I tend to agree forum has gone to .... but there are quite a few factors involved in that,when it first started the 1199 was new and there were alot of kinks so it was a great source of info.
It tended to have two camps the track guys and the everyday rider but the bike had certain issues that everyone was interested in resolving such as the heat threads which never ended, stalling issues etc.
The forum evolved and the bling crowd (no offence had their own excitement as to what they wanted) and the track guys had alot of technical items they wanted resolved and lets face it an awful lot of bling as most riders are not particularly fast, my point is there was alot of items to keep you interested in the forum.
But members have come and gone for various reasons from selling bikes to not wanting the constant bickering on this site, and endodoc i have to say you have been one of the most divisive members on this board and have pushed alot of folks away myself included, The constant belittling of members for being interested in some bling to the idea that you can essentially build a better bike than ducati and berating them for including some items cheaper items from a parts bin and i always wondered why you just didn't do it. Everyone can build a better bike by putting on billet items or WSBK forks but that's not building a bike that's just adding bling with a bigger check book.
The only reason i used to pay attention to this site was to get info from the track riders but most of those guys have now little interest in contributing myself included.
It tended to have two camps the track guys and the everyday rider but the bike had certain issues that everyone was interested in resolving such as the heat threads which never ended, stalling issues etc.
The forum evolved and the bling crowd (no offence had their own excitement as to what they wanted) and the track guys had alot of technical items they wanted resolved and lets face it an awful lot of bling as most riders are not particularly fast, my point is there was alot of items to keep you interested in the forum.
But members have come and gone for various reasons from selling bikes to not wanting the constant bickering on this site, and endodoc i have to say you have been one of the most divisive members on this board and have pushed alot of folks away myself included, The constant belittling of members for being interested in some bling to the idea that you can essentially build a better bike than ducati and berating them for including some items cheaper items from a parts bin and i always wondered why you just didn't do it. Everyone can build a better bike by putting on billet items or WSBK forks but that's not building a bike that's just adding bling with a bigger check book.
The only reason i used to pay attention to this site was to get info from the track riders but most of those guys have now little interest in contributing myself included.
I'm not a racer- to old and competitive to scratch that itch, but not afraid to pick up a spanner or learn to do new things so for me and my latest love this is a great place to check it all out. Here's a simple example, thought I'd do the fluids tonight rather than at the desmo service (which I might do myself), a quick search of the forum to see if there was any ABS fish hooks and a pleasant hour with the vacuum pump and its sweet! That aspect remains and is good, as for the instagram bling threads- its not for me to tell people how to enjoy their 20,30,50k or in the case of the V4 SL 100k motorcycles. Threads about bolting on bling, really this is a hobby so why not, however that not a racers build, its something else. The other fact that was mentioned earlier is that the raison d'être for the board has changed, people have got older and life has removed many members via kids and other commitments. No need to lament just roll with it.
