[Bujee1]

Yeah, but if you just put in surging, three of those pages will be posts from the "what is a motorcycle forum with out these".

You make that sound like it is a bad thing.

 

[CPT PYRO]

I have learned an incredible amount from this forum. I learn something new virtually everyday I look back on some of my early posts and I want to give myself the facepalm. Naive I was and still am about a lot.

But I hang around and thoroughly enjoy most of the banter and even the arguments.

 

[MagVic CCT]

While working on some early and rough drafts of @Half_Crazy 's instructional videos, we came up with this. What do ya'll think? Not direct enough?

 

[Half_Crazy]

I don't know why people think I'm a prick. I'm the nicest guy you ever want to meet, I'm just not going to coddle you.

Sometimes, the thing to do is put down the tools and step away from the motorcycle... because you're f**king up more than you're fixing. Sometimes, trying to save a dollar will cost you $100. That's where I come in. Someone has to love you enough to tell you these things. It will probably sting a little, but that's all on your end, it wasn't said with malice it was said with love.

Maybe I don't understand hurt feelings... because I only have 2 feelings... hungry and horny. If I don't have an erection, make sandwiches. I just assume all men are like me.

@Keith Grey is very much the same way. When he and I are talking people might CRINGE at what we say to each other, but we are exactly alike... no one's feeling are being hurt. Ask @wvrider1 about that. Keith and I are boys. I love him like a... really distant cousin or something.

 

[Half_Crazy]

I joke that I wish Google was free and available to everybody, and not just me.

It's so ironic that people have access to google IN THEIR HAND and can't find out anything.

 

[IM12STPN]

AARP- American Association of Retired People

Questions
and Answers from
AARP Forum

Q: Where
can single men over the age of 70 find
younger women who are interested in them?

A: Try
a bookstore, under
Fiction.

Q: What
can a man do while his wife is going
through menopause?

A: Keep
busy. If you're handy with tools, you can
finish the basement. When you're done, you will have a place to
live.

Q: Someone
has told me that menopause is
mentioned in the bible... Is that true?
Where can it be
found?

A: Yes.
Matthew 14:92:
"And Mary rode
Joseph's ass all the way to Egypt

...."

Q: How
can you increase the heart rate of your
over-70 year-old husband?

A: Tell
him you're
pregnant.

Q: How
can you avoid that terrible curse of the
elderly wrinkles?

A: Take
off your
glasses.

Q: Seriously!
What can I do for these crow's feet
and all those wrinkles on my face?

A: Go
braless. It will usually pull them out..

Q: Why
should 70-plus year old people use valet
parking?

A: Valets
don't forget where they park your
car.

Q: Is
it common for 70-plus year olds to have
problems with short term memory storage?

A: Storing
memory is not a problem. Retrieving it
is the problem.

Q: As
people age, do they sleep more soundly?

A: Yes,
but usually in the
afternoon.

Q: Where
should 70-plus year olds look for eye
glasses?

A: On
their
foreheads.

Q: What
is the most common remark made by 70-plus
year olds when they enter antique stores?

A: "Gosh,
I remember
these!"

SMILE,
You've still got your sense of
humor, haven't you?

 

[Half_Crazy]

This is what it's like trying to sleep with a menopausal wife....

AC on 'North Pole' with a fan blowing directly across the bed like being in a wind tunnel because "I'm hot!", but she has a sheet, a down comforter, a blanket, and a bedspread over her.

I wake up to the alarm and notice that I CAN SEE MY BREATH it's so freakin' cold in here. Not including the wind chill factor from the fan. I close the bedroom door and leave her in 'Antarctica' while I drink my coffee, huddled in front of the fireplace.

 

[kaitiff]

Larry man.. you freaking made me spit my coffee out you bastard! "I only have 2 feelings.. if I don't have an erection.. make a sandwich!" That line will get used again I promise.

I will tell you one thing that would be kinda nice here.. a 'start here' kind of area with the compilation of all the 'known' things people usually ask about their new bikes. Sure the search feature is nice.. but it can also confuse the hell outta someone that doesn't already know a lot of stuff, like conversations that go back and forth for a zillion pages going nowhere. Not that I don't appreciate the back and forth while we're doing it.. but if you wanted to ask someone experienced a question about 'what is this' or 'what's the best way to do this' you don't want to hear the backstory for 2 hrs to get an answer. Thats a lot of why newbies just flat out ask for themselves.. to get to the best current answer w/out having to dig through 15 years of conversations to find the answer. Maybe something like a WIKI for all things Vic... yah... I know.. dream on. Someone would have to go through and do all of the work compiling it all and making it nice and neat.

 

[jwfuchs1]

I've notice that the search engine does suck on this website. I can type in exactly the thread's title and still have to search the results. It should be right at the top but oh well. I've learned that it is much easier to a Google search for the problem you are having and it will either bring you to this site or the other.

