[Closed] Motorcycle riders, I built a forum.

Nice one weeksy. I'll come have a look, not on any motorbike forums

Oh, that sounds worthwhile - cheers!

Does it have a "Like" button?

Yes it does

I bet a soapy tenner it will be better than the old visor down. good luck👍

👍

Best get my big boy bike sorted then... 🙂

Not enough pop up ads.

LOL it's currently funded by donations and assuming that survives i can't see it changing. I'm pretty sure the forum will be completely funded in that way for several years.
If that's the case, there will be no adverts, ever.

In my plans there will also be no social media linking, no RSS feed, no podcasts etc etc.

Unless of course the members ask for it... but IMO people just want a forum to bounce questions about, not a social media platform.

Joined 👍

I've just joined! Looking good and fresh, most of the other M/cycle forums i was on have gone a bit tired and stale. Good luck with it!

I’ve just joined! Looking good and fresh, most of the other M/cycle forums i was on have gone a bit tired and stale. Good luck with it!

I'll echo that.... Absolutely... But i'm going to try and make sure that's not the case on this one. But it can of course only ever be as good as the content and the people who create the content. So it's on them as much as anything.

Joined.

Welcome in guys, your first 2 posts require Admin approval to help with spambots, but after that it's post whatever you like, whenever you want.

Obviously at the moment the content isn't massive... but i'm hoping over time it becomes a decent resource of knowledge and enjoyment.

This all came up a bit unexpectedly, the guy announced the closure of our old comfy slipper forum on Friday, so i just thought "lets make a new one".

Also joined, never quite found a motorcycle forum that felt right.

And very nice it is too ...

And I can remember the days of Soapy Tenners

Over to join right now!
Nice one.

I remember Soapy Tenners as well, thats a real blast from the past.

Can the new forum have a rainpal thread?

Can it have a what now ? 🙂 You've lost me there.

I do believe i coined *plonk* on there too 🙂

Rainpal was a bikchat forum thing I think. Some character developing a visor wiper system for helmets, crowd funding etc and after several years still hadn’t produced a working prototype. Huge two hundred page thread about it then it went legal and all mention of rainpal is now forbidden!

Hahahahaha i see.

Motorcyles are having similar issues with Hilltop motorcycles and their tuning methods.

Yes, I’ve heard of that one as well 😀

I'll join up, as mentioned in another thread I was on visordown aeons ago.
Haven't got the bike yet, lockdown saw to that but no rush

Joined. 😀

Great stuff.

It's feeling very much like 'home' to me there, i have to say, i really hope it goes from strength to strength. Got 157 users registered now which isn't at all bad for the first 5 days.

Hopefully this doesn't have any conflict of intererst for Mods as it's a completely different subject of forum being motorbikes..

But anyway... Moving on.

The forum is here and is doing fairly wel https://revtothelimit.co.uk/index.php

But how do i get some google/engine based traffic ? How do i get my forum higher up the search engines lists when someone browses for 'motorbike forum' ? I assume as always we have some pretty clued up nerds in here and whilst i'm an OK nerd, there's many things i know very little about, increasing my traffic is certainly one of them.

Can any IT bods explain to me in simple terms, why STW can't use the same forum style as that one?

The forums I use have a similar layout and functionality, proper notifications, active topics, etc.

So why can't this one be like that?

That’s a pretty perfect forum to my eyes. Nice work mate.

Yep I’m on too
Cheers

So why can’t this one be like that?

Because it's not just a forum. It's tied into lots of other things.

Comparing a hobbyist forum with < 200 members with a commercial offering like STW which gets 1.5 million unique visitors per month and has a dozen employees dependent on it for their salary is like comparing apples and, well, the Empire State Building. Believe me, I've had this conversation.

If you want to understand more, talk to Mark. He has an open invite if anyone wants to go visit them, though probably not in the next few weeks...

Thanks for the compliments guys.

FOr info, i'm not trying to be STW, i'm just trying to give a few people exiled from another forum a home.

But i'd still like more people from random places to join too.

STW which gets 1.5 million unique visitors per month

actual visitors or bots/etc too ? That seems a MASSIVE amount.

Dunno TBH, but Mark gets a lot of site stats. Google Analytics and suchlike.

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Only just seen this thread. Joined. Good to see there's some chat in there already, most m/c forums I know have effectively been killed off by facebook groups.

It wouldn't shock me if this goes the same way mate, but i'm honestly hoping not. The closing forum we've had a massive 'community' like on STW, rideouts, trackdays, meetups etc. Same sort of thing. So i'd be gutted if we can't keep the same sort of thing going over on this new place.

Joined too. I've never used FB and it's annoying how it's sucked up various forums but nothing is going to change unless we use them so I'll see yous there

Just joined, well done for setting it up.

