Something's missing, in my life, maybe it's...

[brett7777]

...a NZ internet forum to discuss & circulate news, pics, & info about...BOBBERS. News just in: the 'Rattlers' forum, which catered to several hundred members who like to modify their bikes into this kind of style, has just been shut down.
This leaves a huge hole for people like us to meet online & communicate. There's a whole heap of us!
So Im asking Kiwibiker here on this thread: will you start a section specifically for 'Bobbers' where we can meet online & communicate? If you dont wanna be so specific, maybe make it for 'Modified bikes' incl Cafe Racers, Bobbers, & Choppers.
I see you have a cruiser section but that's not really it.
If you do it, I'll encourage everyone to meet here, now that it's RIP Rattlers forum.
Whadda you think?

[DrunkenMistake]

A customs section would be pretty cool,
Great idea actually.
I Love cafe racers and bobbers.

[Laava]

Gonna build me a Bobber.
Gonna call it Lorena

[Renegade]

i was a member of rattlers, how come its been shut down?

[brett7777]

this is what one of the Rattlers riders group said on facebook:
"...because the forum has the same name as the riders group, the group has been getting unfairly painted."
I gather that the Rattlers riders group, which is a small group of guys who originally formed an 'invite only' group, & also set up the website & forum, didnt like the way the forum reflected on them, in some way. They always made it very clear that the forum didnt necessarily reflect their views or tastes or even bike styles.
This is not the kind of narrow sort of section that Im asking the Kiwibiker forum to provide. Under the banner of 'customs' or 'modified' there is also, besides cafe racers, bobbers & choppers, the genres of streetfighters, trackers, & bratstyle.
There is a lot of this custom modifying going on around the place; heaps of people seem to want to convert a bike into a bobber or one of these other styles, so how about it Kiwibiker? How about a section for this?

[Virago]

Site Admin are always willing to consider new forum sections - provided that there is a confirmed need for it. If there's a steady increase in Modified Bikes threads and forum traffic, then I'm sure it will be looked at.

[brett7777]

Site Admin are always willing to consider new forum sections - provided that there is a confirmed need for it. If there's a steady increase in Modified Bikes threads and forum traffic, then I'm sure it will be looked at.

well here's hoping then.
At the moment there's no section for modified bikes tho.
I cant refer people to a section that doesn't exist, & they will always gather somewhere, so I guess there's an opportunity here if site admin are into it.
all those guys who were posting up their bike's mods will be wanting to post somewhere...

[FJRider]

Modifications to your motorcycle is common as ... seats, fairing-blades, paint, brakes, exausts, tyres/wheels, engine components are popular mods to suit the individual owner/rider ... only the extent that varies ...

Often the selling point of a bike is the amount of aftermarket parts available to customise it ...

[brett7777]

Modifications to your motorcycle is common as ... seats, fairing-blades, paint, brakes, exausts, tyres/wheels, engine components are popular mods to suit the individual owner/rider ... only the extent that varies ...

Often the selling point of a bike is the amount of aftermarket parts available to customise it ...

yep.
In this case Im talking specifically about the growing popularity of certain types of mods, & mods that make the bike into a certain category of bike, that doesn't necessarily fit into sport bike, tourer, cruiser, etc.

[Virago]

well here's hoping then.
At the moment there's no section for modified bikes tho.
I cant refer people to a section that doesn't exist, & they will always gather somewhere, so I guess there's an opportunity here if site admin are into it.
all those guys who were posting up their bike's mods will be wanting to post somewhere...

If they're the anti-social types who don't like to mix with those other dirty common bikers, then there's always the Social Group option in the interim...

The BFTP (Blast from the Past) Group get together in their space - they're probably the most active Social Group.

From there, if there's a demonstrated need for another forum section, I guess it will be looked at.

In the meantime, I'll have a word with Admin.

[brett7777]

If they're the anti-social types who don't like to mix with those other dirty common bikers, then there's always the Social Group option in the interim...

The BFTP (Blast from the Past) Group get together in their space - they're probably the most active Social Group.

From there, if there's a demonstrated need for another forum section, I guess it will be looked at.

I think it would need it's own category, for it to work.
My suggestion would be in the motorcycle subtypes. It's certainly missing from there.

[brett7777]

In the meantime, I'll have a word with Admin.

.............Thanks.

[bogan]

I think it would need it's own category, for it to work.
My suggestion would be in the motorcycle subtypes. It's certainly missing from there.

I agree, I've seen a few threads worth reading (I mean proper modding with custom parts, rather than a slip-on muffler or two). But fuck trying to find where they got too now, I could find two of mine though

+1 to the modded section idea.

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.bikeexif.com/1982-yamaha-virago

this the sort of thing you mean? cos it gives me the horn.

I have a VFR400 swingarm I have kept specially for a project like this.

[brett7777]

http://www.bikeexif.com/1982-yamaha-virago

this the sort of thing you mean? cos it gives me the horn.

I have a VFR400 swingarm I have kept specially for a project like this.

Yeah that's exactly what I mean.
And as you can see it's not a tourer, sport bike, pocket bike, classic etc...see what I mean...something's missing