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Post by gsx on May 24, 2015 18:28:50 GMT
It's OSS not dave and ken , reign it in lads and others may post a bit more . . .
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Post by bigkenx on May 24, 2015 18:31:18 GMT
Fella join in , and we don't get offended it's good if everyone joins in we all have something in common brings together race, nationalities and thats Suzuki bikes
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Post by jaydee on May 24, 2015 18:32:56 GMT
The original site had a lot more going on. Nearly every section had a few topics springing up. Enough to keep you entertained for you're evening fix. Some right piss takers and good batter on a good night. Okay it had it's bad points too. A little over-policed at times, members sometimes got the hump or a handbags at dawn feud or two might be going on, (some terrific and highly entertaining popcorn moments) and the site could be slow as feck, up one day down the next. Now Ash has done an incredible job of saving the O.S.S. forum based platform and is very close in it's identity to the old .info site but I can't help thinking many of the old high posters have snubbed the new site in favour of the messy layout of Facebook. I feel that the site is torn in two halves, those why use Facebook and those that don't. This what I can't understand, the original site was created to pull together like minded people who are passionate about Suzuki based oldskools and collect their knowledge which can be easily found databased all under one website. I see the data that goes on Facebook as 'lost to the wind' as it is next to impossible to find anything posted older than a week. Think of all the useful Knowledge that has vapourised away that could have been put on here instead. Now I don't know why some choose to stay away from here in favour Facebook. My guess is starting this site without the blessing of the old guard may have put a few noses out of joint and have decided to Boycott the site, maybe waiting for a more permanent version of O.S.S. to appear. Roughly 3+ years since the old site went offline and this is the only thing that has taken its place. There was a lot of talk that this site would only be a makeshift site till a new super-duper permanent site was created. That still hasn't happened and oss.proboards has been going strong and the collection of knowledge has grown immensely in little more than 2 years. I haven't heard the subject of a new O.S.S. raised in long time. This site is working out quiet well. It could be even better if more of the old .info site members got involved on here and try and help make something of .proboards. Also it would help if some of the new O.S.S. would stop 'lurking about' and get posting in the threads are start asking questions. From a quick bit of maths I make out this site has 2268 members out of which 1278 have '0' posts. We don't bite so come on in!!!!!!
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Post by bigkenx on May 24, 2015 18:34:13 GMT
If we didn't post this would be a ghost town gsx , let's see
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 18:40:33 GMT
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Post by gsx on May 24, 2015 18:49:46 GMT
well said jaydee.............. there is a line of fb/forum........... some just join to look in the for sale bit ? plenty lurk........ and if i say too much or piss a few off ? tuff ? jog on kitty ............ reign it in let's see dave . . .self imposed gag order , couple of days
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Post by kokolis on May 24, 2015 18:56:17 GMT
+1 for jaydee, but omg m8 with your last 3 posts you could have a book writen
Joke mode off
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Post by bigkenx on May 24, 2015 18:56:56 GMT
Woo woooo woooo woooo it's the post to much police , the next people that will post to much will get moaned at then, it doesn't make sense it's like going the pub and not speaking.
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Post by jaydee on May 24, 2015 19:06:35 GMT
Well Bigkenx, you give out about lack of posters and you get a 2 page thread in under 2 hours so all I can say is
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Post by gsx on May 24, 2015 19:16:45 GMT
Woo woooo woooo woooo it's the post to much police , the next people that will post to much will get moaned at then, it doesn't make sense it's like going the pub and not speaking. Make of the site what you will ken , if I want to talk bollocks to strangers I'll go to the pub , if I want to talk suzuki , this is where I come . Have noticed that the European lads arnt posting lately and they have some clever builds . . .
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Post by captain chaos on May 24, 2015 19:29:28 GMT
Have noticed that the European lads arnt posting lately and they have some clever builds . . . that's because in Europe we have a real summer and we spend a lot of time riding.
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Post by bigkenx on May 24, 2015 19:30:39 GMT
This is why this is on general board to talk about anything Suzuki or forum, I agree the lads aren't posting and they have cracking bikes and mix very clever ideas but I don't think it's because me an dave talk shit , that's why I created this thread to initiate members to join in
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Post by gsx on May 24, 2015 19:44:23 GMT
Fair play ken , spent all day yesterday with carbs and all day today bleeding back brake . But won't post that in case someone thinks it's boring !! Oss is sharing of information . . . All members and watchers , no matter how basic you think what your doing is , post it up , it may help someone , that's what we are about!
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Post by quazi on May 24, 2015 19:46:30 GMT
Have noticed that the European lads arnt posting lately and they have some clever builds . . . that's because in Europe we have a real summer and we spend a lot of time riding. There's no need for that kind of talk around here, spoilt it now. Here you go. today I added and extra 2bhp to the bike on the rear end. It is complete. I figured if I put it on the back, both those I pass and those that pass me, it'll be the last thing they see.
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Post by Ash on May 24, 2015 20:10:20 GMT
In the past couple of years this forum has only seen upward growth whether it is members, threads and posts made. Yes a lot of members don't post anything, that's their choice, but a real shame. Last year the forum was getting around a hundred thousand page views a month, now it's almost quarter of a million. Over 180 new threads are created each month with over two thousand replies to those threads. New members are joining on a daily basis. We can only hope that they contribute to the forum in some way and those that just lurk will eventually pluck up the courage to join in too. Below are the stats from the last few weeks.
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