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Navygunner
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 02:41 pm: | 
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Hey Paul, I was thinking about doing the school but it might be a bad weekend for me. I will be gone all April long in thailand. If I can get the home front in order before then I will go. We need to get together so I can look up close at your air filter. I like what you did better than my swiss cheese lookin' thing. |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 03:42 pm: |
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Sunday? I have a kitchen pass all day!  Where to meet and ride? How 'bout up north/northwest? There may be some OK roads toward Bridgeport/Decatur - any experience up there? I ain't from 'round these here parts...
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Blake
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 03:15 am: |
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First CMRA race of the season at Oak Hill Raceway on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday... 
My bike won't be ready. My priorities are all screwed up. It's only about 130 miles from Dallas to OHR. And I kin plot you a nice route too.
Big bike races start around noontime after the lunch break. |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 11:16 am: |
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Do it, Blake! Hook yer bruthas up!
Which direction is Oak Hill, in general terms? It looks as though the weather is moving from WSW to ENE and may be more clear the farther west we go...???
Meet us in Dallas and you can drive my "chase vehicle." |
Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 01:25 am: |
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East 120 miles then South of I-20 about 15 miles.
Just North of Henderson, TX on 1716 about halfway to Oak Hill, TX.
Not looking too good weather wise to come East.
quote:National Weather Service forecast for Oak Hill Raceway...
TXZ124>126-136>138-149>151-201301-
CHEROKEE-GREGG-HARRISON-MARION-PANOLA-RUSK-SMITH-UPSHUR-WOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...GILMER...HENDERSON...
JEFFERSON...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...QUITMAN...RUSK...TYLER
838 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2005
UPDATED TO LOWER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AND RAIN CHANCES
.TONIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
15 MPH.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
Will catch you next time. |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 12:19 pm: |
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Anyone want to ride today? I've got all afternoon! |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 06:07 pm: |
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GREAT weather today! Put on about 200 miles, mostly N & NW of Dallas. Not great, curvy roads, but lots of places to test out the new mods!  |
Kevinfromwebb
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 08:49 pm: |
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And...
How did the new mods work???
Inquiring minds want to know???
Kevin |
Navygunner
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 08:54 pm: |
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Yea Chris. Sorry I missed ya'll today. I left out at 7a.m. Got 350 miles under me today. Mainly in Southern Oklahoma. I ended up riding with some buddies of mine on their geezer glides. They had fun playing catch up all day. |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 10:24 pm: |
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OK - here we go...
Finished the airbox mods Saturday (desnorkled/cut snorkle, removed airbox lid ala Cowtown) - I hear a lot of heavy breathing now, especially above 3000 rpm. The D&D has freakin' unbelievable sound, really resonates - very percussive and deep - my face hurts from grinning so much! My butt dyno sez it pulls MUCH harder from 4000 up. It's suddenly way too easy to pull the front wheel off the ground at 1-2 upshift - in fact, I now have to consciously lean forward on hard acceleration to keep the front tire down through 3rd gear.
Dago, I absolutely want to dyno it with yours!
What's everyone doing next weekend? Advance weather forecast looks great! |
Dago
| | Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 11:08 pm: |
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Yeah, I too want to do the dyno run. Mine's running very nicely right now. So it'll be very interesting for me to see the same day results. Believe me, I want you to smoke me. If you do, we'll soon see what the D&D with powder coated headers will do.
I did 275 miles today, all south of here. I ran up on another blue xb9r near Cresson. After catching up with him, he seemed a bit put off by my attempt to introduce myself. I gave him my card, told him about badweather, and took off. |
Cowtown
| | Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 01:52 pm: |
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Sounds like everyone headed in different directions Sunday. I was racing on Eagle Mountain Lake, beautiful sailing day. I also found out that I will be heading to Houston Friday, March 18th, for a yacht race that weekend, so I wont be able to do the track day at the Motorsport Ranch. |
Jaredkuper
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 06:01 pm: |
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Off Topic....
I got a job in Dallas, near 75 and Forest Ln. I'll be moving there from Lubbock in May. If anyone has any recommendations on where to buy a house, PM me. The bright side: at least now I'll be able to ride with you guys a little more often!
