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ZUKIMON · 02-22-2009, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

www.twowheelforum.com

Long story short... VS took it over, fucked it all up, lied to the admins, everyone bitched and moaned, most of us got banned (most very well deserved), and Trip started this place... mostly everyone jumped ship.

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Originally Posted by Rogue

And...if you're wondering about the "other-other" forum...that would be CF...or cycleforums. The same thing happened to it except with a twist. The owners of CF sold it because they needed to...they get hit really bad by a drunk driver over a year ago, which put them both (hubby and wife who owned it) out of work...or to where they couldn't work much. They also owned an online store called Trick Tape which they shut down due to not being able to handle the business properly due to the accident. They kept waiting for a settlement to come in to help put them back on their feet but time dragged on and it didn't happened. They sold Trick Tap and got other jobs, but it wasn't enough to pay their bills and meet the bills of CF, so they sold it to VS. A bunch of us, who had already been through the bullshit VS does to damn good forums bailed. Not because we didn't care for the original owners, but because we couldn't stand seeing what VS was doing to our home.

We got invited to come live here and those of us who started hanging out here have made it our home....although I know there's probably a few original TWF members who wish we hadn't migrated over here.

CF was a damn huge board with about 50,000 members......

This is about what I figured. While I am not a member of either of them, I have lurked around on both of them searching a little at a time trying to learn about my bikes. I hate it when this sort of thing happens, but sometimes it's the way that things need to go. IMHO, this place is and will become much better than either of those two.

Sad thing about forums is, we all become more of a family than we care to think, and family life can be rough sometimes but we just need to work through it. I have seen this numerous times on the board that I am a moderator on, bbs.zuwharrie.com. It seems that it comes in phases but quickly goes back to the way things were. Most people have a hard time sucking up their pride and just saying sorry or, you we're right, I was wrong.

Either way, I'm glad to be here and I appreciate all the info that I have got and will get from you all.

Bryan

Quick281 · 02-22-2009, 11:45 AM

I think everyone summed it up properly. So far this place has been a haven for those running from VS owned places.

I found twowheelfix right when it got abandoned and I am glad I found my over here.

This forum could always use new people but the current people are just great too.

Cutty72 · 02-22-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Rogue

We got invited to come live here and those of us who started hanging out here have made it our home....although I know there's probably a few original TWF members who wish we hadn't migrated over here.

CF was a damn huge board with about 50,000 members......

The first month or so sucked, cause there was so much CF random off topic banter that you couldn't find the "normal" posts, and we didn't know any of ya yet so the background wasn't there for the stories. Now it's much better.

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Originally Posted by Quick281

I think everyone summed it up properly. So far this place has been a haven for those running from VS owned places.

I found twowheelfix right when it got abandoned and I am glad I found my over here.

This forum could always use new people but the current people are just great too.

twowheelfix hasn't been abandoned?

it's right here

Think you mean twowheelforum...

Quick281 · 02-22-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

The first month or so sucked, cause there was so much CF random off topic banter that you couldn't find the "normal" posts, and we didn't know any of ya yet so the background wasn't there for the stories. Now it's much better.

twowheelfix hasn't been abandoned?

it's right here

Think you mean twowheelforum...

God Damnit. Yes, you are right. Does that mean I shouldn't leak out plans about abandoning twfix for lotsofgay.com? And I have no idea if that is a real site so search at your own peril.

Trip · 02-22-2009, 12:06 PM

Vertical Scope sucks monkey balls. Bastards....

azoomm · 02-22-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Vertical Scope sucks monkey balls. Bastards....

Truth

derf · 02-22-2009, 02:19 PM

+eleventy billion

we were talking about some old boards that we both belong to that neither of us post on anymore, all owned by VS. It just makes for a bad place

zed · 02-22-2009, 03:28 PM

I see, that's why it was dead over there.

rogue · 02-22-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Vertical Scope sucks monkey balls. Bastards....

And that's being polite....

Lamnidae · 02-22-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogue

And that's being polite....

Werd.

Fucking VS.... The things I would do to them w/ a broom handle, some glue, and a bunch of broken glass....

02-22-2009, 11:45 AM	#22
Quick281 Victim of Blazer Rapage Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Talkeetna, AK Moto: 06 GSXR 600 Posts: 1,707	I think everyone summed it up properly. So far this place has been a haven for those running from VS owned places. I found twowheelfix right when it got abandoned and I am glad I found my over here. This forum could always use new people but the current people are just great too. __________________ -Alex- Resident TWFix Noob. My 06 GSXR 600 <-- Its Clickable Fools.

02-22-2009, 02:19 PM	#27
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	+eleventy billion we were talking about some old boards that we both belong to that neither of us post on anymore, all owned by VS. It just makes for a bad place __________________

02-22-2009, 03:28 PM	#28
zed yellow don't corner well Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, KS Moto: 06 ZX10R Posts: 1,243	I see, that's why it was dead over there.