Am I the youngest?

[samkjr]

Just looking around and reading, I think I am the youngest one here. My dad couldn't have been right when he told me I bought and old mans bike. I guess most people my age, either dont have the money for it or prefer to have a go fast crotch rocket. Meanwhile I prefer my go fast tour cruiser. BTW. RED/TITANIUM..... defintely the fastest bikes. They put a little extra umphh in them.

OH yeah. I'm 25. was 24 when I bought mine last year.

[skeeter]

Young man, you must humor the old ones and allow them to dwell in the dream that there is another color faster than red.

[cactusjack]

25? I have shoes older than you. You are years ahead of the curve and recognize a quality piece of machinery when you see one.

Oh yeah...I have a 25 year old son.

I have kids older than you, two cars older than you, and one car that's twice as old as you. (shoes too, I'm sure.)

So what, huh? You're only as young as you feel...or as old as you feel? Errr...I forget. ::)

[ianicky]

There was a pole on here a while ago and if i remember correctly i think the biggest age group was the 45 - 50 !!! I of course am much younger than that ;)

There's a handful in their 20's here. You may be the youngest.

[racinchef]

Normally, I'm 49, but when I get on my Nomad I feel 25.

[ringadingh]

The bike I rode before the Nomad was older than you, it was a 1974 GT550. I would bet that your the youngest so far.

[samkjr]

Doesnt really matter, I'm starting to accumalate the same stories as you guys. I really just love hearing some of the stories, because I haven't been around, or especially riding long enough, to have that many good or bad stories. If I ever make it out to one of these eastern rallies, you guys will think I got lost or borrowed my dads bike. HAha

[texasfisherdude]

I remember being 25 I think after all it was the 70's and its kinda foggy :)

[csguru]

The "watch out for the bad acid" and be glad you didn't go to Kent State era LOL

[billmac]

Your right, age doesn't matter. But you must be smart beyond your years to have chosen a Nomad. You have a great looking bike and obviously take pride in it.

[mmartin]

I remember being 25 I think after all it was the 70's and its kinda foggy :)

;) The 70's were great
what I still remember about it,
I think
what 's this post about now
O'well enjoy your ride

[Top Cat]

I just had my riding boots resoled , so the boots are older than he is , but the soles are not. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

I think I remember being 25.

[fish]

I just had my riding boots resoled , so the boots are older than he is , but the soles are not. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

TC to wear out the soles on riding boots you must be dragging your feet to stop http://s2.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[Top Cat]

Well yeah, how else are you gonna stop this thing ???
No fish, I used to wear these things every waking hour back in the day. When I got back into riding last year I realized they had leather soles http://s2.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif A little slippery on some surfaces ;)
Now they have Vibram rubber soles and I can just drop my feet to the ground and stop on a dime, no brakes needed. http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif

[ells]

Samkjr, So, I suppose you are wondering why so many of the messages in the "Good Night" thread are posted around or even before 8:30PM. Enjoy it.

[dogdoc]

young sprout,,lol

[oldbikers]

I remember being 25 I had a 10 year old son but you picked a great bike enjoy riding it.

[blowndodge]

I kind of remember my insurance going down back then. PLEASE take your time to get to know your Nomad and ride safe!!

Oh, geeze! I just paid my bike insurance.

You KNOW yer gettin' old when your bike insurance is only $77 a year.

[kawbuc]

Last time i went to the doc , they told me i am getting younger. So in about 27 years i may be back where your at. I try to eat as much preservatives as possible.
Nice bike. Good decision.

[formikec]

I'm not as old as some of these farts on here, but I believe I was in high school when you were born, and I definitely wish I would have had the means to have a NAD when I was 25!

Talk about chic magnet. lol

[VulcanE]

Normally, I'm 49, but when I get on my Nomad I feel 25.

That's my thoughts, EXACTLY! ;)

[schoeney]

Normally, I'm 49, but when I get on my Nomad I feel 25.

Racinchef...I must be the youngest because when I get on my Nomad I only feel 22!

Sam..you must be afwully smart to recognize the value of a Nomad over a crotch rocket...maybe I should introduce you to my 21 year old daughter....oh wait...no way am I letting her go out with any bikers!

[basco]

No I am the youngest born in 1964 so that makes me 21 legal drinking age finally http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

[macmac]

This bike is older than you
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll275/Mac_Muz/Liberty/2fd4.jpg http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[chainsaw]

Learn from the old ones, Grasshopper.

