Retirement

[Globalrider]

I hope to retire before I'm 70 - There is too much to do!
Want to get out with my brothers on the Interceptors - WE still have all four of them.
Stan

[Alan H]

Been retired nearly two years now - finished 8 months early!
Every day is Saturday now.
So far managed to visit Hong Kong, Oz, NZ, Vietnam, San Francisco, Hawaii, Madeira, and toured Ireland on the GT750 for a week too. Currently tarting the 14 up a bit and restoring another Suzuki GT550.
Only managed about 4500 miles on the bike this year - and another 8K in the car!
No time for work!

[Tony Nitrous]

My goal is to retire at 55.

[seth]

i tried to retire at 21 but they wouldn't let me 
so still working untill 67 but i intend to finish 55-60 ish

[Tony Nitrous]

To retire at 55 I need to move out of the city and downsize from my city home.
Quite do-able except my wife has just applied for another job near by, which
may cause a year or 2 delay if she gets it, but will still be a financial bonus.
If she doesn't get it, its still good. No reason to stay in the city !

[Irish in Oz]

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

Back in the day early eighties I knocked around on a GS850G. About 3 years ago I picked up a 1000G but havnt done anything with it.
G is for shaft drive. The main difference between GS and GSX is 2 valve and 4 valve head.

[Irish in Oz]

I hope to retire before I'm 70 - There is too much to do!
Want to get out with my brothers on the Interceptors - WE still have all four of them.
Stan

I have two 750 Interceptors both running just need a paint tart up.

[Tony Nitrous]

The main difference between GS and GSX is 2 valve and 4 valve head.

Very true in the UK and AU.
The Yanks (or Suzuki) decided to call both the 8 and 16 valves "GS" in the US.
So you get stuff a shaft drive GS1100G (8v) and a chain drive GS1100E (16v)

Worth knowing as the US is a huge source of bikes, parts and info.

[Mick_J]

My goal is to retire at 55.

That was my plan A.  However the job I got included assisted house purchase so I stayed another 4 years untill they stopped assisting,  then first time my boss gave me some greif I said shove your job.

[owen426]

Well I wish I could join you guys but I'm decades away from retirement, so all the best. At least there will be a bunch of (mostly) well looked after bikes for me to choose from, especially with the lack of riders in my generation.

[Sweaty]

Enjoy retirement mate & hope it all goes to plan 

[grog]

so happy you retirees like it. i quite like my work. its very flexible, get most things done. retire at 70 i think will be me. my dad retired at 40, reckon he worked much harder after he did. his choice. restored cars, had some beauties. had some nice bikes he did also. not my thing, rather keep working.

[Snapey]

Retirement is great so long as you're healthy. Financially we've never been better off so can now afford the luxuries we denied ourselves pre retirement but unfortunately with old age comes health problems.

Fifty years ago I said for better or worse ... unfortunately the worse has arrived so can I give a word of advice ... do it while you're young enough to enjoy it.

[Kiwifruit]

Good words Snapey.
Our health is our true wealth. No matter how much you got in the tin, money can't buy it.

[Basil Brush]

My goal is to retire at 55.

I went at 54. Took me months to get sleeping properly, from working a killer shift pattern.

My missus took early retirement too. She went first. I was at one point wishing my life away looking forward to the weekend. Life is too precious for that. I'd had enough. My health was suffering from the shifts.

Now happy days. Most mileage on the 14 ever this year. Great health. Was 15 stone/six foot. Now down to 13.5. I'm happy with that. I'd rather have health than wealth. Saw too many colleagues drop months after retiring.

Yesterday went to bike show at NEC. Great not having to book a lieu day off work.