TWT Forums  

 


Go Back   TWT Forums > General Discussion > Introductions
Reload this Page Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Home Register FAQ Photo Gallery Calendar Mark Forums Read

Notices

Reply
Forum Jump
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-31-2010, 10:18 PM   #1
jwrick
 
jwrick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Saginaw, TX
Posts: 68
Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
I've been lurking here for quite a while and decided it's time to post. I rode dirt bikes from ages 10 -19 and then took about a 20 year break. Been riding again for about 2 years now, mostly breakfast and lunch rides.

Really starting to miss the dirt though and would love to get into dual sport riding. Doing a lot of reading on DR's and KLR's.

Live in Saginaw (North Fort Worth) and currently ride a 2006 Suzuki Boulevard C90. Looking forward to meeting some DS'ers.
Attached Images
 
jwrick is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2010, 10:27 PM   #2
TallGears
 
TallGears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Addison
Posts: 430
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
I'm nearby and have been reading up on dual sports a lot too! I really like the DR 650 seems like it is good at both street and dirt and am looking at getting simple to work on like the DR. Welcome!
TallGears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-31-2010, 10:28 PM   #3
Theo
 
Theo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Haslet, Texas
Posts: 13
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Hey there JWRICK, welcome out of the shadows so to speak.... I work in Saginaw and live just north of there... gimme a PM when you wanna get in the wind. by the way, you can't go wrong with a KLR.... ;^)
__________________
Theo
Electronics Technician

99 KLR650
79 CX500D
79 SR500
73 DT250 (RIP)
75 TY80
Theo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-01-2010, 03:55 PM   #4
Hemibee
 
Hemibee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Panorama Village
Posts: 10,073
Welcome to the site.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
__________________
Tony

You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.

2004 KTM 450 EXC
2001 Triumph Tiger - "Black Betty"

Texas Courthouses Photographed


"Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause - you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles." John Wayne
Hemibee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-01-2010, 05:14 PM   #5
Tourmeister
Keeper of the Asylum
 
Tourmeister's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Huntsville, Tx.
Posts: 37,516
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Welcome to TWT!
__________________
Scott Friday

Total Forum Supporter Donations For May: $733.91 - Previous Month: $1119.01 - Record High: Feb 09 $1360.84

The number one rule for this forum!
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Eph 4:29 (NIV)
Think before you post. Leave out the vulgarity, personal attacks and foul language!

Quote:
Lies are fragile. They require constant attentiveness to keep them alive. The exposure of a single truth can rip through an ocean of lies, evaporating it instantly. - Brandon Smith

If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist. — Joe Sobran

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. – Murray N. Rothbard

When one possessed of the Truth suffers from a heavy heart he is susceptible to a more dangerous affliction — the craving for power to eradicate error, to cause Truth to triumph by force. - Frank Chodorov

Where politicians flourish, long history has harshly taught us, people and their liberty wither. Where the state is god and the "public interest" worshipped, individual man will be found bleeding upon the altar. - Karl Hess

The accepted wisdom is that without the state, society would collapse into lawlessness and crime. In fact, lawlessness and crime define the very nature of the state and the society organized by it. - Bionic Mosquito

But the myth of the rule of law does more than render the people submissive to state authority; it also turns them into the state's accomplices in the exercise of its power. For people who would ordinarily consider it a great evil to deprive individuals of their rights or oppress politically powerless minority groups will respond with patriotic fervor when these same actions are described as upholding the rule of law. - John Hasnas
Tourmeister is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 11-01-2010, 08:58 PM   #6
Theo
 
Theo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Haslet, Texas
Posts: 13
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
When do you wanna go ride?
__________________
Theo
Electronics Technician

99 KLR650
79 CX500D
79 SR500
73 DT250 (RIP)
75 TY80
Theo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-02-2010, 06:31 AM   #7
jwrick
 
jwrick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Saginaw, TX
Posts: 68
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Quote:
Originally Posted by Theo View Post
When do you wanna go ride?
I have to work this weekend but I'm off 11-14 Nov. I'll PM you my cell, just call or text.
jwrick is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 04:52 PM   #8
jwrick
 
jwrick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Saginaw, TX
Posts: 68
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Bike Update.

