This big kid has climbed back in the saddle after all these years. I went with Lambie to do the Xmas grocery shop this morning. Loaded the car and got in and left the car park.
The next thing I see is this mini bike pull up 100mtr round the corner. That can't be legal. So I stopped behind him and got out. What is it, and is it street legal.
Yep its a new Honda Grom 125cc with the works with 69 km on the clock. This guy rides a Ducaddie. Every where he go's people just stare.
What's it cost on the road??????? $3999 ride away Promotion.
I love the colour Lime yellow Wow. Four speed 90kmph, Electronic fuel injection Weights 104kg. with 2 year warranty.
Lambie. buts in............. Your not. Yep.
3 Hours later. I have my own lime Grom Delivered.
Now I have to start over with L plates and do a two half day training course and Knowledge test to get my P plates.
Can't wait to get pulled over by the coppers thinking here's a kid on a not legal Mini bike riding on the back street roads. They are selling like hot cakes and we can take it on our trips later on when I have a full licence, As there is a pillion seat and pegs for lambie.
Lambie say's no wonder you have that sign on the back of our van. Adventure Before Dementia.
You can never take the kid out of me.
Have A Merry Xmas to everyone.
Jim & Lambie
Bushpie said
10:56 PM Dec 23, 2016
Good onya........ I put some into a new camera and lens this week.....that should keep me happy for a while.
Hope Lambie dosent stress to much while your cruising the back streets lol.
ST391GQ said
11:17 PM Dec 23, 2016
Go for it Jim.
I started when I was eleven....and am still riding at 65...and 38 bikes later.
Don't think I could hang up the helmet either....as there is still a few types of bikes I can ride into my dotage ....including the one you just got.
Cheers Keith
Tony Bev said
01:52 AM Dec 24, 2016
I went back on a bike, at 66 years of age, (I had given them away by the time I was 30)
Daughter gave me a her old Hyosung Aquila 250 cc
I used it for about a year, but two near misses with cars not giving way, and pulling out of their lane, taught me a valuable lesson Regardless of who is at fault, an older bike rider, being collected by a car, will only result in sorrow for the bike rider
Take care on your new toy, because the older we get, the longer it will take our bones to heal
Desert Dweller said
05:20 AM Dec 24, 2016
Rode bikes for many years, gave up riding 5 years ago. Injuries over riding career included broken arm, ribs & collar bone. Still in my blood though. Enjoy!
Might be a good idea if you did a refresher coarse, I did it 3 times. http://hart.honda.com.au/
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Saturday 24th of December 2016 10:44:05 AM
The Belmont Bear said
07:01 AM Dec 24, 2016
Rode bikes for many years mainly trail bikes as I liked to spend as much of my time riding off road as on. With the volume of traffic increasing year on year it seemed so did the level of impatience of drivers and the number of near misses I was having. I decided to call it quits about 10 year ago after a close mate suffered a permanent injury while riding his bike to work (through no fault of his own). I know that people will say that you also risk being involved in accidents when you drive other vehicles but judging by the number of close calls the odds have to be far greater on a bike. Enjoy your xmas present Jim but be careful a smaller bike maybe even harder for other drivers to see, personally I would be staying clear of riding it in the city when the traffic is heavy. Good luck to all those out there who love their bikes and are still riding them just keep in mind that on a bike you are a lot more vulnerable - you need to be thinking ahead at all times just to cover for those who aren't.
-- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Saturday 24th of December 2016 07:02:08 AM
KJB said
11:10 AM Dec 24, 2016
Go for it ,just be sensible and vigilant .
Great to get on after a days drive and go to a remote beach for a swim, go and get a fresh loaf of bread, have a quiet ride around the back streets of small country towns or just have it on the back of the van to look at and enjoy. You will find it is great conversation starter - there are more bikers around than you think, both young and old....
KB
Hey Jim said
12:28 PM Dec 24, 2016
Hi and thanks for all your replies,
Yes I'm not going mad just yet. A bit of fun every now and then. I know many would be shaking their heads. I have no intention of taking it near any main roads or other road users.A few years and then I we will move on.
I value my life and that of Lambie's to be that foolish.
Regards Jim
warhorse said
02:58 PM Dec 24, 2016
hey jim which club are you joining hells angels,rebels???and when do you start the tatoo program? hee hee
Peter_n_Margaret said
03:01 PM Dec 24, 2016
100cc Ag bike, 40kph on a dead straight road. No other traffic.
