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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: colmoody on February 06, 2010, 08:02:19 pm
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Would love to know the average age of regular and not so regular contibutors on this forum. Not sure if the majority would be into the concept or how it could be done but would certainly fill in a few gaps.
That and a few other basic stats could also be a big help in selling advertising space or maybe convincing those that might be considering booking and paying for some advertising space on OZVMX that it is indeed a good idea.
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51 yrs...Building industry...Married....
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36 / Building Industry / Married
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Well, there's no selling advertising space on OzVMX. Tried it a few years back but very few saw it as something that they wanted to do. To be successful, I'd need to make it a full time job and be out there chasing down advertisers and improving the site. These days, I really just let OzVMX meander along its course.
As for me, 51 and a public servant.
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52 married , hmmm part time manager, worker, shit kicker, annoying rat bag at a BP convenience roadhouse. Tim754
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Married 50 and love to race
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59,married,(she has house,i have the shed),f/glass fabrications,bike mechanic,also love to race
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52.....Building Industry.....
Marred whoops Married ;D
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50, married, public servant, fitter &turner, racer (if you can call what I do racing!)
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45,married,truck driver
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44, married (again.... :-\ ) photographer.
Which isn't a real job, I know, but I did work one day in a row last week................... ;)
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33, married, electronics tech.
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56, married, truck driver. For some reason I had it in my head that the majority would be closer to Nathans age. But there you go. Keep em coming.
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49.5, Married & 2 kids, Metal Fabricator / Hydraulic Fitter, would be Racer.
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51, married ,self employed welder/fabricator/machinist/bike nut ;D ;D ;D
Roger
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51, married, School Deputy PrincipaL
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44, married (again) :D, self employed carpet cleaner 8), retired model ::).....
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48, married (hanging on by a thread) and, you're probably not going to believe this, particle accelerator engineer.
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so "toofast" isn't an exaggeration?
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42 Married (again, again), Civil Engineer and according to my friend YZ Hilly a bike restorer that happens to ride ;D
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60-self funded retiree,deeevorced but currently enjoying pampered love puppy status.
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53 currently not woking (much) full time carer
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45 and 1 week ;D mechanic @ a global car company with 2 initials and has 2000 acres with a big round thing and squigly lines in it.
Single and never married and sudden horder of RM125's
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50, married, 2 kids, 1 dog, 1 cat, 3 birds, self employed mechanic.......
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54,Divorced twice, single at the moment, two grown up great kids, motorcycle mechanic currently working as a purchasing officer for a manufacturing company, love's: Bultaco's, Maico's and Kawasaki's. Hates:being too fat and unfit to use them.
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43 (today!), one more bike purchase away from divorce, 3 kids of my own and a step son, self employed pool tiler. I like long walks on the beach,camping, romantic evenings .............
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Happy birthday Von Dutchie ;D
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Happy Birthday Brad - you old fart :P Well 1 mont older than me anyway ::)
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Thanks guys. I had to pull the 'its my birthday' card to get some toast made . I got a badge from the kids saying ' I'm the boss around here ', that I have to give back to the wife tomorrow apparently ::)
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Late 1961 model/Married (2nd time around)/Train Driver
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43 married 4 kids 2 of my own doings :o and the other 2 where already there 8) all up the 4 of them are great kids. I work as a storeman and anything else that pays the bills :D jimson
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so "toofast" isn't an exaggeration?
You have no idea ;D
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51, married, two young kids, power station mechanical technical officer, addicted to 1970s trials bikes
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43 (today!),
Happy Birthday Brad old fella. Mine was a couple of weeks ago (20th Jan).
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57, married, suicidal, porn star in the bathroom, tosser outside. Tell me why life just doesn't get any easier, so you hop on an old mx bike and put the smile on your face for a day, then back to reality. Anyone want to buy a wife!!!
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Anyone want to buy a wife!!!
A couple of photos, a price and your location might help the sale go better............ :D
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I like long walks on the beach,camping, romantic evenings .............
:D :D :D
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Hey Tossa, what make & model bike does she come with????
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there are a few lines i could put into the answer, but lets just say, she's good value for money, though as a vintage bike(pre85), is a basket case!! But then again the poor young thing has to keep up with an old fart like myself
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67.7, married, two adult kids five Grandkids and a pet Alpaca. The whole catastrophe. Was once a low voltage dishwasher in London, am now ' retired ' and working WFO developing a farm. A fly - in fly - out ticket to the Forum is all that keeps me going.
