How old is everyone?

:?: Just wondering what the average age demographic is. How long have you been riding?

I am 23 and the xj650 is my first bike, so I've been riding for about a month.

 

Im also 23, and my XJ650 is my second bike, I started with an XS400, and Ive been riding for a year and a half.

 

27, the seca is my fourth bike
began with a suzuki bandit 600N
a suzuki gsx750f followed rapidly
than the kawasaki zx9R which i still have

 

I will be 28 june 1. I have a 81 maxim650 this is my second bike. My first was 80 honda cm400. Wow what a difference. I have had my bike endorsement since 2003. Only ridden the maxim a few times, cant wait to ride more. (currently have no front brakes, waiting on parts to come in)

 

im 21 and my first bike was a 1979 honda trail 50

 

Just turned 28, I'm waiting for my just bought '83 Seca 750 tourer to be delivered to me, it's my fourth bike. First was a basket case '81 Seca that I had to take apart and put back together, then a boat anchor '84 Honda Sabre, then a brand new anniversary edition 2005 V-Max, just sold that last fall, but the whole time had always missed the comfort, amenities and quirks of my old Seca, so I bought another one! I can't wait!!!

 

I am 53 and have been riding for 36 of those years.

 

I am 37 and i have been riding my 80 xj 650 for 7000 miles now. I am hooked. Just wished i would have started earlier.

 

39
YIKES! how did i get here so quick?
been riding off and on most of my life. first bike was a 20 dollar yamaha enduro of some kind (125 or 175 i think) at about 13. got it cheap because it had electrical issues. Fixed it and rode it. loved bikes ever since.

 

38 - I learned to ride (street bikes) on my moms 81 650 maxim. Then rode the piss out of my dads 750 Maxim. Bought my first bike in 88 (still have it) 83 Seca turbo. Been mostly riding and working on Vmax models these last 15 years. Got my bike license even before I had my can license (in 85).

Have had a few bikes over the years but hardly ever sell them.

Sean

 

I'm 36 years young. I was just thinking that my '81 Maxim turned one year old for me at the beginning of April. I knew that I had gotten my endorsement about a month after I purchased the bike, so I pulled my Motorcycle Rider Course Completion Card out of my wallet. Guess what? It was exactly one year ago today that I passed the BRC class. So, tomorrow would be the one year anniversary of me getting my motorcycle endorsement on my license.

Man, time has flown by (and so have the miles 8) )

 

I'm second from the bottom. Been riding street bikes, the same one, for 17 years. I had a 10 year period where the bike sat because I had little kids and no money for tires, battery chain etc.

 

I'm 27 and the '80 650 Maxim is my first bike (street bike, I have had dirtbikes in the past) which I have taken apart and cleaned put back together and ridden around the block once. Now its in pieces in the garage again getting a new paint job and a few other necessities. As soon as its ready I'm taking the course and license test.

 

I must be one of the oldest members:

I turn 60 in June! Been riding since I was 12. Can't remember ever being without a two-wheeler of some kind.

My favorite was the Virago until it's starter died.
Now my favorite is my 900 ... but, I'm tunin that up and selling it.

The family says I can only have one bike and the Maxim has the plates on it.

 

nearly 43, only ridden a few times ever, never owned a motorcycle before. Been wrenching cars since i was born.... still working on my 550...

 

Born in 1949, you work it out.
first bike at age 8, 1940s royal enfield 125cc tank change.
first road bike triumph tiger cub 200cc 4 stroke, then aierial arrow 250cc 2 stroke twin.
then cars for a while, next bike bsa A10 650cc, by then i had forgotten how cold it was on a bike.
then cars for a long while, untill we lived in Portugal (hot) & wifey bought me a new 450cc suzuki for my 40th.
i have now got more time to indulge in my almost forgotten passion.

 

48 this Month
I've been riding since 1968 on friends mini-bike.
1st bike that was mine was a 1972 Suzuki 125
2nd bike was a 1954 Triumph 650 "tiger"
3rd was the 1982 Yamaha Maxim XJ650J bought "New"
3rd 1/2 was 1983 Yamaha 225DX Tri-Moto bought at same time & and is still new!

