Australian Motorcycle News — January 30, 2018

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Sun’s out, guns out..

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you? You’re also too young

to retire, so get back to

work!Thesportpagesneed

filling! Chris

Nevertoo old4
Iwas veryinterestedto
read 45-year-old SMAC’s
articleinVol67No13
abouthow oldis too old.
2018 finds me turning 70
andIhavejust clockedup
1 20,000km on my ’08 Versys
6 50. IfSamdiscovers the
answer,pleaselet usknow
as I too am beginning to
wonder. Mysix-year-old
granddaughter Ava is
wondering how young is
tooyoung?
Peter Elworthy
Via email

G’day Peter, clearly age

and gender are irrelevant

when you have petrol in

your veins. Chris

Senior moment

Inthe2016Yearbookyou

hadasmallarticleabout the

Senior family. I was recently

goingthrougholdphotos

and found this of Peter at

Lakeside inQueensland in,

Ithink,1974.Possiblythe

first ofhis 100 +Nullabor

crossings. Ididthecrossing

that year, after working at

Ken George Yamaha [the

distributer in thosedays].

Toddy

Via email

G’day Toddy, looks like it

was a hot one that day. Just

love those 1970s colour

photos. Chris

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