WOW! Is this board dead or what?

[BIGLRY]

I agree that it's been a tad slow recently, and I agree that it is related in some ways to the product lifecycle of our bikes. Only produced for a few years, and now a new model with nearly all new parts.

That said, though, our forum here has always been a bit quieter than some others I visit related to other toys I have/had. Back when I had my Road Glide, the Harley touring forums were full of all sorts of "how do I fix X?" or "help me troubleshoot Y" discussions. Same goes for my my other bike that shares the garage with my F6b (a BMW R bike), my 1 ton diesel truck, or my 12 year old twin turbo BMW car. No shortage of "DIY Repair of" threads for various common problems or ways to resolve issues. In some ways, the amount of traffic here is affected by the very, very high level of reliability in our bikes. There's just not as much to fuss and stress over. Of course, that means we have more time to actually ride.

Just my 2 cents. Happy New Years to all.

Yep, own a Honda and you ride more than any others!

[Phantom]

I agree that it's been a tad slow recently, and I agree that it is related in some ways to the product lifecycle of our bikes. Only produced for a few years, and now a new model with nearly all new parts.

That said, though, our forum here has always been a bit quieter than some others I visit related to other toys I have/had. Back when I had my Road Glide, the Harley touring forums were full of all sorts of "how do I fix X?" or "help me troubleshoot Y" discussions. Same goes for my my other bike that shares the garage with my F6b (a BMW R bike), my 1 ton diesel truck, or my 12 year old twin turbo BMW car. No shortage of "DIY Repair of" threads for various common problems or ways to resolve issues. In some ways, the amount of traffic here is affected by the very, very high level of reliability in our bikes. There's just not as much to fuss and stress over. Of course, that means we have more time to actually ride.

Just my 2 cents. Happy New Years to all.

Yep, own a Honda and you ride more than any others!

Yes indeed,

Well said Gentlemen...... the forum being quiet..... BLAME Honda for building such a reliable machine

[F6Bster]

Winter and Holidays!!!!

[gadgeteer]

Yep. I spend more time riding than writing

[six2go]

Must be we just don't have many "authors" among us. For instance, those of you who are also or former VRCC members are aware of Bruce Wood(aka DDT) who has around 700,000 miles on his '99 Valkyrie. No one rides more than he does, but he also posts almost every evening about his adventures of the day when he's on a trip. He writes eloquently and it makes for some very good reading if you are like me and more of a "home body" most of the time except for a couple of weeks a year. My original post wasn't necessarily intended to talk about problems with our bikes, but to inspire more people to share what is going on in their life with the F6B.

[Brasco]

Must be we just don't have many "authors" among us. For instance, those of you who are also or former VRCC members are aware of Bruce Wood(aka DDT) who has around 700,000 miles on his '99 Valkyrie. No one rides more than he does, but he also posts almost every evening about his adventures of the day when he's on a trip. He writes eloquently and it makes for some very good reading if you are like me and more of a "home body" most of the time except for a couple of weeks a year. My original post wasn't necessarily intended to talk about problems with our bikes, but to inspire more people to share what is going on in their life with the F6B.

Perhaps a New Year's resolution for everyone so inclined . . . even simple posts with pics of day trips and interesting sights along the way are fun to see (especially when it's of far flung areas we don't get a chance to visit ourselves). This could help inject some new life into the site. On that note, I'm probably like a lot of others on here. I have posted so few pics that I always need to go back and try and figure out how to do it again. Need to sort that out so it becomes less hassle. Less hassle should equal more posts.

[red dog]

shrunken head and Mardi Gras beads….hangin on a rearview mirror that bleeds….keepin her eye on the open road….no tellin' where that son-abitch goes…..got her doors locked doin' 75 …..don't care to be caught now dead or alive…..seen enough to kill anyones' soul …..keepin ' her eyes on the open road …..keepin'her eyes on the open road…..the open road where the hopeless come ……to see if hope still runs……one by one they bring their broke down loads…..and leave 'em where the hobos dreams are stowed…..out on the open road …..out on the open road……midnight fallen' like a bag of bones…….weighted down now ……the rest with stones…..bouncin' off a river the moon made steel……crackin'off the chrome of steering wheel……any thing back there is burned and dead…..any love they made …..any words they said…..nothing left to do now…..but drop it and roll…….into the lights of the open road…the open road where the hopeless come ….to see if hope still runs …..one by one they bring their broke down loads ….and leave em' where the hobos dreams are stowed……out on the open road…..out on the open road…………………John Hiatt ………the open road

[2wheelsforme]

Just to add a new post: Not a new picture but one I like and setting next to my friends expensive HD. IMG_5584.JPG

[RickW]

Just to add a new post: Not a new picture but one I like and setting next to my friends expensive HD. IMG_5584.JPG

Here is another with my F6B next to my expensive HD.
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[Shadowaero]

1100 views in 8 days! I would NOT call this board dead.