I spent 13 1/2 months trying to stop them cutting that leg off. I was successful, but there was a time when I asked them to take it off.
The external fix was there for 10 months and I went to surgery 10 times (that I remember). It was some years before I was cleared of the serious staff infections.
The pic was several weeks after the accident. The bone could be seen for 2 1/2 months.
When I was young Motorcyles were my life and as I got older classic British bike restoration became my passion ,any way back in the sixties I was a member of the broken axel club ,to qualifie you had to brake a bone in a motorcycle accident,yep Peter that would probably make you a senior member good work lol....
-- Edited by Ron-D on Saturday 24th of December 2016 04:22:17 PM
Bass said
05:29 PM Dec 24, 2016
A picture really does say 1000 words.
Hey Jim said
07:11 PM Dec 24, 2016
Hi peter,
Tell me the rest of the story?
I have saved the life of one guy, using the rubber sling off my hand spear, who lost his lower right leg to an amco railing riding in full leathers.
Regards Jim
ST391GQ said
08:07 PM Dec 24, 2016
Now I, not saying that riding isn't dangerous...it is .
But touch wood I haven't had any really serious prangs on a bike...a bit of concussion (thank heavens for helmets)....a damaged knee that has righted itself....and some gravel rash (the most painfull aspect of any prang)....altho the mood and attitude of the local Orange Chrismas traffic this year tried to change all that...giving me a few "pucker" moments at roundabouts/
I attribute my riding style to ongoing advanced rider training and refresher courses as a huge weapon in staying alive....but didn't start doing them until I joined the Ulysses club at 40. To date I have done 8 full courses and 2 refreshers in 24 years of membership...averaging a course every 2 years or so.
Sure they rehash a lot of stuff.....but I have never come away from a course where I didn't learn something new.
So good onya Jim for getting back on a bike ....but do an ad course as well. BTW...generally they are a lot of fun too.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Cheers Keith
dogbox said
09:22 PM Dec 24, 2016
doing 100 miles per hour (showing age) on a bike is exciting doing 100 mph without the bike is another story
macka17 said
11:22 PM Dec 30, 2016
Yea Dogbox. Speed is exhilarating. till you part company.
These idiots up North in sleeveless t shirt. Stubbies and Jap flying boots get me.
They have nothing between the ears to tell them that they only have to fall off. And any part of body touches ground. It stops peeling off at the bone. Dumb as.
I throttled off on Southern Freeway on sons Kwakka 1300 racer reading 271 on the clock. All I'd done was think (one front wheel) On my 56th birthday I think it was. Stopped shaking 3 days later.
Other's were passing me going much harder too. It's a beautiful sound when a big bike goes past you at those speeds
In the dark it is, or was 30\20 yrs ago a high speed drag strip for the big 280\300 plus bikes.
I rode bikes daily till 48yrs. When a tin can got me at lights in town. He went through. Suffer nowadays with broken neck and other things.
I don't regret riding as transport. touring and racing though (Dirt.. Maico 400,Dot. Greeves.) Suzi 250 then Dakar 600 x 2 Best most comfortable bikes in the world, those big dirt bikes. Bar none. Not fast though. Around 170 max. In this country.
Back in UK. Matchless G3L 350. springer front rigid back. Beeza Bantam 125. Frannie Barnet 200. Then the scrambles bikes. Greeves Dot, the Maico 400. '58 Matchless 600 with Jam Pot rear shockers. Bounced all over the road. Aj's were a lot better.
Norton Dominator 99 600cc.with clip ons and featherbed frame.
You could rub the ends off your clip ons on a decent road or track. Magic. But I'd kill myself .I was more a dirt rider.
Ended up stripping that bike down and fitting a chair to it for track work. went well. Specially with the grunt out of corners. Nothing touched it in it's cc range. Later on those Suzi Triples, 2 str. were king of the track with a chair on.
Tried a BM dirt but they just big clumsy pigs OH Had a Harley Softie for a while too. They are a big ugly clumsy pig. but comfy if set up as a NORMAL ride.
Nice Lamb Shank there peter. We had one for X-Mas dinner. Leaves other meats for dead, in more ways than one.
St 39.
Was in Ulysses too Back in Adel chapter.
Just on Membership 2000\3\9ish.
We met at that little bar in North Adel.
-- Edited by macka17 on Friday 30th of December 2016 11:25:33 PM
ST391GQ said
12:08 AM Dec 31, 2016
macka17 wrote:
St 39.
