[Steve H]

Since 1973...got my bike licence years before my car one cause I were poor.

 

[superslomo]

Owned my first street bike at 15. (Mom got tired of picking me up from work at midnight.) A Honda 300 in 1969. Hmmm... 64 now minus 15...ah, screw it. Math ain't my thing. Been riding a while now.

 

[Gage]

If I could do that I would NOT be on the forums. I would have the big house in Beverly Hills...

Nice joke

 

[NCost]

First bike when I was 7 in '79. Rode my first road bike at 12...couldn't touch the ground and my uncle rode passenger and would put his feet down at all the stops for me. Only been 2 periods since that I haven't had a bike, each was 2 years in length. Guess I'm an old timer at 46 years old and 39yrs riding.

 

[Sarg33]

I'm right their with you NCost. Started on a mini-bike at age 7. The ones with go cart tires, pull start lawn mower engine and no suspension at all. I am 45 now and have either had a dirt bike or road bike since with minimal gaps of time with out. I honestly feel more comfortable / at home on a bike than in a car.

 

[BattleBornBike]

Had a KLR250 for over two years. Ran for less than half that. It had a rough life being a mil-surp bike. Looking to keep this one in better shape so I don't have those issues down the line.

 

[hemantpd1]

I first rode an 80 cc moped when I was 12. Have been on many street motorcycles for the last 20 years...

 

[Hornetmike]

BSA Bantam field bike at 14
Fantic GT at 16
Rickman Zundapp 125 at 17
RD200 at 18
over the next half a dozen years Harley/Aermacchi 250, CB500T, XS650SE, Suzi X250 Kwak 250 motocrosser, Suzi GT750 CB750F Kawasaki Z750, Company car for a couple of years.
At 28 VF750C, then TDM850, TRX850, XJR1100, TDM850 again, VFR750, Firestorm. Wrote off Firestorm the same year my second child was born, so gave up the bikes for a bit.
15 years later Aprilia Shiver, Tracer, XSR900 (plus Honda Deauville so I don't have to clean the XSR in the winter!)

 

[BobY04]

Wow! It's great to know that most of the members here are very experienced riders.

 

[dem0n1k]

I started riding on the street in 1980.. first bike was a 1976 Kawasaki KH250 2-stroke triple cylinder!

 

[Moto26]

Wow! It's great to know that most of the members here are very experienced riders.

Yep. And since this poll was posted, we all have 6 more years of experience! ??

 

[TomGardin]

So if you're 65 or older does that make you a patriarch of this forum? Just asking for a friend.

 

[BigPainRing]

Started riding on dirt in 1972. Moved to the street in '77. Currently have four bikes. FZ09 is my favorite. I just turned 66 and can't wait for spring trip to ride the curves up in Arkansas.

 

[ponchoh]

I started 52 years ago....

 

[Peplow530]

I’m 37 and Got my first bike, a 92 Harley Dyna super glide Sep 2019. Then picked up my 2020 MT-09 Mar 2020. I’ve been on some amazing rides and have met some great people through my journey so far. My only regret is I didn’t start it sooner.

 

[Seawall]

i started riding at 30 in 2014, rode the 09 r6 as my first bike for track and street. crashed my 09 r6 in the twisties and then i bought a 07 r6 for the track only. then i stopped riding for about 2 years. now i bought a 18 mt09 earlier this year. looking to start riding the track again. my future riding goals is to ride a decked out track r1 in COTA and ride around the world with the tenere 700.

 

[TomGardin]

I started 52 years ago....

About the same time as me. Ride on!

 

[jreinhardt]

67 years of riding and still love it every time I ride

 

[shyted]

How long have you been on 2 wheels? Both on and off the tarmac.

Through richer and poorer,four kids,six house moves,some spectacular crashes,forty seven years.

 

[Snarfy666]

For 15 years now. Started with a Yamaha TDM 850, then a BMW 1150GS which was driven in every country in Europe including all Balkan and Russia and now a Yamaha MT-09 for the last 6 months