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I'm interested in everyone's ages and what they do, probably been done before, but humor me. :-) I'm 35, mechanical engineer.
Poll: ages of owners
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Topic: BUSA Owners, what is your age?
byhalia
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 04:16 PM
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Tell the truth.
I'm 42.
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Dirty Pete
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Are you a senior member because of your age Dirty Pete? (chuckle).
How old is old? I'm 58 but that doesn't seem to make me old enough to know better than to own this bike.
I'm curious how old the rest of you guys are?
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Dirty Pete
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 03:57 PM
Everyone spit it up...how old are YOU? And no lying like you do in the sex chat rooms.
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ROR
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:25 PM
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Maybe nobody else want to fess up.
Dirty Pete, the usual plane is a rental Arrow, but C152 & 172 sometimes. The boat is a Catalina 30. I suppose what they all have in common is great rewards for skilled use and nasty penalties for screwing up.
If you want to be philosophic about it, so much in our society is designed to help us avoid the consequences of our acts. But bikes, boats and planes don't let you get away with much without a consequence.
And the Busa has got a whole lot more consequence than anything else I ever rode (machine thing I'm talkin' here).
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Dirty Pete
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:46 PM
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How old did you say you are? All of you guys?
My theory is that Busa owners are older because only we can afford the insurance on 1.3 litre killer bikes.
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jim p
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:54 PM
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I am 47, but i was 21 sunday when i ran the guy with the big mouth on the ZX-9.
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Bob
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:59 PM
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I turned 36 in July. Its good to hear that I'm not crazy for thinking i will be riding until, well I just can't ride anymore.
It is about, fun, enjoyment, competition, mental relief----there is not an age limit for that.
Bob
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ducmanic
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 06:01 PM
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As i have posted here before, im 46. I spent the last two years racing 125cc shifter karts.
When i was 18 i had a mach 1 Kawasaki 500 triple, and two Suzuki T-500 two stroke twins. These were the bad bikes of the times. Im still fast. Still love speed, still looking for the edge. Any LA area bussa' owners are always welcome to contact me for an LA area bussa' get together.
ducmanic@ix.netcom.com
Los Angeles
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BigGuy
Member posted 16 August 1999 06:09 PM
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46
The kids are making me old; the bikes are an attempt at keeping me young! ;-)
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Ozzybusa
Member posted 16 August 1999 07:18 PM
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46 years young, thanx to the 'Busa. 110km ride to work everyday and now scratching with the best of them on Sunday mornings once again.
Local 'Busa riders in Western Australia, can contact me: geotech@collie.netserv.net.au
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Pkboxer
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 07:43 PM
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33 here on the North Coast of Ohio
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defectron
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 08:56 PM
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23
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sherm
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 09:32 PM
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97 and still driving my '36 Chevy Lumina.
I sure wish they'd stop shinking them 18 wheeler tractor trailers every year. They're getting so small you can hardly see them anymore.
This year I discovered curb riding - you keep the right two wheel up on curb and the left wheels in the street. What a rush!
The reason I'm into this Hayabusa forum is because I've had one stuck in my front grill for the past two months (or was it three months?).
Gotta go soak my teeth.
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KawAbuser
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 09:43 PM
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41 circles around the sun at this moment, it changes like attitude around here at times. I would guess that an average age Busonian would be about fourty, who else could afford the bike and the insurance to go with it.
I hate it when the Cowpokes make you drop age at times, but if you can't hang with the big Busa's get out!
Vegas = Party = Suzuki Y2K, be there or be old!
I was 23 when I bought my last "worlds fastest bike" 1983 GS1100 SD Katana, It also was called strange looking and futuristic. Now it sits in the corner begging to taken out and ridden.
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Waltman
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 10:08 PM
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Kids can't afford this unless their rich daddies buy it for them. I wouldn't recommend this bike to an unexperienced or first time rider. I was waiting for the ZX-12, but after looking at the "spy" pictures, I said, "that thing is damn oooooogly". I also had my sights on getting a FAT BOY from HD, but after one look at the Hayabusa, next thing I knew I was signing all the paperwork. I am 42.
