What you liked best about KB when you joined

**HDTboy** · 27th November 2005, 16:04

Right guys and girls, old members and new. I'd like to hear what it was that you liked best about KB when you joined

Please try and keep to the topic

For me, I first heard of KB when I rode into the Caltex at Wellsford and there was a big group of bikers, I went over and got talking. Met Antallica and Jess, and C4. These total strangers invited me to come riding with them - even though my bike looked totally rugged at the time - and didn't expect anything of me other than to have a good time.
So what I liked best about KB when I joined was the sense of community with all bikers and no need to judge anyone

**StoneChucker** · 27th November 2005, 16:18

I joined during the "Free Bike & Free Sheila" promotion. But apart from that, the huge community of people who truly cared, not the usual type of people you meet on internet forums, where people never meet. People here are honest and anytime you need someone to talk to, you know where to come.

You don't even need words... Knowing how many people came to see me in hospital said it all.

**onearmedbandit** · 27th November 2005, 16:32

What I liked about KB when I joined is the same as today, meeting new friends and talking shit about bikes or unrelated matters. I know there is an on going issue with some of the recent threads here, but I choose to take from them what I want. And that's why this place is still a great site for me at least, I can log off and on when I want, I can choose to get involved with a topic or just watch from the outside. It provides me with a bit of humour, a bit of info, a bit of head-shaking and so on.

Oh yeah, both Wari and I were members of an American site. He pm'ed me one day saying he had been talking to a friend of his about creating a NZ bike site and would I be keen to join. As it was in it's infancy, and was mostly AKL based (I think I was the first ChCH member) I kind of lost interest but came back after a while. Now I occassionally log into the American site, but I'm here every day! Thanks SpankMe and Wari!

**Sniper** · 27th November 2005, 16:48

Comraderie and friendship

**Zed** · 27th November 2005, 16:55

I stumbled across KB through an internet search on motorcycles several years ago, I promptly became a member and was blown away with vBulletin and all it's bells & whistles! Computers has been a bit of a hobby of mine for years so there was an immediate attraction because of the software and of course the whole focus of the site concerns another passion of mine - bikes.

Another aspect of KB I have always appreciated is the meetings & events, putting faces to 'nicknames' and enjoying riding with other enthusiasts, and then sharing our thoughts about the ride afterwards online.

NC · 27th November 2005, 16:55

I joined cause it looked like a bit of a laugh..

Glad I did, met some cool cats

**SPman** · 27th November 2005, 16:57

What OAB says...
'cepting I am a member of the same US site and saw the post Wari put up about a Kiwi Bike site, a day or so after they created it! Jumped ship and still here!

**SpankMe** · 27th November 2005, 16:58

There weren't any members.

**Hitcher** · 27th November 2005, 17:09

Even though nobody wanted to buy my Zeal (two years ago today since I joined, by the way), I've really enjoyed meeting people "for real" and have made some great friendships thanks to this site.

**wari** · 27th November 2005, 17:17

MA threw wa shoe at me furr spinnin' the cat on the lazzy susann .. I JUmped outta the way and landid heer ..

NAh .. I Really came furr the chicks ... butt theer weernt any ... chicks .. just SM ..

HOld on .. stopda clock .. arre theer any chicks .. :spudwhat: .. I Furrgot to look ..

**crashe** · 27th November 2005, 17:20

I discovered KB though the Trade Me message boards.....
Someone had started a thread about m/bikes....
so off I go to see what its about....
someone mentioned the kiwibiker.co.nz site....
so being nosey I checked it out.. and joined up.
That was just over one year ago, 15th November 2004

What have I learnt:
I have learnt heaps more about bikes as I really knew nothing about them before..
I knew more about cars as I used to work on my own.
So its been a great learning lesson for me.

I have also meet some wonderful people on this site...
Some I have yet to meet due to them living in that other island (south Island) or overseas. Some are way down this island.. but one day I am sure I will meet more of you.

So thank you SpankMe and also WaRi for starting up this site.

**Karma** · 27th November 2005, 17:22

Originally Posted by Sniper

Comraderie and friendship

Same here... plus I know jack about bikes, so picking stuff up as it goes along.

**scumdog** · 27th November 2005, 17:23

ALL THE SELF-OPINIONATED NARROW MINDED HARLEY-HATING SOFT-COCK COP HATING SPEEDING RANTING SLACK JAWED MOUTH-BREATHING OXYGEN THIEVES THAT ARE ON THIS SITE!!

Seriously? Just the common bond, the knowledge and experience of the others, the socialising and the chance to maybe offer advice/help others.