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You Can Grow Car Culture By Showing Up · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:00
  Don Armstrong: Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast.
• 0:07
  Don Armstrong: It's the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show today, coming to you from Team Gilman.
• 0:12
  Don Armstrong: Subaru Acura and Mazda dealerships here in the 18,000 Block of the North Freeway.
• 0:17
  Don Armstrong: Welcome to the Mega Meat Cruise In.
• 0:21
  Don Armstrong: Just ahead, we're going to uh talk to a very special guest with us with uh Omar, HTX Cars Media.
• 0:29
  Don Armstrong: That's his muffler on that car, and he's gonna have it looked at, I think.
• 0:34
  Don Armstrong: Um, we're also gonna have Mr.
• 0:37
  Don Armstrong: Mars do a review of the brand new Mustang GT Convertible.
• 0:41
  Don Armstrong: That's coming up a little bit later on, seven tracks worth visiting.
• 0:45
  Don Armstrong: Jeff's gonna have the cruise internet events calendars as well.
• 0:48
  Don Armstrong: All coming up in this segment of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.
• 0:51
  Don Armstrong: Howdy, and good morning to you.
• 0:52
  Don Armstrong: Welcome.
• 0:53
  Don Armstrong: Along with Mike out of this world, Mars.
• 0:55
  Don Armstrong: We always need more Jeff Zeken, master studio and transmitter technician, engineer, and soothsayer David Ainsley.
• 1:03
  Don Armstrong: I'm Don Armstrong, glad you could.
• 1:05
  Don Armstrong: You didn't know you were a soothsayer, did you?
• 1:07
  Don Armstrong: Oh, now you do.
• 1:09
  Don Armstrong: Now you know.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_04: All right.
• 1:10
  Don Armstrong: You gonna charge extra for that?
• 1:13
  Don Armstrong: He he charges extra for everything, and you ought to know about that.
• 1:16
  Don Armstrong: All right, uh, in the studio, the remote studio here with us today.
• 1:20
  Don Armstrong: Omar from HTXCars.com.com.
• 1:27
  Don Armstrong: Somebody pop that balloon.
• 1:28
  Don Armstrong: You did that.
• 1:30
  Don Armstrong: I was gonna say uh so Omar, tell me about uh yourself first.
• 1:37
  Don Armstrong: Uh what about you?
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, sir.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_02: Don, thank you for having me.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_02: First of all, thank you for thank you.
• 1:43
  Don Armstrong: Pull that microphone a little closer to your mouth because we gotta overtake all of the balloons.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you for the opportunity to be here with you guys.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_02: I love the show.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_02: I love I love your podcast, and um thank you for having me.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_02: Uh a little bit about me.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_02: I'm a promoter, I promote uh businesses, and right now we're focusing more in the car culture and the car scene of Houston.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_02: So our website focuses on car shows, car meets all over Houston.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_02: We post every single meet, every single show uh in Houston and all around Houston, Stafford, Richmond, uh, Sugarland, you name it.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_02: And every single meet and show is in there for a community.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_02: Um we also promote the businesses that fuel that car scene and the car culture in Houston.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_02: And we also write some articles about you know what's what's the the the car crews that make this happen.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_02: We we cover all different types of events.
• 2:45
  Don Armstrong: Interesting.
• 2:46
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 2:46
  Don Armstrong: And how long have you been doing this?
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_02: Uh well, this is pretty much brand new, if if you will.
• 2:53
  SPEAKER_02: We started doing it back in October.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_02: So we started October last year.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_02: Um I I didn't know, I've uh excuse my ignorance, if you will, but uh I didn't know about all this car scene happening in Houston all over.
• 3:07
  SPEAKER_02: Where the hell have you been?
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_02: I know, right?
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_02: I've been here 25 years, uh, and I didn't know about all this.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_02: And then I found you, and I found everything.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_02: So I see I saw all the car meets and car shows everywhere, but not not a place that connects them all.
• 3:23
  Don Armstrong: So you you need to have some age on you like me, buddy.
• 3:26
  Don Armstrong: I've you need to come along with us.
• 3:28
  Don Armstrong: You don't want that.
• 3:30
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, use the computer instead of age.
• 3:33
  Don Armstrong: Is that is that right?
• 3:36
  Don Armstrong: Forget that.
• 3:37
  Don Armstrong: Now we're we're we're car people, we get out and about all the time, and uh, I have done it all my life.
• 3:42
  Don Armstrong: And um I think we all have on this on this day.
• 3:46
  Don Armstrong: Oh, day, so to speak.
• 3:48
  Don Armstrong: Um well it's uh good to have you out here.
• 3:51
  Don Armstrong: It's good to meet you.
• 3:52
  Don Armstrong: Thank you.