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VegasDude
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 10:35 PM
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Waltman you sound like a sensible man.............
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BigPete
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 02:08 AM
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42 year old gentle giant........but don't make me angry.......my old CB handle was 'The HULK'......today it would read 'BULK'.
I'm going to the Milan Show next month.....I'll report back on the ZX? and Busa.
Ride to Live....Live to Ride.
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tulmann
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 02:26 AM
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Age is nothing when on the Busa, I'm 47 and feel like a teenager in love, what a femme fatal, I kiss her every morning and like the way she speaks. Ohh, you all know just how cruel she can be :-)))
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Yngve
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 04:22 AM
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36 Years..............
been riding for 20 years.
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Sabor
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 05:46 AM
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27 and happy!?!!!
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JohnnyB
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 06:27 AM
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41, but I think I'm 21
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badbus
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 08:29 AM
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44 going on 19 - that is until the old broken bones start aching.
North coast riders unite
Norwalk Raceway, Norwalk, Ohio - Street Bike Nationals - Sept. 5th
Let's see all you nearby Busa's show up and spank those squids!
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Lyle
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:23 AM
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53 years
It amazes me how much we have in common.
I too have a 100 megabit drop under my desk to support my curiosity about all things dangerous and fast.
Speed, Danger, Hot Machines and Computers, have I left anything out. Oh yeah Sex. I must be getting old to have forgotten that.
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Todd
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10
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36 and hoping I feel as good as the 'older' guys in a few years. I actually feel better at 36 than I did at 25 due to cleaner living!
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byhalia
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:46 AM
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Just as I thought D'Pete. We're elitest!
Thanks much for your responses.
Do believe some names are missing in response however.
Hey, can my fellow old farts (I'm sorry, I mean tarts) imagine owning this bike at 23 or 27 yoa like a couple of our contemporaries? I would have been a "mess"! I'm grinning and laughing at the screen just thinking about it. ("mess" is a positive description).
Enjoy fellows.
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hiabuser
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:48 AM
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well, i'm 34, and can still remember when i was 21. it was fun, but not as rich. now here are all the twenty year olds telling me i'm old. hah, (yeah so i said it back then too, so what) i'm just getting started. been riding pure sport bikes since 86 and have only gotten faster. goes to show you that experience counts for a lot. now if only i could have that truly "no fear" mentality of todays younger crowd. hmmmm. naw, probably kill my friggin self. tee hee
ride it like there's no tomorrow.
mike
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richie
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 02:36 PM
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59 the busa makes me feel young especially when I race and beat all the young fellows out there. I love it.
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Per
Member posted 17 August 1999 02:44 PM
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I'm 45 and the Busa has changed my life.
By the way is the the Milan Show an open event for everybody?
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anguish
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 03:07 PM
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47 and finally have the wife broken in to stop yapping about my motorcycling hobby- almost.
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Porky
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 03:12 PM
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25 in the fast lane.
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BUDDHA
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 03:29 PM
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When i finally get my y2k BUSA......
i will still be 20.
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jafeica7
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 04:10 PM
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im 40 born again biker
red/black busa here
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dankar
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 08:13 PM
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30 years old. Discover a new love in my life. It doesn't gets better.
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deke
Member posted 17 August 1999 08:53 PM
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12 but I don't own it its my dads. my mom is never ho0me either so i hotwire it and i am gone.
Under a hellmet i can be any age old.
riding dert bikes since i was 4
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ROR
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 09:16 PM
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Richie, thank goodness for you. I thought I was going to be the oldest codger here.
Guess I'm glad I was able to learn on small bikes when I was young and poor. Anybody remember the X6. That was once Suzuki's fastest and it was a joy to ride, too. Wish I still had it. And Honda's 305 SuperHawk. What a beauty. I couldn't afford one of those so had to settle for a used 250 Dream. But it got me from Boston to Denver one Spring even if I did lose 4th gear in those upstate NY hills and had to ride the rest of the way in 3rd.
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BUDDHA
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 09:20 PM
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Well.....i guess you guys were right.
