Gotta ride!

[Cher]

O.K.  Enough already    All this talk about rides and no specific dates.  Plan it and they will come  [moto]  East Texas, Oklahoma... Wherever...

[fastwin]

What? An actual ride? Don't you know that us easties only talk about riding?

[Cher]

Only talk about riding?  The hell you say!  (I'm too busy polishing to talk)

[TresGatos]

Only talk about riding?  The hell you say!  (I'm too busy polishing to talk)

What she said!  Me gots no battery tender and
dos ducs. Me ride long time. (Full Metal Jacket reference)

[muskrat]

I plan on riding Friday.  Now lets see you girls get in line.

[TresGatos]

I plan on riding Friday.  Now lets see you girls get in line.

Whare to? When?  I may have time.

[muskrat]

don't know yet but I'm taking that day off.  I should have my parts back from the powder coater and installed so the S4 is going for a spin, otherwise I'll steal the wife's bike.

[fastwin]

Weather should be nice on Friday. I need to check my kitchen point account. Should be full after the outside/inside cleaning I did for the in-law Easter invasion. [moto]

[Cher]

I had some time today so I ran 455 east out of the Forestburg area all the way to 75.  The road surface east of Preston Road all the way into Weston (the section with all the twisty bits) is A+.  But it's a good news/bad news kind of situation; the good news is the road surface is recently repaved with freshly painted center and shoulder lines.  The bad news is the speed limit is 55!  (And I don't remember this road being so narrow     )

Once 455 tee'd into Weston, I turned south through town and then on towards 75 on whatever road that is... Sucks is all I know.  Really crappy section of road there.

455, though, is in the best condition I've seen in years  

[dallas2r]

I had some time today so I ran 455 east out of the Forestburg area all the way to 75.  The road surface east of Preston Road all the way into Weston (the section with all the twisty bits) is A+.  But it's a good news/bad news kind of situation; the good news is the road surface is recently repaved with freshly painted center and shoulder lines.  The bad news is the speed limit is 55!  (And I don't remember this road being so narrow     )

Once 455 tee'd into Weston, I turned south through town and then on towards 75 on whatever road that is... Sucks is all I know.  Really crappy section of road there.

455, though, is in the best condition I've seen in years  

Thanks for the update. Next time you're up that way, try FM 697 between Sherman & Whitewright if you haven't already.

[muskrat]

we did that road towards Sherman a couple of weeks ago and it was FUN FUN FUN.  I haven't been on it in years.  Watch out for some turns though as the surface has buckled.  I should have warned Dan but he didn't much give a shit trying to catch the Squids.

[fastwin]

If I remember correctly that road is part of Swanny's Casino Run ride. You're right, it is a very nice twisty road indeed... for North Texas that is.

I remember one time we were all eating at a local hamburger shack in Sherman on a Swanny ride. It looked good with lots of local cars around it so we stopped. And it was good by the way! As I was talking to the spousal unit outside on the cell a Sherman PD squad car slowly drove by checking out the bikes, then stopped and backed up. I'd finished my call so I approached the officer and asked him if everything was OK and if he needed something. He said he was just admiring the bikes and mentioned we didn't look local. Which I interpreted as he realized he hadn't ticketed/arrested us before. The last thing he said before he drove off was that we really should hit 697 (he also had a local slang name for it which I have forgotten) on the way out of town and that it was a really nice bike road. Which I also interpreted as "yeah, you guys go right ahead and check it out while me and three other cops set up radar traps on all the straight aways"!!!!

He was right, it is a really nice road and actually, no he wasn't waiting for us! But there was a crashed ZX6 Ninja parked on the oustide of a turn. I assume the rider was seeking medical attention in Sherman.

[fastwin]

I had some time today so I ran 455 east out of the Forestburg area all the way to 75.  The road surface east of Preston Road all the way into Weston (the section with all the twisty bits) is A+.  But it's a good news/bad news kind of situation; the good news is the road surface is recently repaved with freshly painted center and shoulder lines.  The bad news is the speed limit is 55!  (And I don't remember this road being so narrow     )

Once 455 tee'd into Weston, I turned south through town and then on towards 75 on whatever road that is... Sucks is all I know.  Really crappy section of road there.

455, though, is in the best condition I've seen in years  

Thanks for the road update Lisa. That's good to hear that some County Commissioner finally got his brother in law to re-pave that road. It has sucked for a really long time. Even made the awful roads in Dallas look decent.

That's also the section of road where I got my only bike speeding ticket in 1988 on my then new GSXR750. 88 in a 55 coming out of a turn. I was lucky. I was running 120-130 on the straight leading into that turn. I'm glad they nailed me where they did. [moto]