• 3:52
  Don Armstrong: We've been hiding somewhere because we go to a lot of a lot of cruise ins and stuff.
• 3:57
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, in fact, we've got more cruise ins coming up.
• 3:59
  Don Armstrong: Uh next weekend we're gonna be in Beaumont for the tailpipes and tacos at uh Lupi Tortilla.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
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  Don Armstrong: And then um and then we have uh Easter Saturday.
• 4:08
  Don Armstrong: We're gonna be at the Lupi Tortilla in Cady for the tailpipes and tacos there with the Easter bunny and a lot of kids, and that's a great one.
• 4:15
  Don Armstrong: You need to really make plans to attend that one.
• 4:18
  Don Armstrong: That's a good one.
• 4:20
  Don Armstrong: Introduce you to Stan that uh is the founder, he's a big drag racing guy, and um it's part of the car culture that we all are part of.
• 4:28
  Don Armstrong: Right, and um typically we don't have these kinds of cars, it's more old school, duh, because we're old.
• 4:37
  Don Armstrong: On the hot router side, yeah, we're uh yeah, on the hot router side.
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  Don Armstrong: But uh anyway, so what have you gained from being out here so far today?
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, today.
• 4:47
  SPEAKER_02: Well, let me let me start by saying this.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_02: We went uh very early this morning at the post, the one that happened this morning uh in the heart of downtown.
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  SPEAKER_02: We got great footage, we got great video, we saw awesome cars, the vibe was great.
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  SPEAKER_02: And then we head straight out to this one.
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  SPEAKER_02: And uh so far, I mean, I just see all the people, you know, enjoying the meet, enjoying walking around with their families.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_02: It's a family-friendly event.
• 5:15
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, the car the car network has put this together uh in an amazing way.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_02: Uh and what we what I get out of this mainly is is the people.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, looking at the cars, enjoying the builds, everybody puts a lot of uh different, you know, effort and things into into their builds, but the people that you meet is second to none.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, it's you meet the owners, you meet, you know, the passionate people that really care about the car, the car culture in Houston.
• 5:45
  SPEAKER_02: And that's that's my favorite thing about about going that.
• 5:48
  Jeff Dziekan: You got a you got a fan right there?
• 5:50
  Jeff Dziekan: How's how's she connected to you there?
• 5:52
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, she's the wife.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_02: She's my beautiful wife, medley.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, we've been married for two years.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_02: There you go.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_02: She's the boss, yeah.
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_02: I didn't want to say it that way.
• 6:00
  SPEAKER_02: I understand.
• 6:01
  SPEAKER_02: But we all understand it completely.
• 6:04
  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_02: No, but that's what what we love.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, uh community is very important.
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  SPEAKER_02: Uh we go to a lot of uh also classic shows.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_02: Well, I saw you guys at the Houston Out of Body show in downtown.
• 6:17
  SPEAKER_02: That was great.
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  SPEAKER_02: I didn't want to, you know, just come right into you, but I I was there uh so that was a great event.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_02: So we try to cover every single event.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_02: Sometimes we go to uh four or five events uh per weekend.
• 6:32
  Don Armstrong: So, in other words, that you spend a lot of time at the Academy Shoe Department.
• 6:36
  SPEAKER_02: I do, I do.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_02: Because I believe me, you you know this walking around in this concrete grounds, yeah, it gets your shoes, definitely.
• 6:46
  Don Armstrong: And you know, this is uh really the sweet spot of the car show cruise in season.
• 6:52
  Don Armstrong: Yes, because as you all know, come July, July, August, September is too hot to do anything.
• 6:59
  Don Armstrong: You're gonna do it, you gotta do it at night.
• 7:01
  Don Armstrong: Then you gotta find someplace that's lit, and uh good luck in trying to find a place that's lit.
• 7:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Exactly, that will allow you to do that.
• 7:08
  Jeff Dziekan: Yes, a lot of places won't let you do that.
• 7:10
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, because of the old school, well not the old school, but what what happens today with the takeovers and all that, that's why people are shying away from it.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, there's too much liability.
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_04: But um this is great.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_04: The weather's great.
• 7:24
  SPEAKER_04: We've got a lot of people wandering around looking at cars and just a lot of family looking people that are just out here enjoying being here.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_04: And then you got us.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_04: And then you got us sitting over on the side, kind of taking it all in.
• 7:36
  Jeff Dziekan: But we gotta we gotta roped off our stanchion roped off so the Russian people don't.
• 7:41
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, don't cry.
• 7:42
  Jeff Dziekan: I think it's great.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_02: That's great.
• 7:44
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, there's that.
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_02: But I I think that's uh that's important that you mentioned.
