Houston meet thread #3

"Hou-ligans"

>got my DR650 tonight so I can finally go around on highways without fear of rattling my bike to death


I'll be at the next meet, boys

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le rich purple drank ute :-DDD

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>>14266642
I think this route would probably be better since everything after 3478 is kind of straight and boring.

Most of my footage is either gone (cyclic recording) or useless (shit camera) but I'm converting and uploading one 5-minute chunk that I do have.

>>14269418
RIP

>>14269275
>>14269275
>185.2 miles
wew lad

>>14269606
We covered about that distance or more driving from Montrose to Brookshire and then back and forth along the section of the track two or three times, plus the trip back to Houston.

H-Town Swangaz

Boring-ass potato footage is live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-1HiEo32k

>>14269695
Ah god damn it, that's all you have? What a waste. There were so many good moments; none of which exist in those 5 minutes.

kekked at the title tho

>>14269739
I don't think I really got any of the good moments on footage, even if I hadn't forgotten to read-only the clips.

>>14269275
How do you people even come up with these routes? They look so beautiful once you've got them routed out, but I'd never be able to find good loops just staring at the map, there'd be too much guesswork.

>>14269695
I never realized just how far behind us you were the whole time.

Going sanic on curves in a 4000lb land barge is hard I guess.

H-tine Swine
Ragtag Crew
HOUWAT
Meme Patrol
Spaghetti Crew
Errbody Coalition
WAT - HTX chapter

>>14269748
It was actually pretty difficult, since most of the roads are straight with only slight curves, and whenever I did find a windy fun looking road on Google Maps, it almost always turned out to be dirt.

Fortunately Bing uses a different color for unpaved roads, but it was still pretty hard to find enough that looked decent to complete a route.

>>14269781
3/10 Apply yourself.

>>14267883
>>14269688
>>14269781
Lel, no one can come up with names for shit.

HTX and Houligans are the only things approaching creativity so far.

>>14269778
You guys were bunched up a bit, and I didn't want to get tangled up in it when one of you went full spaghetti and crashed. The last meet I was at an RSX understeered into a guardrail.

You wanna see what it can actually do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD6HSJYxuvQ

>>14269778
>sanic on curves
>light ass bends on a straight road
>everyone is driving slow
pls

>>14269824
>those horrible lines
>car looks far from stable
>still going slow
pls

downloaded and emailed to the police by the way. better hope they dont catch you at the next organized illegal street race meet

>>14269840
>implying anyone raced

Spirited cruising.

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>>14269840
Stiff swaybars male the car more reactive to bumps, giving a less stable appearance.

Also, it was filmed in Mexico, so good luck.

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>>14269808
How about something along the lines of "Space City Orange Flames" or "Space City Flames"?

Pic related.

>>14269855
>"was filmed in mexico totally guys"
Yeah all the digital evidence showing your actual location doesnt exist right?

>this mad
Enjoy riding in a real cop car

Harris County Huslaz

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Well I've been trying to map out some roads around Hempstead, Highway six and the Hitler Highway and I've come up with this so far.

http://binged.it/1PdFlox

>>14266642
It's just so fucking far away.

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>>14270710
Agreed, not only that, but there's no paved roads north and east of Houston, however west of Houston most of the small roads are paved at the very least.

Anyway I say set the meet limits to 105 in the north, and the Brazos in the West, and Highway 36 east of the Brazos in the South.

>>14270710
It's 70 miles north of downtown.

>>14270818
I say you don't get a say when you couldn't even bother to show up at the first one.

I thought we were hwat

>>14270914
My question is why Lake Livingston?

Let's not plan to meet 50 miles from the cruise

>>14270579
>all dem 90° angles

>>14270987
Someone plotted 3+ routes around Lake Livingston in thread #2, so just picking up where the last died off.

>>14271794
That's what you gotta do to have fun when land is flat all the roads follow property lines, with only a small amount of meth induced divergence like the random Zs

>>14271318
I didn't like that idea at first, but all of us rolling down I10 together was pretty sweet.

What do you guys think about switching leaders here and there next time? I know only Focus ST anon knew the Brookshire route, but it would be a cool way to see who drives the hardest/best.

>>14272185
Seconded. Keep swapping leaders until everyone gets a turn to see how it flows.

>tfw I knew the route but didn't want to say anything because my whip was too slow

>>14271318
If we meet in Huntsville, it'd only be a few miles from the start of the route, and in a much bigger parking lot.

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How about this one?
Leave from 290, fuck around, come back from 45.

https://goo DOT gl/maps/MKpxUMGuzAH2

page 8 bump

i can't believe this thread is almost dead again
actually yes i can
i can believe it

>>14273781
105 around lake conroe is way too big and busy to be any fun, maybe 2854 would be a better option.

Htine hol it dineee

Houston WATkets

Houston Speed DOHCtors

>>14273781
Not bad, better than driving to Huntsville to circle a lake for 5 hours at least.

