Yes well said CSL, I am in total agreementOriginally Posted by Celtic_Sea_lily
No. This is a community of friends. Let's keep it that way.
Yes. This is a great site. The more members, the merrier!
I don't care either way.
Undecided.
Yes well said CSL, I am in total agreementOriginally Posted by Celtic_Sea_lily
Yes this is a good point Jimbolina - I wouldn't have graced most of you with my presence if I had not come across KB's.Originally Posted by White trash
I guess we are just a bit protective and selfish about "our precious Kiwi Biker" isn't we.
My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
I agree with this to a degree, if promoting it means commercialising it, then the nature of the site would obviously change, spankme has done a wonderful service to nzbikers by running this site ad free, therein lies the difference between this site and the magazine offering to promote it. I tell people I meet about kiwibikers, and most bikers check it out at some stage, but there is a core group of people who post regularly post and socialise on kiwibikers and others that come along briefly and then go away again, so i guess our little community thing will be ok in the long term, as long as the site remains as it is, so we do all need to be supportive of spankme in order to keep it that way!Originally Posted by Celtic_Sea_lily
Posts like this should keep most bikers out riding and away from their PC's!Originally Posted by Jim2
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Paul N
Like Merv I have been a Kiwi Rider reader from the very begining,they have been and are there for the long haul,the motorcycling community as we know it now would be a lot less than without the influence of KR,John and Pete are kinda out of the picture these days,but the mag goes on,I'll continue to support them.As for active promotion of the site,I'm not keen on that,but passive is ok,just the name out there for people to come along if they feel so inclined.More people,more trolls,more dickheads,more people with knowledge we need,a 2 edged sword.Hopefully the scum will float to the surface and we can flick it off.
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
Everyone who matters anyway, eh? says he, restraining himself from commenting as expected.Originally Posted by Jim2
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
I like the casualness of the place just as it is, what with all the friendly, relaxed banter amongst the close-knit family of members. I'm for letting it evolve at it's own pace as it is doing now. When something is not broken, it's not a good idea to 'fix' it.
Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?
I am only fairly newish to this site...
I actually found out about it in a "Trade Me" thread... someone was talking about motorbikes and they posted up the website... so I was nosey and found you lot...lol.... and I might say what a neat bunch of people you all are.... I have meet a few of you now...
I am not a person that buys the bike magazines, so I would not have found out about it that way ... and I wouldn't think every bike rider would be buying the bike magazines either....
Plus to advertise in the bike magazines costs quite a lot of money.....
and who will end up forking out for it when the bill comes in...
So thats another thing to consider.
I make an effort to mention the site to as many motorcyclists as I can.
There are about 145 people on KB who have posted more than 200 posts. I imagine they mention it to a number of people as well.
Word of mouth works quite well, and its helped to keep this place a quite tight community.
Of course, things do have a habit of growing and eventually reaching the stage where they get a life of their own. This will happen to KB whether or not it is advertised.
Ultimately, its up to moderators to maintain the tone of the forum, and for forum members to help set the tone too.
We seem to be quite good at managing with one or two dickheads at a time, however, what would KB look like with, say, 50 dickheads posting all at once...
I wonder what would happen if we got to be as large as, say, Visordown, which, quite frankly, I find too daunting to spend too much time on. Too many threads to keep up...
But at the end of the day, we don't OWN kiwibiker. And as it says at the top, it is a site for ALL New Zealand motorcyclists, no matter what.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Just to clarify...
I don't think we need to actively promote KB
But I don't think we can stop it growing once it gets to a certain point.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
I vote no, but I think that it will grow... I like it, we have a good mix of people - of all types - tossers *and* cool people...
It seems to be growing by word of mouth - if it were to be actively promoted then I think that the Spankster would have some issues with the numbers, moderating etc, AND.... it would need some kind of big commercial presence.
*plink plink fizzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
Yokai - bendamindaday
Yes this is somethin I have noted. I work away from the desk during the day and there is so much to read at night. A great place to learn and sometimes troll but can it get to big?Originally Posted by sAsLEX
Easy for me to ask as I am already benefiting from KB. I would like to meet more of the people here face to face and the shirts are good for that. I suppose the more members we have the more chance there is we will meet people when out and about. I find I can not vote here as I do not have a definite opinion yet. So with that in mind I can not see the poll result.
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My only concern with promoting it is one big rush of newbies when the ad comes out. Makes it hard to run a lot of Sk8r_Boi's out at once.![]()
bottom right of poll... view poll results.....Originally Posted by Gixxer 4 ever
Originally Posted by Blakamin
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