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, it's important for the community to understand that if if we want to keep enjoying these type of events, they need to be respectful, they need to show up and then just enjoy everything without without uh you know being being crazy about it.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_02: And and I think for the most part, people in Houston had had that understanding.
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  SPEAKER_02: Um so I think it's it's great.
• 8:13
  SPEAKER_04: Generally speaking, car people know.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_04: I mean, you can go up, you can look inside the door and stuff, make sure your belt buckle or your camera doesn't drop down and clang up against doors.
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_04: Car people know that and they respect the cars.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_04: And and like you say, people that are interested generally are the same way.
• 8:28
  SPEAKER_04: Once in a while there'll be some knucklehead you need to don't don't sit on my hood or something like that to take the pictures of your girlfriend, you know.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_04: Correct.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_04: Something like that.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_04: Crazy people.
• 8:39
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, definitely.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_01: You don't believe me?
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_01: Why do you look at him?
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_01: He's like, Why do you look at me?
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, exactly.
• 8:48
  Don Armstrong: I I had nothing to do with that.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_01: I know, but I I've seen that happen.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_04: I didn't do that.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_04: No, no, no, it wasn't you.
• 8:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, it's all once.
• 8:56
  Jeff Dziekan: I think you see that more on the hot rider side.
• 8:58
  Jeff Dziekan: These guys all understand because they've got certain lighting, they've got certain well, the part right here's got a uh a wrap near finish.
• 9:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Um there's there's different cultures.
• 9:09
  Don Armstrong: I was a little bit distracted, I have to admit, because that's a brand new Dodge.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_04: I saw him backing in here.
• 9:15
  Don Armstrong: Yes, and um that's one that uh I have not seen in person.
• 9:20
  Don Armstrong: And uh yes, it does look like a challenger, and uh but it is awful big.
• 9:28
  Don Armstrong: Well, the challenger's big.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_04: Well, but I mean that just I was thinking more of a charger, but it's a two-door, so it can't be a charger.
• 9:34
  Don Armstrong: Well, it can be.
• 9:35
  Don Armstrong: I don't know what they've done with their lineup because um they haven't schooled us on it.
• 9:41
  Don Armstrong: But um it's a two-door challenger or charger.
• 9:46
  Don Armstrong: I don't I don't know.
• 9:47
  Don Armstrong: But I'm sure that the person that's driving it knows.
• 9:50
  Don Armstrong: Brand new doesn't even have a dealer plate on it yet.
• 9:52
  Don Armstrong: So yes, I had to I had to check it out.
• 9:58
  Don Armstrong: Yes.
• 9:59
  Don Armstrong: Um well uh it's it's great to have you here, and um I know that the the knowledge is being absorbed as we speak.
• 10:08
  Don Armstrong: And you're going, why am I on this show?
• 10:12
  Jeff Dziekan: But here's one thing I need to point out.
• 10:14
  Jeff Dziekan: He said this young lady's his wife, so they're doing it as a family.
• 10:17
  Jeff Dziekan: What is that?
• 10:18
  Jeff Dziekan: There, you know, you you don't see a lot of you know men and women coming out here as a family to do that, so I just that's very cool.
• 10:26
  Don Armstrong: Well, there's there's the boys and the girls, the girl boyfriends and the girls.
• 10:31
  Jeff Dziekan: Women have their own clubs as well, and then that's good.
• 10:33
  Jeff Dziekan: And they usually beat us with them, but they're they have their own club.
• 10:36
  Jeff Dziekan: That kind of club, yes.
• 10:37
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh, different kind of club.
• 10:38
  Don Armstrong: Uh yeah, well, I got it.
• 10:40
  Jeff Dziekan: But I think that's great.
• 10:41
  Don Armstrong: Well, we appreciate you stopping by and talking to us.
• 10:44
  Don Armstrong: Thank you very much.
• 10:44
  Don Armstrong: It's great.
• 10:45
  Don Armstrong: And um, please stay in touch.
• 10:47
  Don Armstrong: So it's uh website is how do we get a hold of you?
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_02: htxcars.com.
• 10:54
  SPEAKER_02: And then same social media.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_02: We got a great following in uh TikTok and on Instagram.
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_02: Uh we pull out a lot of content.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_02: You can see car meets.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, you can see cars, car meets.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_02: We we do a little recap of each event uh in a little video with really good format.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_02: And uh we do lives.
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_02: We're about to go live on on TikTok in about uh 10 minutes.
• 11:19
  Don Armstrong: Uh we're gonna be live on there too.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_02: You can, yeah.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_02: I can come over and and uh and well we'd love to have you stop.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_02: It's gonna be nice.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, we get a great follower.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_02: Uh the last video that that we posted, I post a weekly video with all the events on TikTok.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, we got 20,000 views from Wednesday to now.
