Time to move the Retro bar up a bit ... maybe to 2000+?

[Gaddmeister]

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I had a MK1 Golf GTi , then two MK2's one being a 16v. Never bothered with the MK3. Had a MK4 GTD. A MK5 GTD. Would have loved a MK5 GTi and the MK6. Now I still love the MK1 and MK2. Have a soft spot for the MK4 and would still like a newer GTi. Same kind of works for me with bikes....just saying.

 

[M-Power]

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Just chipping in that i like these section definitions - "golden era", "retro" and "modern"

This site is inclusive of all retro makes and models, whether an entry level or halo bike. Most of us started out on the baser models.

As i mentioned, theres been a renewed interest from the next gen of 30 somethings in the ‘golden era’ bikes. Had another two guys this week asking for advice on what to pay for them and who might have what secretly lurking in a spare room. In fact one chap has just sold his $$$ ‘only’ modern rig to fund two tasty retro ones.

Go figure !

 

[Gaddmeister]

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And on the other side of the coin there are those experienced retros that would like a dabble in the more modern stuff of 12 years young! How can this possibly work?

 

[unkleGsif]

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Cant be arsed trawli g through 12 pages again when ive got to leave for work in 5 mins, so it might have been asked already... sorry... but wanted to ask if there's a similar arbitrary cut off point for what can be classified as "Retro" in the Road section? Dont see many people in there routinely asking this same old tiresome question

As has been stated before,'97 is when its considered that the industry and technology changed mist significantly

 

[FluffyChicken]

unkleGsif, they just behave themselves and worry slightly if they try and slip in a bike with a 1990's bike and some new fangled STI/Dual Control/Flappy paddle shifter.


Anyway it all went downhill when brocklanders and the bombaymix boys dabbled in modern bikes.

See you all in a year or so time to have a similar conversation

 

[Bollox64]

The rolling date method is used in Sweden, when deciding if a car is vintage, and therefore exempt from MOT and Road tax (still needs a basic safety check), and even at some car shows.

That's set at 30 years, so for example my (now sold :facepalm: ) Delta integrale didn't qualify as it was a '93, but my first ever car, an '83 Escort would have. The integrale will qualify in 2023.

I think that method could be applied to "Is it Retro or not", say.....20 years, so next year a bike from 98 would be considered Retro, and so on....

 

[brocklanders023]

Anyway it all went downhill when brocklanders and the bombaymix boys dabbled in modern bikes.

This is very true for me mate as I lost my two main retro buddies. They don't bother with retro anymore so that means no retro rides, no retro chat for me and no projects running parallel with each other. Took most of the fun out of it.

The bombay mix trip was about the high water mark though.

 

[Titiritero]

I would just leave the retro/non retro time divide as it is.

To bring more live to the forum, I would just reduce the number of subforums, which for the current usage is (in my opinion), excessive.

In each of the categories (retro mtb, retro road, modern mtb, etc.) I would just merge the "chat" and user "bikes" subforums, since they are already overlapping now. The BMX would have a single subforum given the low usage. And so on.

This would create more posts more often, bringing a bit of new life to the existing forums.

 

[longun]

great points there

 

[RadNomad]

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Pre and post 2000?