Good Morning / Day all;

Twenty years ago when I was ~ 30 it seemed perfectly fine to be riding around Greece on a Yamaha TZR-250 3MA, but this year will see me turning 52.

I'd love to put a NSR in the garage, but is there a practical 'age limit' beyond which one finds themselves looking like a prat, dork, etc (choose the appropriate term for your country of residence) if riding around on a 250 smoker? I know, what others think shouldn't matter, but I wonder if the enjoyment factor will go down because I'm not the young 'un I once was...

Love this forum/group of enthusiasts.

All the best,
Dave

I stopped riding for almost 20 years for personal reasons. At age 48 I decided it was time to ride again. I considered either a new MV Agusta or an NSR 250 MC28. I opted for the lightweight NSR and have not regretted the decision.

My issue now is.....i find myself wanting both, but the wife said, why don't you play with this toy for a while before buying another. I tend to agree with her cause i need a new car soon too. I also have the BMW, but that's more for show due to its lineage.

I can guarantee you're not the oldest actively riding member on this forum... not even the second oldest! Neither am I though, but sometimes I feel like it!

I'm the wrong side of 40 (physically, but not mentally!), and I think the majority of serious owners here are too now.
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Last edited by Andy on Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

in 1986 at age 24 I saw an NS400R in a Honda showroom (Rothmans) and fell in love. Long live Freddie Spencer! Practicality always seemed to get in the way and after a series of four-strokes, street and track, I have found my way. MC21 street. MC18 track. I have a cbr954 that hardly gets used. and a cr250 that gets used almost every weekend. one of the best smells ever is motul2T. And at my age, no one cares what I'm riding except me.
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My point of view is that it doesn`t matter what age you are or what bike you ride.
The wonderful thing about biking people is that they have such a wide range of interest in different models/manufacturers.
Doesn`t make me think anything adverse if I happen to come across a pensioner on a sports bike and if that bike happens to be a stroker then so much the better.

mydogtaz wrote:
...I happen to come across a pensioner on a sports bike and if that bike happens to be a stroker then so much the better.

Just waiting for NSR-WORLD's OAPs to chime in and set your mind at ease!

I reckon I'll still have my NSRs at pensionable age, despite numerous threats to sell up over the last few years.
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Well i suppose you was meaning me Andy, i dont know if there are any more pensioners on the forum, some i know havn't got long to go. But what i will say is if you are getting on in years and you start thinking, should i stop riding, then its time to stop, at my age, ( dare i say it ) approaching 67, i dont even think it, although i have stopped riding on the road, for the time being, i still enjoy the thrill of riding my RS250 and particularly my NSR250 at various trackdays and classic events throughout the year. and see no reason not to, so all you NSR owners out there, young and old get yourself along to the NSR world trackday in July, you dont know what your missing. On another note, i had a bad accident on the road about 5 years ago, and all i heard was, ' your not getting back on that bike at your age', if that accident had been in a car, would those people have said, your not getting back in that car at your age are you?
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The older you get, the less you have to care about what others think.
Its "the arrogance of age" so ride whatever you like.
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I think I'll have them till I croak it.
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Lesviffer750 wrote:
Well i suppose you was meaning me Andy...

As if, Les!

If it's of any consolation, I would never put you at 67, if I didn't know otherwise!
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I agree. Who cares what people think. Not only that but I'm suprised how comfortable my MC28 is. I've done plenty of 500km plus days and come off the bike fairly fresh. Luggage carrying is not ideal though admittedly.

I am still under 40...maybe one of the youngest. .

I intend to still have at least one of my NSR's by the time I retire!

Les I am always well happy sniffin your 2 stroke fumes whether its on the road or on the track, I am not a candidate for BSB nor do I class myself as a fast road rider, but what I do know is if I can keep you in sight on the Indy at Brands over 10 laps that's good enough for me,
The good thing about you keeping riding is that MAYBE when your eyesight totally fails you and your dementia really takes over you may just may get overtaken by me, I don't know if I will still be riding then, I,m catching you up on you with years but not on the track, I might live long enough who knows,that day is way off for now,
This is proof age is just a number,and NSR,s are just a bike, just put the oldest swinger in town on one and he can still mix it up with riders half his age, cant see you getting a white suit and some bowles just yet, but let me know when you do and I will have that swift NSR off you,
PS careful up that up that ladder ,
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watfordhorn wrote:
...I intend to still have at least one of my NSR's by the time I retire!

Will you have cleaned it by then?!
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