• 11:40
  Don Armstrong: You do us, we'll do you.
• 11:42
  Don Armstrong: How's that?
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_02: That sounds good.
• 11:44
  Don Armstrong: Well, it might not be the correct way to quit it, but whatever.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_01: In this context, I think, baby.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_01: Share and share alike.
• 11:51
  Don Armstrong: That's what it is.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_01: I take it in this context.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_01: The car context.
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_01: The car context.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_01: Good.
• 11:56
  Don Armstrong: Omar, great to talk to you.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you so much.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you again, buddy.
• 11:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 12:00
  Don Armstrong: And coming up, uh, we're going to have Jeff's cruise in and events calendars.
• 12:04
  Don Armstrong: Mr.
• 12:04
  Don Armstrong: Mars is going to do seven racetracks worth visiting.
• 12:08
  Don Armstrong: That more coming up.
• 12:09
  Don Armstrong: Hey, be sure and join us for our live show every week in realtime.com.
• 12:12
  Don Armstrong: And real time airs every Saturday Saturday, 10 to noon, usually.
• 12:18
  Don Armstrong: Usually.
• 12:19
  Don Armstrong: This week we got a bonus hour.
• 12:22
  Don Armstrong: Uh, we're going to be on from noon to one as well.
• 12:24
  Don Armstrong: We're on uh Facebook, YouTube, remote broadcast of tailpipes and tacos the cruise in over at the Loopy Tortilla Texas in Beaumont, Texas.
• 12:32
  Don Armstrong: So all of you over there, over there in the East Texas.
• 12:36
  Don Armstrong: We're going to go over to Mars House.
• 12:38
  Don Armstrong: Yep.
• 12:38
  Don Armstrong: Uh-huh.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_04: Come on down.
• 12:40
  Don Armstrong: Going to use your garage, Morris.
• 12:42
  Don Armstrong: Uh okay.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_04: I think I can get my computer in there.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_04: Well, I want to use a hot tub.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_04: You have a hot tub, don't you?
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_04: I can build a bonfire out there.
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_04: I can turn the crank up the barbecue pit.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_04: All right.
• 12:54
  Don Armstrong: You know, something tells me there's none of that going to happen, but it's going to be next weekend, so join us for that.
• 12:59
  Jeff Dziekan: Take the transmission out of the bathtub and put some warm water in it.
• 13:02
  Don Armstrong: Thanks for joining us today.
• 13:03
  Don Armstrong: We're going to be right back on the Time Car Talk Show after this.
• 13:05
  Don Armstrong: Stay with us.
• 13:08
  Don Armstrong: The Tailpipes and Tacos renowned cruising expands to Beaumont.
• 13:12
  Don Armstrong: Golden Triangle cruisers will want to experience tailpipes and tacos at the Loopy Tortilla, I 10 South in Beaumont, near Washington Boulevard.
• 13:20
  Don Armstrong: Grab free Loopy Breakfast Tacos with any donation to Shirley's kids.
• 13:24
  Don Armstrong: Enjoy a coffee or an adult beverage.
• 13:26
  Don Armstrong: Every cruising vehicle is automatically entered to win one of the beautiful chili pepper trophies for Best Hot Rod, Classic, and Modern Classic.
• 13:33
  Don Armstrong: Tailpipes and Tacos Beaumont happens Saturday morning, March 21st, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 13:38
  Don Armstrong: If you're a car geek like we are, this is the event you'll want to attend.
• 13:42
  Don Armstrong: The info time car talk show will be online live and you may be interviewed about your ride.
• 13:46
  Don Armstrong: Tailpipes and Tacos Beaumont edition Saturday, March 21st, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 13:51
  Don Armstrong: at the Loopy Tortilla 2050 I-10 South in Beaumont.
• 13:54
  Don Armstrong: The Katie Tailpipes and Tacos happens Easter Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11.
• 13:59
  Don Armstrong: The free tailpipes and tacos cruising is a production of Loopy Tortilla Tex Mex, Beaumont and Katie.
• 14:05
  Don Armstrong: He's pretty good.
• 14:07
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• 14:39
  Don Armstrong: Oh, hello, and uh welcome back to the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.
• 14:43
  Don Armstrong: Um we're gonna have Jonathan with uh only the few bike crew.
• 14:48
  Don Armstrong: He's gonna join us here in just a second.
• 14:51
  Don Armstrong: Is that you?
• 14:52
  Don Armstrong: Are you Jonathan?
• 14:54
  Don Armstrong: Two Jonathans.
• 14:55
  Don Armstrong: Well, there's only I only got one microphone, so y'all have to choose who's gonna be the spokesperson.