Was in Ulysses too Back in Adel chapter.
Just on Membership 2000\3\9ish.
We met at that little bar in North Adel.
Well ....now you got me Macka. Yes we were in Adelaide 2009ish....and yes we met and talked to a lot of people while we were there....but I cannot recall anyone standing out especially a Ulysses member....as while we were not there on the bike ...but in 4by and camper....the Ulysses sticker on the back did get the attention of a few ...especially with NSW plates.
We both love SA ...and cant wait to get back there and explore it more...on the way to WA year after next.
Cheers Keith
-- Edited by macka17 on Friday 30th of December 2016 11:25:33 PM
Kisha said
04:41 PM Dec 31, 2016
That is so awesome, way to go both of you, enjoy and Happy 2017 :)...Kisha
Hylife said
09:24 PM Dec 31, 2016
Hey Jim wrote:
.....and we can take it on our trips later on when I have a full licence....
Why wait until then? You can use your L permit anywhere in Oz.
All states now use the national standardised Graduated Licence system.
Ls for max of 14 months or you have to start again from the beginning, and Ps for 3 years, and you can't carry a pillion until off your Ps completely, so no Lambie on the back for a full 3 years after you get the full licence.
hako said
10:31 PM Jan 2, 2017
Interesting story about older riders and accidents:
at 68 and still riding my '94 HD Electra glide and enjoying it. been riding since I was 15 and still enjoy the lifestyle
Pete
Hey Jim said
11:47 PM Jan 4, 2017
Hylife wrote:
Hey Jim wrote:
.....and we can take it on our trips later on when I have a full licence....
Why wait until then? You can use your L permit anywhere in Oz.
All states now use the national standardised Graduated Licence system.
Ls for max of 14 months or you have to start again from the beginning, and Ps for 3 years, and you can't carry a pillion until off your Ps completely, so no Lambie on the back for a full 3 years after you get the full licence.
Hi hilife,
Um, Not quite what was told to myself, L's yes, Red P's 12 months and, no Green P's if holding a full Drivers Licence. Correct me, if wrong.
Anyway, The first round of getting my L,s Competency test kicks of in 2 weeks on one of their bikes 2 x3.5hour testing + knowledge test.
My neighbours property is slightly larger then ours.
Sooooo He wanted to try it out, he just loves it. Can you throw a Mono on it Jim Yep, took 3 go's. First gear was to strong, Second just right. The bike is short, so I shifted my butt back onto the pillion seat. Perfect balance, Just like I had got off it Yesterday.
Lambie ask's how do you know how to do that. It's never left me.
I should have got back on years earlier.
Cheers Jim
macka17 said
09:46 PM Jan 5, 2017
Pete 49.
Those lectra glides ain't bikes. Just armchairs
Pick up a Dommie 88 or 99 (500\600) and drop it round a few fast corners.
Toes up on engine sidecovers. Feel the rubber scraping off the clip-ons.
THAT's a bike.
Only things that kept you up.
were the Avon racing skins (Tyres)
Highly illegal, but they didn't even try to catch us.
St 39.
sorry. 2000 and a little bit was MY membership Number.
that was in mid '80's or so'ish. (long time ago. cobwebs)
We had a thing on around then, trying to get more membership.
Only reminder nowadays is the sewn on badge on back of 00000ld denim Jacket.
ST391GQ said
12:05 AM Jan 6, 2017
No worries Macka ...ya had both of us going there for a bit as we met lotsa people that just came out of the woodwork (and pubs...and coffee shops ) back then...was great.
My member number is 4902 and still current....which makes me just a tad younger than you hey.
Hi all,
This big kid has climbed back in the saddle after all these years. I went with Lambie to do the Xmas grocery shop this morning. Loaded the car and got in and left the car park.
The next thing I see is this mini bike pull up 100mtr round the corner. That can't be legal. So I stopped behind him and got out. What is it, and is it street legal.
Yep its a new Honda Grom 125cc with the works with 69 km on the clock. This guy rides a Ducaddie. Every where he go's people just stare.
What's it cost on the road??????? $3999 ride away Promotion.
I love the colour Lime yellow Wow. Four speed 90kmph, Electronic fuel injection Weights 104kg. with 2 year warranty.
Lambie. buts in............. Your not. Yep.
3 Hours later. I have my own lime Grom Delivered.
Now I have to start over with L plates and do a two half day training course and Knowledge test to get my P plates.
