Author Topic: Possibly the youngest member? (Read 4611 times)

three sticks · « **on:** June 20, 2005, 11:40:46 PM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2005, 12:51:38 AM »

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 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2005, 01:26:08 PM »

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

-Jeremy-

eldar · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2005, 01:28:32 PM »

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2005, 05:04:26 PM »

We must of skipped right to that "Wise" stage

MetalHead550 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2005, 06:31:00 PM »

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 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2005, 07:01:50 PM »

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 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2005, 08:19:13 PM »

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 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2005, 10:44:03 PM »

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 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2005, 03:17:54 PM »

(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 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2005, 06:16:56 PM »

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 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2005, 07:11:12 PM »

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

three sticks · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2005, 07:25:03 PM »

Quote from: Uncle Ernie on June 22, 2005, 06:16:56 PM

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 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 23, 2005, 10:15:15 AM »

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

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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 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 23, 2005, 10:43:33 AM »

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 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 23, 2005, 11:12:41 AM »

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 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 23, 2005, 01:24:01 PM »

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 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2006, 11:18:28 PM »

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 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2006, 11:26:42 PM »

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 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2006, 02:47:52 AM »

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

flyin_ · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:49:31 AM »

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 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:03:58 AM »

25, with a 30-year old 400F.

Orcinus · « **Reply #22 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:22:52 AM »

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 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:47:56 AM »

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

Rushoid · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2006, 10:59:24 AM »

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

Quote from: three sticks on June 22, 2005, 07:25:03 PM

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

cbjunkie · « **Reply #25 on:** July 14, 2006, 11:10:02 AM »

thought about naming my son the fourth - but changed my mind because of "ivy"...not that there's anything wrong with that of course - some may consider it quite a cool nickname, you for instance, but it just seemed too much like asking for the kid to have a nickname he didn't want...

maybe i'll change my mind if i ever HAVE a son

dusterdude · « **Reply #26 on:** July 14, 2006, 11:31:06 AM »

rushoid,please forgive me but i must do this.is your last name do-right?

Rushoid · « **Reply #27 on:** July 14, 2006, 01:20:06 PM »

No, not Do-right, but would you believe you're not the first to ask?

I'm not saying I like "Ivy" (they rarely call me that anymore really - usually it's "Bubba" or "Bubby" (don't know how that came about)) but when you're growing up, just about anything's better than Dudley. But, i'm an old man now and it really doesn't bother me anymore. Kinda proud of it, really. Not too many of us around (for obvious reasons). I figure if my dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa made it through, I guess I can too. Kinda like "A Boy Named Sue." I'm better for it.

FWIW, I'm NOT naming my son (fingers crossed) Dudley Pierce V !!!

Chris Schneiter · « **Reply #28 on:** July 14, 2006, 01:24:57 PM »

HELLLPPPP! I'm a 17 year old, trapped in a 51 year old body!!! Of course there's one thing that you young guys need to know...we older guys KNOW stuff, ya' know? Oh, Ladies???!!!

Orcinus · « **Reply #29 on:** July 14, 2006, 01:27:06 PM »

At least I'm not the only one that feels like that...

Pinhead · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2006, 02:54:13 PM »

I'm 22, riding a 27-year-old CB650. Wow, I didn't realize the bike was that old 'til this thread came up. I guess that would explain some of the problems I've had. Running good now, though!

IMHO you're not over the hill 'til you hit 55. Then it starts going down, and you're by no means done for!

My dad's 54 and my mom's 53, still raising an 8-year-old daughter (youngest of 9). I'm right in the middle.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2006, 02:58:30 PM »

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IMHO you're not over the hill 'til you hit 55.

Pinhead · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2006, 03:00:43 PM »

Quote from: Bob Wessner on July 14, 2006, 02:58:30 PM

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IMHO you're not over the hill 'til you hit 55.

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bryan · « **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2006, 03:14:43 PM »

I'm 26 riding a 28 y/o bike

I wanted a rice rocket at first, but could not afford the insurance

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techy5025 · « **Reply #34 on:** July 14, 2006, 06:58:32 PM »

One of the best pieces of advice my dad ever gave me was...."When you think you know how to ride
a bike is when it will kill you."

Jim

Orcinus · « **Reply #35 on:** July 14, 2006, 07:02:45 PM »

No pun intended, but those are words to live by...

BruceA cb550 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 14, 2006, 10:11:11 PM »

Well I'm 47 and hadnt riden a bike since early 70s. Always liked the Hondas and Kawasakis when I was younger. Found a mothballed 74 550 for $200 spent several months and a few hundred more and now its in pretty good running order. Plan to strip bike this winter to paint frame and other parts. Right now it runs good but aint too pretty. My wife enrolled me in a MSC for my birthday and it sure helped. Had real good instructors that taught things I never would have thought about. MSC should be a requirement for beginners and Im sure some experienced riders could benefit as well.
Met an older guy on a full dress Harley last week, he said he had a 550 when he was younger. He said it WAS a good bike---I told him it still is.
young or old, experienced or beginner I think we all share the joy of riding and the challenge of keeping these beautiful machines on the road.

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #37 on:** July 15, 2006, 02:12:37 AM »

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young or old, experienced or beginner I think we all share the joy of riding and the challenge of keeping these beautiful machines on the road.

Here, here.

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