• 15:00
  Don Armstrong: Um we also uh have coming up in this segment um the seven racetracks worth visiting and the cruise in and events calendar uh as well.
• 15:10
  Don Armstrong: Mr.
• 15:10
  Don Armstrong: Mars, if you'd help him with that, we'd appreciate it.
• 15:13
  Don Armstrong: All right, so uh Jonathan, only the few bike crew.
• 15:18
  Don Armstrong: Yes, two wheels.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, two wheels.
• 15:20
  Don Armstrong: Two wheels.
• 15:21
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 15:22
  Don Armstrong: So uh what do you got?
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_00: We are a uh bike group from Katie.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_00: Really?
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we we we we're based in Katie, but we go all over the place.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we uh we go to meets, uh we do car meets, car meets bike meets, car meets, and we also do events for like uh the community.
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_00: So we did a birthday for a kid that had cancer.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_00: We went to a special uh to a special place where they uh they have special people, and then we we also did uh pretty nice.
• 15:54
  Don Armstrong: How many in the how many in the group?
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_00: In the group, it varies time to time because we invite everyone, so it's not just sport bikes, it's all kinds of motorcycles.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_00: So there's sometimes that there's uh 75 or plus or 100 or plus.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_00: So really is that your group that came through here this morning?
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, they're they're the ones that what what is considered a sport bike?
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: A sport bike at anything that goes over 120 miles.
• 16:20
  Don Armstrong: Anything that goes over 120 miles an hour on one wheel.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_00: Uh maybe well, some do one wheel, you know, but there was a time I've owned some motorcycles.
• 16:31
  SPEAKER_00: Have you?
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_04: Um never found a motorcycle I couldn't wreck.
• 16:35
  Don Armstrong: Couldn't wreck?
• 16:35
  Don Armstrong: Oh, that's great.
• 16:36
  Jeff Dziekan: You want to see some things?
• 16:37
  Jeff Dziekan: How about you, Jeffrey?
• 16:38
  Jeff Dziekan: I rode a little dirt bike when I was a kid, but it was just a short experience.
• 16:41
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm not a bike guy.
• 16:42
  Don Armstrong: I had a I had a Yamaha, I've had Honda, I've had all sorts of stuff.
• 16:47
  Don Armstrong: You've had road rash.
• 16:48
  Don Armstrong: Right.
• 16:49
  Don Armstrong: No, I actually didn't.
• 16:50
  Don Armstrong: No, I never had road rash.
• 16:52
  Don Armstrong: Thank God.
• 16:53
  Don Armstrong: I didn't have any of that.
• 16:54
  Don Armstrong: I guess I didn't live.
• 16:55
  Don Armstrong: I didn't push it to the limit because I don't think that there was a limit to this other than 35 miles an hour or whatever that thing would go.
• 17:02
  Don Armstrong: But uh that those many years ago.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_04: First gear.
• 17:05
  Don Armstrong: Oh, yeah, first year.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_04: There's one on here you guys want to try.
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_04: There's one, the small one here.
• 17:09
  Don Armstrong: No, I'm good.
• 17:11
  Don Armstrong: And and I I appreciate it.
• 17:13
  Don Armstrong: So um what what is the most popular sport bike going right now today that's affordable?
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, there's many uh popular bikes right now.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_00: The one that just came out is the R9.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Yamaha.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_00: It's a Yamaha.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_00: R9.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: So that one's that just came out.
• 17:32
  Don Armstrong: So they still make the Hayabusa?
• 17:34
  SPEAKER_00: They do.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_00: They do, but that one's expensive.
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you got quite a bit.
• 17:39
  Don Armstrong: Well, I mean, because you know I got that kind of taste.
• 17:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Right.
• 17:45
  Jeff Dziekan: I did have a Huffy growing up.
• 17:47
  Jeff Dziekan: A Huffy, not that kind of bike.
• 17:49
  Jeff Dziekan: Upgraded to a swing.
• 17:50
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh my god.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_04: Um so how big are these bikes, cubic inch wise?
• 17:55
  Don Armstrong: Well, not cubic inch.
• 17:56
  SPEAKER_04: Not CC, whatever.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: CCs?
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: Well, um, normally in our group, we don't have bigger bikes like that.
• 18:03
  SPEAKER_00: It's normally like a thousand or less.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_00: Thousand or less.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 18:07
  SPEAKER_00: Most of the if they have a higher CCs, they like just to take off, you know.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_00: And we usually ride in a group.
• 18:12
  SPEAKER_00: So we have a lead 650, 750.
• 18:15
  SPEAKER_00: 6750, 1000, you know.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: And people have bigger bikes, they just take off or they don't wait for us.
• 18:20
  Don Armstrong: You know, does Honda build anything in uh your category?
