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At what age did you learn to ride?
Younger than 20
19 (65.5%)
20's
6 (20.6%)
30's
3 (10.3%)
40's
0 (0%)
50's
0 (0%)
60's
1 (3.4%)
70+
0 (0%)
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07/08/17 at 11:02:26
Contemplating Oldfellers thread on the decline of new riders, I began to wonder how many actually learn prior to 30. I was 38 when I took the test and got my endorsement.
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07/08/17 at 11:12:04
11 years old, I had a little 2 stroke Yamaha with a 4 speed...
Dad was in Nam. I had to figure out what a clutch did on my own...
...didn't realise there were 3 more gears for couple of hours...
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07/08/17 at 12:23:36
Had my first mini bike at 11, first motorcycle at 14, so I guess I been riding almost steady for 46 years.
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52 years for me.
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07/08/17 at 16:23:29
Only 49 years ago , unless ya count all those bycle years chanting "I have a motor on this thing , someday"
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07/08/17 at 16:40:40
27... My (new) RT man from my 2nd tour had a BSA and taught me. I bought a new '69 CB 450 a couple weeks later....
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07/08/17 at 17:15:56
54 years ago for me at age 14. Ohio didn't have an M/C license requirement beyond a standard Driver's licence until about 4 years later when I was able to get one w/o having to take a test!
A Sears MoPed was my first, then a Honda 50.
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07/08/17 at 17:17:06
65 years old.
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07/08/17 at 18:16:26
They said they used one of my diapers for an air filter in one of the barstow to vegas runs... does that count?
So swinging on the grab bar on side hack occurred at an early age.
Then on to where I was the motor for a good 20 years or so.
College was too far to ride so I got a moped and rode that for a couple of years.
And then a long drought to my 1st savage.
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07/08/17 at 19:41:06
10 years old on a brand new 1973 TS-50 with a proper clutch and 5 speed transmission.
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07/08/17 at 20:46:40
Well, Gary, ya know, right up till Riiight then I've liked you.
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07/08/17 at 21:20:55
14 years old riding 2 stroke, 80cc dirt bikes for about a year. Then no riding until age 46 (less than a year ago). Got my licence and a Ninja 250R for about 3 months. Then switched to the S40.
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07/09/17 at 03:09:01
learned the basics as a kid, but my parents forbid motorbikes so I had to wait until I moved out (17 or 18yo, I forget) before I could own a motorbike. had bikes ever since but I've had some long breaks from riding. always kept the bikes though.
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07/09/17 at 04:23:34
I learned to ride when I was in 7th grade on my dads Yamaha 125 twin and Honda 305 scrambler.....probably about 1969. My first motorcycle of my own as a 1972 Kawasaki 125 enduro - that was followed by by several bikes that I raced motocross and hare scrambles with - then on to college and I gave up motorcycles for 35 years (in hindsight that was a big mistake).
So for this thread I posted under 20 - I believe I was 14.
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07/09/17 at 05:42:59
49 before my bum hit leather. I had a mate who was a long time member of a club. one day he came in to work and said that the club was about to celebrate their 10th anniversary and were trying to decide what to get to commemorate the event. As a knife maker I offered to make an anniversary knife. I made a 12 inch bowie, inlaid their logo in the handle and engraved the blade. After presenting the knife and attending a few meetings I was made a member. Wish I had learned earlier.
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