[samkjr]

Great comments. Thats why I enjoy the board. I wanted a nice big cruiser, something fun for slow rides but could definitely be good for fast highway. I hate the look of having tons of bags stuff strapped to the seat and sissy bar. I can pack 4 days worth of clothes + supplies all in the hard bags and it looks like I just left home to run to the pool hall.

As for insurance.... caddman.. try ten times that. Turning 25 and being married helps, but college tickets and a big motor, sure put a hurtin on the bill.

and uh TC..... its hard to break the habit of dragging your feet to stop when you learned how to drive with the flintstones car..... LOL

But I love the bike and am just racking up the miles untill my 6 year warranty is up and have to trade for anew model, unless something really cool comes out, I plan on another one of these.

[mrfuni]

I also have a son 25 years old....Man I'm getting old.....

[formikec]

Yep, I went to the local dealer today to get a half helmet. Rode in on my '02 model. The guy says as I'm paying..."will that be all". You don't know how bad I wanted to say, well, since you asked, I'll take one of those 08/09 Nads over there. lol

[fish]

It would be http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif to go riding with my 25 year old, but he doesn't ride :(

[Top Cat]

Flintstone car, Flintstone car you say. This guy is so young he is still watchin' Saturday mornin' cartoons. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
Get away from that TV and go ride your "old mans" bike ;)

[Todd]

LOL.....TC..the Flintstones haven't been on Saturday morning in 25 years.......


rumor has it that Fred is living in Lakewood California and rides a Green/Silver Nomad

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/toddf1_2007/blownwaterbuffalo.jpg

[basco]

It is so sad to see those elderly washed up old has been cartoon stars http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[aj]

Eeyh?.....wots that sonny?... ride a motor cickle do ya eh???? tawk up lad I caynt er ya?? Izt an injun? I member the Injuns ..............then agin I member Custer!! .................................................z zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
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Ride Safe Sam!

[rlfaubion]

Beautiful lQQk'n machine there..... I think you're part of a fine generation of young folks. My son is will be 42 in cuppala months but I had him when I was two.

[pirate]

SamKJr-
You may be the youngest one here. I'm 28, and I've had several comments that I ride an "Old Man's Bike." If that's the case, I'm glad to do it! I couldn't be any happier than I am with my Nomad.

[flightdoc]

SAM, CONGRATS ON YOUR RIDE.......CAN TELL YOUR AGE JUST BY YOUR THINKING RED/SILVER ARE THE FASTEST!!! EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BLUE/SILVER IS THE SPEED DEMON OF THE BUNCH!!

welcome

[Todd]

I'm 43...at least for a couple more months.......the way I see it with all these young whipersnappers on here.......I'm riding a young dude's bike http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

[coloradontexas]

I think i am the youngest, 23, and bought the nad when i was 22. Love the bike, it fits in well at the vfw, but a great bike none the less. Just got back from a 3000 mile trip through colorado and oklahoma. great time.

[socwkbiker]

I'm 43...at least for a couple more months.......the way I see it with all these young whipersnappers on here.......I'm riding a young dude's bike http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif http://s2.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

You keep thinking that way Methuselah!

[Yellow Jacket]

There ain't no such thing as an "Old man's bike!" 'Cepting maybe a GW, but not sure that I would even allow that to be true though.

P.S, if yur thinkin' I'm one of those "old farts" around here I'm only 40 and that's the gosh darn truth! Of couse I'm counting in hexadecimal rather than decimal. If'n you don't know what that is, go ask a computer guy. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif ::)

[Cajunrider]

Hey Sam, I'm 54 and have a 34 year old son. I have the same model and color Nomad as you. All of the chrome trim you've added looks great. Will eventually do the same with mine. Ride safely young man...

[cactusjack]

There ain't no such thing as an "Old man's bike!" 'Cepting maybe a GW, but not sure that I would even allow that to be true though.

P.S, if yur thinkin' I'm one of those "old farts" around here I'm only 40 and that's the gosh darn truth! Of couse I'm counting in hexadecimal rather than decimal. If'n you don't know what that is, go ask a computer guy. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif ::)

Here's a hint...

...will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm _ _?

[Yellow Jacket]

There ain't no such thing as an "Old man's bike!" 'Cepting maybe a GW, but not sure that I would even allow that to be true though.

P.S, if yur thinkin' I'm one of those "old farts" around here I'm only 40 and that's the gosh darn truth! Of couse I'm counting in hexadecimal rather than decimal. If'n you don't know what that is, go ask a computer guy. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif ::)

Here's a hint...

...will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm _ _?

Scott, you made that too easy. . . http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[cactusjack]

He's 25, I didn't think he'd get the clue... ???

