New in town....would like to meet fellow riders

[blkcbr600rr03]

What's up all? I'm new in town and would like to meet some cool new people in the Orlando area to go on some saturday and sunday rides. Weekdays and bike nights are kinda out cause I take night classes at MMI. So if you see a guy with a black '03 CBR600RR with big blue nautical stars on the sides and a blue windscreen with a big white old english D on the back of his helmet then come talk to him or pull him over or just give him the finger :finger: if you see fit. Whatever works. Or just hit me up on here and we can meet up somewhere for a ride.

[raven_hammer]

Welcome to the Forum

[iMtHaTgiRL]

Welcome... i wanna move there asap so if i see ya ill say hi!

[iMtHaTgiRL]

BTW what school is MMI?

[Billy]

Motorcycle Mechanics Institute!

:beer:

:welcome1:

[iMtHaTgiRL]

ooooooo... thats freakin cool.. good luck!

[HamG]

Welcome!

[Moni]

:welcome:

[WhosR1]

Welcome to the site

[Gail]

:welcome3:

[Chiny]

:welcome:

[acalliste]

Welcome to Orlando!

There are a couple of groups who ride most Sundays. I'll try to remember to post here about the next one. Even if a ride isn't organized, I still go out on Sunday, sometimes Saturday, to Lake County.

[tremble]

welcome!

which mmi school do you go to, is it the one off taft-vineland??

:herestoya:

[Chuckles]

:welcome3:



:flip:

[iMtHaTgiRL]

now thats not nice chuck....

[Yokosandra]

:wave:
:cheer1: :cheer1: WELCOME!!!! :cheer1: :cheer1:

[Chuckles]

now thats not nice chuck....



What? he said to flip him off. I just wanted him to feel at home.

[blkcbr600rr03]

welcome!

which mmi school do you go to, is it the one off taft-vineland??

:herestoya:

The one's off taft-vineland is the UTI (automotive) and MMI (Marine) buildings. The motorcycle buildings are on Delegates. If you go down the street that Wendys is on the corner of (Principal) then hook a right on the first street, it's down there.

[blkcbr600rr03]

What? he said to flip him off. I just wanted him to feel at home.

I'm originally from Detroit so a middle finger in the air is practically just a form of hello to us.

[tremble]

The one's off taft-vineland is the UTI (automotive) and MMI (Marine) buildings. The motorcycle buildings are on Delegates. If you go down the street that Wendys is on the corner of (Principal) then hook a right on the first street, it's down there.

I work right off the corner of tradeport and orange ave!!

I am on tradeport right after the train tracks on the left. a big FLG warehouse!!

you will always see my black cbr in the parking lot. stop by whenever!

:finger:

[blkcbr600rr03]

I work right off the corner of tradeport and orange ave!!

I am on tradeport right after the train tracks on the left. a big FLG warehouse!!

you will always see my black cbr in the parking lot. stop by whenever!

:finger:

I roll right by there both on my way to school and on my way home. What is the deal with tradeport / taft-vineland anyway? Does anyone ever do the speed limit on that street? There are times I'm doin' like 70 and practically getting passed.

[mavdog32]

do you know a guy name Chase that just graduated MMI. Kinda short, his wifes in the Coast Guard?

[blkcbr600rr03]

Nope, all the classes are kept pretty seperate so I really only know the people in my class. I've only been there about a month so I still have a little while before I grajumitate with my ejumikashun.

[Flash675]

I work right off the corner of tradeport and orange ave!!

I am on tradeport right after the train tracks on the left. a big FLG warehouse!!

you will always see my black cbr in the parking lot. stop by whenever!

:finger:

Word, I work on rocket blvd, so im right in your area. i ride to work about 3 times a week. i'll definately start checking for your cbr from now on.
oh, and welcome.

[Flash675]

I roll right by there both on my way to school and on my way home. What is the deal with tradeport / taft-vineland anyway? Does anyone ever do the speed limit on that street? There are times I'm doin' like 70 and practically getting passed.


just realize that the welcome was for you. lol.

yeh, ppl tend to speed on there, but i never do above 60 when i cross over from taft-vineland onto tradeport because the popo become real under cover over there...

