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Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:17 am
by DobermanGuy
Hi all. Recent Addition from overseas from north Texas USA. Picked up a 2015 R1 in April and am loving it so much. Graves exhaust and Woolich Racing Tuning installed. A-mazing machine!!! All street riding at the moment on some flat-ass roads. Its a real struggle here to find the twisties this bike is make for. Anywho, figured id make my official first post an intro. Have a great day everybody!!!

A few glamour shots:
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also...the chicken


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Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 5:38 am
by Kylezx7r
welcome to the forum,

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 5:53 am
by samr1
Hi mate welcome , nice chicken !


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Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 6:46 am
by Chappo
Welcome to the forum mate, great first intro and nice pics, :clap:

I'm sure your the first person to post a pic of a chicken on there opening post pmsl

That's what makes this site unique :D

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:26 am
by Lee in scunny
Hi & welcome along. A very stealth looking r1 you have there. I hope you have a sense of humour as you will need it on this site. :D
Lee

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:33 am
by petepassion
Hi, welcome to the forum
I wondered why you would have the red bits on a stealth R1...until I saw the chicken :D
Nice bike...and as Chappo says, great to see a chicken in a first post.
Do you have any chicken-fish?

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:45 am
by R1Clarky
welcome in dude - bike looks sweet :)

an R1 a day keeps insanity away :)

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:26 am
by Chinny
Welcome in dude. Thats a very tasty looking bird you got. Bike looks sweet


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Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:04 pm
by DobermanGuy
Thats for the warm welome guys. Much appreciated.
petepassion wrote:Hi, welcome to the forum
I wondered why you would have the red bits on a stealth R1...until I saw the chicken :D
Nice bike...and as Chappo says, great to see a chicken in a first post.
Do you have any chicken-fish?
No fishes, lol. The red MUST be done away with. Those front rotors are the next thing, just outta money for the time being. :violin:

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:02 pm
by petepassion
with regards to the chickenfish there are two common variants to look out for...
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The second one to be found more prevalent in urban areas obviously

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:46 pm
by jompy
Welcome in Chris
Cracking first post , really nice bike & the bonus is there's no wank extended swing arm , 300 rear tyre , or crap paint job :handgestures-thumbup:

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 4:19 pm
by LOCKE
Welcome in mate. Cracking bike. I've always wanted to go to Texas and watch a Texans or Cowboys game. ;)

Colin

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 6:17 pm
by PJC
That made me laugh :lol: :lol:

Welcome in Chris. Man I would hate to live where you have only straight roads. I hope there are tracks close so you can enjoy the full R1 experience. Where abouts in Texas are you??

Go on then Trump, your thoughts :doh: :doh:

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:09 pm
by DobermanGuy
petepassion wrote:with regards to the chickenfish there are two common variants to look out for...
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The second one to be found more prevalent in urban areas obviously
Ha! Ill keep my eye out. I bet i come across one sooner or later. Ill keep y'all posted.
jompy wrote:Welcome in Chris
Cracking first post , really nice bike & the bonus is there's no wank extended swing arm , 300 rear tyre , or crap paint job :handgestures-thumbup:
Thanks. Yeah... cant be too tacky. Black is a tried and true scheme hehe, and im pretty safe in that category i havent seen another 15+ since ive bought it. Starting to think im the only one in my 40 mile+ area. :dance:
PJC wrote:That made me laugh :lol: :lol:

Welcome in Chris. Man I would hate to live where you have only straight roads. I hope there are tracks close so you can enjoy the full R1 experience. Where abouts in Texas are you??

Go on then Trump, your thoughts :doh: :doh:
Uggg.....this presidential election cycle. Im a pretty liberal guy in generael buy there no way i can get behind Trump or Hilly. Im more of a Gary Johnson fellow i think. Was a Bernie fan but that sorta fell through :shifty:

Im an hour north of Dallas, on the Oklahoma/Texas border. Theres one track called Eagles Canyon Raceway (http://eaglescanyon.com/) about 40 miles away but its in need of an investor and repairs unfortunately (was unaware of this when i bout the bike), so hopefully that gets resolves as its a great track, i corner worked back in 2008 when i had a broken collarbone from the R6. The next closest one is the Texas Speedway which is an oval track im pretty sure. Im chomping at the bit to get on a solid track with some reliable turns rather than these rural paved roads we've got here.

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:44 pm
by watzy160
Welcome dude. Lovely bike. :D :P

Are wing mirrors your choice? Or did they come with the bike?

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:17 am
by petepassion
Trump or Clinton? Christ, what a choice...or lack of!
That's how politics works though isn't it? It's no better here. They're doing everything they can to ridicule and discredit Corbyn, poor fella gonna have an uphill struggle.

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:11 am
by DobermanGuy
watzy160 wrote:Welcome dude. Lovely bike. :D :P

Are wing mirrors your choice? Or did they come with the bike?
My choice at the moment. I took the stock antennas off and had to get something to pass inspection as a mirror is/are req'd. I dont dig the look but i like the look of OEM mirrors even less. Its a delima. A CRG lanesplitter is what it is and i only have the one on the throttle bar. Choices to be made for sure.

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:45 am
by Madturk999
Hi mate nice bike

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Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:24 am
by Steve R1
Welcome to the forum Chris, cracking opening post and pics too, that could almost have been an English country lane in the first pic, though it is too straight. The 15 R1's are a cracking bike and are very rewarding to ride.

Regarding politics, it seems to be a bugger's muddle where ever you look, over in your neck of the woods, over here and I think it will kick off next year in France and Germany when they have their elections

Pete, I think corbyn will win, it's what will happen next that's uncertain. Clearly from the referrendum result, parliament is out if touch with the people

Oh am I the only person who liked the pic if the chicken? What's it's name?

Welcome Chris.

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:34 am
by petepassion
Steve R1 wrote: Oh am I the only person who liked the pic if the chicken? What's it's name?

Welcome Chris.
I think most of us love chicken Steve :D

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:44 am
by Steve R1
petepassion wrote:
Steve R1 wrote: Oh am I the only person who liked the pic if the chicken? What's it's name?

Welcome Chris.
I think most of us love chicken Steve :D
Especially with cranberry sauce [emoji3]


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Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:46 am
by R1Clarky
Steve R1 wrote:
petepassion wrote:
Steve R1 wrote: Oh am I the only person who liked the pic if the chicken? What's it's name?

Welcome Chris.
I think most of us love chicken Steve :D
Especially with cranberry sauce [emoji3]


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and with kentucky fried added ;)

an R1 a day keeps insanity away :)

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:24 am
by Bub
Welcome to the forum pal

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:40 am
by PJC
Just watched a few laps of Eagles Canyon OMG its got more repairs than our British roads. It looks fast but a tad bumpy :shock: :shock: :shock: Can't fault the endless blue sky though ;)

Re: Texas flatlands new guy. Hello all!!!

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:34 pm
by DobermanGuy
Hehe. This chicken is literally called "b1tch chicken" because she's overly aggressive while on the nest. The other one is the nice one. Its ok, i steal their eggs. Theyre buff Orpingtons in case anyone is curious... I know one of ya is a chicken fucker.

Yeah sadly Eagles Canyon is all i got thats near. Im gonna have to make it a mission to go on a search for some twisties. The track looked good in 2008 when i last went. But that IS 8 years ago. Hopefully they redo the entire thing, talking upwards of $10 million.

This blue sky right now comes with 100+ degree temps. What is that in Celsius? 37+C. Tad warm here. Stupid warm.