>>14273781
I modified it a bit to try and get more fun out of it and avoid the busier roads.

https://goo DOT gl/maps/3yEVrz8FniA2

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Any UH bros down for a quick cruise down 45 tonight? I have a rehearsal from 7-10pm and i'm gonna need a good(short) drive afterwards.

>>14277851
Actually gets curvy in the latter half.

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>>14280055
I'm actually at erp right now waiting for traffic to die down. Not going to be here until 10 tho

>tfw guy in car in front of me doing the exact same

>>14277851
Pretty terrible, did you even look at the street view of the roads you're suggesting?

Just because its curvy on a map doesn't mean its good.

>>14275802
Actually the last bit on 105 is just to get back on 45 quickly since there's no roads near that point worth going on.

I made the route by stringing together recommended motorcycle roads from this map here: http://www.motorcycleroads.com/Routes/Texas_119.html

>>14273781
I rike this.

>>14281160
True but 2854 parralelles 105 and it's a two lane road through the woods that isn't filled with traffic.

>>14281199
Yeah that's true, I thought it would be nice to cruise along the lake near the final leg though and I've never been there lol.

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>>14281224
I can tell, 105 on the lake is a six road full of traffic developed to hell and you see the lake literally for only 10 seconds driving

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>>14281326
Literally all you see of the lake driving east.

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>>14281338
That's it, nothing else.

>>14281345
oh ok, i guess 2854 would be better then.

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>>14273781
>>14281373
Updated: https://goo DOT gl/maps/iEXKHTDRpU32

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what if we block all the lanes on a highway then have a drag race

>>14281491
This reminds me. Should we begin trying to post lap and/or stage times? Establish course records? I definitely want to do it, but I'm unsure how.

Have three people, the runner, a follower (to ensure he abides by the route, if it includes intersections), and a timer?

Set up an automated device to record? Use a telemetry data collecting device? Accept unaltered speed dash cam footage as proof?

Creating our own leaderboards would be the shit.

>>14280475
Let me know if you're ever around late.
Also, I meant to get your number to ask for some help on an E30 repair. When are you usually around campus?

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>>14281657
usually on campus
mon/wed 1-530 although I'll probably stay on campus until 630 most of the time
tue 11-4
thur 11-130
Pretty much always parked at ERP since I get there late ish

I can set up a temp email so we can exchange numbers

>>14281476
That's a pretty awful route.

Anyone up for scouting the proposed Huntsville route on Saturday?

>>14284464
Maybe, what time?

>>14284492
Around 2.

which one of you posted it

>>14282109

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>>14281876
Can you help me with sourcing a M54B30 for my 330i?

Please I just want to go fast again ;-;

>>14281476
Protip: The detour off of 3090 you have us taking is unpaved.

I mean unless you guys are okay with unpaved roads, because these's this really neat route east of Navasota, but it's mostly graded dirt.

>>14284645
Focus ST.

>>14285476
I still have dirt spray on my car from when we parked in the muddy gravel.

yall can run you road trails, ill be up at actual race tracks.

>>14285752
Me too. Plus it rained today.
I'll be somewhere around campus trying to get in some good slides after my rehearsal tonight if enough cars clear out of the parking lots.

>>14285774
Riv pls go

>>14286037
wow, someone actually remembered me!

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>>14285752
So I guess that's a no.

>>14286224
Actually it's a yes. I don't plan on washing mine for a long time.

And your BMW looks badass muddied up.

>>14284501
Camry anon here. I'm down. I have nothing on Saturdays anyway.

>>14286391
DR650 anon here, I'd be willing to give it a go as well. Should we meet somewhere first?

>>14286324
Yep, eventhough my paint is rekt.

Also like my totally legit License plate mounting?

>>14286324
Also lets add to the fun by seeing who can get from Navasota to Montgomery faster, paved or unpaved.

https://goo DOT gl/maps/k3TuXDvWZw42
vs
https://goo DOT gl/maps/iEXKHTDRpU32

Why do our threads always die?

>>14287877
I really wish I knew. Houston is the 4th largest city in the US by city limit population, and 5th largest by metro area population, I don't know why we don't get traction.

>>14287877
>>14287929
because the only good roads in texas are race tracks.

>>14269695
that looks pretty fun, wish i would of went


also for the next meet we could go to an autocross, not sure when the next one is but ill try to look it up

>>14288008
>he actually changed his name to other focus anon

Fucking kek, I don't know why I find this so funny. Good on ya, m8.

>>14287967
We barely have any tracks as it is, for the size of the state. The vast majority are ovals or drag strips.

>>14288058
Yeah okay whatever.
http://www.racingin.com/track/texas.aspx
and there's a few that arnt on this page too.

>>14288095
Circuit of the Americas, Eagles Canyon, and Motor Sports Ranch are the only ones on that list that aren't ovals, strips, or kart circuits.

>>14287929
Because this is an English speaking message board.

>>14288118
Harris Hills, Drive way Austin, grand sport speedway near Galveston. MSR cresson in dallas.

those are just some i know off the top of my head.