[HedgeHog]

welcome dude..........you've come to the right place

[GRIFF]

:welcome3:

[blkcbr600rr03]

only time I tend to slow down on tradeport / taft-vineland is coming over that wicked bump at the intersection of boggy creek. Holy crap. First time I hit that I was doing like 75 and thought I was goin right over the front of the bike. That and whenever I get a dumb ass semi in front of me on taft-vineland. Why does everyone feel they need to stop for those train tracks right behind the gas station on the corner of (I think) Orange Ave? I've seen way worse tracks than that.

[acalliste]

So... who's riding this weekend? Chuck (you can stay sober for one fricking night!).. Flash? Do you want to ride tomorrow?

BlkCBR, do you want to go out to West Orange/Lake County?

[acalliste]

Yay! Deacon is coming up to ride with us!

So..for those who have answered my text message, here's the tentative plan (this might change depending on what part of town Deacon ends up staying at):

Meet at the Albertsons on 436 & Curry Ford @ 8am, and then we will ride over to W Hwy 50 to meet up with the others. Then on to Lake County.
:nanaparty:

[blkcbr600rr03]

I'm in. Man....I dont remember the last time I woke up at 7:00 a.m. and was outta the house by 8:00. But if thats how you guys do things I guess I'll have to get used to it. Anyone know if there is supposed to be any rain tommorrow? What am I saying? It's Florida, there is rain everyday.

[acalliste]

30% chance early in the day, increasing as the day goes on. Normal for Fla. ;)

[Chuckles]

I'm pretty messed up from all the heat and sun today. I pretty much hate my life right now.

I have my alarm set but if I still feel like this I'm not gonna be riding anywhere.

[acalliste]

You are lucky I don't know where you live. I'd back my bike up to your bedroom window @ 7:30 tomorrow morning and do my first burnout since I got it. I can't believe you are going to stand me up again. :ohno:

Anyway, hope you feel better, Chuck.

Soon.


Like ... in the morning.


:D

[acalliste]

Thanks for coming out, Vince! Hope you had a good time. Those people are my favorite group to ride with. They are good guys. :)

[Chuckles]

yea, i'm home in a hoodie freezing my ass off and it's 77 in here. Not a good look.

[acalliste]

Can you turn the air up? 77 would be on the chilly side for me too. Hope you feel better soon.

[blkcbr600rr03]

Yeah I had a great time. Some of the best twisties I've ever ridden! Even with the eh hem.......crash. Yeah well, I walked away and the bike made it through unscathed so I guess it all worked out. Those are a great bunch of guys. Hope they don't hate me too much after today. If so just add them to the long list. If not I'm always down for a good ride and I'd go with those guys anytime.

[acalliste]

No worries man! Like you said, you didn't get hurt - that's the most important thing. And you didn't take anyone else out, so there's no ill will at all from any of them. You are welcome to ride with us anytime.

But if you liked those roads, you should come out with another group I ride with, over to Crystal River. That video I sent you.. that road was in Crystal River. That is one of the best roads (probably top 3) I've ridden on in Florida.

I'll let you know the next time they go over there. It's a longer ride though. 300 - 350 miles.

[rockertom]

WHo'd you ride with tammy? Sucks that ya crahed there on your first real adventure on Florida roads. Don't under esitmate what we have here. They'll bite ya for sure. As you found out.

[acalliste]

We went out with a group I've been riding with since before I met all the forum people (though there were a couple new faces, and a few missing ones). The guy who leads, Richard, is a blast to ride with. Great rider, great instinct, I can trust his lines, his judgment. And he's a really nice guy in general.

Me and Richard:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m23/acalliste/28jul07/DSCI0030.jpg

The group:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m23/acalliste/28jul07/DSCI0032.jpg

[HooPz]

KEWL PICS, AND NICE SMILE. LOOK LIKE YA HAD FUN GOOD JOB

[rockertom]

Ok that's the crew we ran across on the day the kid looped is 750 isn't it? I remember you sayin you liked ridin with them.

