hi y'all

[theneanderthal]

hi y'all,

Just a note to introduce myself.


I'm a 51yo rider with a recently purchased 05 GZ250. I bought the gz on a steal from a sumdumguy who bought it for his wife. She road all of eight miles, crashed mildly, (chin plant on the tank and minor scratch on the front fender)and then let it sit for two years. New tires and battery and it now has 4k recreational miles.

Fun little scoot at my 150lb weight. It replaces a 99 Ninja500 that I bought in 02. I've passed it on to my son. He's 25yo and has been riding since he was an 8yo. I just couldn't live with the riding position anymore, back issues ya know.

I've previously owned a CB125, a 250Elsinore, a 650Leguna Seca, a CB500/4 and a CB750. All were 70's vintage. Also an 86 Yamaha XT350 enduro, and the 99Ninja.

I still own a 67 Trimuph Bonneville 650 custom chopper with an Indian springer front fork at about 45 degree rake. The chopper is unsafe at any speed, no front brake. Looks great parked though. I take it out and about occasionally.


I've crashed on the street twice.

I'm at a redlight, next to my then girlfriend, now bride of 32yrs. We're both in parallel left turning lanes waiting on the light to roll.

The green shows, and I tach-up and dump the clutch on my CB750. Well, I get about twenty feet, hit a patch of beach sand, and low side. The scoot keeps going while I bounce a few times. The gf parks her 72GTO on top of the prone bike.

Boy howdy, she was impressed with my machismo. She was really impressed by the condition of her goat's front grill, valance, radiator and oil pan.

I was impressed with the ER doc, the suspension pins in my right hand, the horseshoe-shaped apparatus applying tension to my broken hand bones, and above all, the sad state of my bike.

Sigh, to be 19yo again and have all that fun to repeat?

P.S. Bride insisted I get off two wheels when the firstborn appeared and relented when the last born reached adulthood.


Right after Hurricane Ivan came though my hood I rolled over an upside down roofing shingle in a right turn. Those things will really slide the front wheel out from under you. (grin) Nothing hurt but my pride and the Ninja faring got a bit scratched. ATGATT is a montra I carried from the dirt to the street. Don't leave home without it!(all the gear all the time)


It sure has been fun breaking in the baby bike these last few months.

Besides, I can satisfy my "need for speed" with my other baby, a 92 Toyota Mr2 turbo. Or there's always the real horsepower in the form of my 16.5 hand quarter horse stud, named Ricochet, because he does. Dang horse doesn't alway go where I point him. He doesn't know he's been obsolete since the motorcycle was invented.


I would like to point members to msgroup.org for safety tips and info. That
would be the Motorcycle Strategy site owned by James Davis and a truly useful treasure trove of survival skills and strategies for riders.

[theneanderthal]

oops, that would be 53yo rider. As you get older the memory and math skills fade.

[Sarris]

Welcome from a fat, bald and happy 51 YO guy in New Port Richey, Florida. Put yourself on the Locator Map!!

:biggrin:

[alanmcorcoran]

You forgot how old you are? I think you're gonna fit in good around here.

I guess I'm the baby of the forum - at 50...

Don't fall off anymore... you'll forget how to log in.

[mr. softie]

Hi theneanderthal, good to hear you are enjoying your GZ.

Some things I have learned on this forum...

If you need help - ASK FOR IT! :??:

If you have a cool ride you went on - SHARE IT! :banana:

If you have a joke or funny story - TELL IT! :neener:

If you have anything bad to say to or about anyone on this forum - STUFF IT! :twisted:

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!

[Magnar Infectus]

Welcome to the Forum from a fellow Floridian.There's a crap load of us on here now.

Originally Posted by alanmcorcoran

I guess I'm the baby of the forum - at 50...

I beg to differ. I'm 32.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Magnar Infectus

I beg to differ. I'm 32.

Ya but I'm still willing to believe that Alan is a baby! :crackup

[theneanderthal]

thanx for the welcome guys.

Well the weather is forecast to be great for the weekend, plus the Cloumbus day holiday
so I'm looking forward to some ride time. Low 80s daytime and low 60s at night, too cool.

Lets ride!

[Magnar Infectus]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

Ya but I'm still willing to believe that Alan is a baby! :crackup

As long as he doesn't want to be my baby, I'm good with that.




I won't be riding most of the weekend. I just bought a new house and I'm painting, cleaning, moving, mowing, etc. Good weather means I can load up furniture and boxes in my truck with out fear of water damage.

[alanmcorcoran]

You guys are just jealous I've been able to maintain my girlish figure...