Retirement

[Irish in Oz]

Just wondering what it's like as I decided to do it yesterday. Reckon I need 5 months to finish my shed and house before going on my big overseas adventure.
I've been semi retired for about 5 years now. Only problem I guy phoned me yesterday to do some work for him next week.
What should I do as I might miss out on those mid week rides. 

[gsxbarmy]

Jeff - enjoy retirement mate. I've been retired about 20 months now and it's the best decision I ever took, take the bike out when I want to, get up when I want to - brilliant.

Having said that I think I'm busier now than before I retired! But I do things now when I want to do them, not just at weekends.

Enjoy retirement mate. Remember retirement means nothing to do, all day to do it LOL

[Irish in Oz]

I see what you mean Dave busier than ever, that's the reason for me doing it, there's no way I can complete what I want to do while working part time. But I will still be getting up early because the feckin birds over here make me. There's one at the moment starts about 4.30am called a Koel I think it flew over from NZ.

[Mick_J]

I jacked in my job 15 months ago after an argument with my new boss, ridden more miles since, it's been brilliant.

[Basil Brush]

I again took early retirement beginning of January - best decision I have ever made.

I used to drive for a living. Very sedentary. Sat on my arse all day pecking at food.

Fast forward 11 months. Never stopped, re-landscaped all garden. Decorated whole place out - and banked 100's of brownie points from Mrs Brush in the process.

Stood on scales for the first time a couple of weeks ago - as missus noticed all my trousers were loose and needed a belt. Lost 1.5 stone too. Result.

Don't laugh - but about to start building a nice indoor model railway. I had one years ago. Dismantled it all due to lack of time. I did think about getting another bike to restore. But, I love my 14 too much. Nothing would come close. And I don't do cold garages in the winter.

Could never fit work in now.

[Kiwifruit]

I see what you mean Dave busier than ever, that's the reason for me doing it, there's no way I can complete what I want to do while working part time. But I will still be getting up early because the feckin birds over here make me. There's one at the moment starts about 4.30am called a Koel I think it flew over from NZ.

Dont blame us Irish......many of our birds don't even fly and the're quiet.. it' ll be an ocker for sure.......

[Irish in Oz]

First retirement ride today on an oldie with the oldies 

[Notty]

I retired some 2 years ago when we had a new boss - 21 he was and I got a written warning the day he got the job, my first in 43 years of service to BT - so I took retirement before I hit him and aint looked back since- no worries about de-icing the car - just get up later ..dark mornings? have a longer lie in !! oh the git that was 21? well he was made a senior manger after I left ( normally takes around 25 years) and then he messed up and was demoted back to the ranks to the same office where he managed and had  upset everyone ( 14 others left after me out of 24 in the "Team" ) great news - what goes around comes around ....

[Tony Nitrous]

I hope to retire from the normal workforce on Dec 15th next year,
or maybe a little later if something we are doing at the moment comes off.

Don't think I'll be working any less as I want to get out of the city and on to acreage where I belong before I'm too old to do it.

A shack on 10 to 100 acres, mortgage free, in the area we are looking at is do-able.
City living doesn't suit me.

I do like my job, its just that with my house reno, bike projects, dog, hens, garden and a 100 other things I struggle to find time to go to work... 

[Irish in Oz]

Good turnout today

[Buddynq]

I must be too young and too skinny to own a 1400

[Irish in Oz]

I must be too young and too skinny to own a 1400

Definitely skinny compared to me, but too young I'm not so sure or you have had a hard life. I still have another good ten plus years before picking up my pension.

[Kiwifruit]

Some nice iron amongst that lot Irish 

[GSXKING]

Is the blue GS what a GSX1400 was modelled after I wonder 

[gsxbarmy]

Is the blue GS what a GSX1400 was modelled after I wonder 

Very similar - having had a GS1000S some years ago, the 14 to me was always a modern classic version