Sounds great! I am in Canada for Christmas, but returning for the New Years celebration. Merry Christmas to your family and you!
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Recent Transplant, now haling from Georgetown, Texas.
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Sounds great! I am in Canada for Christmas, but will be returning for New Years.
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Welcome, Fellow Georgetown resident! The Texas Hill Country has some great Adv riding. Be great to set up a weekend camp and ride sometime!
Interbeing, I'm always looking for people to ride with as well. you're welcome as well as all is. Got some great gpx tracks for the Hill Country area.
Interbeing, I'm always looking for people to ride with as well. you're welcome as well as all is. Got some great gpx tracks for the Hill Country area.
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Welcome, coming from NM, you may not be familiar with the Fire ant. If not, have someone show you. I was at a cookout with a guy from Denver, he found out the hard way that when it comes to the fire ant, he was on the menu.
Seriously. Neighbor had her Canadian father in law visiting. Fire ants got all over him, then started biting. he spent some time in the hospital.
I saw a new born calf that was killed by fire ants.
Fire ants don’t play nice.
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Truth! I got about 15 bites on my foot last year and discovered I'm allergic to them. I was swollen up for almost 2 weeks and the bites were itchy for at least a week longer, shoes didn't fit until swelling went down.
You don't notice them until there's about 20 or 30 already on you, then the biting starts.
Nasty little barstools!
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Always keep you feet moving, idle feet will get you.
As a side note. I have had decent luck with boiling hot water right into the mound. You need a decent size pot of water though to reach the queens area.
As a side note. I have had decent luck with boiling hot water right into the mound. You need a decent size pot of water though to reach the queens area.
One freshly removed Holley carb emptied over the mound always worked for me.
Found that out when changing jet and getting my foot chewed off
Once your settled look up Twisted Sisters and Lie Creek Road. 2 of my favorite rides very close to you.
www.twtex.com
The Twisted Sisters - Ride Texas
This 100-mile loop is, without a doubt, among the best, most challenging motorcycle roads in the state. In one 15-mile section, there are about 65 curves!
www.ridetexas.com
Lime Creek Road, TX
What: Lime Creek Road, connecting Volente and 1431 on the NE side of Lake Travis, is a great set of twisties. It was voted the #5 best road in the 2003 Ride Texas magazine's readers' poll, and the Ride Texas Ride Guide describes it (paraphrased) as being designed by "road engineers on acid."...
Charlie,Once your settled look up Twisted Sisters and Lie Creek Road. 2 of my favorite rides very close to you.
The Twisted Sisters - Ride Texas
This 100-mile loop is, without a doubt, among the best, most challenging motorcycle roads in the state. In one 15-mile section, there are about 65 curves!www.ridetexas.com
Lime Creek Road, TX
What: Lime Creek Road, connecting Volente and 1431 on the NE side of Lake Travis, is a great set of twisties. It was voted the #5 best road in the 2003 Ride Texas magazine's readers' poll, and the Ride Texas Ride Guide describes it (paraphrased) as being designed by "road engineers on acid."...
Please forgive my delay in responding. Once I got back into town after my New Mexico trip, all the work I put off came back to haunt me. I haven't had a spare minute.
That sounds like a couple places I really need to go! About all I've managed to do so far is Marble Falls and Fredricksburg. Thank you for your response, and for providing those articles!
Adam
Thanks for the welcome, brother! I lived in Plano for a couple years - maybe about 30 years ago. A whole lot of nice people out there.
I've heard that's actually true: that they'll swarm on you, and then start biting all at once. Kind of nightmarish.
Thanks, Dude! What are you riding these days? That picture is tiny. Looks like a dual sport, maybe? I haven't had a dual sport in about four years. Dual sport riders are well-served by NM, UT, AZ and CO roads, but sport-tourers work out there, too. I sold my 1250 RT about 7 months ago, and replaced it with an Africa Twin CRF 1100 (which I'm still getting used to). Hopefully, I can pick it up my AT from RideNow Georgetown this week, and we'll see if the work they've done translate to a better riding experience.
Welcome to Gtown. FWIW, I've had horrible customer service several times at RideNow since they took that location over several years ago. Your experience may be different. I'd recommend Texas Motorsports in Harker Heights for service you can't or don't want to do yourself. Although they're not a Honda dealer, they have very qualified staff that are friendly and know their stuff for all makes. Buenas suerte!
Plus 1 for TxMotorSports
Thanks, brother. Not to mention the fact that their hourly rate is pretty outrageous.
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Hey pneumaticman,
How is the AT riding! Hope you got better customer service at RideNow in Georgetown than most! If interested in riding sometime let me know, weather is getting nice. I did a camp and ride last week stayed at Barefoot campgrounds by Bend Tx. I was riding what is called the San Saba Loop. I have a KTM 390 adventure, had it about a year now, previous bike I had was a CRF 250 dual sport.
How is the AT riding! Hope you got better customer service at RideNow in Georgetown than most! If interested in riding sometime let me know, weather is getting nice. I did a camp and ride last week stayed at Barefoot campgrounds by Bend Tx. I was riding what is called the San Saba Loop. I have a KTM 390 adventure, had it about a year now, previous bike I had was a CRF 250 dual sport.
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Looks like nice riding for sure. I'm the guy that does not mind riding behind these days, if I let 5 minutes of dust settling occur before I follow. Neither me nor my bike wants to die young!
Welcome to TWT! Anytime you wanna ride give me a shout. I only live about 30 minutes north of you and will get out at every chance I can possibly get.
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Bring that Sherco down to Zars Ranch sometime and ride some singletrack with us, and with your name I am guessing compressors or pneumatic controls
Right on, brother! It's riding much better now. Its far more agile than I would have expected with a 21" front wheel, actually! Unfortunately, even with the new windshield, the wind protection BLOWS (...pardon the pun).
But that's what I get for selling a perfect R1250RT, I guess. Then again, I couldn't take that beauty anywhere near a dirt road, so maybe I just need to embrace this change in my life and go riding! I've driven around San Saba in my car. Don't think I've seen Bend (I work a lot), but it sounds awfully interesting. Actually, I have a buddy who's trailering his CBR1000 to Austin for the MotoGP and Revival Handbuilt Show this April, and I've promised him a cool ride, so ...
Lol! Thanks, Bud! Actually it has to do with a pistol designed by Heckler & Koch. I don't think it's been in production for many years, but you can still find them for exorbitant prices on the internet. LIKE MY SHERCO, it's another thing I should have never sold! But I do want another one of each, so we'll see. You know, I would like to have my little grandson down for some trail riding.
Thanks, brother. I dig your pic, too. Are you at Hood? I donated a lot of blood to chiggers there back in the day - I'm sure you can relate.
haven’t heard it put like that yet but yeah, I know what you’re saying. I am here at Cavazos (no longer Hood).