Joined Nov 2012
253 Posts | 5+
North Wales
Joined May 2013
21 Posts | 0+
Tattershall
38. Had The Muono 5 years. My nephew and a couple of his mate's have just passed their tests. Have to take another one in a few years I think. Sensible lads too. I think the latest batch of test rules will be good in the long run. The bikers that get through it will have a passion for bikes, rather than just pass a test, get an R1, kill/hurt themselves.
turn 54 in October, Pick up the Tuono 1000r next week. I'm not dealin' with this aging thing at all well.
Joined Jul 2013
84 Posts | 7+
newcastle england
Turned 40 in may after not fully enjoying riding the 07 r1 for the past year went and test rode a few bike z1000sx nice bike but not enough go. wanted to test ride a speed triple but all the dealer wanted to send me out was a sprint so got a test ride on the v4r and the r1 was history
Joined Dec 2008
6K Posts | 84+
Usually at the top of the apple tree.
You are right, One should take heart from an ancient chinese proverb, "If **** appears inevitable lie back and enjoy it."
Joined Aug 2009
5K Posts | 62+
Sunderland
The lad that bought my gen1 was 24 if I remember correctly, never heard a thing off him since.
50 last May. Got a v clean 03 Tuono for my birthday, and love it. Kept the BMW K1200lt for the luggage that I seem to need more of, the older I get!
hi all 69 here 
forum noob; gory details here: http://tuonozone.com/new-users/9517-new-england-noob.html
I agree w/ bay _1472 it may (like much in life?) have to do with finance. This is a pretty good chunk of change imo for a kid starting out, know it would have been for me @ age sub __ (fill in the blank). There's a lot of perfectly good used Gixxers, Ninjas and the like around (here anyways) for a lot less coin!
Also, the higher bars are a help, if you wanna go beyond the city limits, imo. Always get a chuckle out of even kids out on the interstate trying to sit up and ride long d.
Finally, dare I say, IF there is a upward skew in the Touno age demographics, maybe as you get older you appreciate the finer things in life? Like riding a work of art?
IMHO you just can not beat Italian "soul" when it comes to motor stuff. Speaking as a recovered Alfista, '(64 Giula spyder, '85 GTV 2.5). These machines just have SOMEthing you NEED...and as you go through life you appreciate it more?
cheers cnfb
forum noob; gory details here: http://tuonozone.com/new-users/9517-new-england-noob.htmlI agree w/ bay _1472 it may (like much in life?) have to do with finance. This is a pretty good chunk of change imo for a kid starting out, know it would have been for me @ age sub __ (fill in the blank). There's a lot of perfectly good used Gixxers, Ninjas and the like around (here anyways) for a lot less coin!
Also, the higher bars are a help, if you wanna go beyond the city limits, imo. Always get a chuckle out of even kids out on the interstate trying to sit up and ride long d.
Finally, dare I say, IF there is a upward skew in the Touno age demographics, maybe as you get older you appreciate the finer things in life? Like riding a work of art?
IMHO you just can not beat Italian "soul" when it comes to motor stuff. Speaking as a recovered Alfista, '(64 Giula spyder, '85 GTV 2.5). These machines just have SOMEthing you NEED...and as you go through life you appreciate it more?
cheers cnfb
*Sorry bout that! and thank you!
Agree with Tifa and others, dearth of entry level bikers is problem. Recession, and regs, or maybe all the 20 y.o's are home playing Grand Theft Auto?
I'll only offer an observation re Touni age appeal. My "other" bike is a much ridden 2004 Triumph Bonneville, classic black, wire wheels, peashooters, etc. (pic below)*Whenever I stop for gas, inevitably an older gent (sometimes ****) or two will approach with "is that an old Triumph?!" (maybe they are judging by the owner's apparent age?). And a chat will ensue of reminiscences, war stories, and some laughs. (gotta laugh). Sometimes a kid will come up, ("nice old bike, dude!") and more chat this time about licenses, taxes, insurance, interest rates, the like. But it's mostly the Mick Jagger generation drooling on the Bonnie.
The Touno? *Any kid within earshot (i.e. about a 2 mile radius!) developes immediate swivel neck. As you blow by they sometimes give a thumbs up, but never stop gawking. If I stop for fuel (a frequent occurence, as we all know), the T draws more kids than the pied piper of Hamelin. (is that a real place in Blighty btw?) They don't always say much, other than "nice new bike, dude!" This chat centers on speed, license loss, wheelies, and loan rates. Some older guys will come over and go into a litany of why they don't ride anymore, (knee, hip,wife transplants etc.) but mostly it's the cheap sunglasses set this time!
So....if we count wannas on the Touno you can definitely FEEL younger on one imo. *Isn't that what counts?
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