Can't wait to get pulled over by the coppers thinking here's a kid on a not legal Mini bike riding on the back street roads. They are selling like hot cakes and we can take it on our trips later on when I have a full licence, As there is a pillion seat and pegs for lambie.
Lambie say's no wonder you have that sign on the back of our van. Adventure Before Dementia.
You can never take the kid out of me.
Have A Merry Xmas to everyone.
Jim & Lambie
Hope Lambie dosent stress to much while your cruising the back streets lol.
Go for it Jim.
I started when I was eleven....and am still riding at 65...and 38 bikes later.
Don't think I could hang up the helmet either....as there is still a few types of bikes I can ride into my dotage ....including the one you just got.
Cheers Keith
I went back on a bike, at 66 years of age, (I had given them away by the time I was 30)
Daughter gave me a her old Hyosung Aquila 250 cc
I used it for about a year, but two near misses with cars not giving way, and pulling out of their lane, taught me a valuable lesson
Regardless of who is at fault, an older bike rider, being collected by a car, will only result in sorrow for the bike rider
Take care on your new toy, because the older we get, the longer it will take our bones to heal
Rode bikes for many years, gave up riding 5 years ago. Injuries over riding career included broken arm, ribs & collar bone. Still in my blood though. Enjoy!
Might be a good idea if you did a refresher coarse, I did it 3 times. http://hart.honda.com.au/
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Saturday 24th of December 2016 10:44:05 AM
Rode bikes for many years mainly trail bikes as I liked to spend as much of my time riding off road as on. With the volume of traffic increasing year on year it seemed so did the level of impatience of drivers and the number of near misses I was having. I decided to call it quits about 10 year ago after a close mate suffered a permanent injury while riding his bike to work (through no fault of his own). I know that people will say that you also risk being involved in accidents when you drive other vehicles but judging by the number of close calls the odds have to be far greater on a bike. Enjoy your xmas present Jim but be careful a smaller bike maybe even harder for other drivers to see, personally I would be staying clear of riding it in the city when the traffic is heavy. Good luck to all those out there who love their bikes and are still riding them just keep in mind that on a bike you are a lot more vulnerable - you need to be thinking ahead at all times just to cover for those who aren't.
-- Edited by The Belmont Bear on Saturday 24th of December 2016 07:02:08 AM
Hi and thanks for all your replies,
Yes I'm not going mad just yet. A bit of fun every now and then. I know many would be shaking their heads. I have no intention of taking it near any main roads or other road users.A few years and then I we will move on.
I value my life and that of Lambie's to be that foolish.
Regards Jim
100cc Ag bike, 40kph on a dead straight road. No other traffic.
I spent 13 1/2 months trying to stop them cutting that leg off. I was successful, but there was a time when I asked them to take it off.
The external fix was there for 10 months and I went to surgery 10 times (that I remember). It was some years before I was cleared of the serious staff infections.
The pic was several weeks after the accident. The bone could be seen for 2 1/2 months.
Cheers, and have a safe and merry Christmas.
Peter
When I was young Motorcyles were my life and as I got older classic British bike restoration became my passion ,any way back in the sixties I was a member of the broken axel club ,to qualifie you had to brake a bone in a motorcycle accident,yep Peter that would probably make you a senior member good work lol....
-- Edited by Ron-D on Saturday 24th of December 2016 04:22:17 PM
Hi peter,
Tell me the rest of the story?
I have saved the life of one guy, using the rubber sling off my hand spear, who lost his lower right leg to an amco railing riding in full leathers.
Regards Jim
Now I, not saying that riding isn't dangerous...it is .
But touch wood I haven't had any really serious prangs on a bike...a bit of concussion (thank heavens for helmets)....a damaged knee that has righted itself....and some gravel rash (the most painfull aspect of any prang)....altho the mood and attitude of the local Orange Chrismas traffic this year tried to change all that...giving me a few "pucker" moments at roundabouts/
I attribute my riding style to ongoing advanced rider training and refresher courses as a huge weapon in staying alive....but didn't start doing them until I joined the Ulysses club at 40. To date I have done 8 full courses and 2 refreshers in 24 years of membership...averaging a course every 2 years or so.
Sure they rehash a lot of stuff.....but I have never come away from a course where I didn't learn something new.
So good onya Jim for getting back on a bike ....but do an ad course as well. BTW...generally they are a lot of fun too.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Cheers Keith
Yea Dogbox.
