New v Old discussion board

[copperjosh]

wise words

The board started because in '99 it was the first time this bike had been seen. No-one knew what tyres to use, how to service it or how to get those damn black pin things out of the farining without busting half of them. That's why the we came together. I still remember discussions about how cool the busa was for a pillion.

We are now 8 years on, and everyone knows how to service them, to push the centre of the pins and stop a pillion falling off when you accelerate too hard, so those topics come up less and less (unless a newbie turns up and asks about which oil to use). The new bike related topics include turboing them, drag racing and the '08. Apart from that, there is conversation and bullshit. As there are less original questions, there is more bullshit I think it comes with the territory. SURE I think some people are dreadful thread highjackers (I've done it myself - but usually to try and defuse something).

I have no answer, I just think it is stupid to attack each other of what I THINK (JUST ME) is a fairly trivial thing. I don't read the whole site, I drop in and see what Pan, Simmo and Astro are up to, see if anything interesting is happening in the Sydney drag scene and that's about it. The hijacking doesn't worry me but the agro does.