[acalliste]

Thanks! :P

A couple more pics:


What we dodged (with varying success) all day - see the sky?

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m23/acalliste/28jul07/DSCI0034.jpg


http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m23/acalliste/28jul07/DSCI0033.jpg

[acalliste]

Ok that's the crew we ran across on the day the kid looped is 750 isn't it? I remember you sayin you liked ridin with them.

Hmmm... you might be right. I seem to remember running into them when I was out with you one day.

Yeah, like is an understatement. I don't know what it is about riding with Richard, but the sight of his bike & helmet in front of me gives me no end of joy. Probably b/c I know I'm in for a good ride, and that group is highly entertaining at the gas stops. :D

[HooPz]

you welcome, more pics of you be betta :smoke:

[blkcbr600rr03]

I recomend all of you go riding with Richard if the chance comes up. That guy is amazing on 2 wheels. On top of the fact that he's always willing to give you a tip or 2 if he notices something. Plus, from what I've seen, he's an amazing painter. One of the guys we were with today told me that he went down a little while back. Well, Richard only painted half his bike. You couldn't even tell! It was perfect. No line, no blend marks, NOTHING. I'd let him paint or wrench on my bike anyday. Plus he's awesome to ride with.

[Flash675]

So... who's riding this weekend? Chuck (you can stay sober for one fricking night!).. Flash? Do you want to ride tomorrow?

BlkCBR, do you want to go out to West Orange/Lake County?


i am so freaking mad right now. i wanted to ride so badly this weekend and kept checking over at that "other site" (sbn) and didnt see anything posted up so i figured there was no ride this weekend. stupid me. i never thought to check back here. holy crap i wanted to ride so bad. i should have at least pm'd you over there to see if anything was going on. glad you had fun at least.

[acalliste]

Sorry Flash! I thought you were watching this thread.

I didn't post it on SBN this time. Once Richard said he was riding, that was enough. He usually has anywhere from 4 - 8 people with him, so I didn't want to end up with a huge crowd by bringing another whole group along.

But you could have come. I'll let you know next time!

[R6IROCZ28]

The guy who leads, Richard, is a blast to ride with. Great rider, great instinct, I can trust his lines, his judgment. And he's a really nice guy in general.

Me and Richard:

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m23/acalliste/28jul07/DSCI0030.jpg


that guy own a place called i believe CAMS? if so he put a rb20 motor in my friends 240sx a few years back. he had a few turbo busa's at his place when i was there years back

[acalliste]

That's him. :banana:

[Vindoo]

Cool pics...

[Flash675]

speaking of some of the talk from earlier in this thread, there was actually a full fledge speed trap this morning on tradeport with moto cops and lasers. the entire deal. be careful out there everyone.

[blkcbr600rr03]

good thing they were gone when I went to school today cause I blasted down tradeport at about 80

[rockertom]

I blasted down tradeport at about 80

That's a slow day.

[blkcbr600rr03]

we'll just call that the "average"

[K6-1K]

Motorcycle Mechanics Institute!

:beer:

:welcome1:

Mickey Mouse Institute if you ask me... eneryone i have talked to from there doesnt know s***

[acalliste]

It's up to each student to get as much as they can out of any school, so if the people you know don't know sh!t, that reflects as poorly on them as it does on the school.

[blkcbr600rr03]

It's up to each student to get as much as they can out of any school, so if the people you know don't know sh!t, that reflects as poorly on them as it does on the school.

word to your mother, acalliste. I'll admit, there are people I know at that school that I'd never let touch my bike let alone look at it. But they are/were retarded long before they ever set foot in that school.

[hagasn]

"righty tighty.. lefty loosey" MMI student;)

[blkcbr600rr03]

depends what bolt/nut your talking about. Some are reverse thread so HA.

[hagasn]

the MMI student was taking about the valve stem on his front tire.. just kidding;)