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09/19/15 at 17:31:56

Hey there houston area savages. I have not been riding as much as I would like lately. Cool weather is coming up. I was wondering if you all would want to get together and ride on occasion. We could decide to meet somewhere and just go for a ride and possibly stop somewhere for a bite. Let me know your thoughts. I live in spring and don't care much for riding on the highways but I will ride just about anywhere.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #1 - 09/22/15 at 10:13:40 Nobody down there wants to ride? I would go ride with ya.....but there is that 25 hour drive separation thing we got to overcome. Dave
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #2 - 09/22/15 at 10:34:59 Dave wrote on 09/22/15 at 10:13:40: Nobody down there wants to ride? I would go ride with ya.....but there is that 25 hour drive separation thing we got to overcome. Dave I ride all the time.. but springman knows that. That bad part of Texas.. is that nothing is close to anywhere.
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Reply #3 - 09/22/15 at 15:42:32

No worries. I am going to try to get down to youzguyz's stomping grounds before the end of the year. The riding is much better in the hill country than it is in the Houston area.

In the Houston area we have some enjoyable riding in the far north/north east of the metro area around Conroe and Sam Houston State park/forest. And you have a couple of restaurants that cater to bikers in the area including Yankees in Carlos, Tx. Going to Yankees for a burger is a good 180 mile round trip for me. And well worth it.

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #4 - 09/22/15 at 15:45:16 I actually pm'd with chzeckmate regarding getting together for a ride and hopefully we do get together someday, but we do live in totally different parts of houston, a good 30 to 40 miles from each other.
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #5 - 09/22/15 at 17:35:40 Guys, If you ever get as far north as the MetroPlex I will join you somewhere along the way. I must tell you in advance there is no place to go up here except for riding around in circles. Kenny G
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #6 - 09/22/15 at 20:14:02 You got a good laugh out of me KennyG. Riding around in circles, OK. Kenny, I am not gonna say you need to come to Houston, but you really need to get to the hill country. It is just awesome in the hill country.
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Reply #7 - 09/22/15 at 20:21:20

Spring,

We returned from San Antonio through the hill country, on maybe RT. 77, in our automobile, running the posted 70 MPH and really enjoyed the trip. What I need is a truck or trailer to get me south of Ft. Worth and then ride through the hill country on my Savage. I doubt that I would make it as far as Houston, but one never knows where they will end up on a cycle if the weather stays good.

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Reply #8 - 09/22/15 at 20:31:03

You have a point Kenny. When we rode to the Sisters I rode from Spring (north Houston) to Columbus (where Art used to live). In Columbus I met up with Art, Old Rider, and MMRanch and we rode from there to Fredericksburg together mostly in a downpour. That part was not too much fun.

On the way back I rode with Art and MM as far as San Antonio. They kept going but I went into San Antonio to have lunch with my son. After lunch I rode the rest of the way back on my own. It was a long, tiring and boring drive on I-10 but it was all worth it. I had never ridden that much in one day before or since.

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Reply #9 - 09/22/15 at 20:46:25

Yeah, i'm beginning to agree with you guyz...

I took the wife to NC and the dragon ride this month, and because of her surgery, we loaded the bike in the back of my truck.

I won't say it was more enjoyable than my savage ride from florida to texas... but it was less.. "eventful".

Now as I am not a young man (younger than a few here), but not an old man, I can still ride 800 miles in a day if I so deem necessary (there will be pain involved, but riding pain to me is a good pain).

However, if I was to put a trailer on the back of my truck, I could (pick-up) gather a few older riders and enjoy conversation while we traversed to our destination, rather than spit bugs and laugh while pointing at irrelevant things on the side of the road, and enjoying the smells of road kill.

In other words.... I would not be adverse to borrowing a large trailer, or renting such, in order to enjoy a long and comfortable journey with a few of you guys on the next (youz guyz) texas run.

I will look into finding such a rig, that will hold a few (six) bikes.

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #10 - 09/22/15 at 21:11:08 Old Rider, You rent a trailer and can make it as far north as Denton, TX I will be glad to "chip in" toward the rental. It would be good to spend some time with some other old timers. Kenny G
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Reply #11 - 09/22/15 at 21:30:42

Well, then....

From my location to yours, is a mere 10.59 hours, then to columbus, and then to san antonio, then kerrville... is a total of 18.4 hours...

No problemo! LOL..... ok... maybe I would stop in say, lafayette,LA...to pick up a few riders who would meet me there the day before?

That would make the final trip about 10-ish hours the next day.... see... math does solve all the worlds problems!

I hope we can do this thing.... MMR! DAVE!.... can you make it to lafayette? see.... i can do thinking stuff.... ROFL!

Ok, maybe six riders is a bit much for my five seater F150..... well, unless i put a camper shell on the back.... HEY! I would make it comfortable for the sixth rider!

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Reply #12 - 09/23/15 at 02:46:48

springman wrote on 09/22/15 at 15:42:32:

No worries. I am going to try to get down to youzguyz's stomping grounds before the end of the year. The riding is much better in the hill country than it is in the Houston area.

Let me know when you are heading this way and I will see if I can take some time off to ride with you. Cheesy

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #13 - 09/23/15 at 08:35:25 10-4 Mr. youzguyz. 2 weeks ago there were 5 other rider friends chomping at the bit to go ride the sisters. But I have not heard anything since. I'll touch base with them and see what is going on. Thanks.
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: call to houston area savages Reply #14 - 09/24/15 at 15:54:01 Somebody had better crank up a Twisted Sister ride thread for 2016 as we got two different groups of people talking about the combined trucking and trailering at this point in time.
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