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backspinnn
07-20-2007, 09:48 PM
Who is it up for a short notice DS ride? Here are the options...

I will probably run you from Mckinney to the Chapparal trail and back.

or

Exploration of Collin County and Hunt county back roads.

Anyone interested? I will be on the 450EXC, so plan accordingly.
McLeod
07-20-2007, 10:19 PM
A friend, his son, my son and I are going to North forty Mx park near Sherman.
We have to break in his new to him CRF450R. :trust:

Your welcome to bring your pumpkin on up. We will be heading up there noonish.
backspinnn
07-20-2007, 10:38 PM
That flat track does look fun. How much will that place cost a non-member?
McLeod
07-21-2007, 10:04 AM
I believe that the entrance fee is $10.
I was there before the Texas monsoon season came and the track was very nice.
VFRJohn
07-21-2007, 10:55 PM
I'd be up for a ride from McKinney to either place, if it can be in the afternoon. I can get started around 1:30 or later.
Does that work?
John (new DR650, no scratches yet....)
backspinnn
07-21-2007, 11:18 PM
OK, so at last someone is in...

How about a 3 or 4 departure? I live well on the way to most of the east bound departures, so we can meet here at my place. I will PM you.
bigboy292000
07-21-2007, 11:50 PM
I might be interested. Where would be the meeting point? So 3 or 4 PM?

I am not 100% sure yet - depends what I get done in the morning, but a good possibility I am in...
backspinnn
07-21-2007, 11:55 PM
I will pm you the starting point.
backspinnn
07-22-2007, 08:42 AM
4:00 seems ok. We will be back before dark for sure.
VFRJohn
07-22-2007, 09:06 AM
Got it - 4 PM is good - see you there, then.

(By the way, I am old, slow and inexperienced. Maybe I should start at 3...)

John
bigboy292000
07-22-2007, 10:43 AM
Got it - 4 PM is good - see you there, then.

(By the way, I am old, slow and inexperienced. Maybe I should start at 3...)

John

What color is your DR? Yellow is faster you know... ;-)
MaxxTraxx
07-22-2007, 12:19 PM
where are we meeting at? I'm in for an afternoon ride.
backspinnn
07-22-2007, 12:30 PM
735 cross timbers dr
mckinney, tx
bigboy292000
07-22-2007, 01:38 PM
Well, I won't be making it :( so don't have to wait for me. Got still several things I need to take care of today. Might go out for a shorter ride in the evening. Have some good time!
VFRJohn
07-22-2007, 02:26 PM
What color is your DR? Yellow is faster you know... ;-)

Yeah, maybe... but blue is more stable!
:rofl:

(my VFR is yellow!)

Sorry you can't make it today --- Next time!
MaxxTraxx
07-22-2007, 04:32 PM
Pooring a flood here...almost completley bald knobs...wet roads not my friend...gonna bail...if ya'll brave the rain, be safe.
VFRJohn
07-22-2007, 08:28 PM
Well, I guess it's all about picking which direction you ride. From Backspinn's place, the showers were east, west, & northwest. So he wisely headed off to the northeast.

We got in 50-60 miles of back road pavement, gravel and a touch of dirt (maybe 100 feet?), and went a little ways up the Chaparral (sp?) Trail. That one turned out to be surprisingly wet - the showers must have gone thru there earlier.

I tried out the horizontal riding position (left side) upon encountering the first 20 feet of real gumbo. Christened my brand new DR! :doh: Sorry, no photo - it's already been washed up, evidence removed.

Chris, thanks a bunch for showing me around that neck of the woods. I enjoyed the ride. By the way, the tail light is not broken, it just came unplugged from the flexible stalk. :clap:

Cheers,

John