[blowndodge]

sixty four???

[slots]

God...no one is 25 are they? I am a creaky old fart 68 years old. Glad to see you younger folks here though...really important. Good to see you.

Slots
Reno, Nevada

[Top Cat]

In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal (also base-16, hexa, or hex) is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F (or a through f) to represent values ten to fifteen.

Its primary use is as a human friendly representation of binary coded values, so it is often used in digital electronics and computer engineering. Since each hexadecimal digit represents four binary digits (bits)—also called a nibble—it is a compact and easily translated shorthand to express values in base two.

IBM introduced the current hexadecimal system to the computing world; an earlier version, using the digits 0–9 and U–Z, was introduced in 1956 by the Bendix G-15 computer.[

And I have no idea what all that means.
And I really don't care what all that means.

I do know the song say 64 as BD said.

[Yellow Jacket]

Hey TC. Translate this:

D5D6D4C1C4

A long time ago one of my fellow IBM Customer Engineers had a vanity license plate that read:

E2C5E7

It got past the language monitors at the license bureau because they didn't know what it said. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

(Hint - it's not in ASCII)

[rebal1oo]

I'm only 25 also. Love the 'Nad though.

[coacha]

I, in fact, have a pair of lizard skin boots that are as old as you are. Glad to have you around.

[Top Cat]

Hey TC. Translate this:

D5D6D4C1C4

A long time ago one of my fellow IBM Customer Engineers had a vanity license plate that read:

E2C5E7

It got past the language monitors at the license bureau because they didn't know what it said. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

(Hint - it's not in ASCII)

BOB, what part of "And I have no idea what all that means."
didn't you understand? http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[dakals]

There was a pole on here a while ago and if i remember correctly i think the biggest age group was the 45 - 50 !!! I of course am much younger than that ;)

Notice how ianicky didn't put his age on here!!! LOL

[dakals]

WHAT!!!!!!!! Wolfman is not the youngest anymore?!!!!!!LOL

[skeeter]

In mathematics and computer science, hexadecimal (also base-16, hexa, or hex) is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16. It uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols 0–9 to represent values zero to nine, and A, B, C, D, E, F (or a through f) to represent values ten to fifteen.

Its primary use is as a human friendly representation of binary coded values, so it is often used in digital electronics and computer engineering. Since each hexadecimal digit represents four binary digits (bits)—also called a nibble—it is a compact and easily translated shorthand to express values in base two.

IBM introduced the current hexadecimal system to the computing world; an earlier version, using the digits 0–9 and U–Z, was introduced in 1956 by the Bendix G-15 computer.[

And I have no idea what all that means.
And I really don't care what all that means.

I do know the song say 64 as BD said.

My tape measure will never read the same again!

Oh yeah...I have a 25 year old son.

Daughter...see sig pic w her 1st baby!

[cactusjack]

Hey TC. Translate this:

D5D6D4C1C4

A long time ago one of my fellow IBM Customer Engineers had a vanity license plate that read:

E2C5E7

It got past the language monitors at the license bureau because they didn't know what it said. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

(Hint - it's not in ASCII)

Must be EBCDIC, especially if an IBMer used it.

In EBCDIC E2C5E7="SEX", if i remember correctly. Am I right, Bob?

[Yellow Jacket]

You've got it right Scott.

That is EBCDIC.

D5D6D4C1C4 = NOMAD

[cactusjack]

You've got it right Scott.

That is EBCDIC.

D5D6D4C1C4 = NOMAD


You must be a "mainframer"? I've spent the last 18 years in IT and this predates me by a long time, but I remembered EBCDIC from a Systems Architecture class I took in college.

[Yellow Jacket]

Yeah, I was a CE (customer engineer) with IBM for 22 years, the last 16 I did the mainframe stuff. I was involuntarily retired from them in 1996 during all their downsizing.

[Top Cat]

My head hurts. Going to lie down now http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[blowndodge]

TC is still the oldest!

[cnc]

My head hurts. Going to lie down now http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

TC is still the oldest!

Yeah but he has been sleeping for five years.:hmm:

[jmesser]

I bought my Voyager in April and I turned 25 today!!!! Getting a few things ordered and can't wait for spring!!! Oh yea winter has just started :cry:

[GIBBY]

TC is still the oldest!

This thread if over 5 years old, I was still a ute when this thread was started :D

[blowndodge]

TC's tail and gills had all but vanished as he crawled out of the ocean and started walking upright!!