I wish I was! :cry:

 

45, just in the respectable middle area... 'til November anyway.

First bike was a YB 100 when I was 16, followed very shortly after by a Suzuki GT250 until about 1982. Then in 2007 (oh yeah, 25 years) the XJ and a whole heap of safety gear!
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I am 24 I got my first bike, my 750 Seca, just under 4 years ago.

My two XJ750's are the same age as me, we were all born in 1983.

Am I up to 3 motorcycles in 4 years?? I should have a nice collection in another 10!

 

52 here, riding since I was 12, licensed at 15. Grew up riding in the Dirt and on the Ice, loved it. Was my main mode of transportation through high school and 5 years thereafter through the riding months up in Michigan... Here in Texas is year round, Gotta luv that !

 

I'll be 51 in July. My Maxim is my first bike, which I bought in September of 2006.

 

bringing up an old thread to compete with new thread


http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=8669.html

 

I'll be 67 in June and I am still going and going and going.
So, you pups, it can be done by the Grace of God, healthy
living and a good set of genes! OK, a little bit of luck too!
Cardio and weight workouts 3 time a week at the gym.
Youngish female traveling companion!

la vita e bella!

Jim
Mena, AR
XJ750RJ
XJ650RJ
XJ650 Midnight Maxim
XJ1100 project bike for sale

 

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17, 18 in October, my XJ 550 is my first and this year will be my first real riding year.

 

I am 41 and learned to ride on a Honda Elsinore 50 when I was 10 or 11. Been on two wheels since then.
This Seca is my 4th street bike. The first three were Harleys.
I don't own a Harley now and probably never will again.

 

43. The Seca is my third bike, but its been over 20 yrs since I sold the second one. Enjoy riding now more than ever - why the heck did I wait so long?

 

46 yrs. old, been riding since I was 16. Bought a 750 3 yrs ago after a 16 year hiatis, and got my 2nd 1100 late last Summer.

Mike

 

24 - been riding a year on my first bike that is a 1983 xj 750 maxim work in progress - the only problem is that the riding is so much more fun than the working when the days are warm so you get it running strong but not pretty then enjoy, the cosmetic stuff has to wait until winter.

 

22 learned how to ride on a 1976 honda xr75 when I was 10. Bought my first street bike 1985 XJ700(non-X) three weeks ago.

 

27, first moped at 16, first bike (MK) at 25

 

26, used to drive a lot mopeds and 125cc enduro bike when I was 10-18. Then got licence to drive a car and haven't had bikes since then... Now bought 1983 XJ550 (seca I guess :? ) last week and I'm really stoked of 2-wheels again :twisted:

 

40 years young here. Started out at 16 with a Honda MB-5 then bought a Honda Ft-500 Ascot, blew that up and found the seca 550. I have owned two seca 550's, bought a seca 750 for my Dad, and bought a seca turbo about 4 years ago. Raced the seca 550 in Vintage Dinosaurs at Willow Springs from 1992-97 and finished up as class champion in a class that was unlimited displacement. Still have the Superseca 550 with tons of work done to it, its just not street legal. Every year I tell myself that I will put the street gear on it and get it running again.

Sean

 

I'm 30 yrs old. My 1st bike was a '81 Honda CB650 custom, 2nd '87 GSXR1100 Bored out 2 a 1200cc sooooo many upgrades 2 that bike I can't remember them all! VERY FAST BIKE!!! :twisted: , 3rd bike '97 Ninja ZR750, 4th bike '82 XJ750 SECA. I've been riding for 2 1/2 - 3 years now.

 

42......bought my first and only road bike at 19. That would have been 1985. She was brand new and had been waiting at the dealership 3 years for the right owner I guess. She turned 26 this year so I can put a historical plate on.

 

40 and climbing 1st bike age12 yz80,2nd age19 650 maxium and 3rd seca 550 21 years latter

Peace out,
sicxj

 

26. I have been riding dirtbikes for about 8 years, living in the middle of the New Mexican desert leaves not much else to do...well that and shooting stuff. ) I have never had a street bike of any sort until 3 days ago when i bought my 1981 Yamaha XJ650 maxim.

