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disleydog:
Hi y,all
great to read rubbish about how good everything was back then and how crap it all is now-well its true isnt it?
You might like to read MY rubbish on my blog-peterbetabiker.wordpress.com.If you,re about 58 years old and are still refusing to grow old gracefully_you might find a kindred spirit !I left the UK permanently 5 years  ago to live in France;My biking freedom has never been better!(although my stamina and skill levels could do with a jumpstart)
ą Bientot
Peter

Grizzly:
Hi Peter

Welcome to the forum.

Wife and I had a bike holiday in the Provence area last year. First time we have been there.

Warm sunshine, fantastic scenery, great food and empty roads with motorists that are motorcycle friendly.

I like the tradition of sticking your leg out to say thankyou. Must go back and soon.

Hoofhearted:
At 62 years of age I still enjoy riding.  I don't ride too much on the street here (SoCal).  Too much traffic to be enjoyable.  But I still take my Norton to El Mirage dry lake and Bonneville.  Although the way gas prices are going I doubt I'll be there this year!  The body ain't what it used to be but I still turn into a giddy schoolboy when I see a cammy Norton or Velo.

ribbit:
Actually I'm not gone.  Something happened with my computer and I couldn't get back here as HH.  So I'm under a new NDP.

twolitre:
What is all this about age?  None of you are yet qualified by age!  I am in my "late sixties", but only for a couple of months more, and I have covered almost 3000 miles touring this year.
  However. The Chesterfield Classic Motorcycle Club, of which I am a member has several members who are well into their seventies.  They seem to disappear from the scene several times a year.  Queries about their health are usually answered with something like  "Oh, he's gone camping in Germany (or elsewhere abroad) on his Ariel".  There are other classic bikes used by him and the others.
  Maybe that means I am not yet qualified to join the age debate.  I am not in the same league for age and I cheat, because although I use my 1959 Speed Twin frequently for long and short club runs I tour on my late model Kawasaki W650.

Jim.

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