I realized this morning...

norton73

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...that my bike and I now have a combined age of 100.

 

Triton Thrasher

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116 here.

 

NoiseyNorton

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68 here

 

Craig

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Me and the bike are @ 102 ... both still running ... bike much better preserved and easier on the eyes ... in fact Sat. morning out with Ducati Club on Norton ... I asked an onlooker which bike he liked best he picked the Commando out from the Ducs ... said he rode an Atlas back in the day ...
Craig

 

Torontonian

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100 centenial years for me too. But only for a month more. :shock:

 

texasSlick

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Can anyone top 126?

Here's my Nortie girl and me when we were both young.

Slick

 

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ashman

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96 for me now but I am planning to be around and still riding at 105 (145 by then)

Ashley

 

Craig

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2 words Slick ... va-vooom !
Craig

 

texasSlick

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Craig said:

2 words Slick ... va-vooom !
Craig

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I think you are referring to the "naughty" girl ... not the Nortie girl.

Slick

 

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namibchris

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105 thanks for reminding me....

 

Craig

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Yup ... of course I was ! ... nice bike too...
Craig

 

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cjandme

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It seems I'm on the younger side at 92 :shock:

 

maylar

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104 for me. And the bike has been with me since it was born.

 

Peter R

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106 years here, both the Commando and myself are still authentic and un-restored !

 

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peter12

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99 for us!

 

cash

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106 grief! never been restored just sort of looked after. Well that's what the wife says about me.
Dave

 

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L.E.N.

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104 here, but really it feels like at least 105 :mrgreen: I'm partly restored (back surgery last month) and my bike needs a little something too.
Lance

 

gortnipper

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cjandme said:

It seems I'm on the younger side at 92 :shock:

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Ooh, you beat me at 93!

 

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pete.v

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Ton 4. Is this some sort of right of passage? Is there a patch? Maybe there should be. SwooshDave, start working on that design, please. T Shirts?

 

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Rohan

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Gee - a few years back, we had a "Centurions Rally" - bike plus rider had to total at least a 100 (a Century, obviously) to enter.
Most of us needed to hunt down an older bike.
Now a Commando does it - time marches on !

BTW, the oldest rider there with his well travelled 1920s Henderson4 made something like 148, I seem to recall.
I was amazed to see him overtake some riders around a long sweeping bend,
but he later commented that turning the handlebars briefly gave him full throttle,
the Hens have a complicated throttle linkage system, and it played up... !

Wonder what the old crab on the sign thinks of that ! Chuckle.