(dsn_klr650] nklr: career history

[critphot]

I'm 63, and don't look a day over 75. DC darkthought@... wrote:

> > 39 here... > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Pat Schafer" wrote: > > I keep beating myself up out riding. I'm just 50, and tend to > overdo it still on the backroads and trails. I'm wondering if i'm > severly out of shape or the rest of you guys are youngsters! How > old are the group members? Let's here it. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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[Dennis R. Eastman]

After reading most of the reponses I'm not sure I'm qualified to own my KLR650. I am only 31. ~Dennis~ A15 deast@... Concord, NC

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Pat Schafer" wrote: > I keep beating myself up out riding. I'm just 50, and tend to overdo it still on the backroads and trails. I'm wondering if i'm severly out of shape or the rest of you guys are youngsters! How old are the group members? Let's here it. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[wingrj@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/30/01 9:55:15 AM, scha@... writes:

>I keep beating myself up out riding. I'm just 50, and tend to overdo it >still on the backroads and trails. I'm wondering if i'm severly out of >shape or the rest of you guys are youngsters! How old are the group

members?

> Let's here it.

I have been riding since I was 16, am currentyl 51 and on my 2nd KLR650. 1rst one had 65K miles when I lost it. This one (95) has 33K miles, about half over. Do you ride strictly dirt as well, or is the KLR the only ride? I have a Husky 430XC when I want to get serious. See ya

[Peter Berghs]

38 going on 12 Peter B Calgary Marcel Blais wrote:

> > I'm 63 and usually stick to the back roads and dirt roads. I can still do > the ten hour days, but I find myself stopping and fooling around more. > Beach sand along the Columbia is good but trails and technical riding just > offer too many bone snapping opportunities anymore.

[Brad Davis]

I'm 44.5 years old but feel like I'm 30. If I didn't have kids and a mortgage I'd say I feel, oh, about.... 21 or so I guess. This may sound silly but buying the KLR changed my outlook on life. Now I ride, dream about future trips, ride.. you get the picture. I like the KLR because it is easy to work on, gets great gas mileage and is durable enough to go trans-continental. In the fall I am planning on riding the Blue Ridge Parkway and down the outer Banks of North Carolina. The first real motorcycle I rode was a friends Yammy 350 Enduro back when I was in high school. Oh yeah, my wife even says I am happier, go figure! Of course this list is a big part of the KLR and so you guys get some credit for my attitude realignment. Thanks everyone. Ramble Mode Off, Brad in North Carolina __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

[Kris Christie]

I'm 30 yrs old and feel about 50. -----Original Message----- From: critphot [mailto:critphot@...] Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 9:43 PM To: darkthought@... Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Average KLR's riders age I'm 63, and don't look a day over 75. DC darkthought@... wrote:

> > 39 here... > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Pat Schafer" wrote: > > I keep beating myself up out riding. I'm just 50, and tend to > overdo it still on the backroads and trails. I'm wondering if i'm > severly out of shape or the rest of you guys are youngsters! How > old are the group members? Let's here it. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: http://www.dualsportnews.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Eric Knight Holbrook]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Pat Schafer" wrote:

> I keep beating myself up out riding. I'm just 50, and tend to

overdo it still on the backroads and trails. I'm wondering if i'm severly out of shape or the rest of you guys are youngsters! How old are the group members? Let's here it. 32...33 on the 5th. Averaging 10,500 miles a year on a bike since '87 ('01 KLR in Jan of this year was my first bike since '96).

[John J Fisher]

46 here. Seeing I am not too out of range looking at all the others who reported age. Wonder what the "young people" are riding these days. My other rides are Guzzis and figured I was joining a younger crowd with the KLR. I rode in my 20's. 72 Honda 350, 78 Yamaha 750 (shaft), 78 R60/7 and 79 Suzuki 450. (about 3 years) Sold them and took off the next 20 years having kids. The kids grew up and I went thru my second childhood with 78 R80/7 (sold), 98 Guzzi EV, 96 Speed Triple( sold), 00 A-14, 01 Guzzi Rosso Sport. Seems like that is typical for a lot of riders I have come into contact. They stop riding to rear kids, then return to riding. If I had to do it over again, I would have continued to ride.

[Marc Illsley Clarke]

47. -- Marc, KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado, USA "Pat Schafer" wrote: __________

>I keep beating myself up out riding. I'm just 50, and tend to overdo it still on the backroads and trails. I'm wondering if i'm severly out of shape or the rest of you guys are youngsters! How old are the group members? Let's here it. >

-- Marc Marc Illsley Clarke mailto:marcclarke@...

[debbie@carrabassett.net]

34 years on the clock but on Mondays I feel like I am 60, my wife keeps telling me I act like I am 15 John Dover NH 400 miles and counting for 10k on the A15!