[Texas nomad]

While he might be the youngest, he seems to be one smart man! Chooses a Nomad over a donor bike... Great call! I've had mine for 7 years.... Smartest purchase I've made.... You mean they make other motorcycles?? Not for me.....

[vulcanguy]

I just had my riding boots resoled , so the boots are older than he is , but the soles are not. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

After all, it's the soul the counts! :)

[cnc]

TC's tail and gills had all but vanished as he crawled out of the ocean and started walking upright!!

He never showed you his flipper?:lmao::lmao:

[redjay]

You have bought one of the best bikes out there at a very early age. It took most of us many more years to figure that out.

[jmesser]

Yea everyone that I've ridden with seem to end up wanting a bike like the voyager. I went from a rocket to the voyager. Polar opposites but I couldn't be happier. Will have mine for many yrs.

[drains]

I have one son 40 and one 37 and I will be 60 in Sept but love my voyager 2014 at any age my son just bought Harley without windshield some day he will grow up

[old dog]

Grandson that old. Never mind my age. Still young enough to ride.

[smbke]

I'm the youngest! 23! (with 35 years experience)

[landman]

I won't mention my age but my children are in their 40's and my 50th high school reunion
will be held in a few months. :cry:

[redjay]

I first rode a motorcycle in 1968 and was hooked for life.

[landman]

bought my first bike with my own money in 1961.it was a 50cc moped and I too was hooked for life.there have been dozens of bikes since.

[mpereira110]

25 here

[Top Cat]

The guy who started this thread back in 2008 is now 31 :D

[schoeney]

I won't mention my age but my children are in their 40's and my 50th high school reunion
will be held in a few months. :cry:
Yeah.....but you ride the fastest stock Kawasaki here! So young at heart.:o:D:cool:

[jase64]

I turn 50 in 2 weeks :cry: been hooked since I was a kid.

[Loafer]

23 here.

[Top Cat]

23 here.
:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::l mao::lmao:

[Top Cat]

23 here.
:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::l mao:

[Yellow Jacket]

The guy who started this thread back in 2008 is now 31 :D

And he only hung around for a year, last time logged onto the forum in 2009.

[Myklops]

I started riding Kawasaki cruisers when I was 24. Never had much interest in sportbikes. I mean, sure, they're fast and handle extremely well, but after 30-45 minutes in the saddle of a CBR600RR , my butt, back, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands were in agony. And when I'm in pain, it's hard to concentrate on riding the motorcycle. The best part about motorcycling to me is the journey, not the destination. So why get to my destination quickly, but sore as all hell? With the Vaquero, I just lean back, set the cruise, crank the tunes, and enjoy the ride. No better feeling :)

[boyntonbeachrider]

I started riding Kawasaki cruisers when I was 24. Never had much interest in sportbikes. I mean, sure, they're fast and handle extremely well, but after 30-45 minutes in the saddle of a CBR600RR , my butt, back, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands were in agony. And when I'm in pain, it's hard to concentrate on riding the motorcycle. The best part about motorcycling to me is the journey, not the destination. So why get to my destination quickly, but sore as all hell? With the Vaquero, I just lean back, set the cruise, crank the tunes, and enjoy the ride. No better feeling :)

Could not agree more.:tup::cheers:

[jase64]

I started riding Kawasaki cruisers when I was 24. Never had much interest in sportbikes. I mean, sure, they're fast and handle extremely well, but after 30-45 minutes in the saddle of a CBR600RR , my butt, back, shoulders, arms, wrists, and hands were in agony. And when I'm in pain, it's hard to concentrate on riding the motorcycle. The best part about motorcycling to me is the journey, not the destination. So why get to my destination quickly, but sore as all hell? With the Vaquero, I just lean back, set the cruise, crank the tunes, and enjoy the ride. No better feeling :)

Totally agree, My buddy always wants to take the shortcut to everywhere, I on the other hand take 4 hours to get milk..lol

[Loafer]

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::l mao::lmao:

What ???

[Silent Sam]

Bought my first Motorcycle in 1966 (as I recall)....I'll turn age 26 in January (as I recall)

And I agree..It's The Ride...not the destination !

[hoodooman]

I just turned 30 and I started out on cruiser style bikes at 15. I got a 1968 Honda 300 Dream that I didn't actually ride until I turned 16, because it took me a year to restore it and source parts! Engine was locked up, it was a rusted mess. Parents didn't think I'd ever get it going. If any of you guys recall, the Dream had big full fenders on it. I've briefly owned/ridden several styles of bikes, but I've always owned cruisers long-term. This is my first Kaw and I really dig it. Like you guys said, nothing like just kicking back and cruising on down the road in comfort.