Topic: Possibly the youngest member?

[three sticks]

I'm only 17, and just a couple steps away from motoring off WITHOUT the supervision of a parent. I've got my rockin' 73' sohc4, a licence, a title; and i just need to insure and register the bike, and take the MSF course. SO CLOSE!!

I'd like to know of a younger member, just out of pure fun.

[cb350twin]

 howdy there i,m 19 and have a 1973 CB 350 twin

My brother is taking a MSF course in a few weeks hes 16 hehe

[Seyser]

21 with a 73 350f, Its nice to see that there others in my age group who ride the classics aswell!

-Jeremy-

[eldar]

At least some of you choose not to ride a crotch rocket. So many start with those then years later realize the CBs are real bikes.

[Seyser]

We must of skipped right to that "Wise" stage

[MetalHead550]

Ha!  23 here.  Never even considered getting a crotch rocket or a Harley.  Some of it had to do with $ the rest with the fact that I know what I like and love the whole "MY GOD, HES DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT" effect.  Plus I consider the 550 the ultimate beginners bike.  Perfect ballance of weight and power.  Simple mechanics so its great for learning how to work on a bike.  Not to heavy or powerful and when you get real comfortable on it, it has plenty of pep and you can lay that baby down to the pegs around corners.  I get tired of young bucks whos first bike is a powerful crotch rocket, I say youre gonna die, too fast, too much bike.  I get tired of women whos first bike is an 883 sporster,  I say your gonna drop it..too heavy, too much bike.  550...just right.   Congrats three sticks.  Have fun and ride safe man!

[DRam]

I went the other way.  Rode SOHC4's for thirty-six years and bought a crotch rocket at age 61.  Which do I like most?  Well, that depends on what I'm doing.  If it's a long way down the road the CRB1000F comes out of the garage.  If it's around town or a short, slow putt for relaxation, the CB650 comes out.  Not that the CB is any stranger to the road.  I spent a couple summers commuting to school 130 miles away on it (weekly, not daily) and have taken a few longer trips on it.  However my back won't handle the upright position and my fanny won't take the CB seat long term anymore.  The Corbin seat and forward lean of the CBR make it possible to ride for a couple hours at a time before stopping for a walk around.  And I must admit it's fun to see the expressions when the helmet comes off and people realize it's an old fart on that crotch rocket.

[Uncle Ernie]

I hate to say it, but you guys sound kind of cute  Statistically, people who start out on smaller bikes ride more over a lifetime.

[three sticks]

personally, i don't really like crotch rockets or newer harleys at all. i really do prefer these older bikes. british cafe racers and older sohc4's. Just like the current rice burner craze, i beleive crotch rockets are overrated that hardly anyone who rides them ever wear protective gear. I live right at the shore in new jersey and rt. 37 is full of the ricers at night. i can hear them all from my room.

so i do prefer the older alternative bikes.

[Raul CB750K1]

(Tears...) Sniff...., and I thought I should be one of the youngest with 34....

I'm impressed (seriously). In Spain the used bikes price remains steady after they are older than 10 years, to increase for bikes older than 25 years with the idea that any old bike deserve the "classic" status. Nobody here would buy a 20 year-old bike when they can get a younger one for the same price.

[Uncle Ernie]

Raul- you had me fooled. You don't look a day over 33!

Three sticks (for some reason that name is intriquing)- someone I respect told me a long time ago, "Any fool can go fast in a straight line".   It takes skill to really ride in all situations.

[seaweb11]

Man, the kids try and get their own thread going and all they get is the ranting of old folks/

[three sticks]

Three sticks (for some reason that name is intriquing)- someone I respect told me a long time ago, "Any fool can go fast in a straight line".   It takes skill to really ride in all situations.

ask anyone i've ridden with, i'll go faster around corners than a straight line; it's more fun.

oh and three sticks is a nickname my dad gave me. (i don't remember how long ago), because i'm William F. Dudley III. get it?

and hey man, i can dig "ranting old fools". they know stuff, you know?