Any ideas on stickers/decals for the new forum ? Was going to use the forum logo to potentially increase trafiic/exposure but any ideas on where to buy nice small custom vinyl graphics appreciated.

plenty of content, plenty of fun and plenty of space for new users with motorbikes

Out of interest, not many of you who joined back in the day have continued posting, why may i ask is that ?

For me it's because the bike has pretty much stayed in the garage since I bought it. A few runs here and there but a fraction of the amount I was hoping for, and with Scotland's various lockdowns & tiers it's just been more convenient to use the MTB. Consequently I've not really thought much about motorbikes.

Hopefully next year will be much more going on.

Hi
I’ve recently returned to it following some time away. Don’t really know why I stopped looking for a while but the poorer weather has found me browsing instead of riding so this may be why.

I think the site is good with some interesting stuff and I hope it continues-I’ve contributed to a couple of threads in the last couple of weeks but find for many I don’t have anything to add.

Cheers
Steve

I’ve just joined, theory test in 3 weeks, then a rush to get the practicals done before my CBT runs out in June.

Prepare for many noob questions of what bike for commuting hat requires no maintenance, costs nothing and won’t freak out my bike hating wife while not being a scooter.

Prawny, no questions are frowned upon. The only thing we don't do is politics and abuse.... Other than that, fill your boots.

Thanks for the input fatgit and Ox. The more feedback i get the better i can attempt to make the site/forum.

For the number of current members i think the content is pretty good, the turnover of threads is also really good. But of course, more members is better. 🙂

I joined a while back as I was rebirthing as a motorcyclist 😂 but then ended up with model and country specific headaches so joined forums based on those. The model specific forum only has a handful of posts per day, probably more active on FB but there’s nowt they don’t know about my bike. That said, in the nicest possible way it is the polar opposite of my leftie STW bubble when the B or C words come up 😉

Anyway I’ll be back @weeksy, I don’t use FB and much prefer the feel of a forum.

Thanks Bob, look forward to seeing you back.

I signed up a while ago but don't think I've ever posted - I need to put that right 🙂

I don't tend to ride the bike much through winter so it's a bit "out of sight, out of mind".

Plus due to the situation, I've not really ridden the bike much this year. Fingers crossed that will change next year!

I don’t tend to ride the bike much through winter so it’s a bit “out of sight, out of mind”.

NOt many do mate, certainly i don't !

I with Weeksy - 3 motorbikes in the garage - but they will stay there until it is warmer >>>

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Salivating at the thought of picking this up. In the workshop having some parts fitted.

Get your ass over and tell us all about it then boy 🙂

I will 😄

NOt many do mate, certainly i don’t !

I have invested in a heated jacket and handlebar grips in order to address that, though 🙂

I do like a winter's day ride when it's nice and dry.

I do like a winter’s day ride when it’s nice and dry.

ME too ! HAving just got new fork internals in my XSR900 i'm dying to get out and test it !

Am I allowed to join just to ask how much to offer my mate for his BMW R1200GS adventure? 2006 full luggage & only 2700miles on the clock!

Of course. A few of the lads are into them so should know

HAving just got new fork internals in my XSR900 i’m dying to get out and test it !

Not today, its like an ice rink out there!

Lol damn right not today!!!

There's things like this over there

https://www.bikeexif.com/custom-bmw-r-ninet-lowered-motorcycle

I don't even know where to begin with this one. Maybe, sort of, awesome, horrid, amazing, tasteless, fabulous, I could use any and all of them.

One thing for sure is, it's amazing

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Needs a hardtail lovers sub-forum, plus a "what tyres" sub-forum.

Well my forum is a year old tomorrow. In that year i've had 60,000 posts on the forum, which i personally think is bloody marvellous and it's taken off way more than i ever hoped.

We've given away free gifts from mugs to a trackday, from Hoodies to a days training.

We've not banned anyone, although we've been close.. Apart from a few issues, it's been golden.

I think we've found a nice little niche in the corner of the www.

I have lurked a bit but will break cover and register. Seems like a good forum.

Well done weeksy, its not been an easy year for biking so congratulations. Onwards and upwards hopefully.

I'm certainly hoping as summer kicks in we get more riding and more posting... but thank you, i'm most happy with it in terms of progress

Well done. I was reading some of it the other day and it inspired me to get my KTM 990 serviced, MOT'd and taxed. Pick it up tomorrow with a set of giant knobblies fitted.

Now I'm spending the afternoon looking at OS maps and plotting my new commute which will take in a much off-road as possible.

Cant wait.

Just signed up. Looks a great forum. Been trying to find one with decent levels of activity.