Houston, TX

[97Octane]

OK... I failed to see a complete Thread here for Houston riders, so heres a post.

Im new to the GS world, but anyone want to go for a ride this weekend? Saturday Dec 16th?

I pick mine up today and am anxious to get the wheels spinning. I live Downtown H... but can meet anywhere in the metro area.

[FearedGS500]

hey theres a few guys from houston css, and stray are ... alpha is from austin and i'm from waco,killeen area ... i just posted about the trip to bigbend,tx this year .. check it out see if you can go you wont reget it .. its something i'm trying to get togeather thats going to make it a yearly ride that we do every year we went last year and had fun ... ( well those of us that went )

[97Octane]

I'd love to go on the Big Bend trip...

My problem isnt time or money, but the spouse. Trouble is, she will want to go with me, yet would never ride on the back of the bike for anything more than 20 mins before the complaints start. (Get her a bike her own? Yeah... when Hell gets Air Conditioning) Any HVAC Engineers here?

[FearedGS500]

dont think so ... the closet thing you get to that i think is CSS he works as a contractor at NASA 

[Alphamazing]

The wind is your air conditioner!

Seriously though, check out TWTex.com they have lots of rides out of pretty much every area on a regular basis. I'll be going to College Station on the 30th with them.

[wever411]

I'm also from Houston...I'm just south of where css is located, near NASA.

[css4608]

I live in the Houston area. I was an HAVC engineer but am now a dynamic and loads engineer.

As far as a ride goes, any interest in a ride on Jan 7th?  I won't be in Houston until then.

Also you can check out www.superbikemoto.com it is a new site, John set it up to organize local rides.

or www.motohouston.com it is active, just be careful which rides you go on.

[97Octane]

I live in the Houston area. I was an HAVC engineer but am now a dynamic and loads engineer.

As far as a ride goes, any interest in a ride on Jan 7th?  I won't be in Houston until then.

Also you can check out www.superbikemoto.com it is a new site, John set it up to organize local rides.

or www.motohouston.com it is active, just be careful which rides you go on.

What do you mean by: "just be careful which rides you go on"

[css4608]

Some examples of why I say you should be careful which rides you go on.

-On one ride a person was learning to do wheelies in the back of a pack, we stopped at a red light, he never saw it, drove through the pack and the red light. He bumped in to several of us and knocked one person over.
-On another ride the person in front of me did a wheelie into a ditch.
-On another ride a person crashed he slid across the road, only had a helmet on.

I now only go on rides that have rules such as warring helmets, gloves and coats. Or not doing wheelies while in a group. 

[97Octane]

Some examples of why I say you should be careful which rides you go on.

-On one ride a person was learning to do wheelies in the back of a pack, we stopped at a red light, he never saw it, drove through the pack and the red light. He bumped in to several of us and knocked one person over.
-On another ride the person in front of me did a wheelie into a ditch.
-On another ride a person crashed he slid across the road, only had a helmet on.

I now only go on rides that have rules such as warring helmets, gloves and coats. Or not doing wheelies while in a group. 

  Good point! When I see people being stupid around me, thats exactly when I turn left when the rest of the group goes right. I have better things to do with my health than have it compromised by others stupidity. Anyone can drop, crash or have a momentary lapse of reason, myself included but Wheelie's, stopie's, and the unwanted attention gathering of PoPo is not on my list.

Your right about this though, thanks for pointing it out. Ride with an older group will likely curb some of this activity.

I have an 05' GS500F for sale by the way. I think Im going to go dual sport and begin to market my bike.

[Iautorico]

Anyone from Houston riding a GS?

[cbrfxr67]

Not quite riding yet, but getting there!  Working on getting a project GS together.  Right now, riding an old f2.  Love this forum though!

[Iautorico]

Any GS's in Houston?

[cbrfxr67]

Houston here,..but I,...

ah nevermind