Anyone out here in the DFW area wanna meet up sometime? I've been riding about a month now and still haven't met any riders...lol.. and i kinda want to start up a group (or join a group, though i haven't heard anything about one) that meets up around once a month....anyways I'm located in North Richland Hills if anyone wants to meet up sometime.:thumbup:

I'm in Keller. I'm down to ride sometime.
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I'm in Denton. I'll ride with you sometime too!

I am down from IN on vacation, my brother MKlein3004 and I are going on a ride this Sun (I brought my bike with me). We would like to get a group together.

I would go, but I'll be down in San Antonio this weekend for a family event.
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I'm in. Either a ride, or just a meetup somewhere for lunch or dinner would be nice too.

awesome!!... i know people probably already have plans for this weekend, so maybe we can all meet up next saturday afternoon sometime?

I'm down! I'm in Arlington and I'll try to make the rides when possible.

I've got something around 4 that Saturday but a lunchtime meet would be good. I'm free most of this weekend.

so is there gonna be a meet sunday? that is probably the only day sharky nrk and I will be able to ride, let us know!!!

I can do this sunday morning (aug 1st)...i have to be at work that afternoon... I wouldn't mind that either since its still pretty cool in the mornings. Anyone else down?.. where do yall want to meet?

http://www.motorcycleroads.com/routes/SouthWest/TX/TX_33.shtml

what do you guys think about something like this?

I'd be in for Aug 7/8th weekend.. working this weekend:D

I'm down for tomarrow morning, just name the place and time.

I am open for suggestions, but there is a Honda dealership, Maxim Honda off of 75 near the route I was looking at. We can meet in the parking lot in the morning, say 8 or 9 am if that works for everyone. If not speak up, we are flexible in time and place.

http://www.motorcycleroads.com/routes/SouthWest/TX/TX_33.shtml

what do you guys think about something like this?


that looks awesome!!! totally want to do something like that!!!... but i just realized I'm at almost 700 miles and I havent taken her in for a service yet :( I set up an appointment for wednesday. I would love to meet up tomorrow but i worry about putting that many more miles on her before her first service. So I wont be meeting yall tomorrow, but if yall end up doing something next saturday, let me know.. I'll be down and ready to open her up!! lol :D have fun tomorrow!:thumbup:

ok... so looks like i wont be able to make it sat either :( . I just glanced at my schedule and ,of course, i work 12-830 which takes up my whole day!! :doh:
maybe the sat after that?? lol.. I'll make sure i dont work then. anyways let me know if anyone is down.

I dont think we'll be doing anything tomarrow, we need a better way to coordinate these things...

I agree... maybe we should make plans WAY in advance!!! lol...or something like meet up every 2nd sat/sun of the month or something to that extent.

I live south of Trenton and know the area well. I have developed this route: http://www.theyeagergroup.com/Downloadable%20Documents/Fannin%20Grayson%20County%20Ride%20Route%20from%20Trenton%20High%20School.pdf

Let me know when you folks in the area want to ride.

Doc

Did anybody make it for a meetup and ride over the weekend?

I agree... maybe we should make plans WAY in advance!!! lol...or something like meet up every 2nd sat/sun of the month or something to that extent.

Yes lets do that next time. That way if any issues come up before the date we have enough time to fix them.


Sooo.. who wants to be the group manager :P

Did anybody make it for a meetup and ride over the weekend?

Me and MKlein3004 went out and rode, but its easy enough to do that as we are staying under the same roof while I am on vacation. :thumbup:

I'd be down for a ride this weekend. Probably would have to be on Saturday.
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I'm free all Saturday morning. Lets work out a meeting spot and itinerary, ending at someplace nice to have lunch. It'll probably be a million degrees in the afternoon so early morning would probably be a good idea.

Booked this weekend. Might be available on August 14th.

You guys doing anything next weekend?

I'm open.

I'm open for this saturday morning and sunday morning (14th and 15th)....or are we talking about doing something the weekend after? I might be open then. just let me know.

I'm also free this Saturday morning until around 1300, and most of the day Sunday though riding in the afternoon will be somewhat...toasty... :)

What kind of activity do you guys think would be good to do? Meet for breakfast, ride X miles to somewhere interesting, head home? Or meet, ride, lunch? Or just meet somewhere for a convo hangout?

As to miles, what seems interesting? 50, 100? Less? More? There's not much for twisties around here unlike those lucky bastards in CA and GA, though personally I'm really not into pushing my limits or the bike's just yet; I've only been riding for 16 months though I've got 15k miles under my belt.