There will be someone younger than me!
Your dad will probably have a heart attack if he finds out.
Remember though,just 'cause your good in the dirt,doesn't mean your a street rider.Different rules & physics apply.
Please don't do this behind your dads back....talk to him and tell him you'd like to ride & then ask him how.
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Jeff
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:34 PM
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I just turned 40. Been riding about two years. I started with a 1986 Yamaha race bike (6 mos), spent 3 months on my brothers TL1000S and graduated to the busa. I wasted a lot of years passing up bikes! I have some making up to do and it appears I'll do it damn fast on the busa!
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TeamHayabusa
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:51 PM
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32 here
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TeamHayabusa
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:53 PM
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In Minnesota
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Dingo
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 11:00 PM
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I'm 29, and would definitely fall into the 'less experienced' motorcycle category. I've only driven motorcycles seriously since August of last year. The bike I had prior to the 'busa was a Honda Magna, which is definitely a different style of bike.
After discovering that I prefer the feel of a sportbike over a custom (and man, chrome is highhh maintenance), I was researching what bike to swap to. I was zeroing in on the Honda VFR800, but asked for a test drive on the 'busa through sheer curiousity. I didn't even mind the wait while they prepped it (no one had tried it there yet). One three mile excursion, and I was hooked. I bought it the next day, with it only having the 3 miles I had put on it.
I'm positive some here would likely shake their heads on the purchase, but when your wife says "Whichever bike you buy is the only one you'll be getting for a least 10 years" (gotta fit a house in there somewhere), you want to get something you know you'll have a hard time getting bored on.
I've not had a moment of remorse since buying the black/gray busa. Okay, maybe the ticket for excessive speed while passing that SUV might have had been cursing my luck for a moment, but it WAS only for a moment. I figure my inner voice will keep me in tow as I learn the ways of the cycle. When people blow by me on curvy roads, I let 'em . . . and even give them a helping hand signal if they're unsure on passing.
The 'busa is my transportation. To work, from work, to the store, etc. I'll rack up the miles soon enough. I suspect though, that the learning experience never ends, no matter how long one has been cruising along.
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Ed White
Member posted 18 August 1999 07:16 AM
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I'm 51 and I still love the jazz.
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rdalmau
Senior Member posted 18 August 1999 12:58 PM
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53 yrs young.
As a teenage I never gave m/c's any thought (other than images of Hell's Angels). Performance in a motor vehicle for me was when I fantasized about an AC Cobra going 0-60 in 4 seconds. But at 18 yrs old with $800.00 to spend my good buddy, Ted, suggested that I had enought to buy a M/C. What, is there any excitement in two wheels? Shortly thereafter, in July 64, in Memphis Tn. I was an owner of brand new Honda Super Hawk 305 (20 some rear wheel hp). The Cycle Shop's owner told his teenage son to take me out and "teach me how to ride." We unloaded the bike from his pickup truck in the middle of a suburban area, and he says, you do this to shift, brake, etc. and then he drives off! Needless to say, I had my first crash (just skinned knees and hands - no protective clothing) my first day of riding. I pushed the m/c about 1 1/2 miles back to the shop and enjoyed watching the owner nearly kill his son. But the real point of this story is the bug: the "motor" bug. Even though I had only ridden several miles before I crashed - I was hooked. Like the rest of you "lifers" I was permanently infected with the "motor" bug. Is there a better motor disease than the Busa?
RD
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canuk
Member posted 21 August 1999 05:37 AM
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I'm 52.
Most of my friends and workmates think I'm nuts for riding M/C's anyway. Now with the 'Busa' they KNOW I'm crazy!!
Keeps me slim though, a belly stops you from getting into 'full crouch' for high speed runs!!
From the posts here the average age is 41.
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gsx1300rguy
Senior Member posted 21 August 1999 06:45 AM
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33 off the bus, 21 on the bus
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To_Quick
Senior Member posted 22 August 1999 05:32 PM
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I'm 21 with 18 years of experience.... For those of you that are mathematically challenged that's 39 I have an R1 and the Hayabusa and wouldn't trade either one. Isn't life grand!!!
