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Aspiring Rapper
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Halifax, NS
Moto: '12 CB1000R
Posts: 3,569
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I've been doing the motorcycle message board thing for about ten years now. And in that time I've been pretty lucky. Most of the forums I use have fairly intelligent to absolutely brilliant people with the occasional idiot thrown in the mix who either becomes a troll or disappears.
I didn't realize how lucky I had been until I bought my dirt bike and started browsing/posting on dirt forums. Good lord! The average intelligence is in the negatives. I wish I could narrow it down to one or two things to show you, but it's so bad it hurts my head to read most of the threads. You should see the 2 stroke vs 4 stroke debates. They make you want to claw our your eyes and smash your fingers with a hammer so you can't access a computer ever again. In closing, thank you for not being a bunch of idiots. Their average user makes our dumbest user look like a nuclear physicist... |
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AMA Supersport
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 4,756
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The quality of discussion can definitely vary based on subject matter. I've recently had a renewed interest in radio controlled vehicles and there is a lot of what you describe on those as well. If I had to guess I'd say the primary factor is the average age of users. Both dirt bikes and R/C typically attract kids while street bikes will have riders who are a bit older. This site in particular seems to attract riders who may be even a little older than the average. Kids are morons and it tends to come through in their writing.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 3,028
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Where have you been exploring?
I too am looking for a dirt based forum that has less knowitalls and and trolls, and more info. ADV rider has got a wealth of information, but man-alive are the members crusty bitter old bastards! If you don't have 35,829 posts...you're really nothing to them!
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Aspiring Rapper
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Halifax, NS
Moto: '12 CB1000R
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I use thumpertalk a lot. I'm at the point now where my argument in the 2 vs 4 debates is that 2 strokes have too many power strokes and should get rid of one if they want equal displacement for racing.
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,022
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Aspiring Rapper
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Halifax, NS
Moto: '12 CB1000R
Posts: 3,569
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We have thread titles such as, "Help with seat removel". Manufacturers should really make it more obvious. The only two bolts attached to the seat should come with instructions. |
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Moto GP Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 3,028
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![]() ![]() I've got the DRZ torn down in the garage now rejetting it. Shop manual, and pages from 4strokes.com printed and strown everywhere ![]() Good info, but their forum is crap.
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Pug Queen
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Moto: DR200, SV650
Posts: 2,486
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I joined TT when I first got the dual sport but never really posted or look through the forum.
Their shop is here in Vegas, and the couple of times I bought tires and a battery from them, they have been pretty good to me. But yeah in general the people I see with dirtbikes here are pretty red necky... |
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SFL Expatriate #1
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ATL Burbs
Moto: '09 Triumph Speed Triple
Posts: 4,712
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So who is TWF's honorary nuclear physicist?
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