On my solo rides, I once went down old 157 toward Venus (some twisties), had a cold malt at the Whataburger there on 67, then went down toward Maypearl, worked my way over to the north end of Waxahachie (more mild twisties), toured around the old part of town, then rode back through Maypearl and back up 157 to Mansfield. It was a nice early morning ride, very low adrenaline. :)

We ought to get some facetime, anyway, that might help move planning along considerably.

Yeah I agree, once we get to know each other better group rides will be a lot easier. I'm also open for this saturday morning, traffic isn't to terrible around 9-10ish but then starts heating up around. We could always do the simple 360/365 -> I-20 -> 820 -> 183 or some variation.

I've never done a group ride before so it would be my first, dont know how much experience you guys have with the group rides.

Part of the issue is how spread out we are. We all consider ourselves in the DFW are and yet I live northeast of McKinney and some of us are south of Duncanville. We can likely agree there are no nice pleasant rides in the Metroplex per say. There are some twisties up this way but it may take a 100 mile ride for some to get here.

Also, someone scheduled a church workday this Saturday so I am booked again.

Sadly, a quick ride for most of us relegates us to just highway riding.

I'm still down for whatever on sat morning.... just name the time and place! :D

I'm still down for whatever on sat morning.... just name the time and place! :D

Where do you live? Just trying to figure out a plausible meeting place.

I'm near the geographical center of the metromess, so anywhere's fine by me.

There's a motorcycle shop in Lewisville that's closing their doors this weekend. It looks like everything is half off. I'm going to ride up there early Saturday morning if anyone wants to meet there. It's called Grifs Cycle Sports, and it's near the intersection of I-35E and Hebron. 2406 S Stemmons Fwy, #B, Lewisville, TX 75067 to be exact.

I'm in North Richland Hills....pretty close to Grapevine Hwy. I'll meet you up there saturday morning. what time?

I'm thinking 9am, it takes me about 40 minutes to get there from my home.

Are you sure the sale at Grif's is this weekend? I live near there and was thinking that they closed last weekend. I got an email about it but must have deleted it. Wouldn't want you to ride that far if they were already closed.

I found out about it from a friend on the craigslist motorcycle forum yesterday. Just got off the phone with Grifs a moment ago and they say they'll be open at 1000 tomorrow. I'm going to head out around 900 and be up there around 940 or so.

They're on the NB I-35E access road south of Hebron so I'll go north from 121. I've got an event I have to be at in Fort Worth at 1400 so I'll probably have to leave Grifs no later than 1100 or so. Supposedly they're having a hotdog cookout as well, but don't know when that starts.

Would we be meeting up to do a group ride or just browsing?

The forcast for tomarrow is going to be 10+ UV index and 104 high. Weather doesn't bother me even in full gear because I so used to it thanks to Iraq. But for those of us not attuned to it we would have to leave early.

I figure tomorrow will be a meet and greet. At this time of year a longish ride should probably be done early in the morning for heat reasons, but there's no reason why we can't get together and hammer out some plans for a ride on a nice morning before too long.

I got some info from a friend that said griffs is looking pretty empty. Apparently the people who knew the right names got the discounts a week ago.

So is it just gonna be me and FrugalNinja250 in the morning?

I'll probably make it. You guys think going 121 North would be the best bet or 35E?? How bad is 35E on saturday morning, I really only ride in Fort Worth and Arlington so dont know much about the dallas roads in the morning.

If we need to exchange phone # just PM me.

I don't really know.. I'm not much for highways, lol... but it shouldn't be too bad on a saturday morning since most people wont be heading to work.

Yeah Dallas Highways during rush hour really drain you lol. I'm not good enough at the back roads yet to avoid them. I bet it'll take me 40 minutes max if traffic is okay.

I don't really know.. I'm not much for highways, lol... but it shouldn't be too bad on a saturday morning since most people wont be heading to work.

I'll head out there also. Wanna meet up in there area and head up there?

sure... i dont know exactly where you are in keller, but i know you have to travel my way to get on 121.. we can meet up somewhere on 26? like Tom Thumb parking lot off Grapevine Highway in Hurst, and then just jump on the highway from there. Or whatever you want to do. what time? it looks like it should take 30-35 minutes to get there, so maybe 9:15am?

That sounds good.

ok... sounds good.. see ya'll tomorrow!

Four of us showed up at Grifs. It was nice to meet Matt, Stephanie, and John! Grifs was fairly picked over but I got some new ProGel grips and a balaclava for this winter. We talked about bikes and what it's like riding in the area, and worked out a tentative plan to ride down to Stephenville southwest of the DFW area on the morning of Saturday, September 4th. The destination is the Hard 8 BBQ joint, some of the best BBQ in the area. the plan is to arrive around 11:30-11:45 am, get stuffed, then saunter back to the metroplex.