 

[Half_Crazy]

Larry man.. you freaking made me spit my coffee out you bastard! "I only have 2 feelings.. if I don't have an erection.. make a sandwich!" That line will get used again I promise.

I will tell you one thing that would be kinda nice here.. a 'start here' kind of area with the compilation of all the 'known' things people usually ask about their new bikes. Sure the search feature is nice.. but it can also confuse the hell outta someone that doesn't already know a lot of stuff, like conversations that go back and forth for a zillion pages going nowhere. Not that I don't appreciate the back and forth while we're doing it.. but if you wanted to ask someone experienced a question about 'what is this' or 'what's the best way to do this' you don't want to hear the backstory for 2 hrs to get an answer. Thats a lot of why newbies just flat out ask for themselves.. to get to the best current answer w/out having to dig through 15 years of conversations to find the answer. Maybe something like a WIKI for all things Vic... yah... I know.. dream on. Someone would have to go through and do all of the work compiling it all and making it nice and neat.

Yes... an FAQ section...

Kinda like the AARP thing above.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: How do I get the stock exhaust off my Vegas?
A: Take out the bolts that hold it on the bike, then pick it up off the ground.

 

[Bujee1]

I don't know why people think I'm a prick. I'm the nicest guy you ever want to meet, I'm just not going to coddle you.

Sometimes, the thing to do is put down the tools and step away from the motorcycle... because you're f**king up more than you're fixing. Sometimes, trying to save a dollar will cost you $100. That's where I come in. Someone has to love you enough to tell you these things. It will probably sting a little, but that's all on your end, it wasn't said with malice it was said with love.

Maybe I don't understand hurt feelings... because I only have 2 feelings... hungry and horny. If I don't have an erection, make sandwiches. I just assume all men are like me.

@Keith Grey is very much the same way. When he and I are talking people might CRINGE at what we say to each other, but we are exactly alike... no one's feeling are being hurt. Ask @wvrider1 about that. Keith and I are boys. I love him like a... really distant cousin or something.

You are cool with me. You are kind of like beer. The first taste you think " why did I open this?! This drink is not sweet at all!" Then you realize it's pretty good in the right amount and you'd miss it if it wasn't around.

 

[IM12STPN]

You are cool with me. You are kind of like beer. The first taste you think " why did I open this?! This drink is not sweet at all!" Then you realize it's pretty good in the right amount and you'd miss it if it wasn't around.

I don't miss it....less tickets :rofl2:

 

[Half_Crazy]

I don't miss it....less tickets :rofl2:

Me either... I drink Vodka... in moderation.

 

[kaitiff]

Yes... an FAQ section...

Kinda like the AARP thing above.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: How do I get the stock exhaust off my Vegas?
A: Take out the bolts that hold it on the bike, then pick it up off the ground.

Maybe for you man.. but for someone just getting a 'new' bike.. questions like
What kind of oil should I use and how often do I change it?
Where do I find aftermarket <fillintheblank> for my ...
What's the best performance upgrades to do?

This stuff gets asked over and over again... because it's information that ppl want but can't/won't search for it. There's always gonna be questions outside of the general few...but most ppl when they first come here are looking for the standard set of answers that we've all done a zillion times before. How about troubleshooting? Rylan made some freaking awesome videos.. see 'em linked all the time.. but where are they? Hell, for all I know there's already a section like this that I haven't ever bothered to look at or for.. but on first login ppl should have an easy to find 'start here for all your questions' kinda forum and put all the 'it is known' type stuff there.

 

[Phideaux]

Man, I just opened up this thread and was nearly overcome by the odor of "old guys" . . .

 

[Half_Crazy]

Youthful exuberance is no match for old age and treachery...

 

[NY mike]

Youthful exuberance is no match for old age and treachery...

I'm not as fast nor as strong as I use to be BUT I cheat like a son of a ***** !

 

[IM12STPN]

Me either... I drink Vodka... in moderation.

Toward the end of my career I could never understand moderation...why waste the money...GET DRUNK! :rofl2: Absolut on the rocks and put the lime on the side, takes up to much room in glass

 

[Trout]

but on first login ppl should have an easy to find 'start here for all your questions' kinda forum and put all the 'it is known' type stuff there.

I suggested that same thing in a different thread a few weeks back.
Even started it off with a few suggestions.
Moderators should be able to tack it to the home page or even the sign up page.

 

[Half_Crazy]

Toward the end of my career I could never understand moderation...why waste the money...GET DRUNK! :rofl2: Absolut on the rocks and put the lime on the side, takes up to much room in glass

Moderation is cheaper than getting drunk in so many ways... I just hate beer.