Texas??

[JayJay]

Maybe this is not the right place to put this, but maybe it is.

Am I just overlooking all the SE Texas riders?? Do they exist??

Tell me i'm not alone!!

[sharky nrk]

LOL .... MotoHouston.com maybe? To be honest I am not sure I have ever even been in this sub forums before so I imagine there are some of us out there around you.

[CC Cowboy]

Originally Posted by JayJay

Maybe this is not the right place to put this, but maybe it is.

Am I just overlooking all the SE Texas riders?? Do they exist??

Tell me i'm not alone!!

I've used that line often. I usually just get a mumble back.

[csmith12]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

I've used that line often. I usually just get a mumble back.

[Jasonm163]

I'm in texas! Wont have my bike till friday though. It'll be my very first one. I'min east texas

[csmith12]

Welcome Jason!

[Jasonm163]

Thanks!

[Ninja Rob]

I'm in Texas! but maybe about 9 hours south of you.

[JayJay]

What kind of bike are you getting Jason?? Welcome to the forum
What part of SE are you in??

9hours is a long haul, Rob.

[Jasonm163]

I am in Tyler texas. About an hour and a half southeast of the dallas/ftworth area. I am buying a used 2015 White Ninja 300 w/ ABS. Has 3.4k miles on it and is in 100% perfect condition. Picking it up for $4200 tomorrow. But now I need to learn how to ride, but before that I need to buy all my gear. I am a small guy at 5'7" and 130 lbs. Need some really comfy and cool gear since it reaches 100+ temps here in tx as you guys now.

I think I already found a good Bell helmet called a bell vortex on revzilla.

[JayJay]

I HIGHLY recommend taking the Tx MTC course. I will look up the link later and post it for you, i can't remember it off the top of my head. $235 dollars for the course, best money i've spent(in my motorcycle world anyways).

Take it slow, don't push yourself, but challenger yourself. Don't be ashamed of baby steps.


I have a coretech jacket, of course i am a woman, but i feel safe in my cortech. I would say check craigslist, but just becareful. I bought my shoei helmet on CL for 50 bucks. Needed a new lens, but it wasn't terrible when i got it.


Congrats on the great deal on the bike White ninja's are so pretty. I bought a 2012 Green ninja 250R. it had 12k on it when i bought it, it's been roughed up a little but i'm okay with that. we only paid 1500 so we seriously couldn't pass it up.

I'm about an hour/hour and a half north of houston.

[Jasonm163]

Awesome! Yes I've looked into that class already and plan on taking it in the next few weeks, should get me my license as well as a discount on insurance once I complete it. Ill post up some photos in a new thread once I get the bike. Nice meeting you!

[JayJay]

Nice meeting you too!!

Enjoy your baby

[Ninja Rob]

Those Texas Temperatures.

Just an ordinary day in Texas.

[JayJay]

Truth. Plus 99.9% humidity....
Might as well be swimming!

[cuong-nutz]

There are folks way out there. Just not as many. Every so often a group will do a ride out there to Livingston-ish from Houston-ish.

[Jasonm163]

Haha yeah I went out practicing in my condo parking lot and it was 102 with high humidty. Did it for 20-30 moms and came back inside lol

[JayJay]

@jason, how's all that going, learning with that new bike?
It took me a while before I was super comfortable. My boyfriend helped me alot.

I spent a lot of time doing circles and figure eights in my yard, granted we own 3 acres of soft grass :P

definitely take the class, and if you can find the MTC course taught by a gentleman named William, TAKE IT! He is such a great instructor.

[Ninja Rob]

Another day

[Jasonm163]

Originally Posted by JayJay

@jason, how's all that going, learning with that new bike?
It took me a while before I was super comfortable. My boyfriend helped me alot.

I spent a lot of time doing circles and figure eights in my yard, granted we own 3 acres of soft grass :P

definitely take the class, and if you can find the MTC course taught by a gentleman named William, TAKE IT! He is such a great instructor.

Haha hey its going alright, still had it parked mostly. The earliest class for me is september 12th, ALL the others were full. :/

Plus that and you can see from the above pic its been pretty terribly hot outside. My buddy just got a bike so I think we may go out early tomorrow morning and practice before it reaches ridiculous temps

[astricklin]

I am south of Fort Worth, ya this heat has killed riding. Hopefully tomorrow or Friday since it is cooling a little.
I have Bell Vortex helmet, I like it but it is a little noisy. I just wear ear plugs. How do you like yours?