Hey... I'm in for sure on Sept. 4th for the Stephenville run.... haven't yet had the opportunity to group ride there becuz of my shifts... but this one would be a good to go...! :thumbup: **Pitbull.. you up for this one or are u booked with the Angels that day?**

I think I may be out of town that weekend since it's Labor Day weekend. My husband and I usually head to the hill country that weekend. We don't have any definite plans yet so I'll definitely be there if I'm in town. I would love to meet some of you folks in person.

Cool Pit..... see u if you stay in town!:thumbup:

Just a reminder that a week from tomorrow (weather permitting since it's actually starting to rain around here again) we're going to ride down to Stephenville to the Hard-Eight BBQ restaurant, some of the best BBQ in this part of the country. This is (at this moment, anyway) not planned to be a twisty speed contest since some of us are still fairly new. Rather, the thought is to just ride down there in the morning and have a nice lunch and conversation, then ride back to the metroplex.

There are some more scenic back county roads to there and back; we can discuss during the week whether to take those going down, coming back, or both ways. The straightest route from the center of the metroplex at I-30 and SH-360 yields a travel distance of around 86 miles each way.

I read on another local forum that there was an accident on Preston in Plano that involved a red Ninja 250 and a truck. It sounded serious. I hope it's no one here, and I hope whoever it is, that it's not serious.

Not me I'm atwork:( I forgot next weekend is the long weekend.... however... so far, I'm still in if there are any others going to the 8ball

just found out that I have to work that morning, even though i requested off :(.... I guess i can understand, i mean it is Labor Day weekend, so it's gonna be pretty busy.... oh well, if yall plan another ride while yall are eating the BBQ let me know...hopefully it won't be another holiday. lol

I dont know if I'll be able to make it yet. Depends on if I have to work and if/when my dad comes down to head to the range.

If I'm not doing anything I'm still down.

Well, I have just been informed that I have some family coming up from San Antonio for the long weekend, so that rules me out, unfortunately.

It didn't occur to me that this was a holiday weekend when we talked about it at Griff's. Do y'all think we should reschedule? My next free Saturday after that will be October 16th. Or, we could do it on Sunday? I can call down there to make sure they're open on Sundays. I'm free on the Sunday the 26th.

Or, we can do something more local that would use less time riding.

I'm down for some rides and get togethers. I have my MTC this weekend in Mesquite (Manchester) - has anyone taken that particular class? I'd like to know if the instructor is a hard-ass or not. I should be ready to ride the roads the second week in September - if a group wants to meetup. I live out by Greenville, TX and there are lots and lots of places to ride out here - with nice country roads, lakes, hills, etc.

I live out by Greenville, TX and there are lots and lots of places to ride out here - with nice country roads, lakes, hills, etc.

Live out that way as well. In fact I am VP of the CMA chapter there. Getting together out this way would be fine. Great places to eat and less traffic.

Most safety course instructors are firm but patient. You should do fine.

I think we should re-book considering its the holiday weekend :thumbup: 16th I work but 26th is good for me.

+1 for rescheduling

Man I wish I lived closer to Dallas. :(

Live out that way as well. In fact I am VP of the CMA chapter there. Getting together out this way would be fine. Great places to eat and less traffic.

Most safety course instructors are firm but patient. You should do fine.

Right on - then you may be familiar with the route I thought would be a nice ride from Dallas and back. It would be an all day thing - approx. 100+ miles. Starts off with fast highway followed by some twistys, next a new pristine blacktop, finished off with a some nice, smooth curves by the lake. Damn, almost sounds like Ninja Porn lol

oh and there would be some top notch places to stop by and grab a bite to eat during the trip.

I'm thinking somewhere out by Possum Kingdom might be a great place to ride too! I've been out that way in a car but never on a bike.

I'm thinking somewhere out by Possum Kingdom might be a great place to ride too! I've been out that way in a car but never on a bike.

mmm...vampires :rolleyes:

There are some routes like that. However, we live in north Texas so pristine blacktop is rare.

There are some routes like that. However, we live in north Texas so pristine blacktop is rare.

so true! That's why I like living in Hunt County - these guys spend serious money on their roads - the new blacktop I'm speaking of is a stretch of 380.

I know that stretch of 380.

FM 36, FM 272, FM 898.......lots of fun stuff. Plenty of good riding just to the north as well.

That's right! 36 south of 380 is FUN! Haven't ridden on my bike yet :(

Have you been on that bridge that goes north across the lake just outside Farmersville?

A few times. typically when riding for pleasure I stay out of the more populace areas. My favorites out that way are FM 1377, FM 545, FM 1827, and FM2933.

maybe we could do a day trip for those roads? :) the trip I was thinking would be fun, since it has something of everything:

Start in the Land of the Gars (Garland), ride up 30 east to 36 to 380. take 380 into Farmersville (could stop for grub here or go into Princeton), then take 78 south back into Garland.

