XTreme

Can everybody make sure they read this:

Of course Mike........you can post any links you want......including business ones! We only draw the line at Chinese motorcycles.......we've got to have some sort of standards!

And Tracey is in South Wales Bruce!

I don't think death threats are what is required at the moment @Tym.......give it a few weeks first! Maybe we can put at @Pedro in as a shill?

Hi! ?

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!

Weather permitting Bob!

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! ?

Good memory Bruce! I've still got it! ?

Superb Fred!

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

The last thing it had before it before it went into storage........

But I never leave this place Pedro!

Absolutely Bruce! The WOW factor has long gone for me though because I've been here so long......it just becomes the norm!

It's not the food that makes me feel ill!

Fantastic Russ! Here's a bit of culture for you @Tym! Seen this @BusBoy, @Sir Fallsalot, @Pedro?

@Sir Fallsalot........another abandoned village!

Another abandoned Spanish village.......Moralejo de Arriba in the Murcia province. Apparently it never had electricity or water, and the last inhabitants left in 1985.