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maniac marshall
Senior Member posted 22 August 1999 09:37 PM
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27 and still will be when I get my 2000 busa up here in London,Ontario,Canada.
maniac
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viol8r
Senior Member posted 23 August 1999 09:07 AM
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43.
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Greg Gillis
Member posted 23 August 1999 12:37 PM
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58. and Sherm I do have a 36 Chev (street rod). There were no Luminas that year.
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sherm
Senior Member posted 23 August 1999 06 PM
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You are right Greg - I got a '37. And I'm having the shop put one of them Harley Ferguson sidestands on it this week.
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SteveC
Senior Member posted 24 August 1999 03:04 PM
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47 I've been riding 32 years, the bus is the most fun I've had riding in years.
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Scoop
Member posted 24 August 1999 05:15 PM
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39
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posted 24 August 1999 08:56 PM
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41 and love these busa`s!
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Lisa
Member posted 24 August 1999 10:01 PM
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Turned 37 last spring.
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Buffalo
Senior Member posted 26 August 1999 08:21 PM
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I'm 46 and also very taken with my Bazuka. I got the black/silver Rolls Royce paint scheme. I like the copper but I like the black better. Hell I'd buy one if they were Nam leaf cammo though. I liked the thing the first time I saw it. Sold my red 98 ZX9R and never looked back.
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byhalia
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 04:16 PM
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Tell the truth.
I'm 42.
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Dirty Pete
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Are you a senior member because of your age Dirty Pete? (chuckle).
How old is old? I'm 58 but that doesn't seem to make me old enough to know better than to own this bike.
I'm curious how old the rest of you guys are?
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Dirty Pete
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 03:57 PM
Everyone spit it up...how old are YOU? And no lying like you do in the sex chat rooms.
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ROR
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:25 PM
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Maybe nobody else want to fess up.
Dirty Pete, the usual plane is a rental Arrow, but C152 & 172 sometimes. The boat is a Catalina 30. I suppose what they all have in common is great rewards for skilled use and nasty penalties for screwing up.
If you want to be philosophic about it, so much in our society is designed to help us avoid the consequences of our acts. But bikes, boats and planes don't let you get away with much without a consequence.
And the Busa has got a whole lot more consequence than anything else I ever rode (machine thing I'm talkin' here).
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Dirty Pete
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:46 PM
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How old did you say you are? All of you guys?
My theory is that Busa owners are older because only we can afford the insurance on 1.3 litre killer bikes.
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jim p
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:54 PM
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I am 47, but i was 21 sunday when i ran the guy with the big mouth on the ZX-9.
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Bob
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 05:59 PM
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I turned 36 in July. Its good to hear that I'm not crazy for thinking i will be riding until, well I just can't ride anymore.
It is about, fun, enjoyment, competition, mental relief----there is not an age limit for that.
Bob
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ducmanic
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 06:01 PM
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As i have posted here before, im 46. I spent the last two years racing 125cc shifter karts.
When i was 18 i had a mach 1 Kawasaki 500 triple, and two Suzuki T-500 two stroke twins. These were the bad bikes of the times. Im still fast. Still love speed, still looking for the edge. Any LA area bussa' owners are always welcome to contact me for an LA area bussa' get together.
ducmanic@ix.netcom.com
Los Angeles
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BigGuy
Member posted 16 August 1999 06:09 PM
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46
The kids are making me old; the bikes are an attempt at keeping me young! ;-)
-k
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Ozzybusa
Member posted 16 August 1999 07:18 PM
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46 years young, thanx to the 'Busa. 110km ride to work everyday and now scratching with the best of them on Sunday mornings once again.
Local 'Busa riders in Western Australia, can contact me: geotech@collie.netserv.net.au
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Pkboxer
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 07:43 PM
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33 here on the North Coast of Ohio
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defectron
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 08:56 PM
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23
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sherm
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 09:32 PM
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97 and still driving my '36 Chevy Lumina.
I sure wish they'd stop shinking them 18 wheeler tractor trailers every year. They're getting so small you can hardly see them anymore.