Have already bought one wife, no way am I going to spend foolish money like that again, but I'll take her off your hands for a ' consideration,' Tossa. Cash, no goats or camels ;).
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pet Alpaca.
A Clayton's watch dog--a good guard to have in your possession 8)
AGE-LESS
46,43,16.
cheers
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53 , married 2 kids, a dog, car dealer and KX450 ( 2009 ) rider.
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She is worth quite a bit, she loves to take photo's of VMX in the mud!! though has an affection for sidecars, blame that on Alison (VMX247) so there is a down side to her!!
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Hi, I'm Fred. I like tacos and '71 Cabernet. My favorite color is magenta
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Hi, I'm Fred. I like tacos and '71 Cabernet. My favorite color is magenta
:D bullshit :D
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Hi, I'm Fred. I like tacos and '71 Cabernet. My favorite color is magenta
:D bullshit :D
How about My name is barry, I'm a Capricorn, I like warm summer nights, champagne and rageing!!!lol Perfect Snatch!!
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41 (Summer of '69) Married with 4 billy lids, was a self employed tradie for many years and have just started teaching at Tafe. Full time employment, but feels like I'm semi-retired ;D ;D
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The 3 rings of life Eh , engagement ring - wedding ring and suffering .
I'm 30 ish , favourite colour is yella.
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Mate if you 30ish, I must be 20ish!!! :o
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53 this year. Paramedic just back on bikes after 35 year break. I was Victorian slot car champ (Division 3) In about 1972. Anbody remember Tom Thumb slot ca track in Box Hill
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Rossco - 37!!!!!!!!!!! (nah really 48) - just glad to be younger and better looking than Tosser - work as Process (Gold) Manager in deepest darkest Africa, Married (best thing that happened to me!) - as far as motocross goes (real stuff - vintage) I get classed as a mobile speed bump!!!
;D
Awaiting Tossers reply!
cheers
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17 apprentice plumber and gasfitter. I like yellow bikes thanks Michael.
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50 truck driver married two kids
Jerry
don't remember BoxHill but spent a lot of time at the Rosebud track, ended up working there ;D
tony
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Rossco - 37!!!!!!!!!!! (nah really 48) - just glad to be younger and better looking than Tosser - work as Process (Gold) Manager in deepest darkest Africa, Married (best thing that happened to me!) - as far as motocross goes (real stuff - vintage) I get classed as a mobile speed bump!!!
;D
Awaiting Tossers reply!
cheers
Better looking than me, only because there's more of you to go around. Better get ready for morning of the 14th mar, I'll Tbone you as you lap me!!! You fellow cross dresser you!!lol
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And the second youngest guy to reply here is still double the age of the youngest... :D
It genuinely surprises me that I'm the second youngest - there's plenty of younger guys at race meets/CDs.
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The wrong side of 50
Married with 3 kids, one of my own doing. I laughed at Jimson’s comment until I realized it also refers to me. :o
Currently employed as …
Manager
Purchasing officer
Accounts clerk
Receptionist
Welder
Fitter
Development officer
IT technician
Machinist
Draftsman
Salesman
Delivery driver
Floor sweeper
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You look like you could do with a boilermaker there Geoff. ;D
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No boiler makers allowed, too bloody rough. ;D
Sheet metal workers only
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Well Geoff this is going to be difficult, 46 not married BOILERMAKER but self employed (Wiltec Industries)
Shane
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Physical Age 39,mental age 16; hence why I try to relieve the 1980's via VMX,married with two beautiful daughters (they get their looks from their Mother,and no Shane she is not a Merino!).
Employed as the NZ salesman for a division of the second oldest Australia company-as a hint its a sugar company with an asbestos issue.
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60, happily married (I'm married, she-who-must-be-obeyed is happy ;D), two kids (one still home the other left and married), one grandson (smartest, strongest kid in the known universe ;)), one dog, quasi-retired (working maintaining investment properties, home reno and scheming to make/maintain income) and more old crap motorcycle projects than can be humanly managed ::).
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45, married to blonde trophy wife that is younger than a lot of my bikes. ;D
Director of marine turbocharger company on the 18F overlooking down town sunny Tokyo.