• 18:23
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, they do.
• 18:24
  Don Armstrong: What is it?
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_00: The CBR 1000.
• 18:26
  Don Armstrong: So is it a is it a four-stroke?
• 18:29
  Don Armstrong: Uh yes.
• 18:30
  Don Armstrong: Yes, it's it is, it's four stroke.
• 18:32
  Jeff Dziekan: And um young guy like that, very knowledgeable about it.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_00: My head.
• 18:37
  Don Armstrong: Well, why wouldn't he be?
• 18:38
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_00: No, I have a Kawasaki 650.
• 18:41
  Don Armstrong: You have a Kawasaki 650.
• 18:44
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 18:44
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't I don't go that fast.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_00: So you're gonna laugh.
• 18:51
  Don Armstrong: I think that's okay you do laugh because back in my day.
• 18:54
  Jeff Dziekan: But I don't go that fast.
• 18:55
  Don Armstrong: When I when I got the urge to get in a motorcycle, I was in middle school.
• 19:00
  Don Armstrong: That was a long time ago.
• 19:02
  Don Armstrong: And the hot thing back then was the Honda 50.
• 19:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Oh wow.
• 19:07
  Don Armstrong: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 19:08
  Don Armstrong: My God, I looked, I looked for one of these things.
• 19:11
  Don Armstrong: I did ride one.
• 19:12
  Don Armstrong: You can very very rarely find one.
• 19:14
  Don Armstrong: If you do, oh my god, they're outrageously priced.
• 19:17
  Jeff Dziekan: Almost like a regular.
• 19:18
  Don Armstrong: And all of the kids that were my age, and I mean 15 years old, 14, something like that.
• 19:24
  Don Armstrong: Uh the kid got the bike because he made good grades in school.
• 19:28
  Don Armstrong: His dad gave it to him for a birthday present.
• 19:32
  Don Armstrong: And he was the bomb, man.
• 19:34
  Don Armstrong: Oh my god, he had a Honda 50.
• 19:36
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, yeah.
• 19:37
  Don Armstrong: Because, you know, back then, Honda was new to the United States, period.
• 19:42
  Don Armstrong: They didn't have cars, it was it was motorcycles, and that was it.
• 19:46
  Don Armstrong: And uh, it was the bomb, man, and everybody wanted that.
• 19:50
  Don Armstrong: So you've got to have some youngsters that are really into the sport bikes.
• 19:58
  Don Armstrong: What is the first bike that you would guess would be like a 14-15-year-old just got his driver's license?
• 20:06
  Don Armstrong: What would he go for?
• 20:08
  Don Armstrong: Something that would be affordable to him, obviously not necessarily new, but that's used, that he could pick up.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_00: Uh the 300 or 400 CCs.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: That's what uh mostly everyone starts on.
• 20:20
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 20:20
  Don Armstrong: And it would be any particular brand?
• 20:22
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, any particular brand.
• 20:23
  Don Armstrong: Any brand.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_00: Any brand.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_00: Because every oh yeah, all brand, all mod all make they all make this uh 300 and 400 and 300.
• 20:30
  Don Armstrong: And so how much would something like that cost?
• 20:32
  Don Armstrong: Yamaha or Suzuki or whatever, name it.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_00: So whenever I first started riding, I had the 400 Kawasaki, and that was around 5,000.
• 20:42
  Jeff Dziekan: That's a lot of money.
• 20:43
  Jeff Dziekan: So where you talk you're looking for a bike.
• 20:45
  Jeff Dziekan: Mike's looking for a bike, he's a new rider.
• 20:47
  Jeff Dziekan: Do you go?
• 20:51
  Jeff Dziekan: Where would you go?
• 20:52
  Jeff Dziekan: Do you does one dealership carry all the brands?
• 20:54
  Jeff Dziekan: Do you go to a bike dealer that carries specifically Yamaha?
• 20:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Or you look online.
• 20:59
  Jeff Dziekan: Because you can go to a you can go to a Harley store and you see Harley's.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_00: But for sports bikes, they don't have uh specific sports.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_00: Like you if you go to Wild West or to uh uh different uh dealerships, they have all kinds of bikes.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_00: Including used ones?
• 21:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, including used ones.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_00: But normally if you want to use one, it's better to get it out of marketplace and not from a dealership.
• 21:20
  Don Armstrong: It'd be better if I were to offer anything, I would say find a club.
• 21:26
  Don Armstrong: Find out about the guys in the club, because everybody in the club, you know somebody that's selling a bike.
• 21:32
  Don Armstrong: So do you, so do you, so do you.
• 21:34
  Don Armstrong: And that's what I would do.
• 21:39
  Don Armstrong: I don't want one on some stock thing.
