't talk like a normal person is going to a heavy equipment operator and laborer in the water/sewer mains and buildings.
i've learned what my limitations are, like can't drive an atv, flinching from gunshots (took me about a year not to) and other things. i drive a Polaris Ranger and i have a cane and a shovel handle for the woods. i walk about a mile on the road, 80-100 yards in the woods. coronary artery disease is prevalent in my dad's family. my dad had it and he had a heart attack from it. oh, i got pleurisy from the stroke. the stroke just keeps on giving.
and i'm only 49yo. "suck it up, sponge lips" as my drill sergeant used to say.
Been on a bike (pedal) since I was 5 years old.
Rode all over the country side, jumped creeks, mail boxes, rows of kids, jumped a car once. All kinds of stupid stuff. Would crash and get skinned up real good and walk it off and all was well.
Teenage years graduated to mopeds, 125 dirt bikes and up, had a blast and never broke a bone!
Early thirties, started a family, sold the bikes!
Late forties started messing with bikes again, had to keep up with my teenagers!
When I turned 49 bought a retro 50's pedal bike and added a 2 stroke engine to it, what a blast, fast and fun, loved that darn thing.
At 52 took the little motorbike for a short ride around town, probably doing about 35 mph when a stray dog decided to try and bite my front tire, woke up a day later in ICU, busted up hip and very sore noggin!
Once home from the hospital and able to walk on my own I sold the wrecked motor bike, and every other motorcycle I had left!
I decided I was better off on 4 wheels than on two!
Limitations, yep I learned the hard way!
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |