Author Topic: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky  (Read 3296 times)

Offline Bill Ford

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Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« on: September 09, 2015, 01:51:41 AM »
I said old, and I am.. Will be 80 in October. Got my first bike, a 1948 Harley 45 in 1950, and have had some kind of bike ever since.  Got my first BMW, a R50 in 1960 and have had just about every model at one time or another. My old standby is my 1983 R100RT which now has about 60,000 miles.  I just last week, bought a 1990 K75LT showing 16,800 miles.  I really didn't want it, and certainly didn't need it, but the price was just too low to resist.  I'll likely sell both soon, as I have only put 85 miles on the RT this year, and summer is about over.  I know, that it is time for me to "hang it up" but just can't give in just yet. I've been all over the US; Most of Mexico; and a good part of Canada on two wheel's; with only one mishap which landed me in a hospital in Paige AZ very near the Grand Canyon. I was on a RT100; pulling a trailer  Did not make it to the canyon that trip, but did a few years later..
You might see me somewhere/sometime.
Ride safe
  • Spottsville, Kentucky
  • 1983 RT100;---1990 K75

Offline johnny

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Re: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2015, 04:45:43 AM »
greetings bill ford...

welcome to motobrick.com...

somewheres between the green and the ohio i presume...

j o

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Offline WayneDW

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Re: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2015, 07:39:07 PM »
what an interesting introduction.  Thanks for checking in, and welcome!
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  • 1992 K75RT

Offline Chaos

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Re: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2015, 08:53:47 PM »
these are fun!   just a thought :yes
  • sw ohio
1987 K75S    VIN 0231
Original owner, Original litter
200,000 miles (plus or minus) and 5 paint jobs
sold 6/23
2023 Ural 2WD sidecar (BMW's bastard step child)

Offline drut

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Re: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2015, 07:02:37 PM »
Hello & welcome.Hope to be still enjoying riding if/when I reach your age(not all that far away).
  • Newcastle upon Tyne UK
  • 1990 K100RS + 1980 Moto Guzzi V50 II + 1971 Aermacchi/HD 350ss
Much older but certainly no wiser!

Offline Bokobob

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Re: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2015, 12:30:26 PM »
Welcome and I enjoyed your intro.  I am right behind you in age and will be 80 in May of 16.  I have four bikes.  I did not ride since 1952, once I got my car license.  I have bought 20 bikes and sold 16 of them since 2008, however.  I recently scored on a close-to-showroom 1995 BMW Standard K75 with 27K miles and it is sooooo nice.  I have no plans to quit riding..One of my bikes is a little Honda Rebel 250 cruiser and it is light enough that I should be able to handle if for many more years if my health holds up.  I wish you the best.

 

  • Gastonia, NC
Grace + Peace,
Bob
1995 BMW K75
2104 Honda CB1100 Standard 4 cyl
1994 Honda Magna 750 V4
1996 Kawasaki Vulcan 500

Offline Tuco

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Re: Old! OLD!! Guy from Kentucky
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2015, 06:05:46 PM »
Horsefeathers on giving it up!! Just ride something smaller and more manageable or something with 3 wheels.
Al
  • Waldport, Oregon
  • '87 K100LT, '87 K100RS, '97 DR350

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