Speed is exhilarating. till you part company.
These idiots up North in sleeveless t shirt. Stubbies and Jap flying boots get me.
They have nothing between the ears to tell them that they only have to fall off.
And any part of body touches ground. It stops peeling off at the bone.
Dumb as.
I throttled off on Southern Freeway on sons Kwakka 1300 racer reading 271 on the clock.
All I'd done was think (one front wheel)
On my 56th birthday I think it was.
Stopped shaking 3 days later.
Other's were passing me going much harder too.
It's a beautiful sound when a big bike goes past you at those speeds
In the dark it is, or was 30\20 yrs ago a high speed drag strip for the big
280\300 plus bikes.
I rode bikes daily till 48yrs. When a tin can got me at lights in town. He went through.
Suffer nowadays with broken neck and other things.
I don't regret riding as transport. touring and racing though
(Dirt.. Maico 400,Dot. Greeves.)
Suzi 250 then Dakar 600 x 2
Best most comfortable bikes in the world, those big dirt bikes. Bar none.
Not fast though. Around 170 max. In this country.
Back in UK. Matchless G3L 350. springer front rigid back.
Beeza Bantam 125. Frannie Barnet 200.
Then the scrambles bikes. Greeves Dot, the Maico 400.
'58 Matchless 600 with Jam Pot rear shockers.
Bounced all over the road. Aj's were a lot better.
Norton Dominator 99 600cc.with clip ons and featherbed frame.
You could rub the ends off your clip ons on a decent road or track.
Magic. But I'd kill myself .I was more a dirt rider.
Ended up stripping that bike down and fitting a chair to it for track work.
went well.
Specially with the grunt out of corners. Nothing touched it in it's cc range.
Later on those Suzi Triples, 2 str. were king of the track with a chair on.
Tried a BM dirt but they just big clumsy pigs
OH Had a Harley Softie for a while too.
They are a big ugly clumsy pig.
but comfy if set up as a NORMAL ride.
Nice Lamb Shank there peter.
We had one for X-Mas dinner. Leaves other meats for dead, in more ways than one.
St 39.
Was in Ulysses too Back in Adel chapter.
Just on Membership 2000\3\9ish.
We met at that little bar in North Adel.
-- Edited by macka17 on Friday 30th of December 2016 11:25:33 PM
That is so awesome, way to go both of you, enjoy and Happy 2017 :)...Kisha
Why wait until then? You can use your L permit anywhere in Oz.
All states now use the national standardised Graduated Licence system.
Ls for max of 14 months or you have to start again from the beginning, and Ps for 3 years, and you can't carry a pillion until off your Ps completely, so no Lambie on the back for a full 3 years after you get the full licence.
Interesting story about older riders and accidents:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-02/victoria-motorcycle-refresher-courses-urged-amid-accident-spike/8157680
Pete
Hi hilife,
Um,
Not quite what was told to myself, L's yes, Red P's 12 months and, no Green P's if holding a full Drivers Licence. Correct me, if wrong.
Anyway, The first round of getting my L,s Competency test kicks of in 2 weeks on one of their bikes 2 x3.5hour testing + knowledge test.
My neighbours property is slightly larger then ours.
Sooooo He wanted to try it out, he just loves it. Can you throw a Mono on it Jim
Yep, took 3 go's. First gear was to strong, Second just right. The bike is short, so I shifted my butt back onto the pillion seat. Perfect balance, Just like I had got off it Yesterday.
Lambie ask's how do you know how to do that. It's never left me.
I should have got back on years earlier.
Cheers Jim
Those lectra glides ain't bikes. Just armchairs
Pick up a Dommie 88 or 99 (500\600) and drop it round a few fast corners.
Toes up on engine sidecovers. Feel the rubber scraping off the clip-ons.
THAT's a bike.
Only things that kept you up.
were the Avon racing skins (Tyres)
Highly illegal, but they didn't even try to catch us.
St 39.
sorry. 2000 and a little bit was MY membership Number.
that was in mid '80's or so'ish. (long time ago. cobwebs)
We had a thing on around then, trying to get more membership.
Only reminder nowadays is the sewn on badge on back of 00000ld denim Jacket.
No worries Macka ...ya had both of us going there for a bit as we met lotsa people that just came out of the woodwork (and pubs...and coffee shops ) back then...was great.
My member number is 4902 and still current....which makes me just a tad younger than you hey.
Cheers Keith