What is happening with GTAM

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Lightcycle said:
Having been here awhile, I've realized the forum is like a high school. There's a three or four year cycle where new members log in, they're super excited and post a million times a day, they organize group rides, find and meet other riders that join GTAM about the same time and create an online clique for that period of time.

After about 3-4 years, some give up riding, others get sick of discussing the same topics so they stop visiting or posting. They basically graduate from GTAM, still keep in touch with the clique that they joined the forum at the same time. Then a new batch of users come in and the cycle is repeated.

The users that still hang out here with a join date of ~2002, those are like the 25-year old guys in the Trans Am that still hang out in the high school parking lot... :)

The analogy holds up further: every generation is going to have a class clown, the girl that gets all the attention, a nerd, a stoner, a rebel without a clue. GTAM is basically a John Hughes movie played out every 4 years.
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God damn it i used to have a camaro...

ZX600 said:
I wonder if people getting bored of the internet is a trend, I always wondered if there is going to be a turning point when people will go back to the streets and instead of chatting on a computer, they will drag their ***** back to having a coffee with a friend instead, maybe calling people will become the norm again!

My best memories are of me hanging with my friends at the corner of a street for no other reason than to hang out with them, if I was a teenager these days, I would instead most likely be inside my house on the internet masturbating
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Roomie said:
I come here strictly for 2 wets knowledgeable rants. That guy knows everything

Unban sonny the bull

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:lmao:

mikbusa said:
What's happening? This:
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The numbers don't lie.
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:lmao:

mikbusa said:
I put the moderators on ignore, then they can't ban me.
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Why didn't i think of that.







What is it with everyone and their holier than thou attitude?

If you guys don't like it then leave, but cut the bs. A lot of people have left, a **** load of more got banned. Some stayed away, others after coming back 30 times the moderators just gave up on. Others have returned as trolls and get their kicks this way.

Whatever floats your boat.

You have a very diverse group of people in one place and as a result there will be all sorts of drama. But in the end everyone has one thing in common and thats motorcycles.

I practically live here when at work, and enjoy reading and posting. I've learned a lot from this site, met some great people and if i can pass that on to others then im happy to do it.

Many will disagree with Paul's rules and bannings, but on one hand if you let the site be a free for all with no rules the newer riders/members will want to stay away. On the other if you ban the funny/controversial people there won't be much content and the long time members will complain. I think the balance is somewhere in the middle but this isn't my site...
 
My questions is not necessarily directed to how the Mods run the forum, this topic has been discussed in other threads and I have learned discussing that is really not useful.

Mods and More Important owners can for sure be a reason why the post count and participation is low but I am sure there are more reasons.
 
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ZX600 said:
My questions is not necessarily directed to how the Mods ruin the forum, this topic has been discussed in other threads and I have learned discussing that is really not useful.

Mods and More Important owners can for sure be a reason why the post count and participation is low but I am sure there are more reasons.
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fixed.
 
I dont post much but I enjoy lurking and checking in everyday, mostly everyone is pretty helpful around here except the few who only criticize or tell you that you got ripped off if you paid more then half price for any bike you purchased.
 
I can at least say this: over the last decade, the site has influenced decisions I've made such as going to FAST, where I got insurance (do people still remember Kaspard?), where I got cheap used gear when I was starting out, where I bought my first cellphone (from someone on here, for $40), and what my options where when I was charged with riding 112 in a 50 (like an idiot, before HTA 172 was a twinkle in anyone's eye).

It's changed over the years, but that's an unavoidable side-effect of time. There have been phases of general hostility, bad advice, blistering diatribes from a vocal minority that were disgusted by sociopathic behavior (this has been different voices over time). I still like it here, it ALWAYS gets a little crazy during the winter months, spring will be here soon.
 
It was a proud moment of GTAM. Petes started advertising on GTAM and through word of mouth. a horde of people started ordering tires and parts from him. Local shops were ridiculously priced compared to him. As in, with shipping, a set from Pete was 50% off locally sourced set. I remember paying for a set of BT016s what a rear cost locally.
This was around the time when dollar became on par with USD.

Soon on thereafter Pete took his prices down and you had to login or inquire as to the price of tires. I found that weird. Through the grapevine GTAM members discovered that local GTA shops gave an ultimatum to the tire manufacturers in a bid to shut Pete out of the Toronto area business. Taking down prices from his site was a request by the manufacturers to try and smooth out the situation.
A grassroots movement of GTAMers in turn vowed to do no business with those shops and to spread the word. Local shops backed down and begrudgingly started to price match Pete.

We can probably thank Pete for singlehandedly saving us thousands in tire costs.

Chaos said:
what happened with the pete's tires fiasco? i don't remember that one.
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killerkeith said:
I had to sell my bike last winter and hated all you ****ers for your bike ownership and had nothing to contribute as a result. I'm not poor anymore and will be buying a new bike shortly. My antics will resume then.
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Who said anything about needing a motorcycle to post on this forum?
 
yes, no, maybe so
 
It's late February. CABIN FEVER.

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