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    What would you do when you are 73?

    Would you go on a 26000 kms ride?

    old man on a bike

    This person did precisely that!
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    Man O Man! Terrific stuff! I wonder I would even live till 73..
    :)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Aryan View Post
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      Man O Man! Terrific stuff! I wonder I would even live till 73..
      +1

      Man this guy is the best example for Nothing is Impossible..
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      • #4
        With due deference, there are BIGGER guys.

        Asif (Torquemaster?) had posted a pic of a gent in 70s who cycled around Ladakh, including Khardungla.

        A bike's that much easier
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        • #5


          Even if you are alive im sure you woudn't dare to do it after 2 minor heart attacks.

          I bought a thick jumper and a pair of strong Church's walking shoes in a Hereford charity shop, packed thermals and a six month supply of heart medication. Insurance? For a biker in his seventies? I don't think so!
          This guy is giving me a serious inferiority complex

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          • #6
            Originally posted by hitanshu View Post
            With due deference, there are BIGGER guys.

            Asif (Torquemaster?) had posted a pic of a gent in 70s who cycled around Ladakh, including Khardungla.

            A bike's that much easier
            You know there is always someone better But this isn't about who has done more miles. It isn't a race or anything. Just the feeling of being free on the open road.

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            • #7
              Amazing!! No words
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              • #8
                Originally posted by hitanshu View Post
                With due deference, there are BIGGER guys.

                Asif (Torquemaster?) had posted a pic of a gent in 70s who cycled around Ladakh, including Khardungla.

                A bike's that much easier
                Its not about bikes or cycles at those ages. It more than that..

                My wife is younger by almost thirty years. I suspect that our late-teenage sons find me an embarrassment. I am mistaken for their granddad - or an old tramp. And my tales of past travel bore them.
                So an attempt to prove to myself and to my family that I can hack it? And to others of my age that solo travel remains possible and an enlivening experience.
                this trip sure would have made a difference in his life
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                • #9
                  It is a great feat nonetheless, whatever the age. But what struck me even more is the tale recounted brilliantly in lucid english! Wow! What a story.

                  Edit: Just finished reading it. I think it is worth going and buying the book just for the English. And after all, it is a biker's story!
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                  • #10
                    omg... ! that's amazing and brilliantly written too !

                    way to go !

                    i wonder ill live till 70 or not even.. heck

                    My under 1k kms rides feel like a speck of dust..
                    A man's testosterone level is directly proportional to bhp that he's using on his motorcycle.

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                    • #11
                      Kudos to this guy. This kinda mental and physical strength at this age is rarely seen.
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                      • #12
                        I bow down to you Gandalf! You are the closest translation (in looks and in qualities and the similarities in name) of the white wizard, Gandalf in the Lord of The Rings!

                        Helmets off!

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                        • #13
                          KIND COMPLIMENTS FROM INDIA

                          Hitting this link takes readers to an Indian biker site. Members have been commenting with kindness on my Hispanic American journey. I drove a VW jeep in the early sixties from London to India and down to Rameswaram. I haven't been back for 45 years. Yet I remain fascinated by the country: the people, music, architecture...And the delicious food! Those kind messages from India's bikers prod me into considering a ride this winter, exchange the greyness of winter England for Indian sunshine - and a multitude of spiced prawns. Go for it, Old Man, go for it....
                          hey guys he's mentioned xbhp on his blog as well !
                          A man's testosterone level is directly proportional to bhp that he's using on his motorcycle.

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                          • #14
                            I would be Probably DEAD by that time and would turn into a Ghost Rider,

                            so when it's dark, the Rider takes on.......

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Aryan View Post
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                              Man O Man! Terrific stuff! I wonder I would even live till 73..
                              Thank you for approving me as a TOPIC. You have all been rediculously kind in commenting on my journey. Too kind, too tempting...I will be 76 next month. English winters are grey and dispiriting. Perhaps I should make India my next goal, ride a little each day, eat prawns and chat. This last is my greatest pleasure: getting to know people, learning from them, making friends...

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