Maybe its time to slow down just a little
Jun 4, 2005 | 11:26 AM
#11
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From: HillBillyVilla, WA.
Maybe its time to slow down just a little
I'm 49 (soon to be 50) and i have slowed up a bit AND i do choose my battles carefully........BUT for the most part i still go out and TEAR it up the best i can. I do feel like i've been run over by a truck for a week. When it comes to gettin back on the quad to do it all OVER again "THERES NO STOPPIN ME"........[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
I hope to ride as long as my body will let me.....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] In my mind that will be forever......[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
I hope to ride as long as my body will let me.....[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] In my mind that will be forever......[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
Jun 4, 2005 | 07:29 PM
#12
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Do you have a balloon?
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Maybe its time to slow down just a little
Originally posted by: Red400EXRod
I'm 47 and I know what you mean about the whoops drag racing in Oregon. South Jetty can be a killer. I just don't let the wife know how sore I get. Sometimes I think I need to take it easier but then I think "what the hell, go for it!"
I ride with a lot of youger guys (up to 25 years younger) and it's hard for me not to try to keep up with them.
A high speed (5th gear most the way) 6 mile powerline road ripper a couple weeks ago got me completely worn out but I kept up (within 50 - 100 yards) of the young guys. There were times during that ride that I was wondering what the hell I was doing, trying to get myself killed? LOL
I'm 47 and I know what you mean about the whoops drag racing in Oregon. South Jetty can be a killer. I just don't let the wife know how sore I get. Sometimes I think I need to take it easier but then I think "what the hell, go for it!"
I ride with a lot of youger guys (up to 25 years younger) and it's hard for me not to try to keep up with them.
A high speed (5th gear most the way) 6 mile powerline road ripper a couple weeks ago got me completely worn out but I kept up (within 50 - 100 yards) of the young guys. There were times during that ride that I was wondering what the hell I was doing, trying to get myself killed? LOL
Jun 4, 2005 | 11:43 PM
#13
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From: Snohomish, Washington
Maybe its time to slow down just a little
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Originally posted by: TractorPacker
22 or 25, not much difference when you're that age! And I'm not a grandpa yet! You young punk![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
I guess your 5th grade math lessons took!
Originally posted by: TractorPacker
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You are stretching it a little. Those young kids are 25 to 28, not 22, Grandpa.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
You are stretching it a little. Those young kids are 25 to 28, not 22, Grandpa.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
I guess your 5th grade math lessons took!
Jun 5, 2005 | 01:33 PM
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Maybe its time to slow down just a little
Hey all, I new to the Forum and it's nice to see some riders of the same vintage[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I'm 46 and just got a new 05 Raptor. New to the Raptor but not new to Quads. I haven't made it to the Dunes with it yet but been doing alot of riding around Walker Valley and the power lines. (I ride right off my place to it) I definitley can't hold it one like I used to when I was young but the younger guys I ride with ocasionally say I get around pretty good for an old guy[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Tractorpacker, I see your from North of Everett,I'm on Lake Cavanaugh road about 13 miles east of Mt. Vernon. Sure would like to meet and ride with some ATVers in my area .
Tractorpacker, I see your from North of Everett,I'm on Lake Cavanaugh road about 13 miles east of Mt. Vernon. Sure would like to meet and ride with some ATVers in my area .
Jun 5, 2005 | 08:31 PM
#17
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Maybe its time to slow down just a little
Go Baby! Let's hear it for all of us who graduated high school before 1980 and still go rip it up! Never say die, you're only as old as you think (and what the ibuprofin etc etc etc bourbon will dull) ! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img]
Jun 5, 2005 | 09:03 PM
#18
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From: Snohomish, Washington
Maybe its time to slow down just a little
Originally posted by: RaptorRandy27
Hey all, I new to the Forum and it's nice to see some riders of the same vintage[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I'm 46 and just got a new 05 Raptor. New to the Raptor but not new to Quads. I haven't made it to the Dunes with it yet but been doing alot of riding around Walker Valley and the power lines. (I ride right off my place to it) I definitley can't hold it one like I used to when I was young but the younger guys I ride with ocasionally say I get around pretty good for an old guy[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Tractorpacker, I see your from North of Everett,I'm on Lake Cavanaugh road about 13 miles east of Mt. Vernon. Sure would like to meet and ride with some ATVers in my area .
Hey all, I new to the Forum and it's nice to see some riders of the same vintage[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I'm 46 and just got a new 05 Raptor. New to the Raptor but not new to Quads. I haven't made it to the Dunes with it yet but been doing alot of riding around Walker Valley and the power lines. (I ride right off my place to it) I definitley can't hold it one like I used to when I was young but the younger guys I ride with ocasionally say I get around pretty good for an old guy[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Tractorpacker, I see your from North of Everett,I'm on Lake Cavanaugh road about 13 miles east of Mt. Vernon. Sure would like to meet and ride with some ATVers in my area .
Tractorpacker, $kllz, Dazeys myself and two others just rode Walker this morning. Check out the Puget Sound/Seattle are riders thread. Lots of us from this area ride! We're not all younguns either, I'm 47 and I am feeling the 4 1/2 hours of riding at Walker this morning.
Jun 9, 2005 | 08:04 PM
#19
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Maybe its time to slow down just a little
Long ago I realized the real value of quality shocks, a comfortable seat, good ergos, and excellent handling characteristics....all combined with good power to keep me out of trouble, or to get me out of trouble. I even appreciate reverse occasionally.
I ride with all younger guys but have no real probelm keeping up....skill and experience on a quad is a great equalizer. I just can't go as many hours per day any more!
Hang in there...it's all fun!