This year I discovered curb riding - you keep the right two wheel up on curb and the left wheels in the street. What a rush!
The reason I'm into this Hayabusa forum is because I've had one stuck in my front grill for the past two months (or was it three months?).
Gotta go soak my teeth.
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KawAbuser
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 09:43 PM
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41 circles around the sun at this moment, it changes like attitude around here at times. I would guess that an average age Busonian would be about fourty, who else could afford the bike and the insurance to go with it.
I hate it when the Cowpokes make you drop age at times, but if you can't hang with the big Busa's get out!
Vegas = Party = Suzuki Y2K, be there or be old!
I was 23 when I bought my last "worlds fastest bike" 1983 GS1100 SD Katana, It also was called strange looking and futuristic. Now it sits in the corner begging to taken out and ridden.
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Waltman
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 10:08 PM
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Kids can't afford this unless their rich daddies buy it for them. I wouldn't recommend this bike to an unexperienced or first time rider. I was waiting for the ZX-12, but after looking at the "spy" pictures, I said, "that thing is damn oooooogly". I also had my sights on getting a FAT BOY from HD, but after one look at the Hayabusa, next thing I knew I was signing all the paperwork. I am 42.
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VegasDude
Senior Member posted 16 August 1999 10:35 PM
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Waltman you sound like a sensible man.............
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BigPete
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 02:08 AM
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42 year old gentle giant........but don't make me angry.......my old CB handle was 'The HULK'......today it would read 'BULK'.
I'm going to the Milan Show next month.....I'll report back on the ZX? and Busa.
Ride to Live....Live to Ride.
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tulmann
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 02:26 AM
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Age is nothing when on the Busa, I'm 47 and feel like a teenager in love, what a femme fatal, I kiss her every morning and like the way she speaks. Ohh, you all know just how cruel she can be :-)))
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Yngve
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 04:22 AM
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36 Years..............
been riding for 20 years.
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Sabor
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 05:46 AM
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27 and happy!?!!!
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JohnnyB
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 06:27 AM
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41, but I think I'm 21
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badbus
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 08:29 AM
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44 going on 19 - that is until the old broken bones start aching.
North coast riders unite
Norwalk Raceway, Norwalk, Ohio - Street Bike Nationals - Sept. 5th
Let's see all you nearby Busa's show up and spank those squids!
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Lyle
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:23 AM
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53 years
It amazes me how much we have in common.
I too have a 100 megabit drop under my desk to support my curiosity about all things dangerous and fast.
Speed, Danger, Hot Machines and Computers, have I left anything out. Oh yeah Sex. I must be getting old to have forgotten that.
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Todd
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36 and hoping I feel as good as the 'older' guys in a few years. I actually feel better at 36 than I did at 25 due to cleaner living!
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byhalia
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:46 AM
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Just as I thought D'Pete. We're elitest!
Thanks much for your responses.
Do believe some names are missing in response however.
Hey, can my fellow old farts (I'm sorry, I mean tarts) imagine owning this bike at 23 or 27 yoa like a couple of our contemporaries? I would have been a "mess"! I'm grinning and laughing at the screen just thinking about it. ("mess" is a positive description).
Enjoy fellows.
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hiabuser
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:48 AM
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well, i'm 34, and can still remember when i was 21. it was fun, but not as rich. now here are all the twenty year olds telling me i'm old. hah, (yeah so i said it back then too, so what) i'm just getting started. been riding pure sport bikes since 86 and have only gotten faster. goes to show you that experience counts for a lot. now if only i could have that truly "no fear" mentality of todays younger crowd. hmmmm. naw, probably kill my friggin self. tee hee
ride it like there's no tomorrow.
mike
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richie
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 02:36 PM
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59 the busa makes me feel young especially when I race and beat all the young fellows out there. I love it.
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Per
Member posted 17 August 1999 02:44 PM
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I'm 45 and the Busa has changed my life.
By the way is the the Milan Show an open event for everybody?
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anguish
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 03:07 PM
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47 and finally have the wife broken in to stop yapping about my motorcycling hobby- almost.
