What is the age of GSRESOURCES members?

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    #16
    Didn?t vote. But I bought my first 1970s bike in the 1970s. Bought my first 1960s bike in the 2010s.

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    • bobgroger
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      #17
      Most of us remember these bikes when they were new. Otherwise we'd be in the "Gixxah forum, Bra"
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      • Allie
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        • May 2010
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        • New Jersey

        #18
        The average forum member age at GSR is 206. And no, I won't be announcing my age in public...
        "Men will never be free until Mark learns to do The Twist."

        -Denis D'shaker

        79 GS750N

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        • Nessism
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          #19
          I voted 45-55 today, because my birthday in in a few days and I'll be 56 then and would have had to bump up a category. The friend that got me started with motorcycles had a GS400 that was just so sweet!
          Ed

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          • dorkburger
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            #20
            Originally posted by bobgroger
            Most of us remember these bikes when they were new. Otherwise we'd be in the "Gixxah forum, Bra"
            Generally true, but not a rule... I was 13 when my bike was made. I was too busy with bicycles then....
            I only became acquainted with GSs when my brother bought one (83 1100e) around 1990. Even then it was just a red bike to me. My world changed after buying it though. A huge step up from my LTD 550 Kawi which was my first bike.

            I'm 45.
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            • GSXR7ED
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              #21
              Originally posted by bobgroger
              Most of us remember these bikes when they were new. Otherwise we'd be in the "Gixxah forum, Bra"
              GIXXAAAAHHHHH!!! (I love yelling that out when I see one)

              My first bike was a gixxer 750 in classic blue...that was at age 44. It wasn't the best bike for ME to learn on so I sold it. My only regret is the thirty-something year old who bought it died racing away from Dover PD two weeks later.


              Ed

              EDIT: I did mention I was 51, right?
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              • Burque73
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                #22
                Originally posted by Hinermad
                "Old enough to know better but still too young to care" is my stock answer.

                Right now there's a neat coincidence in the results. There are 33 responses, and all the percentages are doubles: 6.06%, 12.12%, 30.30%, 45.45%

                Also, I notice a distinct gap in age distribution. At the moment there's nobody in the 35-45 range. 18.18% are below that and 81.81% are above it. That tells me we have two different populations:

                1) Young folks who can't afford a new bike, and
                2) Old folks remembering their ill-spent youth.
                Ok, I'll help fill in the gap here at 44 yrs old.....My oldest stepson was born when I started high school and his oldest step son when he was in high school. This is why I have six grand kids at 44. Hers mine ours it's all the same....


                My second bike was an 81 GS 850G at 18 years old in 1991. I wasn't specifically looking for a GS when I bought it but it was affordable and wound up being a great bike. Other than the stator crapping out three weeks after I brought it home, it served me well.
                Roger

                '83 GS850G Daily rider
                '82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress

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                • Mons

                  #23
                  Born in the 80s, the same year my bike was first registered

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                  • kaufen

                    #24
                    A huge step up from my LTD 550 Kawi which was my first bike.

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                    • limeex2
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                      • Dec 2012
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                      #25
                      Young enough to still want to do this vigorously and old enough to finally afford to do so. I'll be 60 in May.
                      Current Rides: 82 GS1100E, 00 Triumph 955 Speed Triple:twistedevil:, 03 Kawasaki ZRX1200, 01 Honda GL1800, '15 Kawasaki 1000 Versys
                      Past Rides: 72 Honda SL-125, Kawasaki KE-175, 77 GS750 with total yosh stage 1 kit, 79 GS1000s, 80 GS1000S, 82 GS750e,82 GS1000S, 84 VF500f, 86 FZR600, 95 Triumph Sprint 900,96 Triumph Sprint, 97 Triumph Sprint, 01 Kawasaki ZRX1200, 07 Triumph Tiger 1050, 01 Yam YFZ250F
                      Work in progress: 78 GS1000, unknown year GS1100ES

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                      • alke46
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                        #26
                        Closer to 72 than 71 but still feel like I am in my prime when riding the crooked roads. C'mon Brown County.
                        Larry

                        79 GS1000E 2019 Triumph 800 XRT

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                        • gbw
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                          #27
                          Just 32 more weeks to BC!!!

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                          • alke46
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                            #28
                            Originally posted by gbw
                            Just 32 more weeks to BC!!!
                            Does this mean we can expect weekly countdown updates Greg?
                            Larry

                            79 GS1000E 2019 Triumph 800 XRT

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                            • Dogma
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                              • Sep 2007
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                              • Mason, OH (SW)

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Allie
                              The average forum member age at GSR is 206. And no, I won't be announcing my age in public...
                              Just go ahead and lie, like Storm 64. If it had been Earlfor or dpep, I'd have guessed that his odometer rolled over, but not Norm.
                              Dogma
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                              '80 GS850 GLT
                              '80 GS1000 GT
                              '01 ZRX1200R

                              How to get a "What's New" feed without the Vortex, and without permanently quitting the Vortex

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                              • Dogma
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                                • Sep 2007
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                                • Mason, OH (SW)

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Steve
                                Since names are seen with the votes, I did not vote. Had it been anonymous, I would have voted.

                                Let's just say that I watched God make dirt.

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                                What are you hidi.. hang on, all that grey isn't real?
                                Dogma
                                --
                                O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you! - David

                                Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan

                                --
                                '80 GS850 GLT
                                '80 GS1000 GT
                                '01 ZRX1200R

                                How to get a "What's New" feed without the Vortex, and without permanently quitting the Vortex

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