Sometimes I reckon people expect far too much of others - this place is just a forum, albeit one of the better ones. It has always fulfilled my expectations of assistance with technical / other advice for a whole range of bikes, but especially my sportsbike (well sports-barge if you must
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It has also given me a whole new range of riding buddies, for trips from one end of the East Coast to the other. No other forum even goes close to that. The annual trips to WSB / GP, or HG, or even a short run through the mountains - are trips to look forward to.
I think sometimes that a lot of people here put forum-posting above motorcycle riding, which is the wrong way of doing things. Riding bikes is what its all about, not wheelstanding your keyboard (says he with >6k posts, I type 80wpm and knock over 20 posts in the same time as it takes most nuffies to take a crap, so deal with it)
Hoffy - if you need a break then have one. It won't stop me catching up with you at track days, or organised rides away. I will miss your ascerbic wit though......
S&W - If this place no longer fulfills your expectations, then what can we do to fix this ? Its impossible to stop newbies asking questions, thats why they are newbies. I joined over 3 years ago as well, and this place was hilarious with all the non-kawasaki specific stuff that abounded from the Vics........I miss that stuff a lot. Some of the funniest posts I ever read were from back then.
I think the biggest problem these days is that people take themselves far too seriously, and expect others to also maintain a high level of seriousity. All I can say is ......LTFU !! Lighten the Fuck Up.
*ambles towards the kitchen and another bottle of red.....*