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47 in April :)
I live with Valeria who says she sees more in me than the warm cuddly exterior :o and we intend to make it official this year ;D
4 beautiful daughters aged 22yrs to 10yrs :)
Qualified (but dissolusioned ) automotive technician ::) so now i run a towing company in the most picturesque place on the planet 8)
love all things motorcycle related, hate exercise and young people :)
Happy birthday Brad :)
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somehow i missed this thread thus far...
44 and happily divorced, 2 kids that ain't into bikes,
a pretty neat {but slightly older} girly on the scene with her own house that doesn't want to move in with me ;) and makes a mean salad :) that i can pushbike ride and rockclimb with :).
boilermaker extraudinair that flat refuses to purchase them phat phootpegs things from shonky sharks as they're only a piece of metal anyway.
i make my own... :)
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20 years young just started as a qantas engineer ;D
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hey capps do you do the odd boogie board ;D
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20 years young just started as a qantas engineer ;D
20 Yrs old?! My fuel's older than you.... :o
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20 years young just started as a qantas engineer ;D
Seems you've got a reputation to live up to there young man. NOT!
(I blame the ex-Saffie mechies for all the recent Quantas stuff-ups ::))
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lol nope paul ;)
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51
Still living with the same woman who I have married and divorced twice, so technically I am single!
1 x cat (mine), 1 x dog (hers), 1 x 25 year old daughter (shared) who lives in Adelaide.
Currently unemployed;
Have been an electrical fitter, overhead linesman, truck driver, movie extra, motorcycle mechanic, Chief Petty Officer - electronic weapons technician, electronic technician, winery maintenance electrician.
Start work next Monday as an HV electrical fitter at a windfarm development.
With over 50 old bike in the shed, would have to say obsessed with bikes. Competing in reliability trials on a '76 XT500 Yamaha, and riding the odd observed trial on a '79 Bultaco 350 sidecar with the daughter as passenger, even though I should know better.
CJ
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Just turned 46. married 19Yrs, After 10Yrs of trying we have two girls 5 & 6.
Just got a male dog to help me out ;)
Work local council in water supply.
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46 married (no one is allowed to go thru life happy forever) bike shop owner or slave to it depending on the day sidecar driver mx and soon to be dirttrack havnt ridden the new toy yet
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72 yo-married-6 children [one rides 40-49 vintage mx] ,10 grandchidren ,most learnt on MR50 had since new ,JR50 waiting for the youngest--ret. sailmaker--also race a 14ft Skiff [better sailor than rider].
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Well done.
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Keep em coming guys. Dont let you ego's get in the way.
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ill just add to mine 4 kids :o 5 birds ??? 5 bikes ;D
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38, about to be married toolmaker
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51
Still living with the same woman who I have married and divorced twice, so technically I am single!
1 x cat (mine), 1 x dog (hers), 1 x 25 year old daughter (shared) who lives in Adelaide.
Currently unemployed;
Have been an electrical fitter, overhead linesman, truck driver, movie extra, motorcycle mechanic, Chief Petty Officer - electronic weapons technician, electronic technician, winery maintenance electrician.
Start work next Monday as an HV electrical fitter at a windfarm development.
With over 50 old bike in the shed, would have to say obsessed with bikes. Competing in reliability trials on a '76 XT500 Yamaha, and riding the odd observed trial on a '79 Bultaco 350 sidecar with the daughter as passenger, even though I should know better.
CJ
CJ I'm 51 too and loved your many jobs thing so here are mine
Cattle Dip bottle washer, Storeman and Packer, Farm Hand, Fitter and Turner, Production Engineer, Project Engineer, Commissioning Engineer, Production Manager, Real Estate Salesman, house builder, Motor Mechanic, Fitter and Turner again, Process Engineer, Production Supervisor, Project Engineer again, Actor, Industrial Chemical sales and service Technician, Production Engineering Tech Officer
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44,married,parcel post contractor,16 odd bikes,mostly honda, numbers go up & down a bit,hopefully more up than down
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Im 42 traffic signal maintenance.Married .1 girl 7yo.2 dogs.
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28yrs old , married , 9 bikes , mining.
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43 (today!), one more bike purchase away from divorce, 3 kids of my own and a step son, self employed pool tiler. I like long walks on the beach,camping, romantic evenings .............
