Reaching the end of your motorcycling days

As one who has been down the road you find yourself on, just do what you are doing. Keep the bikes fettled and leave it at that. He knows better than anyone what is going on.
Set him.up with a few beers 🍻. He may even talk about it. Or he may just appreciate the beer 🍺.

This is a very sad tale, one. I will not have to face as my hero passed at an earlier age than I am now. Make the most of the time and drink the beer 🍻

Beer and Bacon taken moderately is what I’d prescribe.He’s only a youngster at 74 I’m not far behind him and my mate Derek is 90 and still riding I’ll keep going as long as I can swing a leg over we all slow down as we get older but once you get out on a bike you’re 17 again 😁👍

It’s a really tough call LB and quite emotive. I think I’d start by having a friendly chat about the situation, when the time’s right, and go from there. The way forward might be a bit clearer afterwards.

A small light weight bike that he could ride....a honda cg125 or a chinky traily type bike ?

Great thread LB and here is my few tuppence worth:

My dad is 78 next week and he is the one who got me into bikes way back in the 80s. I don't really have this quandary like you do as he rode his last motorcycle way back around 1994 for one reason or another, I am unsure why.  I think it was simply the fact that he saw motorcycles as commuter tools, just a means of getting to work, he never saw them as a hobby item like I do.   I think he simply maintained any hobby side of it though watching what I was doing from the age of 15 with my motorbikes.  He was able to get a cheap second car around 1994 which he much preferred to getting frozen up on a motorbike during the colder months   He did have a scare around 1988/89 when he was leaving work on the biggest bike I can remember him having, a GSX250.  He was leaving his workplace (Gillette in Reading) one night and he waved to the security guard, then all of a sudden this lorry stopped in front of him and he ended up giving too much front brake and coming off the bike.  I think he was a lot more cautious after that and I can only remember him on a C90 from that time up until he fully gave up riding. 

It's important for your dad to still have his hobbies though......mine for many years has got pleasure from a vintage record collection and more recently an interest in mechanical wrist watches. 

Whatever he decides, you must let him decide for himself, all will be good I'm sure.       

This dilemma seems to be a situation many of us face, and indeed the consensus is that we all agree to offer encouragement and support but to step back and let things take there course, unless things take a potentially dangerous turn.

But I again turn to my own selfish thoughts, I want to see the old bugger continue as strangely knowing he's still active and able to ride takes away thoughts that one day this will happen to me, indeed more than once I have questioned the need for the 1000 only to have my stubborn side say shut the fook up, your a long time dead, enjoy. My rebellious side always wins, this pleases me no end.

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