Long Distance Riding at 75

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4.9 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

When 62 year old Don Nelson from Colorado walked into a motorcycle dealership for a casual look around, little did he know what was about to happen. After the salesman offered for him to test ride a bike, Don found himself making an impulsive decision—he bought a Triumph Bonneville on the spot. Despite not having ridden a motorcycle in over 40 years, he rediscovered his passion for riding and felt immediately at ease on the bike. Now, over a decade later at the age of 75, Don prefers to travel solo, riding long distances from his home to Alaska, coast-to-coast across the United States, and to the Rocky Mountains in Canada. For Don, age is just a number as he continues to embrace the freedom and excitement that motorcycling brings. Photos and links related to this episode can be found in the show notes. Adventure Rider Radio and RAW are the longest-running adventure motorcycle and travel podcasts and we remain committed to bringing you new and exciting episodes every Thursday.Never miss an episode, be sure to FOLLOW the show on your favourite podcast app.Have a show idea or suggestion, send us an email. We'd love to hear from you!If you can, we’d love to get your support, please visit the Support page on our website.Thank you for listening!

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0:00.0	Before we get started in this episode, I want to remind you that this is the beginning of the Overland Expo series for 2024.
0:08.0	Overland Expo is the largest Overland event series of its kind, and the first one is coming up in Arizona this May
0:14.9	17th to 19th at the Fort Tott Hill County Park. They say get trained, get
0:21.0	outfitted, get inspired to explore the world at Overland Expo and it's because it is such a massive event.
0:28.0	This has the greatest collection of Overland adventure companies in the world with over 400 vendors. It's huge. I mean I
0:35.3	kind of like to look at Overland Expo is a C and Do type of show. There's loads
0:39.6	for you to experience but there's also loads for you to do. They've got travelers, authors, filmmakers hosting workshops and classes
0:46.2	and sharing stories. They've got a motocamp area for us riders specifically as
0:50.7	well as a motorcycle party that the Justice Motor Party again for us
0:55.3	motorcyclists you can test ride a new year old even outfit your bike there's so
0:59.6	much to experience at an overland expo you need to buy your tickets in advance online.
1:04.7	That's at Overland Expo.com, so you click on Overland Expo West and anytime you're dealing with them,
1:09.7	throw in there that you heard them here on a venture rider radio, Overland Expo.com.
1:15.2	Don Nelson was 62 years old when he walked into the motorcycle dealership
1:20.0	on the way home from work.
1:21.2	He hadn't ridden a motorcycle for over 40 years and when he walked
1:25.1	into the dealer he wasn't exactly sure what he was doing. But by the time he walked out, he had a new
1:31.0	motorcycle and he knew just what he was going to do with it.
1:35.0	A few months back, Don celebrated his 75th birthday, and over those dozen years or so,
1:41.0	Don has ridden more adventures than many of us get in a lifetime, and
1:46.1	Don's still going strong.
1:48.1	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
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