Oh I forgot to add that I prefer women with small hands ;D
Ladies....can we have a show of hands :D
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Hah good thread .I like peanacaladas and getting caught in the Rain. 45 last week ,Married with 4 Teenagers driving me insane the only thing that calms all of us down is getting out on the bikes and having a good ride and a laugh . Luv the classic dirts that i have been too ,last 3 and the Dirt Track titles at Canberra were a blast . I ride in Viper and a few DMCC club meets at Wonthaggi . I havent got my bikes ready for Viper yet and my eldest daughter is racing with me in juniors with Viper this year ,one more bike to get ready .I have met a heap of top blokes in the last 4 years on OZVMX that i wouldnt have had the oppurtunity if this fantastic site was not here .thanks Greame . I hope to catch with as many people at as many meets i can afford to get too this year . So if you see me in the paddock come up and say Hello .
Hilly Viper #436
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I'm a chippy, married for the 3rd time 63 year old.
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Don't matter how hard you got it with small hands, three marriages under the bridge,two dogs,18 motorcycles, big egos,old fuel,mining,10 grand kids,a Honda owner,4 kids,engineering,a chippy,unemployed,step son or what we are. :P
Its price less not age-less ;D
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45, married to blonde trophy wife that is younger than a lot of my bikes. ;D
Director of marine turbocharger company on the 18F overlooking down town sunny Tokyo.
MarcFX, in Tokyo on 24 - 26th. Might have to test the veracity of your claims regarding the age of the bikes ::)
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38, about to be married toolmaker
Don't do it young Tony ::)
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age 47 slave to a bike shop owner, most likely unemployed about 9am tomorrow when he reads this!
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Just turned 54 a week ago, was married for 18 years, 4 boys, eldest son 29, 2nd Son (RIP), 23, 25, STEP daughter 24 and son 20. remarried 2 years ago, all very good Kids, and a lovely Wife.
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Of the 56 that have fessed up so far and not including the two or three that commented but could'nt quite bring themselves to say it, from my calculations average age of regular contributors to this forum or at least those that did respond (56) is approx 47.5yrs. Which equates to an average birth date of May 1962
Apart from being about ten years older than I thought it would be not sure what it all means.
And if it had'nt been for the two babes amongst us (Nathan and Frosty) the average would have been a far more respectable 48.35yrs
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It doesn't really matter what the average age is there are always going to be people alot higher or a lot lower in age I wonder if we tried it again in a years time I am assuming it would go up and then you could have a guess at what it might be in 5 years time thanks Michael. :)
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Of course Frosty you are 100% correct. It was'nt untill I submitted my last post on this subject that I saw how many had viewed this topic (approx 1600). That only 56 of that 1600 or about 3% played the game is piss poor weak. Did'nt think I was asking anyone for there bank account details but there you go.
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44
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on ya billie jack
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If you could get some more numbers it would be interesting as I think next year it will go up it all depends on are more younger or older guys getting into vmx so it would interesting to see how far if at all that figure changes.
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53 this year, mechanic turned truck driver
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That only 56 of that 1600 or about 3% played the game is piss poor weak.
I think you will find that the 1600 or now 1700 lookers are the same guys coming back for a look several times to see what others have written.
Generally I would say their is about a hundred lookers at every thread, which rises after someone has replied.
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46 no kids, single and loving it ;)
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SI I said it didn't I? No you're right, I have to come out and say it properly.
I'M 51- there I said it though I don't beleive it as I'm still 20 in a 50+ chassis. Should have a pre '60 class but not sure if I'm a 2stroke or 4 yet. I like a lot of premix (scotch & ice) but can run on straight (beer).
Married for years to the same great model and 2 kids that should leave home soon (we hope.any suggestions)
Owner/manager of exhaust, mechanical, brakes, suspension shop.
Raced solos in the 70s long enough to work out I was too slow then turned to " sidecar passenger " what ever that is. Just the shit on the side according to Wally.
Speaking of which- Wheres Wally???
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38, about to be married toolmaker
Don't do it young Tony ::)
I'm getting a good reason to make it over for the motogp in october so I reckon it can't be a bad thing ;)
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54/ married/ 1 no longer riding son (22) /I sell boat stuff.
When my son stopped racing at 18 I thought my life was over. I told my misses that he quit...I didn't. I will be racing as long as I can throw my leg over the seat without any help and can see where I'm going. Even then I might make up a rig of some kind to get on the bike and by that time there will be goggles that will take over for the bad eyesight!
