My all-time favorite picture

This was taken five years ago but it is still my favorite. Next to me is my friend Carl. When this picture was taken, I was 41 and Carl was 40 years older... and still riding dirt bikes in the woods. That is right; in this picture, Carl was 81 years old and we were preparing for a ride in the woods. We even rode single track with him. When he crashed, which he did often, he needed help picking-up his XT225 but he never complained. Carl is still living but he had a stroke later that year and was told by his doctor to "stop riding dirt bikes." This picture has been my screen saver at work for the past five years. Go Carl.

Hi Njbill:

While not my favorite pics as those include my son, the following are my favorite bike pics :)

At the BMW F 800 GS Press Launch in Moab, Utah...


Overlook from the shadows.


At a Mountain Lake.


An acquaintance of mine, Jonathan Beck taking the 800 GS off a cliff...


2009 GS Trophy in Tunisia - Japanese riders having a tough go of it.

Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG

That's awesome! GO CARL! Good for him for being able to do what he loved for so long. I wish him the best.

NJBill, you are a good man. Respect and admiration for our elders. Very Cool!

You don't stop riding cause you get old. You get old cause you stop riding.

njbill wrote:

This was taken five years ago but it is still my favorite. Next to me is my friend Carl. When this picture was taken, I was 41 and Carl was 40 years older... and still riding dirt bikes in the woods. That is right; in this picture, Carl was 81 years old and we were preparing for a ride in the woods. We even rode single track with him. When he crashed, which he did often, he needed help picking-up his XT225 but he never complained. Carl is still living but he had a stroke later that year and was told by his doctor to "stop riding dirt bikes." This picture has been my screen saver at work for the past five years. Go Carl.