I have been looking for a bike to help offset the coming gasoline crisis as my lifted 4x4 truck and its 14-16 miles a gallon will not due. My XJ will get around 40mpg, well, once I get my parts from Chacal at least. )

Duane

 

67 - rode my first bike @ 26 (50cc) put 120,000 miles on bikes by the time
I was 52 and Mr Grope took off my leg with his bumper. Two years age I got back on and have added 6000 miles more to my total.

 

hmm. 52, been riding since I was 25 or so. Someone gave me a 70 something honda 350, took it apart, reassembled it, drove it in and out of Boston for a year or so, then got a mid 80's Suzuki 450, then a Suzuki GS750, which I blew up on Sandia Mountain in NM, then a Harley tourglide, which was nothing but trouble, then a 72 Honda CB750, which I put literally 100k on, and gave away cause the damned thing wouldn't die so I could get a new bike, then drove a 70 MG Midget for five years, seized the engine, got rid of that, which brings me to the XJ650. Which has new brakes and is getting registered tomorrow. WOOHOO!

 

42
years and younger everday i ride
i got the bike because of teh gas now i have a gas everyday and cant get enough

 

21 here. riding since i turned 18, only owned one bike... my 82 XJ750 Maxim. been on quite a few bikes belonging to others though.

 

38 here rode all kinds of bikes and 3-wheelers,4-wheelers when i was growing up.The first bike that i owned was a 400 hondamatic,and the other is my xj700 maxim.well that about sums it up for me,talk to yall later.

 

30. My first bike was a 1972 Yamaha JT60 when I was 12, but I learned to ride on my cousin's 1971 Honda trail 70. My first street bike was my XJ650RJ, and was 17 when I bought it. Let it go a few years ago because of space. I bought an XV535 last summer, and wasn't too impressed with the V-twin. So, I went hunting for another XJ, and found a good deal on some boxes full of parts and a frame that used to be one this past winter. I've about got it all back together minus the grab bar, headlight, and doing the fine tuning. Looks like I'll have it just in time for the nice weather.

 

I am 62!
My first bike was a 1965 Yamaha two stroke twin which I bought in Nassau, Bahamas in 1968.
Now have a 1982 XJ750RK with 13,000 miles. So far, so good! It runs like new.
Been riding for more than 40 years. Both street and dirt, still do both!

 

turned 63 in december rode B S A and honda when i was younger last year traded an old pathfinder for a 750 maxim love it running great saving a ton of gas money been wrenching jap cars for 40 years

 

I will be 50 in July.

Been riding 38 years now. I reckon I got about another 30 or so ridin' years left in me.

Owned lots of bikes, mostly Yamahas. Had a couple Hondas and Harleys.

My whole family rides now. That's how you do it, Get your family hooked and they don't look at you funny when you pick up another bike. You don't even have to justify the purchase either. They already know your addicted to two wheels.

Rusty

 

NICE!!!! Thats hows it supposed 2 be, when u've been riding as long as u... SWEET!!! :twisted:

 

Just turned 24 a week ago. I rode an '86 Honda VF500F Interceptor for two years and after riding a Yamaha R1 and a Honda 1800 VTX a few times each, I decided that a cruiser was for me. I sold the Honda and I'm going to pick up my 82 650 Maxim tomorrow and I'm driving 7 hours round trip to get it. Can't wait to get on it for the first time.

 

30 here, started at 5 yrs old on a brand new honda 50, then a older trail seventy, a 100(or was it a 125??), the first bike I bought with my own money was a honda 350 enduro which by todays standards was a friggen tank. THe a 550 super sport off a guy that had done a bunch of motor work to it man that thing was fast!! 147 was my fastest on it looking back what a stupid thing to do. I stopped riding for the last 4-5 yrs. Till I started helping a friend get his ready for the season then I found my Xj maxim X sitting along the road waiting for me and I am back on 2 wheels.

 

45 been riding since 10 years old,1980 1340 flht,83 900 seca bought new just out of h.s.