Imagine a bunch of people in a video game pretending to be a Lords of Ring character and interacting with each other lol
GTAM likes and dislikes
- Thread starter Wingboy
- Start date
Imagine a bunch of people in a video game pretending to be a Lords of Ring character and interacting with each other lol
and the best players were ones you had to use an in game translator with pre determined phrases to communicate with.
bigpoppa
Well-known member
isnt lotro still around? How is it?
Go on a Goldwing forum. The average age is "nearly dead" The average weight is "Should be dead"
I like Gene but like Neda better! Soz ima gonna steal her one day.....
Mostly I like the peeps iI've met
Totally agree - need more of the longer ride reports for sure.
I remember when I first joined GTAM, I read every thread in the Technical Forum. I didn't retain anything but it was very educational.
I miss is the frequency of longer rides that used to be posted in the Rides/Hookup's forum. There were a lot of 800km+ twisty rides posted throughout the season - doesn't seem to happen much any more. Not sure if it's because of other sites like meetup or various Whatsapp groups.
Admittedly, I haven't participated in many group rides, but I noticed that after the Scarborough Rides stuff, that area really died down. Also, I am pretty sure this forum's demographic has shifted and people that frequent forum just don't have the time to do a full day.
The younger folks and their rides have definitely moved onto other social media platforms.
I'm on this WhatsApp group and there are tons of rides posted up. It's just that I can't understand half of what they're saying: "Tarutaru dances", "Jeuno", "Mithra", what is all that stuff?!?!
Long ago I went on some GTAM rides. Not for me. Too many people, too much dumb crap happening, too many people in the ditch. Normally I go solo or with a small group of like minded riders. On at least one GTAM ride, I split off from the group and met them at the destination as I wanted no part of what was going on. Later that day while headed south on the 400, one GTAM member (who is almost never here anymore), passed on the shoulder at ~200.
When I used to organize group rides, I'd filter the participants by setting the meet-up time for 8AM. Always got good sorts of people showing up.
Gross generalization I know, but riff-raff doesn't tend to wake up till 10AM.
Gross generalization I know, but riff-raff doesn't tend to wake up till 10AM.
lol I filter by stating my rides start at 6:30am and are about 1000km
I guess that's why the same 2 or 3 people ever come.
lol I filter by stating my rides start at 6:30am and are about 1000km
I guess that's why the same 2 or 3 people ever come.
Did you just call me riff-raff?
i love sleeping in.call me king of the riff raff .... I sleep between 8 and 10 hours a night. That’s what keeps me tight like a tiger and juicy like....juicy stuff...getting up early sucks
Last edited:
Ditto. I do group riding, but I do it with people I know in circumstances where there's expectations so far as how everyone rides.
I went on a charity ride 3 years ago for something that was (at the time) near and dear to our hearts. There was probably 300 or more bikes. It was my wife's first ever exposure to that sort of thing and I rode behind her as a blocker if it became necessary and we kept in touch on the intercom just in case I saw something about to happen she didn't see. Sure enough within the first 10 minutes there was several wheelies.. Then people standing on their seat hotdogging. And the usual "hands in the air look at me" smattering through the group. I explained to my wife that it only takes one of those people to go down at 90kph to potentially take out a ton of other innocent riders who are now tangled in the resulting wreck.
Now she understands why I avoid those sorts of rides.
Everyone here (at least the ones I know and are regulars) doesn't strike me as those sorts, but yeah, it only takes a few to potentially really ruin the experience overall for the others who just want to go have some safe non-hooligan fun.
Even without the hooliganism, a lot was people in way over their heads. No matter how many times they were told to ride their own ride and they would wait for them ahead, just terrifying crap in corners or parking in corners (speed limit minus 20) and then a missile on the straights (speed limit plus 100). Not my style at all and high probability of a crash.
You're far too nice to be called riff-raff. Plus I would start the ride late for you anyways.Did you just call me riff-raff?
Hey not everyone with a goldwing is that old. FYI 12.67seconds @105MPH after stripping about 250 pounds
lol I filter by stating my rides start at 6:30am and are about 1000km
I guess that's why the same 2 or 3 people ever come.
6:30 is not the issue, but1000 kms on my bike would put me in the hospital!
bigpoppa
Well-known member
mileage is such a subjective thing
1000 on a touring or adventure touring bike isnt nearly as impressive as a 1000 on a supersport or something with less wind protection