Garland? Thought you lived in Hunt County?

Garland? Thought you lived in Hunt County?

I do, but I don't mind meeting up in Garland. I LOVE driving! Plus it would give me a chance to scope the road patrol conditions before the group ride :thumbup:

Not sure if anyone else uses it but the Harley Davidson Ride Planner you can access online is great for planning and sharing routes with others. Here's the link http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/ridePlanner.jsp

Not sure if anyone else uses it but the Harley Davidson Ride Planner you can access online is great for planning and sharing routes with others. Here's the link http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner/ridePlanner.jsp

wow! that's awesome! thanks for sharing :) I'm using it now to mark out the route.

so did anyone go yesterday?....

Met at the Waffle House in Denton for breakfast and rode through Krum, Era, Froest burg, St. Jo, and Meunster.

Anyone else connect Saturday?

Guess I wont be in the group anymore guys, replaced the 250r with a zx6r.

That's a heck of a jump, be safe!

You can still ride with us (or we with you) regardless of what bike you ride. Nothing that says one can only ride with other like bikes. :)

Here's my ride report from Labor Day:

It's fairly short. I rode down to Venus Monday morning for a malt at the Whataburger on the corner of 67 and 157. My plan was to putt around the county roads down that way, probably over to Waxahatchie and back by way of Maypearl. While I was siting there enjoying my malt I made the random decision to ride to Stephenville for a nice BBQ lunch at the Hard Eight.

And so I went.

I took 67 down to Glen Rose, then caught 205 (a sparsely-populated winding county road) over to Stephenville, passing by Dinosaur Valley State Park. Once there hilarity ensued because the GPS insisted that the Hard Eight was north of the highway on Glen Rose Road. After cruising through that residential neighborhood a couple of times I called up the Hard Eight for directions.

The person I talked to had no sense whatsoever of compass directions. She kept telling me to turn at the Alsups (whatever that was) and I'd see them. I reasoned that since they weren't north of the highway they had to be south, so I crossed over and eventually found them about a mile down.

Just in time, too, as there was a Corvette club there and right behind me another 20 or so riders showed up.

I had a nice lunch (the jalapeno sausage is almost worth dying for) then headed back out.

On the way down I noticed my clutch started feeling odd. The friction zone was not only moving, but changing in width. I reasoned that the clutch cable was going south and spent mot of the return trip doing clutchless shifting, reserving the clutch for red lights and stop signs.

After getting home (A nice 180 mile round trip in the most perfect weather possible) I pulled the cable. There were perhaps 4 or 5 strands left intact. It's likely it would have broken in just a few more pulls. Fifteen minutes to button everything back together with a new cable and I'm good to go.

Alas, I didn't take my camera since it wasn't a planned ride. The 1mp cellphone camera is not worth taking pictures with.

The end.

Accckkkk! He went without us!!!!!!!:faint: soooo not nice....:p Went out myself yesterday, downtown D, out to Strokers, down to Fairgrounds, out to Rockwall to watch the Kite Boarders on the lake, back home and out for TexMex, was out all day toolin around and taking advantage of the last good day for riding before this godforesaken rain we have today.... grrrrrr 2 days of this and I'm back to work on Thurs... grrrrr rain out.

Anyone ever make it out to Loco Coyote in Glen Rose?

Anyone ever make it out to Loco Coyote in Glen Rose?

Not yet, but it sounds like a destination to me! :)

All I've got to say is go hungry or bring along some friends to share with!

Accckkkk! He went without us!!!!!!!:faint: soooo not nice....:p Went out myself yesterday, downtown D, out to Strokers, down to Fairgrounds, out to Rockwall to watch the Kite Boarders on the lake, back home and out for TexMex, was out all day toolin around and taking advantage of the last good day for riding before this godforesaken rain we have today.... grrrrrr 2 days of this and I'm back to work on Thurs... grrrrr rain out.

Did you get to take any pics of your adventures? Remember the ones you keep promising me... lol

Did you get to take any pics of your adventures? Remember the ones you keep promising me... lol

Ohhhh jeezuz..... Rick is it all about the chase???:rolleyes:

That's a heck of a jump, be safe!

You can still ride with us (or we with you) regardless of what bike you ride. Nothing that says one can only ride with other like bikes.

Thanks frugal. And I will be safe, I feel a lot more confident on the ZX6R

Ohhhh jeezuz..... Rick is it all about the chase???:rolleyes:

I think he just really wants some pics of downtown dallas lol.
http://www.raiseyrealestate.com/images/downtown_dallas.jpg

Hey I'm easy. I'll take what I can get.