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>>14285063
For bmw I've only really ever worked on E30s w/ m20s and a Z4. I've been looking for engines and parts to swap for mine. Usually I just check craigslist daily for my specific keywords, and ebay is pretty good too.

Yo can we meet-n-eat-n-greet at a frozen yogurt place next time? Would be tits.

>>14289461
How about Ritter's?

>>14269606
>185.2 miles

Average commute for Texas really.

>>14289896
That's the truth.

I don't get all the whining about a drive that will only take us about two hours at the speeds we were averaging during the last meet.

>>14289998
>off by one
Fug

>>14289998
Because we can't go fast around the lake, the road is too populated, it's full of houses and the police.

>>14290243
I wouldn't mind a slow scenic drive. Unless that's /o/ haram.

>>14290243
Confirmed for having never been on any of the roads in question.

>>14286391
>>14286396
There's a gas station at 266 FM 247 on the north side of Huntsville that would be a good meetup location for a scouting run.

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>>14292592
This place, since Google points the address in question at somewhere stupid.

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>>14290978
I really don't give a fuck as long as there's nothing in our way so we can go at our own pace (be it fast or slow).

Traffic ruined the last meet.

>>14293529
if you came out with the midnight club on 610, that wouldnt be a problem

So anyone come up with decent ideas for a team name yet?

Bump before bed.

>>14292592
>>14292630
Camry Anon here. Sorry, but I can't go, I gotta do my tax return and deal with some laundry, and then I'm meeting my parents for dinner downtown, so going out to Huntsville isn't something I can sneak away for today.

>>14296669
Well, I'm still going out. I'll wait around at the gas station for around fifteen minutes or so to see if anyone else is coming, then I'll set out.

Still at the gas station waiting for my food if DR650 is still coming.

Well, I just finished the circuit in 2 hours and 57 minutes despite being slowed up by normies and road work at the end and only pushing the car at about 60-70% of what I'd be doing during an actual group run.

I'd wager that we could probably finish a group run in less than two and a half hours.

>4th largest city in the US
>can't keep a single thread from dying

At some point we ought to meet up in Galveston and go go-karting.

Maybe as soon as the weather warms up in March or April.

>>14302595
>karting

Why?

>>14301522
If your meet's not taking place in California or Florida, I guess it's just not taking place.

>>14302681
>Why?
Because racekar

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Turbo seized on my mk3 a couple weeks back. Gonna order a 57trim upgrade with my tax return. I probably won't be at any meets until march. It's so frustrating to drive a fast car in limp-mode and everyone still wants to race lol. W/o the turbo it feels like I'm making 120 wheel.

>>14303932
>>14303932
you sound like a massive faggot

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For you Tomball/Cypress guys.
There's one or two little circuits that can be made here that involve multiple 90 degree corners. The one northeast of the school is wide and slide-able, while the others on the left side of the map are tight and better for gripping. It's not a very big place, so it's easy to scope out beforehand and get a couple laps in. The risk lies in the fact that it's by a school and some houses, but if you go at the right time it's pretty dead.
The horizontal straight directly above the school is a known local drag spot (going east to west) if you feel so inclined.

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>>14304922
Dude that's what's up. Anywhere little back county road where 249 ends and off of 2920 is badass as fuck. Too bad there's no hills this far down south in Texas. You ever go to those meets at Wolfies of Spring Cypress and 249?

>>14308334
Nah, never heard about that. When are they?
I usually go to Coffee and Cars at the Vintage Park.

Anyone feel like going to the auto show on Sunday?

Maybe we should just let it die

Anyone on campus ? Pls respond

>>14311756
Maybe we should just let you die.

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>>14314141
I'm always on campus. I also have emergency supplies at all times if anyone ever gets in a bind.

>>14315688
>>14315688
Also now my trunk is flooded because of this rain...
I only brought 5 towels.

>>14316693
RIP

>>14316736
Not quite. That'll be after today when my rear floorboards and trunk compartments are mouse-sized swimming pools

>>14318860
I'm warping my rotors and wearing my brakes out big time, as well as tearing up my tires. Econoboxes should probably not be driven hard, I'm learning.

>>14319903
Half the fun of econoboxes is riding them hard

>>14309411

im gonan be there thursday morning, much less people at that time

DESU SENPAI

Why does it have to be on the weekend that I work?

>>14322330
>working on the weekend

call in sick

>>14322354
I work at a funeral home; if I call in sick, they get excited.

>>14322330
You work until/past 10 PM?

>>14322475
8 to 5 and on call for the night.

I work every other weekend but get 4 days off in a row otherwise.

guys can we actually plan the meet out

which day
what roads
what food
who is paying for the escorts this time

>>14323025
Someone just call some weirdly specific shit out and make it sound really authoritative. That's the only thing that worked last time.

Could be fucking anything, and we'd do it because someone sounds like they know what they're doing.

>>14322417
Har har

literally page 10

>>14323057
Wait what?