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beansbaxter · 02-09-2006, 11:50 AM

It's up...it's called:

Rides & Destinations
Reviews about motorcycle rides and destinations...

Does that work??

Roger · 02-09-2006, 11:52 AM

Uhhhh. We are talking about pictures, right??

They should go in the pictures section.

We have a ton of Photobugs on the other forum and we just put them in the picture sections, it works well (just make sure you spell the name of the road right).

Tim (Pashnit) has now gone to a pay site. $20 to look at his pictures and road reviews - screw that.

RVFR · 02-09-2006, 11:58 AM

What!? O-Man you sure? was just there yesterday, didn't seem to have any hangups, Oh but I bet you're talking about the ride-photo stories he has published in detail on his other site he has California roads. there were rumors that might happen. Hes tryig to keep it ad free so he Tim was up in the air which way to go sell ad spce or charge to be able to read and look at his details. whew just snuck in time I guess, but if you go to his forum lots of ride catagorys with photos

vtwin · 02-09-2006, 12:02 PM

They want a rides and destinations forum, so they dont have to search through forums or go to soundrider.com Just play along

goslow · 04-08-2006, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by vtwin

The only poo poo out there in 30+ times riding it has been the 1 sherriff that lives on the road itself.

I believe the Sheriff's house is just north of Adna, maybe a mile or two. I've seen a cop car parked at one of those houses just out of town. I always take it easy in that area and have yet to see a cop in that whole stretch
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fastfar · 11-16-2006, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Tri-Me

...Tim (Pashnit) has now gone to a pay site. $20 to look at his pictures and road reviews - screw that.

I paid the $20 when he first went pay-to-see as a gesture of support. I live neat Tim/pashnit and he's a great guy, if a little focused on the commercial prospects now. I won't pay the $20 again tho, he is established enough and I have ridden his roads anyway...

But his associated forum is free and works on the same platform as this one I think, very similar at least. And the forum is where the best reports and pics are posted. Also there are now a lot of international members and riders form other states who post up from their areas with a lot of good pics and routes etc. It's nice to be able to go to one sub-forum to find most of the reports and pics. Pashnit has around 30,000 photos on the forum, so he burns bandwidth like it was gasoline in his 'Busa.

I hope the pics section takes off here, I look forward to seeing the areas I plan to ride in next year.

posnews · 02-22-2007, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by richardlpalmer

Well, here's what I've observed from being on larger forums (and although this is a regional forum it seems to be growing by leaps and bounds), posts will be pushed off the first page within a matter of hours or a day on a busy forum. In a few days if it's moderately busy.

Now, we're not talking about ride announcements, right? Those (and their resultant "good times" stories) will be posted in the appropriate regional forum. I mean there will be ride announcements probably every day during the summer to go here and there. And those will fall off the first page or two quickly as people will go, chat about it a bit and be done with it.

What's being talked about is something like this:

Let's say I did the 3-Pass Blast (Stevens, Blewit, Snoqualmie). It might be useful for people unfamiliar with that ride to be able to see a map of the route (I have one), get the estimated distance in miles and a read review of each leg of the trip. If I had pictures along the way I could post them so the terrain, views and road condition could be seen.

In this example getting to see what Steven's roads are like is quite a bit different than Blewit's (long, fast sweepers compared to tighter, technical stuff). And it's also a major difference in roads (4 lanes each way compared to one lane each way -- and often long sections of "no passing zones"). And the time of day would be useful too. This is a morning to mid-day ride so you don't get stuck in the I-90 traffic on your way back, etc.

I don't know. If it isn't done it won't be a big deal. But I know when I started riding around here I would have all but killed for write-ups like that. And there are a lot of people that have been riding for years that probably haven't ventured out of their normal stompin' grounds...

You might want to check out WWW.nwbikers.com. Lots of the stuff you are talking about. Ride ideas and roads with maps. Rallie reports with pics and Video. On road Video of lots of the mapped roads. Pretty much every Video has a map somewhere

Thanks
Randy The X Man
www.nwbikers.com

Transported · 02-22-2007, 09:30 AM

I don't know the logistics of how it might be put together, but I agree with KneeDragGirl that it would be nice to have an area specific to rides. The bicycling clubs all have a ride schedule by date. It's all in one place with contact information, directions, route basics, all ride information. Ride reports follow after the event.

A calendar might be nice, too. I know we have the calendar feature on the forum home page, but regular rides are not put on there. It might be nice if you could just click on the calendar date that you want to ride and have a page come up with all the available rides on that day.

I totally missed my Northern bike night last night because I seldom visit the Northern region, prefering to just visit the General page, which only lists the most recent posts. I guess the Northern meet was posted, but I missed it because it was pushed off the page before I saw it.