Traded the cruiser for a 2012 V-Strom DL650A. Picked it up today and put a little over 100 miles on it. This Wee is sweet!
Attached Thumbnails
2012_Wee.jpg  
__________________
Jim
12 Suzuki V-Strom DL650A
07 Suzuki DR650
jwrick is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 05:18 PM   #9
Tourmeister
Keeper of the Asylum
 
Tourmeister's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Huntsville, Tx.
Posts: 37,516
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Congratulations!
__________________
Scott Friday

Total Forum Supporter Donations For May: $733.91 - Previous Month: $1119.01 - Record High: Feb 09 $1360.84

The number one rule for this forum!
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Eph 4:29 (NIV)
Think before you post. Leave out the vulgarity, personal attacks and foul language!

Quote:
Lies are fragile. They require constant attentiveness to keep them alive. The exposure of a single truth can rip through an ocean of lies, evaporating it instantly. - Brandon Smith

If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist. — Joe Sobran

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. – Murray N. Rothbard

When one possessed of the Truth suffers from a heavy heart he is susceptible to a more dangerous affliction — the craving for power to eradicate error, to cause Truth to triumph by force. - Frank Chodorov

Where politicians flourish, long history has harshly taught us, people and their liberty wither. Where the state is god and the "public interest" worshipped, individual man will be found bleeding upon the altar. - Karl Hess

The accepted wisdom is that without the state, society would collapse into lawlessness and crime. In fact, lawlessness and crime define the very nature of the state and the society organized by it. - Bionic Mosquito

But the myth of the rule of law does more than render the people submissive to state authority; it also turns them into the state's accomplices in the exercise of its power. For people who would ordinarily consider it a great evil to deprive individuals of their rights or oppress politically powerless minority groups will respond with patriotic fervor when these same actions are described as upholding the rule of law. - John Hasnas
Tourmeister is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 05:26 PM   #10
TallGears
 
TallGears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Addison
Posts: 430
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Sweet bike. I can't wait to ride it!
TallGears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 05:44 PM   #11
jwrick
 
jwrick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Saginaw, TX
Posts: 68
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Thanks Scott!

Time for an avatar change Steven and I just might let you ride it!
__________________
Jim
12 Suzuki V-Strom DL650A
07 Suzuki DR650
jwrick is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 05:58 PM   #12
The Bruce
Forum Supporter
 
The Bruce's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Between a Rock and a weird place, Pflugerville, TX
Posts: 7,353
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Nice Wee, and
The Bruce is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 09:41 PM   #13
TallGears
 
TallGears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Addison
Posts: 430
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Yeah. I got to switch my avatar to something cool like The Bruce! Go super teneres!
TallGears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 09:57 PM   #14
GHT
Forum Supporter
 
GHT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pasadena
Posts: 912
Talking Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Welcome, you coming to the pie run in Needville? Be a nice breakin ride for the new Wee!
__________________
"Ride Safe Today, So You Can Ride Tomorrow!"

'08 WR250R (Blue)
'08 DL650 (Yellow, I know Bumble Bee)
'03 KTM 450 EXC (Gone to CA.!)
'03 Yamaha FJR 1300 Silver (Gone to Chicago)
'07 Suzuki M50... Black (Gone to Spring)
'06 Suzuki DRZ400 SM... Black (Gone to Round Rock)
'05 Kawasaki KLR 650... (Gone to TN.)
GHT is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 10:52 PM   #15
TallGears
 
TallGears's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Addison
Posts: 430
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
284 miles to needville, tx from where you are jwrick... turn around from there and you'll be right at the 600 mile break in mark
TallGears is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2012, 11:40 PM   #16
GHT
Forum Supporter
 
GHT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pasadena
Posts: 912
Re: Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Quote:
Originally Posted by TallGears View Post
284 miles to needville, tx from where you are jwrick... turn around from there and you'll be right at the 600 mile break in mark
My point exactly!
__________________
"Ride Safe Today, So You Can Ride Tomorrow!"

'08 WR250R (Blue)
'08 DL650 (Yellow, I know Bumble Bee)
'03 KTM 450 EXC (Gone to CA.!)
'03 Yamaha FJR 1300 Silver (Gone to Chicago)
'07 Suzuki M50... Black (Gone to Spring)
'06 Suzuki DRZ400 SM... Black (Gone to Round Rock)
'05 Kawasaki KLR 650... (Gone to TN.)
GHT is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Go Back   TWT Forums > General Discussion > Introductions
Reload this Page Long Time Lurker First Time Poster
Home Register FAQ Photo Gallery Calendar Mark Forums Read

Notices


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:47 PM.

Contact Us - Two Wheeled Texans - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
All Rights Reserved, Scott Friday 2003-12.
vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=
Page generated in 0.21088 seconds with 12 queries