Jared |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 12:33 pm: |
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Congrats, Jared! Look in far north Richardson or Garland, far east Plano, Murphy (where I live), Sachse, and/or Wiley - very nice areas; they're still growing so $$$ is not bad at all - new or not.
Writing from Phoenix,
Chris |
Cowtown
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 03:25 pm: |
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Jared,
30 Miles in any direction. Have you forgotten the T-shirts the waitresses at The Railhead wore, "Life's to short to live in Dallas". |
Navygunner
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 03:29 pm: |
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Hey Jared there are 4 houses for sale in my neighborhood alone. Its amazing I put my D&D back on and all my neighbors houses go on the selling block. |
Jaredkuper
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 04:09 pm: |
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Haha. I should do some test rides through any neighborhood before I make an offer, maybe they'll drop the asking price! |
Dago
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 04:19 pm: |
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I'd recommend getting a 6-12 month lease on an appt in the area before stepping up to the plate to buy a house.
Take some time to explore.
Just like anywhere else, every neighborhood has its own character. And there's no way you can ensure a good fit by just showing up and buying a house.
Your price range and architectural style will dictate a great deal as well. |
Navygunner
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 07:34 pm: |
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Well fellas, just got back from the local Buell store and ran into another Buell rider. I love spreading the good cheer about this websight. We really need to revive our BRAG chapter. There are probably, dare I guess 50 to 100, Buell riders we don't even know. Maybe my estimates are off because I see them all the time only living 1 mile from the dealership. Everyone of them seems so surprised that there are other Buell riders other than them. |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 11:08 am: |
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I'm back in town and rarin' to ride! I may not be free much of this weekend, but I might be able to "sneak away" for a couple of hours - weather doesn't look great, but maybe Sunday afternoon?
Lemme know! |
Dago
| | Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 11:29 am: |
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Where was today's weather yesterday? |
Jonnyblaster
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 01:38 pm: |
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Just wanted to introduce myself here. Ran into a navygunner about a week ago who told me about this badweb. Thanks very much navygunner, very cool BBS. Anyhow, I imagine I'll see y'all around, what with the weather coming back and all. |
Rpmchris
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 02:01 pm: |
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Welcome, Jonny! Weather looks promising this weekend so far...keep your fingers crossed! |
Navygunner
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 08:35 pm: |
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Hey Jonnyblaster, welcome to the madness. Its good to see you took the plunge. About this weekend, I'll be at the base all weekend but if y'all find you want a night cap after a hard days ride I'm up for a beer. I had to order my rear caliper today. I stripped the @$^# thing putting the rear tire back on. It's still ridable but I don't want to push it. Call me if ya'll are up for a beer. 940 595-0263 |
Enp83
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 02:47 am: |
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http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo/79R/billtext/HB01522I.HTM
Hope it passes for your guys sake, not sure when they're voting on it but it was posted yesterday on another website. I contact your respective representatives and senators. |
Dago
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 08:19 am: |
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YES!!!!!
Now we just need to get the word out to all of those jackass cagers who'll do their best to run you over while doing that.
Perhaps a phone call to the major TV stations around the state is in order. The alternative would be to wait until someone gets smeared to get this new law some press. I can't think of anyone I'd like to see as the guinea pig
Thoughts? |
Jonnyblaster
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 01:11 pm: |
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Weirdly, lane-splitting has come up in my day to day conversations a lot recently. Is it just me, or is the traffic here a lot worse now than I remembered it being? More pacers and rubber-neckers than ever! |
Navygunner
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 02:39 pm: |
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Boy I hope this goes through. I have to deal with 35E every day. My afternoon commute takes 45 minutes in my car. I ONLY LIVE 9 MILES FROM WORK!!!!!! Jonny the population swing in Denton county is unreal. 6 years ago Corinth had a population of 2500. Now we have 15000. Same with Roanoke. I dont know were these people come from. I hope this law passes. I got a ticket for this 15 years ago so I havn't done it much since. |
Cowtown
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 02:57 pm: |
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Navygunner,
Repeat after me, "Welcome to Texas, Now Git!" |
Navygunner
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 03:07 pm: |
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Hey Paul, What are you doing this weekend. I sure would like to meet you somewhere were I can get a close up of your filter. Are you up for a beer sunday afternoon late. Ill be at the base by you this weekend. |
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