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Aspiring Rapper
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Halifax, NS
Moto: '12 CB1000R
Posts: 3,569
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I've been doing the motorcycle message board thing for about ten years now. And in that time I've been pretty lucky. Most of the forums I use have fairly intelligent to absolutely brilliant people with the occasional idiot thrown in the mix who either becomes a troll or disappears.
I didn't realize how lucky I had been until I bought my dirt bike and started browsing/posting on dirt forums. Good lord! The average intelligence is in the negatives. I wish I could narrow it down to one or two things to show you, but it's so bad it hurts my head to read most of the threads. You should see the 2 stroke vs 4 stroke debates. They make you want to claw our your eyes and smash your fingers with a hammer so you can't access a computer ever again. In closing, thank you for not being a bunch of idiots. Their average user makes our dumbest user look like a nuclear physicist... |
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AMA Supersport
Join Date: Feb 2009
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The quality of discussion can definitely vary based on subject matter. I've recently had a renewed interest in radio controlled vehicles and there is a lot of what you describe on those as well. If I had to guess I'd say the primary factor is the average age of users. Both dirt bikes and R/C typically attract kids while street bikes will have riders who are a bit older. This site in particular seems to attract riders who may be even a little older than the average. Kids are morons and it tends to come through in their writing.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: NC
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Where have you been exploring?
I too am looking for a dirt based forum that has less knowitalls and and trolls, and more info. ADV rider has got a wealth of information, but man-alive are the members crusty bitter old bastards! If you don't have 35,829 posts...you're really nothing to them!
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Aspiring Rapper
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Halifax, NS
Moto: '12 CB1000R
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We have thread titles such as, "Help with seat removel". Manufacturers should really make it more obvious. The only two bolts attached to the seat should come with instructions. |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: NC
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![]() ![]() I've got the DRZ torn down in the garage now rejetting it. Shop manual, and pages from 4strokes.com printed and strown everywhere ![]() Good info, but their forum is crap.
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AMA Supersport
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Odessa, TX
Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird
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And if they really don't like you they'll start trying to hack into your bank account, Paypal account, pull your credit report, etc. etc.... some crazy motherfuckers.
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1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird |
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Location: Hill Country TX
Moto: Pasta Rockets
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[sings] Jealousy...
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AMA Supersport
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Odessa, TX
Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird
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Maybe some...but I think a lot of them were absolutely convinced that I was a con-artist who had planned to do it the way it turned out all along. The amount of hate mail was staggering.
Fuck man, I got some hate mail around a month or so ago when my thread on ADV was resurrected and Whip came to my defense. By the time I got to it I saw that they decided to go ahead and lock it down. Which was sad, but a relief at the same time. Still, wrap your head around that....getting hate mail 4 years after the fact...
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1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird |
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