heres some pics of my 67 year old dad ridin some of the hardest stuff in the rockys, 2002 610 at wolcot and 1988 510 at mount of the holy cross. i hope im still riding like that at 67!
just think! when my dad first rode mt of the holy croos you could take it all the way to aspen! he did it on a 1968 husky! his 510 has got over 10,000 hard miles on it. baja, tons of rmec enduro, its still going! try getn that out of a new 4 t.
Dude! And he looks to be sportin a killer mustache too! Yesterday at a race I won Vet B class and finished at the 20th percentile overall. But what motivated me most when riding was when I caught and passed a 60+ year old. Just a year ago I was in a race with him and we ended up going back and forth, passing each other a few times. I guess my point of telling you all that is that the dude hauls! I'm 25 yrs younger but only a little bit faster. I know several 60+ year olds that still race and absolutely haul the mail.
ay the ahrma nat in millken i saw bill silverthorne just smoke every one! thne guy wasnt even winded! my dads all ways had the stash. he may not be fast anymore but he will go ride any time i call. he even put the 610 in a mine shaft riding here in leadville ! was kinda funny!
Your dad is a class act! He is an inspiration. In 10 years I'll be 67 and hopefully will still be riding. GOOD show!!!
That's good stuff out there. Never had the nerve to ride directly in the Holy Cross Wilderness with my bike. I used to camp and hike out there and I rode in and around Wolcott a couple of times. Nothing beats Taylor Park IMO for all-out high altitude riding. I hope I'm still breathing and standing upright when I'm dad's age! He looked great in the photos. Send us more!
Thats COOL. I've ridden with a 71 yo dude a few times that does very well and gets upset if we sit to long. Awesome.
correction , we were not riding on wilderness ! it was mount of the holly cross trail..the top is closed wilderness but 3.4 miles of nastyness off of homestake road. the rock crawler guys love this trail.like rocks ? got lots of them up here
Good to C UR dad doing well on a bike ... I think it takes a combination of things to ride that long including luck .... I ride in races here with a 65 yr old guy ... real hard a$$ in many ways and finishes races well ... He does it mostly for fitness but does not like finishing too far down the line ... And got a better attitude than most 20 yr olds I have met ....
Your dad is about my age now........70.......and I hope he still gets to ride. We're still out here riding our huskys........and you all will be too...... The secret is in our hearts. If we stay reasonably healthy........the love and lust for the throttle never goes away. I'm really looking forward to this season on my new 08 TE610 I was at Brown Mtn ORV in Morganton, NC recently just after I got the bike and the 610 got some attention........and I got the looks. Ha.
