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Hi Tracey......good to see you! ?

Also......if anybody has got any other outreach ideas then post them up! AdvRider is a prime recruiting ground cos I know a few of you originally came from there!

You're a mindreader Ian........cos he's the next target! Apparently Yen likes finding people so he's doing some searching!

Just to let you know that we're working on bringing back a name from the past will really make you sit up and take notice! ? @yen_powell is on the case in the capacity of a private dick!

10 days ago I was losing the will to live looking at the shit on Facebook......full of Politics, Covid-19, and ludicrous conspiracies! Then a mail came in with a list of expired domains.......and one of them was adventuremotorcycles.net, originally registered about 15 years and somebody had let it slip. So it gave me an idea......and now here we are with a lot of old names onboard! Sadly, there are some who can no longer be with us! Now the next objective is to keep the momentum up.......and I need your help in 2 ways! 1. Get the name of the site out there! Whether it's on Social Media, other forums, or by pulling in friends directly. Particularly those guys who don't do Social Media. We've only got a small window of opportunity before people go back to work. When they do that they'll have less time and we're up against the monster that is Facebook! 2. Welcome new members when you see a new one arrive in the Introductions Section! Then involve them in conversations in threads. Don't solely communicate with your own mates and exclude others. If you do that (and we can all do that unknowingly) it makes a place look insular and cliquey to outsiders. The reality is this: I've got the software needed, I've got the server resources that are needed, and I have the tech knowledge that is needed. Those things exist whether this site runs or not, due to my business. No other forum is in this position, they have to rely on subscriptions etc to keep them afloat. So it's a great position to be in. But that doesn't mean this forum will grow. It doesn't mean the forum will even be here next year! Why? Look what happened to the others.......people just drifted off, and they couldn't be replaced because of the overwhelming dominance of Facebook. So this is why your help is critical. We need new members, and when they arrive we need to welcome them and make them one of us. So if you can help me out with these things.......because in terms of forums, given the dominance of Facebook, this one is basically The Last Chance Saloon for us! We won't get another opportunity like this!

Great to see you Mike! Not having a bike is irrelevant.......this is a reunion of old friends and everybody's welcome here! And as it is now, nobody's riding a bike at the moment! ?

Hi Len! The story is that we'd just about given up hope of ever doing a forum again because Facebook had decimated so many. We preferred the traditional forum structure by far......but people didn't. And without people you don't have a forum. But with the Covid-19 Lockdown people were at a loss what to do. Loads of time and not much to fill it except FB. And given the events of recent years, that platform has got more and more toxic. Whether you wanted it or not, you were getting Politics and Pandemic shoved down your throat all day! People were genuinely starting to lose it........and were looking for something else. Well I had the software and the server space, so I thought........let's give it a shot! It's only 2 days in but the signs are encouraging!

Hi Len.......you made it at last! @Catteeclan By the way there's another Himalayan here @Skippy

I had one once!

@Tym........Max is German but lives in the US and runs tours from there. He came over to Europe to check out Spain as a possible venue........did that, and went back to Germany for his return flight.......and the borders closed. So he's stuck there waiting to get out!

Hi @John.........glad you made it! ?

It's not a high bar in terms of quality conversations here Kevin! @Tym........here's another one who'll tell you that you need a nice V-Strom!

Hi Kevin! @Clementinekev ? Good to see somebody else with a real bike show up!

Fucking hardcore shit here Miles.......something you'd know nothing about! This is how it's done.......

Hi Max........good to see you!

Great story! And I'm 66 in 10 days so you're not the only old one here! Things went downhill after Woodstock you know! It's just crazy now! I remember going to see Charlton Heston in the film "The Omega Man" in 1972.........little did I know that nearly 50 years later I'd be living in it!

Nice to see you @emarsh......I'm in Spain as well. Been here 15 years but as I'm a Brit I didn't have to go through the licence crap. We've been on Spanish licences for over 10 years now. Whereabouts are you in Spain (I'm in Granada) and what made you decide to choose this place? I think you're the first American I've come across here! @Tym........one of your countrymen is in Spain!

It looks like @Pedro is still ahead on the Leaderboard! But look who's in 4th place......the fucking @BusBoy

Great story Pedro! All the dogs you remember from when you were here in 2006 are now gone......except for Luna! She's 14 now!

Does she smell of fish?

Sounds like some sort of 70's porn star!

Hi Tom! WTF name is Frau Grunter?

Bloody hell Eric.......you're always in the wars!

How you doing Eric?