I gave our 33 year old son that refuses to move out of our home my 1999 Fatboy thinking it would get him out of the house more, but he sold it and bought a 🤬 $2,000 gaming system that takes up even more of his time.

I am one of the old people you are talking about. I turn 60 this year. I am doing everything I can to get 2 of my Grandsons interested in motorcycles. My wife wants to get their sister interested.

When I was down in Ocean City I saw a lot of the younger generation there. I think the culture is not dying but it’s just different. Nice vid Nore!👊🏼🇺🇸

Hey Nore welcome back!!! Great topic!!! Today's younger generation seems more concerned with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. This seems to be prioritized over simply buying a bike to enjoy a ride.

In my area in Upstate New York, I basically see mostly older riders. There are some younger, but I say the majority is older. Nice video and the bike sounds good Nore 👍

Good one big Nore. It's slowing down big time in SoCal IMO. Thoughts on why they don't go the Harley route? Most of them get on KZfaq and see one or two things. A guy sitting in the garage talking the talk or a guy putting thousands into a bike to make it fun or fit for the owner. Let's not forget the true ownership cost. There is no benefit of riding a Harley as a commuter motorcycle even if you do the maintenance. You're better off in a car if you want low maintenance cost. $50 oil changes every 10,000 miles vs $120 plus oil changes every 5,000 miles. Rear tires...the list goes on.

It's always been with the older crowd with motorcycle culture here in CT. It's all because of the cost of living and the cost of most motorcycles. It's not fading. It's just changing with the times of today.

Hey Nore good to hear from you. I got my son into riding.

Great discussion. Thanks for the ride.

You are right. Younger generations don’t want to ride motorcycles. Once we are gone there will be no motorcycles on the road. Ride Safe

As a old fu**** 😂🤣 around here in Southern Indiana there are more older riders but there is more sport bikes and Adventure bikes than there was 10 years ago. One thing foreshore is the number of Trike motorcycles I have seen this year has tripled. And yes Harley's rule the roost around here. Thanks for sharing with us✌️

I believe motorcycle interest isn't diminishing, but I think there are key factors at play: 1) Motorcycles now often cost as much as cars. 2) Young riders face steep insurance costs. 3) Limited finances hinder addressing these issues. In Canada, where I used to live, these concerns were prevalent among young cruiser and Harley-Davidson enthusiasts. Now residing in Portugal, I've noticed a growing number of young riders across Europe. They're moving away from Harley-Davidson and cruisers due to high costs and outdated technology, favoring naked and adventure bikes. While new bikes can still be pricey, insurance rates for both bikes and cars are notably affordable. For example, I own a 2011 Custom V-Rod Muscle and a 2022 KTM Super Duke R Evo, and I pay only 350 euros annually for insurance. Back in Canada in 2006, I paid 2,500 Canadian dollars per year for a 2003 Yamaha Road Star. The older generation, with more resources, often opts for models like the BMW K 1600B or Honda Goldwing to go around Europe as an example. When i went to the island of men, there was more young riders then old (18 to 25 dominated )

Wherever I see bikes that have gathered in groups or hang out together, same thing, generally of the older folks. But when it comes to Harleys, definitely older, but I think a Harley is the kind of bike I might wanna own when I grow up... and I don't think I'll ever grow up 🤔😂🤣.

Food for thought. Enjoyed the video

I'm near the fort Stewart GA area. The bike scene here is great. All age groups.

Most of the big bike riders I see around here are mid to late 30"s and up. The kids ride crotch rockets. Some of them, not all, have that "I'm too smart to listen to someone who knows what they're talkin about" attitude. The younger kids start on scooters and 125 or 150cc trail bikes, so we don't see them much. I'd have to say the "old culture" is fading. Slowly, but fading. There's not the same kind of ruggedness on the road as there was 30 or 40 years ago. Roads were shit, bikes broke down, but were easy to get goin again, and everyone wasn't in a hurry all the time. You had to be stubborn, willing to sleep on the ground in a pouring rain, and a little crazy to ride across a state, or the country, on a bike back then. The road, and life in general, was harder, and people were harder because of it. Today, very little of that rugged life is left. The cowboy on his horse roaming the west evolved into men on bikes roaming the country. Now, most are just riding to a job they don't want to be at. Me? I'm just glad when I can ride through the hills and backwoods to enjoy the scenery. We don't know when our time is up. So enjoy all you can while you can. My knees will be in the breeze as long as I can twist that throttle.

we got a pretty good culture here. Big mix of sports bikes and cruisers and everything inbetween. I've seen some younger riders out too. Just not as many as you'd probably expect to see.

