Howdy

chrusan · Post by **chrusan** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:03 am

My name's Chris and have been riding since 1986. My first bike was a 1978 Suzuki GS-750. I sold that in 1990 and bought a 1980 Kawasaki Police 1000 with working lights and siren (got out of a LOT of tickets on that one). In 1994, I bought a new Goldwing. Finally, I bought a new Kawaskai Concours 14 last spring. This Concours brought to me a whole new style of riding and I'm still working on high speed cornering so I'll probably take the next beginner ride you guys have so I don't hold up the guys that have been riding sport bikes a lot longer than I have. I'm open to advice and input to help improve my riding ability. Like I said, riding a sport bike and riding a dresser are two entirely different things. I've taken the basic rider course twice. Once in 1986 and again last year (military requirement). I've also taken the advanced rider course as well as a new sport bike class created for the military by MSF. I guess that's more than enough information for now. I hope I didn't put you to sleep

CrazyKuban · Post by **CrazyKuban** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:07 am

Welcome aboard.

Meat of Snail · Post by **Meat of Snail** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:19 am

welcome, hope you are able to ride with us sometime

WillK675 · Post by **WillK675** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:09 am

Welcome! Keep an eye on the boards for the next moderate ride!

Post by **dufremle** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:18 am

Welcome!

Blizzard_1708 · Post by **Blizzard_1708** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:35 am

Welcome, hope to see your on a ride soon.

Grinner · Post by **Grinner** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:33 am

Welcome to the group.

armedandinsain · Post by **armedandinsain** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:24 pm

Welcome!

GRex · Post by **GRex** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:31 pm

Welcome!

U-Turn · Post by **U-Turn** » Mon May 18, 2009 3:50 pm

Howdy do !

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:50 pm

Welcome to the boards, Chris. I look forward to meeting you on an upcoming ride or bike night.

Never heard of a Connie being referred to as a Sport Bike, but I guess that depends on the rider.

Still, Sport Touring machines are more than welcome on our rides!

Shocker · Post by **Shocker** » Mon May 18, 2009 11:53 pm

Hey man welcome to the boards, hope to see you at our next bike night.

chrusan · Post by **chrusan** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:53 am

Bird wrote:Never heard of a Connie being referred to as a Sport Bike

I don't know if you've seen the new one or not but it is a world of difference over the old Connie. The new one is largely based on the ZX-14. I personally have never owned a sport bike, but to me, this is the perfect "old man" crotch rocket. I still miss my Goldwing sometimes and will own one again but there's no way in hell I'm giving this one up for it. The wife will just have to deal with 2 bikes in the garage when I get around to getting another one. 8-)

http://motorcycles.about.com/od/newmoto ... 14Revw.htm

Post by **sckego** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:07 am

Ooh, nice bike. I've been saying for a while that my next ride will be either a Feejer or a C14. Hope to see you around sometime.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:11 pm

"Old Man" crotch rocket??? You taking a shot at me ALREADY????

GRex · Post by **GRex** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:50 pm

Bird wrote:"Old Man" crotch rocket??? You taking a shot at me ALREADY????

Sensitive are we?

DLSGAP · Post by **DLSGAP** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:04 am

I was tryin to talk betty into a con14 for a 2up bike but she didnt like the styling on it.. wants a BMW instead.. i'll ride either..

welcome to the group

chrusan · Post by **chrusan** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:37 am

Bird wrote:"Old Man" crotch rocket??? You taking a shot at me ALREADY????

A friend of mine once told me "if you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the one it hits will holler"

chrusan · Post by **chrusan** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:40 am

DLSGAP wrote:I was tryin to talk betty into a con14 for a 2up bike but she didnt like the styling on it.. wants a BMW instead.. i'll ride either..

welcome to the group

I actually looked at (and rode) the BMW R1200 RT and loved it as well as the K1200 GT but the price point on the Connie was about $6K lower and IMO looked a lot sportier. It's also a blast to ride. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking seriously of heading to the Hill Country this weekend since it's gonna be a long one. My inlaws have a place in Tow (near Llano) so I thought that would be a great place to stage from for the weekend.

DLSGAP · Post by **DLSGAP** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:38 am

yeah the price of the kawi is definitely more attractive than the beemer...

enjoy the ride if you head out for the weekend.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:16 pm

chrusan wrote:
Bird wrote:"Old Man" crotch rocket??? You taking a shot at me ALREADY????
A friend of mine once told me "if you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the one it hits will holler"

A friend of MINE once told me that if you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the baddest dog in the pack will bite your ass!

Grinner · Post by **Grinner** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:21 am

Bird wrote:
chrusan wrote:
Bird wrote:"Old Man" crotch rocket??? You taking a shot at me ALREADY????
A friend of mine once told me "if you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the one it hits will holler"
A friend of MINE once told me that if you throw a rock at a pack of dogs, the baddest dog in the pack will bite your ass!

armedandinsain · Post by **armedandinsain** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:33 pm

cool the old guys are fighting :PillowFight:

Post by **sckego** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:44 pm

armedandinsain wrote:cool the old guys are fighting

Not fighting, just strutting around acting all big'n'mean. It's kind of funny, really...

WillK675 · Post by **WillK675** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:51 pm

sckego wrote:
armedandinsain wrote:cool the old guys are fighting
Not fighting, just strutting around acting all big'n'mean. It's kind of funny, really...

Kind of like two bull dogs a house apart, Just strutting around looking mean, and barking at each other every once in a while.