RVFR · 02-22-2007, 09:58 AM

That calender idea would be a nice touch. The section "Ride reviews & destinations" has been used with some success, thing is, when its a particular ride thats posted most are putting up the ride in the section that it's happening at. Then after the ride most find it easier to repost their experince in the original thread, instead of creating a new thread in the ride review section, go figure, I use it.

CMac · 03-21-2007, 08:00 PM

Of course we wouldn't want to divert member from THIS AWSOME SITE (we're loyal anyway), but there is a new FREE site (rider's forum) that incorporates Google maps to show rides.

Of course I put a *shameless* plug for washingtonriders.com in there, but its so new there are not many members or maps yet.

Check it out

http://openroadjourney.com

fuster · 11-24-2007, 12:46 PM

I checked that forum link for CA. It is for a professional tour company.

I think the trick to doing this dedicated ride discussion forum will be in the moderators. You need to keep the posts to ONLY text specific to the write up posted for the thread, not jokes back and forth between members that simply waste space and make it hard for peeps to get what they came there for. If it is strictly moderated I am for it. If it has a buncha wasteful posts that make the threads long, fagetaboutit.


03-21-2007, 08:00 PM	#50
CMac Endorsed Joined: Aug 2006 From: spokane, wa I Ride: like there's no tomorrow	New site: Ride maps Of course we wouldn't want to divert member from THIS AWSOME SITE (we're loyal anyway), but there is a new FREE site (rider's forum) that incorporates Google maps to show rides. Of course I put a shameless plug for washingtonriders.com in there, but its so new there are not many members or maps yet. Check it out http://openroadjourney.com

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02-09-2006, 11:50 AM	#41
beansbaxter PNW Administrator Joined: Sep 2004 From: Seattle, WA Blog Entries: 7 I Ride: 2006 ZX-10R	It's up...it's called: Rides & Destinations Reviews about motorcycle rides and destinations... Does that work??


02-09-2006, 11:52 AM	#42
Roger Tri-Me Joined: Oct 2005 From: Milwaukie, OR / Newark, CA I Ride: British Bikes	Uhhhh. We are talking about pictures, right?? They should go in the pictures section. We have a ton of Photobugs on the other forum and we just put them in the picture sections, it works well (just make sure you spell the name of the road right). Tim (Pashnit) has now gone to a pay site. $20 to look at his pictures and road reviews - screw that.


02-09-2006, 11:58 AM	#43
RVFR Pilot in Command Joined: Dec 2005 From: Olympia, WA Blog Entries: 10 I Ride: Honda............Ducati?	What!? O-Man you sure? was just there yesterday, didn't seem to have any hangups, Oh but I bet you're talking about the ride-photo stories he has published in detail on his other site he has California roads. there were rumors that might happen. Hes tryig to keep it ad free so he Tim was up in the air which way to go sell ad spce or charge to be able to read and look at his details. whew just snuck in time I guess, but if you go to his forum lots of ride catagorys with photos


02-09-2006, 12:02 PM	#44
vtwin MotoGP Contender Joined: May 2005 From: Indy valley I Ride: Vtwin	They want a rides and destinations forum, so they dont have to search through forums or go to soundrider.com Just play along


02-22-2007, 09:30 AM	#48
Transported MotoGP Champion Joined: Dec 2006 From: Portland, Oregon I Ride: '99 R1, '80 Suz GS450S	I don't know the logistics of how it might be put together, but I agree with KneeDragGirl that it would be nice to have an area specific to rides. The bicycling clubs all have a ride schedule by date. It's all in one place with contact information, directions, route basics, all ride information. Ride reports follow after the event. A calendar might be nice, too. I know we have the calendar feature on the forum home page, but regular rides are not put on there. It might be nice if you could just click on the calendar date that you want to ride and have a page come up with all the available rides on that day. I totally missed my Northern bike night last night because I seldom visit the Northern region, prefering to just visit the General page, which only lists the most recent posts. I guess the Northern meet was posted, but I missed it because it was pushed off the page before I saw it.


02-22-2007, 09:58 AM	#49
RVFR Pilot in Command Joined: Dec 2005 From: Olympia, WA Blog Entries: 10 I Ride: Honda............Ducati?	That calender idea would be a nice touch. The section "Ride reviews & destinations" has been used with some success, thing is, when its a particular ride thats posted most are putting up the ride in the section that it's happening at. Then after the ride most find it easier to repost their experince in the original thread, instead of creating a new thread in the ride review section, go figure, I use it.


11-24-2007, 12:46 PM	#51
fuster Endorsed Joined: Apr 2007 From: Auburn, WA I Ride: 1996 Kaw. ZX9R; 1993 ZR-1300	I checked that forum link for CA. It is for a professional tour company. I think the trick to doing this dedicated ride discussion forum will be in the moderators. You need to keep the posts to ONLY text specific to the write up posted for the thread, not jokes back and forth between members that simply waste space and make it hard for peeps to get what they came there for. If it is strictly moderated I am for it. If it has a buncha wasteful posts that make the threads long, fagetaboutit.