Happy belated birthday to your son

Im 44. My dad would put me in front and my brother on the back on a 1980 kawasaki 1000 when I was 3 years old. Got my first street legal bike at 11. It was a 1987 YSR 50. Love riding. Owned Japanese bikes and two Harleys.. But you are correct. I usually just pass us older gen x guys. If you find yourself in Tennessee, I'll take you across the snake and the back of the dragon close by. Ride safe brother!

Bike sounds really good 👍🏾 I can’t say that in the Dallas Tx Area. It’s growing here

Good topic I’m just not posting anymore but still riding when I get free time

Good to see you Nore. I thonk the Harley price tag has a lot to do with it. The state of the economy also influences where people spend their money. For many a motorcycle is a secondary vehicle. As inflation hits everyones wallet, spending first goes to necessities. Ride safe and enjoy. 👊✌️👍

The younger folks definitely prefer the sport bikes over American iron. When they tire of it, they quit riding altogether. Dont see many at all at the rally’s.

Great video!

Definitely not dying out in Vegas, it has grown by leaps over past few years here. Different than the 90's for sure but it's still around.

It's the price of the bikes. Lots of younger generation are turned off by the amount of money it takes to buy and maintain these machines.

Hard to say around here. Just at work, there are a lot of bikes in the bike parking area. Usually a pretty good mix but for sure the younger guys are on the smaller sport bikes and the older guys are on the bigger HD or Indian rides. There are some young guys around here on the big HD cruizers. Setzerpendence rides a lot with his son and hes on a pretty nice Road Glide. Good topic. Ride safe!

I live in a college town and I believe the motorcycle culture has been fairly stale the last decade or so. Most of our dealers sell the Japanese metrics so for the 20-30’s crowd you see a good amount of the sports bike scene in the area. Kids look for inexpensive set of two wheel. Most of the old crowd are on cruisers and baggers. I guess I’m one of those in between individuals, I fair towards the cruiser and bagger side but not quite with old crowd yet. This younger generation is definitely not the risk takers we grew up to be.

I think the general view on typical motorcycle culture is changing. So it's not going away, it's changing. Let's be honest, motorcycle "culture" usually refers to cruiser motorcycle ridden by older folk. A lot of those people can be real gatekeepers making new and young riders not feel welcome or be identified with that crowd anyway. It just depends on the events you go to. Where I'm from there's more people with their motorcycle license than ever before.

I think the younger generation is less conerned with keeping up with the traditional culture. They are coming in and making it thier own. So as long as people are getting out on two's im happy.

We have a good amount of younger riders up here. I think it’s the military bases. I will say this, you don’t see the younger ones so much at the “old head” events. Pokers runs and such…they tend to be around the bike nights or dealer events with things like stunt shows and performance bikes. I’ll have to pay more attention.

My 14 girl still rides with me the older one not her thing anymore maybe she will get back into it when she gets out of school

What’s up bro! I’d say the price tag has a lot to do with it bro.

i pretty much consider most all of the folks i ride with are youngster's so from my perspective its not fading to bad, but i guess from guys your age looking to younger riders it may be, I do agree with some of the other comments about price tags of newer baggers but hey you dont have to start there, just what you can afford and go make memories.

Im too busy improving my skill for a race, and everyday skills, to be way better than i am now. So i dont pay attention to ages. But ill say the younger generation will get into them when they have jobs where they can afford to get one. Unfortunately the dollar isnt wjat it used to be!

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Most of the jitterbugs don’t kno what a clutch is!!!!!!

Bike Sounded good

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Washington DC… and it sucks here to be honest.. no big scene…

Not sure if the culture is dying, more like changing. That’s just my dumb ass opinion though

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