One hell of a ride.
OT. But....Originally Posted by iYRe
There's an argument that says the money spent maintaining 300 likes on your facebook page is not cost effective.
That the 'special' person's overhead would buy you 300,000 bums on seats on a TV slot eg.
I've never seen it quantified. Interesting to ponder though.
Forum whore
yeah... I work at a radio/tv station (doing IT) - for us farcebook/twitiot are pretty much essential. We have a couple of pretty level headed people who manage it, and a bunch of management types who oversee it for their departments - even then we get a few crazies,,,
But we dont pay anyone specifically to do it..
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
ZRXOA #9170
One hell of a ride.
And that's my point too. In this format there is nobody to control the crazies outside the site rulez. If anything the crazy is contagious.
I still like it though. Crazy is entertaining.
Forum whore
I guess that's why people find me entertaining...
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't." - Anatole France
ZRXOA #9170
Highway Biker
Good call. Because that's what we should all be doing instead of looking at the roads.
Forum whore
Advanced riding is simply full mastery of the basics.
Best Frenemy you could have!
And yet it's amazing how many think they're great riders when they're not.
First step to getting better (regardless of where you are at) is accepting you're not perfect and you can be better.
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
Was just a courtesy, sticks and stones an all that.
Actually I was discussing something with gliding on hierarchy one day and suggested a couple of online places for feedback and a current feel of particular issues. Was met with a chuckle which I thought was a bit sad as the guy was actually missing out on just the data he was looking for.
Sure there's a bit of sifting to be done but same even with books and verbal conversations.
I do laugh when these 'it's not real because its on the Internet' types then quote an online source mins later, especially a certain radio host lol...
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
I accept I'm not perfect but I don't accept expensive advertising agency created propaganda or awhile day at a generic safety course is a step foward. Just imagine if all that money went into fixing roads, better signage, barriers, lighting etc...
Forum whore
Money well spent. It costs millions to get engineering solutions to fix the infrastructure.
For the cost of one or two remedial road works, the ad can achieve more, if people listen to it.
Of course, it's easy to look elsewhere for solutions.
We own at least some of the solutions. Ourselves. Just us.
Anticipate trouble, allow for it, and trouble is less likely to harm you.
Harumph.
Best Frenemy you could have!
Sure, there are crappy roads, bad corners etc. As the cat said, the engineering solutions aren't cheap, and it only fixes one corner, one stretch of road. Help the riders be better, and the effect works on all roads, all corners. Helps people not get into bad situations in the first place, or get out of bad situations (either created by themselves or by others). Like spending your coin on upgrading or servicing suspension. It doesn't just help in one corner, it helps everywhere.
Actually, in some places, I'd rather less signage. Some of it is so reflective, so bright, it ruins your night vision and you can't see the road ahead as easily.
I'd also prefer they spend their money on these sorts of ads, because a, previous efforts were crappy and often a complete waste of money, this is actually quite good in the scheme of things, and b, it's helping riders, scooters etc. Of course, the one given, is that someone has to be in a receptive frame of mind to take the info on board.
Hardcore Biker
You can if you have decent lights!
Top photo, R1200GSA, standard headlight on high beam (separate low and high beam reflectors)
Middle photo, BMW K1600GT, with its clever gyro stabilised low beam (staying flat when banked) + 2 x high beams
Lower photo, R1200GSA, with extra lights, so aimed as to reduce reflection from road signs, but hugely aids seeing in the dark.
I don't want to ride faster at night, just safely and with more confidence.
Chilli Hooligan
Nice little vid full of common sense.
Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
Best Frenemy you could have!
My lights are... sufficient. However, positioning is around performance on open roads, and no thought to reflection from boards. Basically, it's because the lights are powerful that I get that much reflection. I've reduced the front lights from 8 to 6, as I'm not doing as much country night riding these days...
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
Dipping the lights solves the problem... Except there's always some tool in front of you on high beam. What I found worse for being blinded was the first generation of those cop led light bars, of course the voyueristic attraction of seeing someone get... outweighs the common sense option of looking away lol
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