That's an old pic, Reunion Arena is long gone. :(


Say, anyone up to some good catfish this Saturday? I'm unexpectedly free and I'm going to ride down to Irby's Burgers & Catfish in Granbury for lunch. I've got a 63 mile route mapped out taking 360 from Arlington down through Mansfield and catching FM 917 over through Godley and Acton and some other back county roads. Weather looks promising, only a 20% chance of afternoon rain. I'm planning on arriving around 11:30-ish and leaving about an hour later.

I'll be headed out from the abode around 10 am tomorrow. I don't have internet access at home on weekends, if anyone wants to join me give me a ring at (deleted) ETA is 11:30-11:45.

^^^ Nice criptic code. Who do we ask to speak to, Frugal?

Had a nice ride. Got "misplaced" a couple of times because of mismarked roads, but no big deal since all roads lead to Irby's. It was a nice ride, relaxing for the most part. Took about an hour and 40 to go about 65 miles, saw some pretty scenery and interesting houses (the Barnett Shale's been good to a lot of folks out this way) and not a few horses. No longhorns, though. :)

The catfish was awesome! A little story is due here. Way back when I was a mere child I tried catfish for the first time. It was an awful experience. Full of bones and gooey, it was a soggy cold mess of bits by the time I got the bones out and ate the remains. Fast forward 30 years and a friend of mine took me to Irby's after doing some framing work at his house. I was hesitant for sure, but he talked me into trying my first catfish in three decades. It was transcendental. Since then I've made a point of getting back there a couple times a year, spring and fall.

Glad you had a good ride! I rode out to Possum Kingdom Lake with some friends. It was a great day. Almost 350 miles round trip. Here are some pics:

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=483&pictureid=4150

This was on top of what is called "Hell's Gate". I have a fear of heights so I was a little nervous.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=483&pictureid=4149

Here we are crossing the Brazos below PK dam.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=483&pictureid=4146

We stopped at a little place called Mary's Cafe for lunch. The meat on their burgers is literally about 2 inches thick.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=483&pictureid=4148

This was at an observation point above the dam.

There is some beautiful scenery out in that area. I would definitely go back.

Great pics Frugal and Lisa.

Anyone want to get together the weekend of the 16th or the 23rd?

I might be able to make it the weekend of the 23rd. What did you have in mind?

I'd be up to meet somewhere either weekend. Got the new chain on the bike and it's sooo nice. :)

Breakfast run from McKinney to Whitewright Saturday morning. We are meeting at the RaceTrac on US 380 just east of McKinney and near (west of) the intersection of US 380 and FM 1827. KSU is 7:30 AM. I will try to be there about 7:20 AM.

Rats, no internet access on the weekends so I just saw this. :(

This weekend I'm free except for Saturday late afternoon through evening. I'd be interested in an AM ride either day. We could meet somewhere for either breakfast or lunch. Short ride, long ride, or just all meet somewhere for some good conversation.

Too bad. It was fun. Ran down FM 697 a couple of times. Decent food. A full report with pictures should be up on my website by this evening.

I'm down for sunday morning... i have to work all day saturday :(

Sunday am works for me.

I think Sunday morning will work for me as well!

awesome!... so where do yall want to meet up?

Yet again I am working....:rolleyes: is there a conspiracy out there?

Where do you guys want to ride? I think that will determine where we meet up at.

I'll meet wherever... hopefully it doesn't rain like they are predicting

I'm fine with a short ride, a long ride, a medium ride. A ride to breakfast, lunch, or dinner (though the rain is 20%) would be fine. I ride in the rain no problem. There are places like Dinosaur Valley State Park that we could ride to, or we could ride to a small town like Hillsboro and eat lunch at this fantastic little Italian place on the square. Basically I can ride anywhere, anytime. My two 824 mile one day rides two weeks ago made me feel ready for anything. :)

If the decision where and what is arrived at after 5 today I'd appreciate a call since I don't have internet access outside of work. I'll post my number later today if need be.

I'm fine with any length of ride as well. Based on the forecast as of today, it looks like if we ride west we will probably be ok on the rain. TXNinjaGirl, I'll let you make the call. I live in the Denton area so I'm fine meeting up wherever.


Here is a link to some ideas for routes. I have done some of these with the group I ride with but not all of them:

http://www.chromeangels.org/routes.htm

BTW - my husband bought me the GoPro HD camera for my birthday yesterday so I'm dying to try it out!

BTW - my husband bought me the GoPro HD camera for my birthday yesterday so I'm dying to try it out!

