Average age of GG riders!!

How old are you?

  • Under 30

    Votes: 110 16.5%

  • 30-40

    Votes: 173 25.9%

  • 40-50

    Votes: 212 31.8%

  • 50-60

    Votes: 141 21.1%

  • 60+

    Votes: 31 4.6%
  • Total voters
    667
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Bailey28

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Guys/Gals... here is a poll based on the eyesight post in the General forum:

How old are you? I'll start, I am 37.

I think the GG's are like a fine wine. When you're young you drink crappy cheap beer (jap 80/125cc)

A bit older and you think you can handle more (Jap 450/euro 525cc)

Then you get smart and you drink something that won't give you a headache in the morning. (no jap equivalent) (GG 200/250/300)
 
I wanted to vote twice but couldn't. I got my crusty old butt in the survey but not my 17 year old's.
 
I guess that's one way to look at it. Been riding for over 40 yrs. I'm 52.
My first bike was a green SL 125. Opps I guess it wasn't a XL....
I would say my GG300 is like a nice glass of Glenlivet.:D
 
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38 years riding. I'll be 52 this month. My first bike was a brand new Honda SL70, for $425 out the door. It was too small for me when I got it and I rode it for 3 years!
 
41 years old. been riding forever, but i'm relatively new to offroad - only been riding offroad full time for 3 years (yeah, i had dirt bikes before that, but only randomly rode them, and had zero technique. i also lived in an urban area with zero offroad areas), and been racing for 2......better late than never! still trying to rid myself of bad habits i learned on the street...
 
52 sounds like the number, three of us so far.

I don't drink wine, prefer good beer. Not Bud either, I ride through the water that is used to make a lot of that swill.:eek:
 
Just turned 50. Caught the motorcycle bug at 10; the neighbor had a z50 which didn't run. They said that if i could get it to run, i can ride it. (long before law schools opened enrollment to anyone.) Try that now.

That led to a used 1971 SL100, which led to an obsession which hasn't yet abated.

I bicycle commute about 3000 miles per year, run at least 30 miles per week, and feel really good. Bones still heal pretty well. The brain seems fine. No medication. My only really problem is going from great vision (20/10) to not being able to see well up close. I guess I have to deal with it. Other than that, all seems good.

I drink maybe 2 beers (no swill) per month, and smoke 2 cigars per year. That's it for vices.
 
48... started riding kinda late.. late 20's.. broke my neck (c1-c2) at 33, sold everything... finally the kid got to be about 13 and talked mama into riding again.. sure dont push it like we used to...

first bike was an 81 xt250 yamaha...

coors light for me...
 
Ok I am 52 on my 2nd GasGas been rideing for over 40 years and have tried a lot of different bikes but like the GasGas best. The one bike I still love though was my 1974 Husky WR250 Man did I have fun on that bike when I was wild and 18.
 
54 here, started at 13 on a street bike delivering papers, can you say seat time? I didn't discover dirt until about 17. Rum for me please
 
According to my paperwork I'm 42,, tho I usually claim 30 still so should I vote twice? I go by the motto,, "if you never grow up you'll never grow old".. and so far so good.. sorta.. I'm a beer drinker,, and hit the hard stuff on occasion.. no smoking tho.. not in 22 years at least.. been riding since I was like 9 or 10,, had a 72 honda ct70 as my first "real" bike.. then a xr100,, 83KDX200/240kitted, various bikes since.. too many to list.
 
I am 39 although going by my wifes age I am 29.
I have been riding bikes for about 7 - 8 years.
Had the gasser for the last 3 I reckon.
Cheers Mark:D
 
53 here and riding on/off since teen years. Don't ride enough (3 times last year including getting the shit kicked out of me at the Maine National enduro) and spend more time on the mtn. bike. Maybe this year more dirtbike riding;) 165 lbs, body and plumbing work great (read no Viagra needed here:D) but like many others the close up vision needs cheater glasses. I'll take it considering what some otheres my age already deal with.
 
I'm 52. Got my first bike when I was 14 (Honda SL125) and haven't been without a bike of some sort ever since, usually several. I'm enjoying riding now maybe more than I ever did - over the last 5 years or so there has been a huge increase in organised fund raiser trails rides. These are often on private land and have provided sooo many more riding opportunities.
 
46 here still enjoy cold beer and bikes started riding at 5 qa50 the best days is a good ride with the grandson 6yrs. old and watching him race i just picked him up ty80 for a trail bike and my first gasser and a set of glasses to.
 
i started riding at 15 years old on an old honda street bike i put jc whitney knobbies on. i'm 53 years old now. i've owned yamaha yz250, yz485, tt500; honda xr600, cr500; husaberg fx600e, fe650e; gasgas ec300, txt280. good beers and good booze.
 
49 right now but July it'll be 50, eyes are bad up close still good on distance, late starter was 20 when got the first bike the gasser is my 4th bike (1st gasgas) wish I had it when I was younger.
 
Good post!

Well the age meter is about to roll over to 42.
But your only old as you think you are. I keep trying to think I'm 25. It's not working! :(

Started riding on my 10th birthday got a Yamaha TY80 trials bike to learn on then came the mx minis. Raced motocross and trail rode up until I was about 17 and then girls, party's and getting out on my own got in the way of dirt bikes.

I got back into dirt bikes when I was 31 and have rode mostly offroad since. Not much mx, just what are added to the Hare scrambles courses and a MX practice day here and there.

Roscoe
 
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