My uncle rode a Honda 750 until he was 75. He would have had a night hawk. Memory does not serve me so I cannot tell you when that was. He also owned a cushman topper. I remember it being in his garage. I don't ever remember him riding it.
Thank you, Ross M. Jamison Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2012, at 6:05 PM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > When my Grandfather was in his mid 70's when he went for almost a month long > tour of the North east and Canada motorcycle camping. When he got out of the > Navy after WW2 he did a west coast to east coast ride with a buddy on two old > Indians. It was his first motorcycle experience. He never owned a bike again > till he turned 70 (though he always wanted one), and once he got one he rode > till the day he died at 80. That is how I got into riding as I inherited his > NH. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: surfswab <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:30:57 > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Arthur's Great Ride > > Kudos. Outstanding. A man after my own heart. > > I'm 70 and plan something similar I call the Smell The Roses tour -- > just wander about aimlessly allowing spur of the moment to dictate the > destination. I'll probly use the Wing for comfort, though, rather > than my 750, due to some physical limitations (sciatica and a not > quite healed tailbone injury). > > High-five your buddy. He's an inspiration to us old farts. > > > > On Aug 19, 1:35 pm, Jaybird248 <[email protected]> wrote: >> A riding club buddy of mine has a '93 NH750. He's 77. Well, Arthur and his >> NH just completed a 2 1/2 week 8.000 mile grand circle of the U.S., South >> Florida to California and back, with much of it at 85 mph on the superslab. >> Other than a loose wire in the headlight and and a stuck speedometer cable, >> the 19 year-old bike, which had 40K+ miles on it when he started, never >> missed a beat. Meanwhile a fellow travelers on a much newer, far more >> expensive, Suzuki broke down. More proof that the NH is a great bike! >> >> Jay S >> 92 NH750 (120M+ miles) >> South Florida > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