Just don't make one of those youtube "Here, hold my beer and watch this!" videos... :)

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i dont really know where a good meetup would be... i dont get out of my area much so i dont know where a good central meeting place would be.

did you guys make that last group ride go?
schools finally giving me some time and i'd love to get a group ride and meet you guys...

my first group ride consisted of a couple hyabusas and speed hungry riders........ needless to say how that went

Nah, didn't happen. I'm thinking best thing is to meet someplace for a nice lunch and get to know each other session. Then we can plan a ride someplace, preferably without a lot of technical stuff.

I hear you about faster riders. The one group ride I went on last spring was with way faster riders on liter bikes, I just let them leave me in the dust. Wasn't particularly interesting to ride with them, never did again.

If you want to ride FM4 sometime on the weekend I'm down.:cool:

I'm headed out to Mineral Wells tomorrow afternoon to look at some firebrick for a kiln I'm building, fwiw. Sunday is still free.

I'm doin a ride with the "Hardley" group I run with..... East towards Canton Saturday.:thumbup:

My son Nathaniel and I will be helping with one of the two survey site at the Dallas International Motorcycle Show from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM so come by and say "howdy." Would love meet some of you folks.

Doc

So, how many are going, does anyone want to meet for lunch, how will we recognize each other, where do we want to meet? I suggest that we can all gather at the Ninja 250's on display at the Kawasaki dealer booth on the hour, say 10am, 11am, noon. For that matter, maybe we could meet for breakfast before heading out? It opens at 9:30 am.

I don't have internet after 5pm on Fridays and not at all on weekends, so if anyone wants to get ahold of me they can call me at *. Leave a message if I don't answer, I may be on the bike and won't be able to answer right away.

I went Friday nite, smaller crowd, sale booths full of stuff and watched some of Jason Britton laying down his rubber. Saw the new Honda CBR 250, sat on it, like the positioning of the clutch/brake and hand controls and digitals, loved the tail treatment... but still prefer the ergos on the N-250 and the general look of the bike. I was drawn again to the N-650... for some weird reason.:o

It was a nice show, maybe not as nice as last year's (no KTM or Buell, reduced presence of custom/art bikes) but it was still nice to hang out with a few thousand people who all like bikes too. I got there a tad later than I'd planned, but hung out at the Kawi booth at 11, 12, and 1. I met EMDSD, really cool fellow to chat with, and his son Nate. Talked to lots of venders and such, the most interesting of which was the guy manning the Ducati booth section that had a Desmo motor on a stand. We talked tech for quite a while, it was a blast.

The free parking was, as usual, super easy to get to and very convenient to the convention center (at the front door). The bikes out in the parking lot were a varied lot, from current stuff to really old and obscure.

As near as I can tell there is only one bike show a year here in Dallas, which strikes me as absurd because of the size of the riding population here. Maybe that will change in the future as the percentage of the population getting on two wheels increases.

Frug.. I'm surprised there is not a "spring" show somewhere in town. Always check out the "auto" buildings at the big Fair downtown in hopes of a group of m/c dealers usually to no avail. This year Yamaha put in a booth with small sampling of sport and cruisers which was nice. I perused it twice as a matter of fact. Guess the cost of renting booth space there isn't conducive to the cost of running it. Small returns I suppose.:(

I am meeting a few Ninja 250 Riders Club members at Edom, Texas to have some home cooking at The Shed: http://theshedcafe.com. We plan to be at the Shed between noon and 1:00 PM.

The North Texas contingent will meet at the Wal-Mart in Commerce at 9:30 (My father was recently placed in a nursing home there and I need to drop by). KSU will be at 9:45 AM.

It will be cold so bundle up. I am placing the KSU a little late so we can fill up in Commerce and make the 90 mile run with no stops. I plan on taking the back roads to through Lone Oak, Emory, and Grand Saline to get there.

After lunch some of us will be collecting (as in photographing – see my website for examples) Interesting city limit signs in the Edom area including Coffee City and New York.

If you are interested in traveling from the Trenton area with me please contact me directly.

Just moved back to the Dallas area checking if anyone wants to go for a ride while the weather is still great!

I'm generally up for a ride, would like a destination with a meal in there somewhere. Last year I rode to the Hard 8 BBQ joint in Stephenville, it was a nice country ride taking back roads through Glen Rose.

im up for a group ride..... riding by myself starts sucking after a while lol

I'm down too... I'm lovin this weather .....just need enough time to be able to ask off from work. about at least a week and 1/2 in advance :) ..

New owner here, looking for people to ride with. I'm out in McKinney but can meet anywhere.

I'm getting my ninja in about a month and am looking for DFW peeps to ride with. Figured I would hit this thread up!!

