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Dusty

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Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« on: September 18, 2006, 06:17:30 AM »

I found this site in the fall of 03 shortly after buying my bike. I'm pretty sure Tapper is the Daddy of the board but I thought it would be interesting to know what triggered the start of the group and who the original members were. Was there a Texas X Riders board before there was an HDL?

I'm pretty sure BDC, Bigbird and BigPro were some of the original members.
 
I just thought it would be interesting to know how it all got started for the sake of preserving it....even the dirty laundry.  :o ;D ;D

Any input? Maybe an official birth date that we could celebrate.  O0

Bill
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2006, 06:37:00 AM »
All I know is that it officially became "cool" when I joined! 8) O0
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2006, 07:25:35 AM »
I'm not sure of when exactly the site was started, but the originator was WeedEater (Keith Blevins).  He slowly let Tapper take over the site at which point Tapper started to revamp it.  I saw Weedeater at the first ROT rally and that was when I found the site.  I saw him roll by me so I chased him down. O0  He already had TexasXRiders cards made up and was one of the few who owned an '02 Uranium Green.

Dunno what he's doing now.  Life started getting busy for him and I haven't seen him in quite a while.  Really nice guy.
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2006, 07:34:16 AM »
Quote from: j1mmyj4m on September 18, 2006, 07:25:35 AM
I'm not sure of when exactly the site was started, but the originator was WeedEater (Keith Blevins).  He slowly let Tapper take over the site at which point Tapper started to revamp it.  I saw Weedeater at the first ROT rally and that was when I found the site.  I saw him roll by me so I chased him down. O0  He already had TexasXRiders cards made up and was one of the few who owned an '02 Uranium Green.

Dunno what he's doing now.  Life started getting busy for him and I haven't seen him in quite a while.  Really nice guy.

Italked with keith about a year ago. He lives outside of Columbus. He still had the green machine  :)
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2006, 07:51:43 AM »
I know some of the originals were:

Mark (EvilashX)
Madscottsman
BDC
German Pete

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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2006, 10:27:25 AM »
And me too - I'm still around since the beginning(before the Texas X Riders site), I just don't post very often O0
« Last Edit: September 18, 2006, 10:31:24 AM by THOR »
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2006, 11:31:05 AM »
Quote from: sgtstever on September 18, 2006, 06:37:00 AM
All I know is that it officially became "cool" when I joined! 8) O0

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Dusty

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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2006, 12:43:14 PM »
Quote from: THOR on September 18, 2006, 10:27:25 AM
And me too - I'm still around since the beginning(before the Texas X Riders site), I just don't post very often O0

Well Thor, now is the time to spill the beans. I pmed Tapper and ask for his input.
Anything that you can remember as to how the idea got started to form a group, how many were involved before the board was started. Just anything. Hopefully we will hear from Weedeater too.
I am interesed in gathering as much info as I can and maybe one day compile it in one single post. If it turns out ok may ask to have it posted as a sticky.

Bill
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2006, 02:28:24 PM »
Sounds like a good idea to me.............Dusty get to typing..... O0
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2006, 06:39:59 PM »
Damn, it seems like forever but, Birdman, (Gary Wright) GP (Pete Fuckhead) Mad Scotsman, Bud & Sara, Doug, and of course Kenneth and the list goes on.. I came around a few months later after people started meeting in late 02...

PM Birdman, he was one of the first to own a VTX in DFW..
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2006, 07:42:59 PM »
So as new as I am to his board, I have one question? What is the deal with German Pete? I see a lot of remarks?  Just curious.....
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2006, 08:03:31 PM »
Quote from: smooth x on September 18, 2006, 07:42:59 PM
So as new as I am to his board, I have one question? What is the deal with German Pete? I see a lot of remarks?  Just curious.....


not worth wasting space on this board. He is gone so just let it go...
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2006, 08:45:43 PM »
Quote from: BDC on September 18, 2006, 06:39:59 PM
Damn, it seems like forever but, Birdman, (Gary Wright) GP (Pete Fuckhead) Mad Scotsman, Bud & Sara, Doug, and of course Kenneth and the list goes on.. I came around a few months later after people started meeting in late 02...

PM Birdman, he was one of the first to own a VTX in DFW..


HA HA HA HA HA.........He said fuckhead!
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2006, 05:47:44 AM »
Hey Dusty,
I know that weedeater got the site up and running. We(German Pete, OB-Ken O'brien and very few others) used to hang out at Strokers and cruz around giving the Harley guy's hell. Big Al-txvtx came up with some killer performance mods for the VTX. He was one of the original owners that had fouling problems with his bike and discovered the timing issue with some of the earlier models(all at his own expense!) I've never really been one to hang out with groups and do the big group rides. Just prefer to ride on my own. I've seen this VTX community grow and think it's pretty cool to see so many VTX's out on the road. Tapper deserves a lot of credit for keeping this site together and all the work he does for the VTX community. I still keep tabs on everything around here so y'all be good!!!!!  O0
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Re: Who knows the history of the Texas X Riders?
« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2006, 05:52:13 AM »
Quote from: BDC on September 18, 2006, 06:39:59 PM
Damn, it seems like forever but, Birdman, (Gary Wright) GP (Pete Fuckhead) Mad Scotsman, Bud & Sara, Doug, and of course Kenneth and the list goes on.. I came around a few months later after people started meeting in late 02...

PM Birdman, he was one of the first to own a VTX in DFW..


thanks! now i got to clean my monitor, I just spewed Mt Dew all over it.......
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