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Howdy, Y'all.
I am 65, an Aggie, an engineer and back on two wheels after being off for 45 years. My son enticed me to start riding again; he said if I took the motorcycle safety course with him and passed, he would buy me the "bike of my dreams"... Well, I passed with flying colors, and began immediately looking for a bike. I hadn't paid any attention to bikes in decades and had no idea what was out there. But, based on my experiences with a Honda 305 Scrambler in the early seventies, I knew pretty much what I wanted; enough power to cruise, enough cylinders to be smooth, not too tall in the crotch and not too heavy. I settled on a CB500X.
That was three months ago. I now have ridden 400 miles of "twisties" in NW Arkansas, a few hundred miles in East Texas and one 1400 mile high speed trip from Austin to Santa Fe, NM and back (doing over 500 miles the last day!). I guess I'm on a crash course (not literally, I hope!). My son wants me to get 7K miles under my but by summer so I can be in condition to ride up to Prudhoe and back. He's ambitious!
Anyway, I am here and looking for local riding buddies as well as fun rides to see more of Tejas! Especially the hill country and points south and west...
I am 65, an Aggie, an engineer and back on two wheels after being off for 45 years. My son enticed me to start riding again; he said if I took the motorcycle safety course with him and passed, he would buy me the "bike of my dreams"... Well, I passed with flying colors, and began immediately looking for a bike. I hadn't paid any attention to bikes in decades and had no idea what was out there. But, based on my experiences with a Honda 305 Scrambler in the early seventies, I knew pretty much what I wanted; enough power to cruise, enough cylinders to be smooth, not too tall in the crotch and not too heavy. I settled on a CB500X.
That was three months ago. I now have ridden 400 miles of "twisties" in NW Arkansas, a few hundred miles in East Texas and one 1400 mile high speed trip from Austin to Santa Fe, NM and back (doing over 500 miles the last day!). I guess I'm on a crash course (not literally, I hope!). My son wants me to get 7K miles under my but by summer so I can be in condition to ride up to Prudhoe and back. He's ambitious!
Anyway, I am here and looking for local riding buddies as well as fun rides to see more of Tejas! Especially the hill country and points south and west...
& enjoy! Glad you're enjoying retirement, it seems to be fun so far, but as Dad always said 'Golden years, ba-humbug'