We're about halfway through prime spring riding weather here, temp wise. I'll be doing my annual pilgrimage to Irby's Burgers & Catfish in Grandbury, taking some nice scenic back roads to get there. I'll also be doing a back country ride to Hard Eight BGBQ in Stephenville, also taking back roads. Both routes are not particularly technical and I don't ride to scrape pegs anyway. Just a nice cool late morning ride. If anyone's interested in joining me let me know.

I'd also be interested in a Saturday or Sunday meet-n-greet in town, lunch or dinner, just to hang out and get to know one another.

As soon as i get the bike expect a PM from me to make one of those rides happen. Im really looking for people around here to ride with!!

We're about halfway through prime spring riding weather here, temp wise. I'll be doing my annual pilgrimage to Irby's Burgers & Catfish in Grandbury, taking some nice scenic back roads to get there. I'll also be doing a back country ride to Hard Eight BGBQ in Stephenville, also taking back roads. Both routes are not particularly technical and I don't ride to scrape pegs anyway. Just a nice cool late morning ride. If anyone's interested in joining me let me know.

I'd also be interested in a Saturday or Sunday meet-n-greet in town, lunch or dinner, just to hang out and get to know one another.

How long was your round trip last year??? What roads did you take???

How long was your round trip last year??? What roads did you take???

Which round trip? One of them was 1,648 miles... :)

I'll have to find my notes, but IIRC the Hard Eight route was about 160-ish and the Irby's route was 80-ish round trip.

Hey guys. Just thought I would piggyback on this thread. There's a route that I've been riding just north of Waxahachie that I like very much. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in riding through as a group. I'm really just looking for a few people at most, as we will be going through small towns. I also would like to check out the small philly cheesesteak joint at the beginning.

Basically, the ride starts in Ferris, down to Waxahachie, up to Midlothian. Speed limit range low 35 but mostly 55 mph. It's moderately twisty but don't expect to drag any knees. (Actually, there are some sharp turns on the last leg, but you can see a lot of loose debris so I wouldn't take them too hard.) I'll provide a Google Maps link at the end.

So look over the route, let me know what you guys think, and whether or not you are interested. Perhaps some of you are already familiar with that route. Also, I don't have a problem with the cold so the only considerations regarding weather would be no rain or snow. Hopefully some of you are on the same page :D

Oh, I'm looking at sometime from now until Jan 17th. After that, I will be unavailable for an unknown timeframe.


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I could ride with you on the weekend or sometime next week auknight.

Cool. If this weekend is fine with you I'm down with it. It'll be a tentative timeframe cause as of today my availability has changed lol. I'll know in the next couple days what my schedule will be like.

Or anytime next week, school doesn't start back till the 16th so I'm good. I'm doing a winter course right now, and we get done Friday.

I have good news and bad news. Good news, I have a new job starting right away :D Bad news I have to cancel this ride as I will be unavailable the rest of the month :(. I would still like to organize a group ride but it will have to be in the later future.

Werehusky I appreciate you joining in and I apologize for having to pull out all of a sudden. Once i get settled into my new job I will plan for another ride and I hope you can still make time to participate.

Weather is heating up again!! Anyone want to ride around the Dallas area?

Always like riding. What's not to like (except $4.00 a gallon fuel).

Doc

HEY there just got my 2012 ninja 250 and have not met any riders as well, im from dallas mesquite area and am down to ride, let me know thanks

March 31/April 1, come out to Eagles Canyon Raceway and see what's going on at the trackday!

Hey all. This is my first post since crashing back in January. I never wrote about it so this is my first mention of it. I got my bike back in working order, with a few repalcement parts needed in the queue. Also will be looking at new gear, wih a more thorough understanding of the capabilities and limitations of my current setup.

Anyway, Im on the road again, lessons have been learned on my part, and i have goals for improvement :thumbup: so now casually seeing who is up for a ride around dfw area, or perhaps the route i submitted previously.

March 31/April 1, come out to Eagles Canyon Raceway and see what's going on at the trackday!

I Agree with this guy. I'll be in California otherwise I'd be there. You can never go wrong hanging out at a track day.

I've been wanting to put together something for the local riders for a couple of years now, maybe 2012 will be the year. What I propose is fairly simple: A group of us ride to somewhere like a restaurant where we can eat a nice meal and have fun as fellow Ninja 250 riders. No competition, no seeing who's faster around through the twisties, just a social gathering.

If others in the area are willing to set aside a nice Saturday in the upcoming weeks, I'd humbly suggest a ride down to Grandbury where there's a nice hole in the wall catfish place called Irby's Hamburgers, or alternatively, there's an awesome BBQ joint called the Hard 8 located in Stephenville. Either would be a nice place to have lunch, swap stories, and generally be sociable.