[loonymoon]

Well you just made me feel old....(I'm 28) ,

Any rate I'll always be younger than my bike I guess!!

Any other young(ish) girls out there? In fact how many girls are there out there?

[SteveD CB500F]

There are about 23 girls registered.

Go to http://www.sohc4.us/forums/index.php?action=stats and you will see that we have 908 members and a M/F ratio of 38:1

[aiko]

Well I am 28 and a girl and now I own a CB 750F that's just 1 month younger then me! (That's the reason I bought it, nice to see the fading colors).
Anyway I have been driving bikes since I was 18 and I agree, anbody can drive fast along a straight line. It's cornering and pulling away at the trafficlights that defines motorcycle driving for me.

[eldar]

Gee I must pull to fast around corners, I have a habit of spinning out my rear tire! But the foot plant always works! This is from a stoplight by the way!

[jdamman]

Wow, the M:F ratio is pretty much as bad as in my engineering classes or at work at an auto parts store.  I need to find something different.... (oh, 21 y.o., and I ride what I do because it was in the barn, but it has grown on me)

[quietlikeachurch]

24 years, bought my 750F when 20.  It's fantastic to see a bunch of younger folks around here...I was beginning to give up hope for "my generation."

-Ian

[3 sticks]

Woah, I havn't seen this thread in a long time! Had to re-register since then...

[flyin_]

Hm, reading this post is making feel old.  Just turned 28 this week.  Well, at least my bike is older than me
However, I started riding my first CB750 when I was 15

[GroovieGhoulie]

25, with a 30-year old 400F.

[Orcinus]

At the risk of jacking this thread with another of 'ol uncle Orca's stories...

Really glad to see so many of the younger riders taking the MSF course.  When I started out, I don't think they had the MSF course, or if they did, no one ever told me about it.  I had a slightly different sort of training.  I lived at the time in a rooming house (I was military and 18) and one of the other boarders was an older guy who drove  trucks for a living and had a really sharp CB750.  He helped me find and haul home my first bike, a CL350 Twin.  We spent a week getting it cleaned up and running right so I could start riding to prepare for my license exam.  Coming home one afternoon, I found the intersection closest to our house closed by emergency vehicles, all I could see was a bike laying on it's side, but was too far away to identify the bike.  After backtracking a block I rushed home from the opposite direction, I was relieved to see my friend standing in the driveway next to his bike.  His first words to me were "Time for your first motorcycle lesson, walk down to the corner, and come back when you know what happened and we'll talk..."

Well, it was pretty bad, there were 2 bikes, a 900 and a 1100, the riders were both 17, the guys (both students at the nearby high school) had been drag racing on a residential street during their lunch break.  I'm sure that at the speed they were travelling, the old lady didn't see them when she started across the street in her oldsmobile.  One t-boned her right side door, over the car and into the street, the other swerved behind her and went into a highspeed wobble... kept it upright for a hundred feet then dumped it.  The old woman went into a tree.

She had a heart attack following the accident...
Wobble guy, was lucky, only wound up in intensive care.
Door guy, well, they were pushing up his brains with a push broom while I was there...

No Helmets,
New Bikes,
No Experience,

I learned alot that day about what NOT to do on a bike.

Oh, BTW, I'm 47 and while I've had to make a few mistakes on my own, I'm still learning and living.

[dusterdude]

yea its good to see some youngins on these old bikes.

[Rushoid]

How come I never see any younger riders around here on old bikes? Or women for that matter?

oh and three sticks is a nickname my dad gave me. (i don't remember how long ago), because i'm William F. Dudley III. get it?

That's funny, I'm a Dudley too. Except that's my first name (just don't tell anyone  ). Some of my friends like to call me "Ivy" sometimes because I'm a 4th generation Dudley (IV get it?). Actually, I have several other nicknames, but those aren't so nice. 
Lee