[Jasonm163]

I bought an arai rx q it seems quiet so far but I havnt been at any high speeds yet. It seems most people wear ear plugs anyways

[JayJay]

I agree, this heat is terrible. I've been sticking to driving my little blazer back and forth, this heat plus the humidity has me drenched in sweat even at 8am on my way to work.

Sad to hear you have to wait that long for a class :/ It'll go by pretty quickly though.

[Jasonm163]

Originally Posted by JayJay

I agree, this heat is terrible. I've been sticking to driving my little blazer back and forth, this heat plus the humidity has me drenched in sweat even at 8am on my way to work.

Sad to hear you have to wait that long for a class :/ It'll go by pretty quickly though.

Yeah no worries, my boots just came in yesterday and I have a tinted visor on the way.Im still driving around a small amount around my obscene even though I maybe should not be. Just having fun playing around with it. And yeah stay cool out there its been crazy.

[FrugalNinja250]

Originally Posted by Jasonm163

I am in Tyler texas. About an hour and a half southeast of the dallas/ftworth area. I am buying a used 2015 White Ninja 300 w/ ABS. Has 3.4k miles on it and is in 100% perfect condition. Picking it up for $4200 tomorrow. But now I need to learn how to ride, but before that I need to buy all my gear. I am a small guy at 5'7" and 130 lbs. Need some really comfy and cool gear since it reaches 100+ temps here in tx as you guys now.

I think I already found a good Bell helmet called a bell vortex on revzilla.

Under Texas law, you cannot transfer the title of a motorcycle to your name unless you have motorcycle-specific liability insurance, which you cannot get until you have the motorcycle endorsement on your license. You cannot get the endorsement until you take and pass the MSF rider course and then take the written test at the local DPS office. Though you can give the seller money and receive the properly signed blue Title and the properly filled out and signed Texas form 130-U Application for Texas Title from the seller, without that insurance policy you'll get nowhere at the courthouse title office.

Please note, in Texas a bill of sale is pretty much meaningless when it comes to transferring ownership title on vehicles including motorcycles. Make sure the seller's name and signature match on the title and 130-U, and also note that if you take more than 20 days to submit the title and 130-U to the county they will start charging you a $20/month penalty with no upper limit, starting from the sale date written on the 130_u and the back of the title where the owner signs.

Edit to add, you mentioned that you've been riding it; if you're caught riding without a license and insurance, neither of which you have, the penalties and fines can be severe, perhaps upwards of a thousand bucks. In some counties they'll impound your bike and leave you standing on the side of the road, and you'll have to pay hundreds in impound fees on top of all the other fines, penalties, and court costs just to get your bike back. Fwiw...

[Jasonm163]

Originally Posted by FrugalNinja250

Under Texas law, you cannot transfer the title of a motorcycle to your name unless you have motorcycle-specific liability insurance, which you cannot get until you have the motorcycle endorsement on your license. You cannot get the endorsement until you take and pass the MSF rider course and then take the written test at the local DPS office. Though you can give the seller money and receive the properly signed blue Title and the properly filled out and signed Texas form 130-U Application for Texas Title from the seller, without that insurance policy you'll get nowhere at the courthouse title office.

Please note, in Texas a bill of sale is pretty much meaningless when it comes to transferring ownership title on vehicles including motorcycles. Make sure the seller's name and signature match on the title and 130-U, and also note that if you take more than 20 days to submit the title and 130-U to the county they will start charging you a $20/month penalty with no upper limit, starting from the sale date written on the 130_u and the back of the title where the owner signs.

Edit to add, you mentioned that you've been riding it; if you're caught riding without a license and insurance, neither of which you have, the penalties and fines can be severe, perhaps upwards of a thousand bucks. In some counties they'll impound your bike and leave you standing on the side of the road, and you'll have to pay hundreds in impound fees on top of all the other fines, penalties, and court costs just to get your bike back. Fwiw...

Well, no one must be abiding my the law I guess. I got motocycle insurance already paid for a full year and the state ready transferred the title to me with my name on it and everything. And I dont think the cops are going to pull me over in a parking lot practicing.