Dave, I did not know you were 70, I thought you you were maybe early 60’s.

LANCER wrote on 01/30/25 at 19:21:31:


Thanks for the compiment Lancer.  I am still in my late 60's.....for 10 more months!  (Birthday is 12/23).  I will then have my 70th birthday.  At this point I am still healthy and don't have any aches and pains to deal with, and getting thinner hair and some wrinkles is my only affliction.

I am blessed with very good genes on the Schroeder side of my ancestors, and they tend to be healthy for a very long time.  My grandmother almost made it to 105, her dad lived to 98, her aunt to 102.  My grandmother lived along until she was 100 and was still not on any prescription drugs.  The Whitacre side of my family is not as tough and my dad and all his brothers passed away in their 70's.  I have already lost a couple of Whitacre cousins who are younger than me.

 

Oh , Here come the Japanese old motorcycle riders ?  

I may get the CB125 I always wanted ?  

Well maybe in a few more years ??  

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I'm already the oldest living male member on my dad's side in at least 5 generations ...but Mom's side does better.

Just get out and ride

Well , this has to do with Old and Ridding !  

There was a guy who referred to me one time as "New Bike Mike" ... he might have been in reference to the number of Mikes' who were on hand at the time but I'm guessing ???

Well , Something happened today that that might have changed my situation a little.  
I was enjoying my daily ride and was resetting the trip-set after filling the fuel tank and noticed ... My New Bike had crossed (was fixing to cross) 20,000 miles on this Ride !   It seems my NEW BIKE ain't NEW ANY MORE --- then I got to thinking its 2.5 years old too !    The only salvation I have is the one year old bike only has 10,000 miles on it.   I have to keep at least one LONG STROKE SINGLE   .

This current tank full has 140 something miles on it and is falling below 1/2 tank full already ...  

really making me want a royal enfield right now...

MMRanch wrote on Yesterday at 21:52:13:


I believe that "New Bike Mike" was assigned as most of us were riding what we already had.....or buying used bikes - while you had a string of new ones.  Moto Guzzi V7, Moto Guzzi V9, Royal Enfield Meteor - Royal Enfield Super Meteor.  It is great that you can find new bikes you like and we fully support you in that - but with it you acquired a new nick name.

I am not as obsessed with my mpg as you are - and maybe you would enjoy your riding more if you didn't focus on mpg so much.  Your bikes get good mpg - a lot of things out of your control can have a negative affect on the mpg (wind, traffic, temperature, humidity, length of trip, quality of fuel, elevation, topography, etc.).  And fuel can evaporate out of the tank over time while the bike is parked.

Riding is fun - regardless of the mpg.  When the tank is near empty it needs to be filled again - repeat as necessary!  

And your bikes may not be "Brand" new - but you did buy them new and they are not anywhere near being old.  My 2016 F800 has 30,000 miles, R1200RT 18,000 miles, 2007 Savage 16,000 miles, 1984 Honda CT110 2,700 miles, 1972 BMW R75/5 60,000 miles.

Last Saturday I was on an errand with my neighbor to pick up some tubes to put around his small trees so the deer don't destroy them.  We stopped at the Cincinnati BMW motorcycle dealership as it was on the way and it seemed like the proper thing to do.  They had a 2002 K1200RS with 90,000 miles on it, and an 2014 R1200RT with 108,000 miles - they both looked brand new ready for many more years of open road adventure!  They weren't new - but they certainly didn't look used up or old!


https://www.bmwmotorcyclesofgreatercincinnati.com/Motorcycles-BMW-K-1200-RS-2...

https://www.bmwmotorcyclesofgreatercincinnati.com/Motorcycles-BMW-R-1200-RT-2...

 I'll end it with this. If you can afford multiple new(er) bikes, you don't need to worry about mpg.  

Your right , I can afford mostly what I want , but ... There are things called Carbon Foot-Print , Global Warming , Doing the Right Thing even when No-one is Looking ... and many many more     I'm trying to do better in my last 33 years !    Mostly to make-up for how "BAD, Bad ,Bad" I was in my first 70 years !      (Somebody needs to try to be Good) .

I'm very far from being good but I'm working on being better !  

Besides , it's a Fun Game Playing  "How High Can the Fuel Millage Go ! "  


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I know a feller in our local CMA that his Harley gets the same mpg as my truck ... he's never even heard of the term Carbon Footprint  

He's a lot like the folks who use a 1 Ton truck for a Commuter Vehicle ???  

OK , I'm done !