• 21:41
  Don Armstrong: I want something that's you know, off where the you know, he's got his uh exhaust system on it or he's got an intake system on training wheels.
• 21:52
  SPEAKER_00: Because all the stuff that they put on it, like the saws, all the mods, yeah, the mods and everything.
• 21:56
  SPEAKER_00: So there's some that they're worth more than the new ones.
• 21:59
  SPEAKER_00: So
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_04: So you need to talk again to his point.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_04: You kind of need to talk to somebody like you to have a guide to say, okay, this this is a new bike for 5,000.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_04: He wants 8,000 for it.
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_04: Is it worth 8,000 now with his mods and all that stuff?
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_04: You need to do things like that.
• 22:15
  Jeff Dziekan: And there's just not just not uh men in it.
• 22:19
  Jeff Dziekan: There's women that ride, and there's women that have cleaned up.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_00: My wife rides, she's right there.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_00: That's my wife right there.
• 22:26
  SPEAKER_00: She rides uh and what do you have?
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_00: A faster bike than me.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_00: 1200 is 636.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_00: The 636 Owasaki.
• 22:35
  SPEAKER_00: So that one is way faster than mine.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah.
• 22:39
  Don Armstrong: Do you have an automobile?
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_00: I do.
• 22:41
  Don Armstrong: What is that?
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: I have uh Audi A6 and I have uh Chevrolet.
• 22:47
  Don Armstrong: He's got an Audi A6.
• 22:49
  Jeff Dziekan: He's not paying attention.
• 22:52
  Don Armstrong: Okay.
• 22:53
  Don Armstrong: Good for you.
• 22:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Nice.
• 22:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Is it yours or is it hers?
• 22:58
  Jeff Dziekan: It's hers.
• 23:00
  Jeff Dziekan: You just glommed on, didn't you?
• 23:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 23:03
  Don Armstrong: I got that look in your eye.
• 23:04
  Don Armstrong: I know.
• 23:05
  Don Armstrong: I know you.
• 23:05
  Don Armstrong: I know you.
• 23:06
  Jeff Dziekan: She let me sit, didn't it?
• 23:09
  Don Armstrong: Exactly.
• 23:10
  Don Armstrong: Uh, you know, it it's uh it it it's interesting.
• 23:14
  Don Armstrong: Our cultures, we've so we've got the car guys here, then we got the bike people.
• 23:19
  Don Armstrong: But there's also that cross hatch where you got these car guys, yeah.
• 23:24
  Don Armstrong: I got a bike too.
• 23:25
  Don Armstrong: What do you got?
• 23:26
  Don Armstrong: Oh, I got that ten thousand dollar bike over there.
• 23:29
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 23:30
  Don Armstrong: You you you like motion, and uh that that's what it's all about.
• 23:34
  Don Armstrong: I mean, you like going to the races?
• 23:36
  Don Armstrong: What what if if you were gonna go to a race, what would it be?
• 23:40
  Don Armstrong: A car race or a bike race?
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_00: I'll do a bike race.
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_00: Bike race.
• 23:45
  Don Armstrong: So Coda's got one.
• 23:46
  Don Armstrong: Is it this weekend?
• 23:47
  SPEAKER_00: It's uh this this month, yeah.
• 23:52
  Don Armstrong: Um I've never been to a bike race, especially at a track like Coda, but I've seen it on television.
• 23:59
  Don Armstrong: I'm going, oh hell no.
• 24:01
  Don Armstrong: No, I'm not doing that.
• 24:03
  Don Armstrong: I mean, I'll go fast in a car, but I'm not doing that on a bike.
• 24:07
  Don Armstrong: I might have sometime in my life earlier days, but not today.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 24:11
  Don Armstrong: You know, to me, I you know, I really don't even have a desire to get one of those great big gold wings or whatever.
• 24:18
  Don Armstrong: I got a friend of mine that has one of those.
• 24:20
  Don Armstrong: Oh, I love it, man.
• 24:22
  Don Armstrong: You can't even pick the thing up.
• 24:24
  Don Armstrong: You can't.
• 24:25
  Don Armstrong: Well, if it goes over on its side, you're done.
• 24:27
  Don Armstrong: You gotta get some help.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_00: They're heavy.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they're heavy.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_00: No, I no longer know helmet.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, helmet.
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_00: It has to be a helmet.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_00: Good.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_00: We talk about wearing them on the desk here too.
• 24:39
  Don Armstrong: Well, I I will say this, and I don't want to be a Debbie Downer on it, but I fly in news helicopters, so uh I get to see some really ugly actions.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah, yeah, all the time.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_00: Very ugly.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 24:49
  Don Armstrong: And uh no.
