.. and of course there is Bob Sinclair who recently completed a cross
country on his BMW 1000 (?) as well, he's 74.. and DRIVES his Ferrari.
Lester
On Apr 26, 2006, at 4:08 PM, Jim Johnson wrote:
> Paul's right. I'm 61 and still taking long motorcycle trips. As I
> mentioned
> last year I did Alaska all the way to the Arctic Ocean. 600+ miles
> every
> day for two weeks. I'm riding a BMW K100LT with over 100K miles on it.
> I have two more in the garage (1964 R60/2 and 1976 R90/6) and each of
> them has over 100K. Of course, if I had to do that kind of riding on a
> Harley, well.......
>
> For me, the arthritis began setting in at age 56. Nowadays I don't
> camp
> off the bikes as much as I used to. A nice bed in a motel every other
> night or so helps a lot for my arthritic back. I haven't taken any
> long drives
> with the Midget yet (still some work to do to make it that
> reliable) but
> I've already discovered how damned HARD the seats are! I'm fashioning
> a travel cushion for 4" memory foam and taking a lumbar pad when I
> get to that point.
>
> Man! A lot of you guys are 10 years younger than me and you sound
> like you are ready to move into a rest home!!! If I could get
> enough time
> off work, I'd RIDE the 1976 BMW to Busters place. Time is my only
> problem.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - defiant Midget in Dodge City
> --
> 1964 R60/2 BMW
> 1968 MG Midget
> 1976 R90/6 BMW
> 1990 K100LT BMW
> **Heaven is described as French food, German machinery, and English
> comedians
> Hell is British food, French machinery and German comedians!!**
>
> On 4/26/06, Paul Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> Yer all a bunch a wimps!
>>
>> Pa
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