Jason, Welcome. I am glad to know that you are so close. I live in Richardson.
I ride with a great group, Star of Dallas 172, our sponsor is Central Yamaha, just south of Allen.
We welcome you to come by and check us out. We ride almost every Saturday.
In fact, this Saturday is Rider Orientaion followed by a lunch ride.
Come by and meet some of the Group and see what you think. You will be welcome.
Here is the info...
Where:
Central Yamaha
7000 Ave K
Plano, TX

Time: 8:00am

Introduction to Group Riding, the Star 172 way. Always fun, always something new, and most important... always followed by a lunch ride.

Form more info contact Bill at 972-529-8075
Tell em "snowman" told you about us.
Hope to see you sat.

Hey Jason I live in The Colony so when ya get ready to do your mods come on over I got spare parts and a good shop to do em in. I've done all my own work.

yep Curt is a carb specialist... he holds the record in teardown and back....15mins

Curt, you are more than welcome to come by Sat. morning too.
I would love to meet you and hear "Black Ice" in person.
Hope to see you if you can make it.
Central Yamaha is on Hwy 5 (ave K) just south of allen.

I know it well I have bought a lot of stuff from them. I don't think there is a Dealership in the Dallas area I haven't been to. I keep it in mind. My favorate wrench id Metric Tech in McKinney. You should check out his site we have garage days there every year where guy help each other work on their bikes. Dean turn his whole shop ove to us.

Yes I have heard nothing but good things about Dean. Several members in our group know him and say he is one of the Best Mechanics around here.
Hope to meet you sat.

Snowman...is that the group that Mike Crow is in as well? That is a friend of mine from some time back. I know I saw his picture on the wall at Central. I bought my bike at Central, and have had a few friends that work there. Had my waverunners and sportbike work done there (when it involved more than I could do).

I used to be President of an OffRoad Jeep club in the area, and have always done all my own work, but a carb is something I know nothing about! I have always been a FI guy! haha So Curt, I will be more than happy to have that help when the time comes.

I bartend part-time in Allen on Friday nights, and I am covering a shift Saturday for someone, so I am out this weekend. I will definately hit one coming up though!

HoustonCH73...I will have to do some more research, but my initial looking around, I saw that the Hard Krome stuff ranked lower on the dyno testing. Now, comeing from the performance world of sportbikes, I know that dyno by no means is "seat-of-the-pants" feeling...but if I am going to start from scratch, and spend the money, I want to get my best bang. I will definately take opinions from yall, and consider my options, so feel free to prove me wrong, that is how I will learn

Yes, "Micro" was one of the first riders I met about 3 yrs ago. Rode many miles together. He has a really cool v-star. Haven't seen him in a while, hope he is Ok and still riding.
Sorry you can't make this ride Sat. Hope to see you next time.

yeah, Mike is a good guy. Known him about the same time, 3 years. I just talked to him a couple days ago, so yes, he is still riding. I will have to get him to go up there with me someday