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Porky
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 03:12 PM
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25 in the fast lane.
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BUDDHA
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 03:29 PM
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When i finally get my y2k BUSA......
i will still be 20.
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jafeica7
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 04:10 PM
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im 40 born again biker
red/black busa here
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dankar
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 08:13 PM
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30 years old. Discover a new love in my life. It doesn't gets better.
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deke
Member posted 17 August 1999 08:53 PM
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12 but I don't own it its my dads. my mom is never ho0me either so i hotwire it and i am gone.
Under a hellmet i can be any age old.
riding dert bikes since i was 4
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ROR
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 09:16 PM
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Richie, thank goodness for you. I thought I was going to be the oldest codger here.
Guess I'm glad I was able to learn on small bikes when I was young and poor. Anybody remember the X6. That was once Suzuki's fastest and it was a joy to ride, too. Wish I still had it. And Honda's 305 SuperHawk. What a beauty. I couldn't afford one of those so had to settle for a used 250 Dream. But it got me from Boston to Denver one Spring even if I did lose 4th gear in those upstate NY hills and had to ride the rest of the way in 3rd.
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BUDDHA
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 09:20 PM
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Well.....i guess you guys were right.
There will be someone younger than me!
Your dad will probably have a heart attack if he finds out.
Remember though,just 'cause your good in the dirt,doesn't mean your a street rider.Different rules & physics apply.
Please don't do this behind your dads back....talk to him and tell him you'd like to ride & then ask him how.
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Jeff
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:34 PM
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I just turned 40. Been riding about two years. I started with a 1986 Yamaha race bike (6 mos), spent 3 months on my brothers TL1000S and graduated to the busa. I wasted a lot of years passing up bikes! I have some making up to do and it appears I'll do it damn fast on the busa!
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TeamHayabusa
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:51 PM
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32 here
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TeamHayabusa
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 10:53 PM
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In Minnesota
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Dingo
Senior Member posted 17 August 1999 11:00 PM
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I'm 29, and would definitely fall into the 'less experienced' motorcycle category. I've only driven motorcycles seriously since August of last year. The bike I had prior to the 'busa was a Honda Magna, which is definitely a different style of bike.
After discovering that I prefer the feel of a sportbike over a custom (and man, chrome is highhh maintenance), I was researching what bike to swap to. I was zeroing in on the Honda VFR800, but asked for a test drive on the 'busa through sheer curiousity. I didn't even mind the wait while they prepped it (no one had tried it there yet). One three mile excursion, and I was hooked. I bought it the next day, with it only having the 3 miles I had put on it.
I'm positive some here would likely shake their heads on the purchase, but when your wife says "Whichever bike you buy is the only one you'll be getting for a least 10 years" (gotta fit a house in there somewhere), you want to get something you know you'll have a hard time getting bored on.
I've not had a moment of remorse since buying the black/gray busa. Okay, maybe the ticket for excessive speed while passing that SUV might have had been cursing my luck for a moment, but it WAS only for a moment. I figure my inner voice will keep me in tow as I learn the ways of the cycle. When people blow by me on curvy roads, I let 'em . . . and even give them a helping hand signal if they're unsure on passing.
The 'busa is my transportation. To work, from work, to the store, etc. I'll rack up the miles soon enough. I suspect though, that the learning experience never ends, no matter how long one has been cruising along.
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I'm 51 and I still love the jazz.
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rdalmau
Senior Member posted 18 August 1999 12:58 PM
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53 yrs young.
As a teenage I never gave m/c's any thought (other than images of Hell's Angels). Performance in a motor vehicle for me was when I fantasized about an AC Cobra going 0-60 in 4 seconds. But at 18 yrs old with $800.00 to spend my good buddy, Ted, suggested that I had enought to buy a M/C. What, is there any excitement in two wheels? Shortly thereafter, in July 64, in Memphis Tn. I was an owner of brand new Honda Super Hawk 305 (20 some rear wheel hp). The Cycle Shop's owner told his teenage son to take me out and "teach me how to ride." We unloaded the bike from his pickup truck in the middle of a suburban area, and he says, you do this to shift, brake, etc. and then he drives off! Needless to say, I had my first crash (just skinned knees and hands - no protective clothing) my first day of riding. I pushed the m/c about 1 1/2 miles back to the shop and enjoyed watching the owner nearly kill his son. But the real point of this story is the bug: the "motor" bug. Even though I had only ridden several miles before I crashed - I was hooked. Like the rest of you "lifers" I was permanently infected with the "motor" bug. Is there a better motor disease than the Busa?
