28-01-2015 21:31 via theguardian.com

Get your motor running: the retirement crowd going for motorcycle burn-ups

Saga makes move into older biker insurance, as mature female riders shun pillion for hand on throttleIt’s not so much a case of Born To be Wild as born to be mild: a new generation of bikers is taking to the road, and they are not twentysomething speed freaks but sensible fiftysomethings.The number of over-50 silver-riders climbing aboard a motorbike is roaring ahead: they now account for some 30% of all spending on bikes – a total of £340m last year – up from 17% just seven years ag
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