Post by: STLTHMSTA on April 01, 2019, 09:25:18 AM
Hello?! TM
Post by: RIDEMYST on April 01, 2019, 11:14:34 AM
Guess everybody is out riding. -JEP-
Post by: Patmo on April 01, 2019, 11:36:22 AM
Post by: HawkGTRider on April 01, 2019, 07:58:18 PM
Post by: brider on April 02, 2019, 07:17:15 AM
I'm coming off the tail end of working almost every day for 6 weeks sometimes for as much as 18 hours a day. I haven't had time to do a lot of fun reading or writing, and my riding, such as it is, has been primarily relegated to commuting. As an "up" note, I've lost 10+ pounds because I've not had time to sit around the house and do my usual snacking. I'm not thin, but I'm holding steady at a weight I haven't maintained since nearly 20 years ago.I thought you were semi-retired!
Post by: RichGrab on April 02, 2019, 12:54:50 PM
Post by: dpippin on April 02, 2019, 01:46:58 PM
Post by: brider on April 02, 2019, 05:10:45 PM
Post by: STLTHMSTA on April 02, 2019, 09:18:21 PM
I fear the preponderance of postings and posters on FB have killed this forum.That's Preposterous !!!!
Post by: stevegrab on April 04, 2019, 01:49:11 PM
There are plenty of people who do not participate on FacebookYep and Richard knows that, since several of his siblings are not on FB either, including me.
But with many more people posting on FB and much more activity there, it means fewer and fewer people posting here which results in less people bothering to even check for activity here. I used to look every day or two, now its probably weekly. It is slowing dying off, and that is not likely to change. Never were a lot of people posting here, far less now after the years and iterations of the forum.
The issue I've seen is that once people start using FB to correspond with a lot of their "friends" the less inclined they are to use other forms of communication. Not just this forum, but email and phone calls too.
Post by: HawkGTRider on April 04, 2019, 02:10:45 PM
Semi-retired...yes. But the entertainment world is most active during the winter and early spring months. I've been super busy the last few weeks in anticipation of having nothing to do during the warmer months except to ride...aw, gee.I'm coming off the tail end of working almost every day for 6 weeks sometimes for as much as 18 hours a day. I haven't had time to do a lot of fun reading or writing, and my riding, such as it is, has been primarily relegated to commuting. As an "up" note, I've lost 10+ pounds because I've not had time to sit around the house and do my usual snacking. I'm not thin, but I'm holding steady at a weight I haven't maintained since nearly 20 years ago.I thought you were semi-retired!
Post by: Brick on April 04, 2019, 04:48:56 PM
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Post by: Ride4MS on April 05, 2019, 09:34:17 AM
Denise and I were in Puerto Rico Mar. 23-30 for a Methodist Church Mission trip helping to rebuild houses from Hurricane Maria. It was 86-89F each day, and down to 79F at night with high humidity. We had electricity where we stayed, so we had fans but no AC. It was hard to get accustomed to that weather after leaving below zero Minnesota.
Most of the bikes that we saw, were Polica and they had a high bubble light on the back, hard to balance. They all wore a face mask, with goggles and helmet. Could not see their face at all. Must have been hot as they were lane splitting and weaving around cars.
Post by: stevegrab on April 05, 2019, 11:22:05 AM
I plan to get out for a bit this weekend, it rained some yesterday and again today, hopefully that washed the junk away. I still need to have my radar working, to avoid the many large potholes.
Not sure that I'll be posting more when I'm riding, maybe in the lead up to STAR.
Post by: Ride4MS on April 05, 2019, 09:49:12 PM
Post by: Patmo on April 06, 2019, 07:28:12 AM
April is always a dicey month in the mid-east/south where it will be sunny and 75 one day, and the next it might be 55, overcast, raining, and 40 mph winds. Followed up with another warm front from the south bringing up tornados. Not unusual to see some early spring snows either.
Going to be cloudy and 70 today though...Go Ride!
Post by: stevegrab on April 08, 2019, 03:39:40 PM
It sure did feel good to be back on the bike, even for a short local ride.
Post by: Smaug on May 02, 2019, 12:06:39 PM
This is also private, whereas anything I post on the Facebook group is visible to ALL my facebook friends. (and most of them don't care about my motorcycle touring hobby)
One thing that I think could GREATLY boost traffic to this forum is having a mobile-friendly page.
Post by: stevegrab on May 03, 2019, 02:28:11 PM
I'm members in both places, but I prefer fora to Facebook. It's hard to find something that's more than a few days old on Facebook.Regarding your last point, I believe many people post with their phone using something called Tapatalk. It would even pop up at the top of the forum page if you were visiting with a mobile device (I always see it on my tablet).
This is also private, whereas anything I post on the Facebook group is visible to ALL my facebook friends. (and most of them don't care about my motorcycle touring hobby)
One thing that I think could GREATLY boost traffic to this forum is having a mobile-friendly page.
Brick, richgrab are some I thought were doing it that way.
Doing anything else probably requires much more time by the web admin (volunteer) staff or even different forum software.