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A Tale of Three Forums
I tend to hang out on three motorcycle specific Internet forums at the present time. There have been other forums in the past, but I drifted away. Sometime in the future I might drift back, but right now there are three that I favor.
The one that I’ve been on longest is Bad Weather Bikers. It’s a Buell and EBR enthusiasts’ forum, and over the years, I’ve met a number of the members in person, and most I consider as friends. Almost all of the folks there are pretty decent people. After Hardley – Ableson killed Buell motorcycles, the membership slowly dropped, and now there are a lot of political threads, but I still have friends there, and motorcycles are still discussed between rants about Republicats and Democrans and how they’re ruining the Country.
Next is Wild Goose Chase. It’s a Moto Guzzi lovers forum. I started posting there when my ex got her Breva 750. After she sold it, I faded away until I got my Norge 1200; then I got into it a good bit more. Political discussions are explicitly forbidden, and a thread will be deleted if it gets too political. It’s also very Family friendly. Crude language and topics are not allowed. There are a lot of really good people there, and the members that I’ve met at the rallies I’ve attended were all really decent folks.
The third is the Moto Campers forum. It’s a small forum that isn’t Marque specific; it’s aimed toward folks who love to use their motorcycles for travel and camping. I haven’t been on there long, but I’ve received a lot of really good suggestions about my upcoming trip this summer and help in choosing which gear to use. Most of the folks there are into very large touring bikes like Gold Wings and Electra Glides, and it seems like the majority pull trailers. So far, there are none who I wouldn’t enjoy meeting while on the road. It’s even more Family oriented than Wild Guzzi, and rude behavior is not allowed.
It’s a decent forum populated by decent people.
One of the things that I find Interesting is the different personality types that gravitate toward each forum. The folks on Badweb are very different from the folks on WildGuzzi.
For example; in 2010 I attended the Buell Homecoming. As a little “enhancement”, I had made up key fobs that had Buell Homecoming 2010 debossed on the straps as give aways. They were a big hit and people loved them. The following year, I made up similar key fobs that said MGNOC Elkader 2011, and they went over like a skunk at a church picnic.
Last night, I decided to cook a real “Comfort Food” meal for myself (Cheeseburger, fried onions and roasted potatoes) and I put a short post about it on all three forums. Here’s what I posted:
I'm sitting here eating a cheeseburger that was fried in butter on a Martin's Potato Bread roll with a nice layer of Sauteed Onions (also fried in butter) and a reasonable amount of Heinz 57 Ketchup.
As a side, I'm having oven roasted Yukon Gold potatoes seasoned with salt, black pepper, oregano and garlic powder. It doesn't get much better than this.
Just thought I'd make y'all jealous.
The responses are interesting. The folks at Wild Guzzi took the bit and ran with it. People posted pictures of meals and described what they were having, threw a couple of joke comments in the mix, and generally had fun with it. (Pork & beans, sardines and Limburger? Just don’t camp near me!) There were 28 replies as of this morning. The people on Badweb posted what they had to eat, but there was almost no enthusiasm shown. There were 7 responses. I guess the people on Moto Campers don’t enjoy food that much. I got one response (although, that one response sure sounded like a really good meal!).
Then again, I wonder how much membership size has to do with both the number of responses and the enthusiasm expressed. If there aren’t a lot of forum members, there won’t be a lot of responses, ya know?
It will be very interesting this summer when I post about my ramblings on each of the forums. I wonder what kind of responses I’ll get.
I tend to hang out on three motorcycle specific Internet forums at the present time. There have been other forums in the past, but I drifted away. Sometime in the future I might drift back, but right now there are three that I favor.
The one that I’ve been on longest is Bad Weather Bikers. It’s a Buell and EBR enthusiasts’ forum, and over the years, I’ve met a number of the members in person, and most I consider as friends. Almost all of the folks there are pretty decent people. After Hardley – Ableson killed Buell motorcycles, the membership slowly dropped, and now there are a lot of political threads, but I still have friends there, and motorcycles are still discussed between rants about Republicats and Democrans and how they’re ruining the Country.
Next is Wild Goose Chase. It’s a Moto Guzzi lovers forum. I started posting there when my ex got her Breva 750. After she sold it, I faded away until I got my Norge 1200; then I got into it a good bit more. Political discussions are explicitly forbidden, and a thread will be deleted if it gets too political. It’s also very Family friendly. Crude language and topics are not allowed. There are a lot of really good people there, and the members that I’ve met at the rallies I’ve attended were all really decent folks.
The third is the Moto Campers forum. It’s a small forum that isn’t Marque specific; it’s aimed toward folks who love to use their motorcycles for travel and camping. I haven’t been on there long, but I’ve received a lot of really good suggestions about my upcoming trip this summer and help in choosing which gear to use. Most of the folks there are into very large touring bikes like Gold Wings and Electra Glides, and it seems like the majority pull trailers. So far, there are none who I wouldn’t enjoy meeting while on the road. It’s even more Family oriented than Wild Guzzi, and rude behavior is not allowed.
It’s a decent forum populated by decent people.
One of the things that I find Interesting is the different personality types that gravitate toward each forum. The folks on Badweb are very different from the folks on WildGuzzi.
For example; in 2010 I attended the Buell Homecoming. As a little “enhancement”, I had made up key fobs that had Buell Homecoming 2010 debossed on the straps as give aways. They were a big hit and people loved them. The following year, I made up similar key fobs that said MGNOC Elkader 2011, and they went over like a skunk at a church picnic.
Last night, I decided to cook a real “Comfort Food” meal for myself (Cheeseburger, fried onions and roasted potatoes) and I put a short post about it on all three forums. Here’s what I posted:
I'm sitting here eating a cheeseburger that was fried in butter on a Martin's Potato Bread roll with a nice layer of Sauteed Onions (also fried in butter) and a reasonable amount of Heinz 57 Ketchup.
As a side, I'm having oven roasted Yukon Gold potatoes seasoned with salt, black pepper, oregano and garlic powder. It doesn't get much better than this.
Just thought I'd make y'all jealous.
The responses are interesting. The folks at Wild Guzzi took the bit and ran with it. People posted pictures of meals and described what they were having, threw a couple of joke comments in the mix, and generally had fun with it. (Pork & beans, sardines and Limburger? Just don’t camp near me!) There were 28 replies as of this morning. The people on Badweb posted what they had to eat, but there was almost no enthusiasm shown. There were 7 responses. I guess the people on Moto Campers don’t enjoy food that much. I got one response (although, that one response sure sounded like a really good meal!).
Then again, I wonder how much membership size has to do with both the number of responses and the enthusiasm expressed. If there aren’t a lot of forum members, there won’t be a lot of responses, ya know?
It will be very interesting this summer when I post about my ramblings on each of the forums. I wonder what kind of responses I’ll get.
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