• 24:50
  Don Armstrong: So that that shaded me about going the motorcycle route.
• 24:55
  Don Armstrong: I'll stay in the car with the seatbelt.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's the reason we started uh the the group, because we ride together to a place where we eat and there's they're not out there, you know, going fast.
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_00: How often do you get out as a group?
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_00: We do Tuesday, Taco Tuesday.
• 25:10
  SPEAKER_00: We do taco Thursday.
• 25:12
  Jeff Dziekan: And uh every day's a taco day.
• 25:17
  Jeff Dziekan: And uh kind of like Leslie going to Los Tills.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_04: We only do it on the days that end and why.
• 25:23
  Jeff Dziekan: So I guess I'm trying to tell you do you like go out to the hill country for a day?
• 25:26
  Jeff Dziekan: Um ride like a half a day out and half a day through the day or something.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_00: We we're trying to plan that uh in the coming months to go out and on the country, you know, and and do that, you know.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_00: But uh for right now, since you know we just started the group, you know.
• 25:41
  Don Armstrong: So only the few bike crew, how do we find you online?
• 25:45
  SPEAKER_00: Uh there is an Instagram, uh, Instagram page, that's OTF, only the few.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_00: That's there.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_00: And then we also have a uh page.
• 25:52
  SPEAKER_00: I see your shirt, you got it.
• 25:53
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, uh yeah.
• 25:55
  Don Armstrong: So well I'm glad you all stopped by.
• 25:57
  Don Armstrong: It's great to learn about your group.
• 25:58
  Don Armstrong: Great to meet you.
• 25:59
  Don Armstrong: Thank you.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you too.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_00: Uh the the network, uh, CarMeet Network.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_00: You know, they they have helped us a lot to promote our our team and be their their sponsors, our sponsor, the Fight My Injury too.
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_00: Very cool.
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_00: So fun.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_00: It's fun stuff.
• 26:11
  SPEAKER_00: That's fun, yes.
• 26:12
  SPEAKER_00: Enjoy it.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_00: Great talking to you, man.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you very much.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, everybody.
• 26:15
  Don Armstrong: All right, we need to take a quick break.
• 26:16
  Don Armstrong: We'd love to hear from you.
• 26:17
  Don Armstrong: Just shoot us an email.
• 26:18
  Don Armstrong: The info uh address is info at inwheeltime.com.
• 26:22
  Don Armstrong: We'll be right back after this break.
• 26:27
  Don Armstrong: The Easter Bunny's coming.
• 26:29
  Don Armstrong: To the tailpipes and tacos cruise in at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katy, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 26:35
  Don Armstrong: And you're invited to.
• 26:36
  Don Armstrong: Bring the kids and grandkids.
• 26:38
  Don Armstrong: It's a cruise-in like you've never attended before.
• 26:40
  Don Armstrong: With a donation to Shirley's Kids, you'll get a free Loopy Tortilla breakfast taco.
• 26:44
  Don Armstrong: There'll be coffee and adult beverages, plus chili pepper trophies for the best hot rod, best modern classic, and best classic.
• 26:50
  Don Armstrong: There's no entry fee and no registration.
• 26:52
  Don Armstrong: Just bring your ride and the kids.
• 26:54
  Don Armstrong: Bad bunnies aren't allowed, but the Easter bunny will be there, and he'll be full of joy to help make this tailpipes and tacos a very special one.
• 27:01
  Don Armstrong: Photo opportunities abound.
• 27:03
  Don Armstrong: The Unbeltime Car Talk Show will be streaming around the globe, and you can be selected to tell your car story to a global audience.
• 27:09
  Don Armstrong: It's the Tail Pipes and Tacos Cruise in Easter Edition, Saturday, April 4th, 8 to 11 a.m.
• 27:14
  Don Armstrong: at the Loopy Tortilla Tex Max in Katy, located on 99, the Grand Parkway, just south of I-10, the Katy Freeway, in Katy.
• 27:21
  Don Armstrong: Make plans now.
• 27:21
  Don Armstrong: Loopy Tortilla is pretty good.
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_06: Houston, get ready! Think Human is hosting a mega car meet at the North Complex, Accra, Mazda, Subaru.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_06: We're collaborating with the Car Meet Network, so you know it's gonna be crazy.
• 27:40
  SPEAKER_06: And that's not all.
• 27:41
  SPEAKER_06: We're gonna be wrestling up six cars to be sold at a thousand dollars each.
• 27:45
  SPEAKER_06: See below for more details.
• 27:50
  SPEAKER_06: You're not gonna want to miss this Houston March 14th.
• 27:53
  SPEAKER_06: We can't wait to see you here.
• 27:58
  Don Armstrong: That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show.
• 28:02
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• 28:12
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• 28:20
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