RD
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canuk
Member posted 21 August 1999 05:37 AM
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I'm 52.
Most of my friends and workmates think I'm nuts for riding M/C's anyway. Now with the 'Busa' they KNOW I'm crazy!!
Keeps me slim though, a belly stops you from getting into 'full crouch' for high speed runs!!
From the posts here the average age is 41.
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gsx1300rguy
Senior Member posted 21 August 1999 06:45 AM
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33 off the bus, 21 on the bus
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To_Quick
Senior Member posted 22 August 1999 05:32 PM
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I'm 21 with 18 years of experience.... For those of you that are mathematically challenged that's 39 I have an R1 and the Hayabusa and wouldn't trade either one. Isn't life grand!!!
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maniac marshall
Senior Member posted 22 August 1999 09:37 PM
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27 and still will be when I get my 2000 busa up here in London,Ontario,Canada.
maniac
[This message has been edited by maniac marshall (edited 22 August 1999).]
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viol8r
Senior Member posted 23 August 1999 09:07 AM
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43.
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Greg Gillis
Member posted 23 August 1999 12:37 PM
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58. and Sherm I do have a 36 Chev (street rod). There were no Luminas that year.
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You are right Greg - I got a '37. And I'm having the shop put one of them Harley Ferguson sidestands on it this week.
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SteveC
Senior Member posted 24 August 1999 03:04 PM
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47 I've been riding 32 years, the bus is the most fun I've had riding in years.
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Scoop
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41 and love these busa`s!
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Lisa
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Turned 37 last spring.
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Buffalo
Senior Member posted 26 August 1999 08:21 PM
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I'm 46 and also very taken with my Bazuka. I got the black/silver Rolls Royce paint scheme. I like the copper but I like the black better. Hell I'd buy one if they were Nam leaf cammo though. I liked the thing the first time I saw it. Sold my red 98 ZX9R and never looked back.
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OB_Thradar
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A simple link would have sufficed.
OB_Dirty Pete
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I beg your foregiveness Sire for not having the technical knowledge of your Lordship.
If you're going to offer a sarcastic message, expect one in return.
This question has been done but needs updating. Being an engineer, I would have expected you to search it first, post past responses, and then add the responses of members who have joined since the last time this idea was done.
If you're going to offer a sarcastic message, expect one in return.
This question has been done but needs updating. Being an engineer, I would have expected you to search it first, post past responses, and then add the responses of members who have joined since the last time this idea was done.
OB_Martinm2
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HEHE, don't mess with lord DP. I don't think I was in there...25...Civil Engineer. Behave damn it, I'm still impressionable, I guess thats the word 
OB_Bikenut
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32, will be 33 in 1 mo. Didn't get the grey hairs from my 'busa though. Aren't kids grand........
OB_strickly
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39, married with children !!
OB_Y2Krazy
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24 I'm a Personal Care Attendant for the Easter Seal Society
OB_Shadowrider
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34 and a truck driver
OB_godzuki 31
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35, I WAS THIRTY A FEW DAYS AGO.THE OLDER I GET THE FASTER I WAS.YES, I WROTE THAT.
OB_CanuckBusa
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35. mechanical engineer working as a computer programmer. old enough to know I should try harder to restrain my Busa speeding habits. thinking of buying a slower bike... next year.
OB_buzzlatka
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27, F-18 Pilot for US Navy in Lemoore, CA
OB_X-treme
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I dont own a busa.. 
My dad does, he's 41
I own a 2000 R6, I'm 17.
My dad does, he's 41I own a 2000 R6, I'm 17.
OB_Thradar
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Christ, must be nice.
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