If that was an Allstate 250, the cylinders shared a head; both pistons fired together. Only reason I can think of they'd do that is to reduce the rotating weight for higher rpm, but I don't remember that as a particularly high rpm motor anyway. Seemed like a gutless wonder when I rode one, but then I was comparing it to my 305 Honda, which was a fairly hot bike at the time. We should have kept all our old bikes, worth a lot more today than new (unless you compute the inflation thing; then money today isn't worth much).

 

Been riding for 28 years and i'm only 34-alot of years on the dirt. I love bikes and always will. Sure there are days I just don't feel like rding so I don't but man when I want to get out there and I get on the bike it's the best feeling in the world. I just hope i see the 50 year mark.

 

You don't quit riding when you get old - you get old when you quit riding.

 

Wow, pretty much what my Father said when he was forced by the doctors to stop riding at age 76. That was a seven years ago. He passed away this past fall. Every chance he would sit on one of my bikes and grin, then go quiet. He said it was harder then quitting smoking or having alcohol (also on doctors orders). I figure he had over 60 years riding on the street.

I will pass 41 years next month STREET riding. I agree with you OldDog48. I will always remember a spring day when I was 16 and cut school. Rode my Sportster all day long. Even snuck into a country bar for a beer. I still get that stupid grin every spring. Except for the part where my father ripped me a new one for cutting school...

 

I started riding in 1966 on a 1965 Honda 50 step thru. Still remember all the fun I had that summer. This will be year 47 for me. Ya I'm old but still enjoy the fun.

 

54 yrs this summer.Figure another 20 or so unless I die from something. I've loved motorcycles from the first time I saw one. Never got tired of it. It's what I do.

 

Saw my first Harley (2 actually) about 1956. got to ride my first motor about 1960. Got my 1st Harley 1994. So I guess I've been riding about 51 years. Plan to ride until I can't hold up a 2-wheeler, then probably go to an extra wheel.

 

You sir ebb awesomeness.

 

I would be 98 in order to reach 50 years of riding. Wasted youth! Congrats Sir.

 

I love to ride. I started riding in 1958 on a Norton Dominator. Currently have a Heritage Softail Classic and a Bonneville T100, what I consider the best of both worlds. I plan on riding for many more years. Hope everyone here can also.