Yeah.. I got you, and I have the same thougts!
Im 64+, juste riding for fun.. fore the sake of remembrans of my youth biking. I got this Savage to be standing in my garage to put out on a trip when i like to.. sparetime/good weather.
In any case, I bought my a clock, to put on the handlebar.. about 15 dollars, from a cheap storage, it looks great?

Zepp wrote on 04/25/20 at 03:54:01:



Hi Zepp,  I've been lucky this year. We had a mild winter and early spring here in Pennsylvania this year so I have been able to get out about five times so far this month. It sure is great to get out on that first ride each season. Usually I have to wait till mid May before it's nice enough to ride.

I'm turning 65 later this year too. I've had my S40 for 8 yrs. now. It's a red '06 model. Had my first bike, also a Suzuki, in 1972. It was a red 67 T-20 X-6 Scrambler 250 twin. It was $300 dollars.   lol! My how things have changed.  I guess I've been riding for 48 years off and on. And still in one piece!  Amazing...

Anyway, Hope you have a safe riding season.  Happy Trails!

Zepp wrote on 04/25/20 at 03:54:01:


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I have ridden off and on all winter and so far in the spring seeing as how I live in the Southeast, namely North Carolina

I have bought 39 bikes since 2008 and have sold 36 of them (all at a loss so I have a perfect record.) The average us another bike not quite every four monthgs...I do it because I can.

The 650 Thumper is among the top 4 bikes that I have liked the most.  That was a pleasant surprise.  

Ten miles is my usual ride distance...Too old to do much more than that.

I finally got my bike out of storage over the weekend.*  I needed a spring for a patio chair so I rode down to Ace hardware about 5 miles from my house, got what I needed and headed home.  But, something went wrong on my way home and I somehow put another 30 miles on my bike one the way home.  It's all very confusing but I sort of remember sunshine, 70 degree weather and a National Park happening during that time.  

*Storage for me means the bike sits in the same place as I parked it the last time I rode it 4 or 5 months ago.

First Spring ride today for an hour, rode past a large river-side park, jammed with cars and people. Social distancing? try 6 inches!
Cheers!  
ps:  first ride after cataract surgery, no glasses in my helmet after 20 years! Woohoo!  Cheers!  

My spring ride has been getting my old Honda xr200r up & running to sell it. Been out riding farmland along the canals , mostly flat and straight every ride speeds have picked up to WOT on the straights then slide it into a hard left or right. Right back to riding the edge in 6 rides. Got bored and decided to chase some jackrabbits behind a warehouse. On my way out I realized I've been riding on a front flat coming out of that heavy gravel next to the R/r tracks. Too late already WOT in 6th gear and I look ahead to see a county sheriff coming straight at me and kinda trapped between tracks and a canal ,snapped the throttle off, slump my shoulders to let him know I'm gonna stop, he pulled up along side looked at the bike, smiled and said good morning and kept going. Wow was that weird maybe it was my longas$ gray hair or something else made him let me slide. In the old days I would have run from him just for fun , just to get my heart beating.
Nowadays if they catch you it's some jail time so it's way more effective if you pull over then bullshit your way out of a ticket. But I was sure I could have got by him no problem and left him in the dust, old habits die hard !
No jail no ticket yes it was worth stopping.