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Get a bloody sidecar, they hold themselves up and your passenger could tell you where to go-so to speak :D :D
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GMC, yeah are probably right in what you said about the numbers being the same 100 or so coming back for a geek. Never thought of looking at it like that.
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1963 Vintage. Just clicked over 25 years of marriage, and strangely to the same woman. 3 girls 22, 21 & 19 all doing well and not giving me any problems. Work for a Japanese car company as a Snr Manager in the After Sales / Engineering area. Spend most Saturdays working at a bike shop that is run by my mate, although work is not quiet correct as all we do is we take the piss out of each other and anyone who gets caught in the middle.
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Just turned 51 last month, married twice, no kids, 2 golden retrievers, Train Driver 30yrs, mow lawns on the side (it pays for the bike resto's and racing) ;D
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49 this year, never married, no kids, and one fantastic understanding girlfriend.
I'm a manager with Peter Stevens motorcycles and I run a part time small business on the side,
Diamond Valley mower repairs ;D
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Just turned 50. Divorced 20 years ago. Started collecting old bikes for therapy. Now live in sin and have two littlies.
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I am quite surprised how many of us are 50+/- and only a few are much older or much younger. I know my club (BMCC) has only 1 or 2 pups but a few older guys(60-70+)
I guess that's where we come from and why we're here. The mid to late seventies and most of the eighties where the glory years of our sport and that;s where we cut our teeth.
Perhaps we could have put in a combined household income guide to balance it all out but then where one gets his dough and what he does with it will always be a wild variant.
The other thing is the number of 'better' racers that are still about where as the also rans have moved on to some other past time.
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Without helmet 45, with helmet on 17 .5 kids , 27 bikes self employed auto electronics
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That must be what it is-when the HELMET goes on the years fall away-or the track falls away-or the bikes falls away (from under me) or all of the above.
Now I have a new excuse. You beauty!!
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it`s alright eml we will make sure there is oxygen at the practice day if you are going to wheeze and struggle to get your breath after a ride you should take up smoking at least you have an excuse then!!
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Physical age 44, mental age about 14 i reckon, married, 4 kids from 12years to 15months, completed 2 apprenticeships-1 as fitter and turner(hated it, but good for developing skills) 2nd as motorcycle mechanic, worked in bike industry until 2005 when i went in a different direction altogether. Collection of old Suzuki's in shed along with new CRF450R. Very understanding (also much younger!!) wife, and about to move onto approx 17 acres of motocross tracks-whoops i mean 17 acres of rural bliss.
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26 years old recently single and im a air con mechanic.
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and about to move onto approx 17 acres of motocross tracks
It's not moto-cross unless you dive into the first corner with 30 other bikes going for the same blade of grass - give us your new address and we'll turn your play racing into motocross ::) :P ;D.
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42 in July-Retail- Married for 11 yrs, two kids -10 yr old girl, 4 yr old boy. Hope this helps bump the avg age up some. ;D ;D
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Of the 56 that have fessed up so far and not including the two or three that commented but could'nt quite bring themselves to say it, from my calculations average age of regular contributors to this forum or at least those that did respond (56) is approx 47.5yrs. Which equates to an average birth date of May 1962
Just worked it out after all these years.... my birthday May 1962..... Average, average, average, two kids.....average, average, average.... still riding dirt bikes at my age.... not average, shit I luv that!! ???
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72 married since 72 second oldest rider in city of penrith mcc. Xt 500 in elstar frame, Rt1 [pre 70] haven't even washed it since it siezed half way through the 25 lapper at nepean two - day in '08. Two sons, 37yr old races mountain bike [NO ENGINE!] and a 34 yr old petrol head with no cash and lots of kids. he's also a 3rd generation auto mechanic but recently discovered it's the worlds worst paid job now earns twice the rate with a few weeks training....wish i did that years ago!..My old man raced cars early 50s,my brother raced cars quite succesfully, his son prepares cars for drift racing and makes turbo kits as well as drifting. my 34 yr old has had a few rides on the Rt1 which he does alright but he had one ride on my slider and exclaimed "stuff that thing". I was redunded from the water board after 26 years and blew all my super on a servo thanks to coles/shell. had a Harley fall on me at about 4yrs old and fell of a C11 in the back yard at villawood at 16, i guess that's what started all this for me! cheers wally.
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On Ya Wally-keep up the good work
Actually mechanic is second worst wage as my guys get more than me and I own the place!!
You gotta watch out for falling Harleys no matter what age you are/lol :D