New Senior Rider

[ninnipapa]

Better late than never! I took the BRC coarse at the local college in Sept. and learned on a GZ250 so thought it would be a good bike to start with. Found a 2003 at with 900 miles on it at a local shop. Have ridden about 200 miles since then but now it's cold and rainy here in Minnesota so might have to wait until spring to get out again. Any other 60+ ladies out there? Would love to hear from you.
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[Moedad]

Any other 60+ ladies out there? Would love to hear from you.

Wait, shouldn't you be ninnimama? Welcome!

[ninnipapa]

My grandkids call me Ninni and my husband Papa, hence the ninnipapa. We live on a small lake in Mn and the kids nicknamed it "Camp Ninnipapa"

[bonehead]

Love the blue color! and the name the grandkids gave your place. Hope you fing some one to go riding with. Welcome to the madness!!

[alantf]

We live on a small lake in Mn

With a bridge, I hope? :whistle: :cry: :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Welcome from the GWN. Why did you wait until you were a grandmother to start riding ?

[ninnipapa]

Guess I'm entering my "second childhood". Used to love horseback riding when I was a kid. Get that same "dog with his head out the window" feeling when riding on my motorcycle. Have recently had a "life is short" epiphany. Hope this doesn't shorten it further!

[Water Warrior 2]

[quote="ninnipapa"]Guess I'm entering my "second childhood". Used to love horseback riding when I was a kid. Get that same "dog with his head out the window" feeling when riding on my motorcycle. Have recently had a "life is short" epiphany. Hope this doesn't shorten it further![/quote

Want a long life ? Option #1. Just sit in a rocking chair and wait for the end. Option #2. Just go out there and smell the air and smile, sing to yourself and feel alive and feel a lot younger than yesterday. #2 works for me.

[burkbuilds]

Welcome and good looking bike! Sorry the weather up that way has shut you down for a while, maybe you will get a warm snap so you can ride some soon. If the bike is gonna sit for a while you would do well to take some "winterizing" precautions with the fuel system so it will not give you trouble when you are ready to go in a few months.

[alanmcorcoran]

I think a lot of us started later. (I waited 30 years after riding a moped to get my first "real" motocycle.)

Read up on how to store your bike for the winter. They don't like to sit unridden for long periods of time.

By the end of next summer you'll be posting about how you traded her in for a 1100cc V twin.

[greenhorn]

Welcome ninnipapa!!!!,

I'm in St. Cloud, MN & let me first congratulate you on finding this awesome forum of supportive new GZ riders.! I don't know what I would have done without the support, encouragement & advice from the friendly folks here.

To save you some trouble, if you are looking for some people to ride with, check out

http://www.womenonwheels.org/statehtml/minnesota.html

It is not exclusively for women, for example, my chapter has 4-6 guys.

Welcome!

Mary

[greenhorn]

Oh & I am 53. Years young :)

[New GZ250]

Welcome! I'm a member of the 60+ club too, just joined this June. Does PaPa have a bike? Also wondering if that Porta Potty is heated? (The one in your picture)
Too bad the weather is turning and you can't put more time on your new toy.
:)

[ninnipapa]

Thanks for the welcome, and Mary, thanks for the link. I will check it out. Yes, Papa has a bike too----he's been riding his Honda Shadow 600 back and forth to work (about 20 mi commute) for many years. I never really enjoyed riding as a passenger but it's a whole different feeling driving. Funny, someone mentioned I'd be thinking of a bigger bike by next year at this time. We've already talked about maybe two bigger bikes next fall and maybe a real road trip when Papa retires. By the way that porta potty is on our neighbors lake lot---Papa didn't check out the view when he took the shot.

[greenhorn]

Like the looks of your windshield. What brand/ type is it if you know.

Mary

Nice rain, huh? I'm hoping to get out and ride at least one more time before winterizing sheesh!!

[ninnipapa]

Don't know the brand of the windshield----I had the dealer put one on and he said this was the only one they had in stock that fit this bike. At first I wasn't sure I liked the black tint at the bottom but it doesn't interfere with visibility at all and it looks great. Rain again here today---hoping for some "indian summer" weather to ride again before putting away for the winter.