Dude that sounds like a really good idea would like to.start to enjoy this weather. Once you get a list together of riders and decide on a date let me know. Count me in thanks
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New to the forums. Pretty much the same as everyone else. Haven't seen any other ninjas around Dallas but pretty much down to ride any time

It's the summer. It's time to ride! Works for me.

Anyone out here in the DFW area wanna meet up sometime? I've been riding about a month now and still haven't met any riders...lol.. and i kinda want to start up a group (or join a group, though i haven't heard anything about one) that meets up around once a month....anyways I'm located in North Richland Hills if anyone wants to meet up sometime.:thumbup:
I'm new to the group and live in south Ft Worth and would love to join yall sometime

I wish I could ride! Need my carbs cleaned because my bike has been sitting too long. Anyone able to help? I can provide assistance (financial and labor) Thanks

This group still alive?

I get a post now and then but no one ever does anything. I have given up trying to get folks to do rides as no one has shown up or responded in a couple of years.

I suspect folks have just gotten busy with life and moved on.

Not sure about the group but I'm around. Same as emdsd, haven't really gotten any respones

I'm still here as well. i have no idea why it's so hard to motivate the local riders to attend a social gathering. I know there are lots of members here.

I see. Well maybe we should have a garage day where we can all show up and help each other work on their bike? Then we can ride from there if everyone isn't burn out from the heat. lol

I'd definitley be down for a garage day. Could use some tips/help with a few mods.

+1 on avoiding the heat lol

Hehe, this isn't hot. Hot was my 2k mile ride a few weeks ago from DFW to Houston via Chattanooga, TN and Slidell, LA. Nothing beats baking on Highway 10 during rush-hour traffic in the middle of an 850 mile, 14 hour ride. :)

Well does anyone have a garage they would be willing to have people over at? Do some small mods?

Unfortunately, I don't

Unfortunately, I don't

Me either. =/ Wish I did though.

Anyone near Fort Worth that would be willing to give me a hand? I'm having one hell of a time getting my rear wheel back together. It's not the brake pads giving me hell then its the rear axle. If it's not the rear axle then it's the brake pads... ARRGGGHH. I never had this many problems with my GSXR. :mad:

Hopefully I can join you guys sometime soon for a ride :thumbup:

Anyone in the Dallas area up for a ride in just before the new year? I will be taking leave and heading to SA then to Dallas. I will be there ft about a week before I have to. Report back to my unit. Feel free to invite friends, don't necessarily need to have a 250...

I talked to some CBR250 forum riders in TX and I think they are wanting to do a joint CBR/Ninjette 250 ride. So far they have been talking about doing the ride in Austin but DFW has also been tossed up as a place for a second meet. Just checking to see if anyone would be interested.

I'd be interested in DFW if it was in the next 2 weeks.

I'd be down for that

I'll see when they're wanting to do it. Originally they planned a huge Austin meet but it got pushed back to early next year. Mostly the CBR guys were around south TX. I think I found 3 so far in DFW. Be nice to get a larger crowd.

A ride would be nice...I have yet to be involved in a group ride yet. My father in law has a Vulcan. We will ride around a bit while I am up there.

same here. i haven't been in a group ride yet. i have a ton of buddies that ride but they ride too crazy for me. i'm looking to ride with some more "tame" or smart riders.

I'll be passing through on IH-35N on my way to Ennis. Anyone care to join the ride?

I am in the DFW area as well count me in for some future rides.

Depends on when you're rolling through. More than likely I can't make it, I've got 2 big races this weekend. One in Belton and one in Temple.

In Ennis now. Pretty cold up here for any long rides. Hopefully the weather will carm up a little. I made it to Temple yesterday before I had my wife pull over to load the bike up.

In Ennis now. Pretty cold up here for any long rides. Hopefully the weather will carm up a little. I made it to Temple yesterday before I had my wife pull over to load the bike up.


Buuurrrrrrr it's 18 degrees out there. My coffe is good right now. I am about to go trout fishing.

yeah i haven't ridden in 2 weeks. until i get a better riding jacket, i won't ride in anything 50 degrees or lower. far too cold for me

Probably going out tomorrow...

Thought about today, but seems a little cold.

Taking the bluebonnet trail today...

Sooooooo..... Im reviving this thread. I live out in Greenville, if anyone wants to ever meet up for a ride OR need some help doing your winter modding to your bikes : )

Athens, TX anyone? Haha

Damn and I thought I lived far away (Rhome).

so are you guys still alive??

like i said im out in greenville but im willing to ride wherever just about... thats the beauty of it!

NOW, that being said, its not QUITE warm for spirited riding everyday BUT soon it will be! :humble:

Gonna bump this since for the time of year.