[rrman01]

hey all just wondering how many riders are interested in a ride day or weekend cmon lets get together and discus our bikes and get to know each other yeah when we get some numbers will arrange time and place

[knife-guy]

rrman01, on 12 May 2010 - 08:24 AM, said:

hey all just wondering how many riders are interested in a ride day or weekend cmon lets get together and discus our bikes and get to know each other yeah when we get some numbers will arrange time and place

doing that right now so far there is 3 spyders interested including myself and maybe a couple 2 wheelers

[rrman01]

knife-guy, on 20 May 2010 - 07:15 AM, said:

doing that right now so far there is 3 spyders interested including myself and maybe a couple 2 wheelers

hey knifeguy better than none hope martin will c this and put a ride day up at the aussie site and then more of us mite c it what about meeting at stanwell tops when we can arrange somthing there is a few on the aussie spyder site that are in nsw so hope they c it

[rrman01]

knife-guy, on 20 May 2010 - 07:15 AM, said:

doing that right now so far there is 3 spyders interested including myself and maybe a couple 2 wheelers

hey theres been 123 looks at this post surly there are some more spydie owners in that lot that wants to meet up yeah

[knife-guy]

rrman01, on 30 May 2010 - 08:12 AM, said:

hey theres been 123 looks at this post surly there are some more spydie owners in that lot that wants to meet up yeah

I also find this amazing you see so many lookers and no one replies or wants to be involved. Come Sydeny Spyders lets have a meet and greet with a bbq some where down south.

[babeshorty]

knife-guy, on 01 June 2010 - 01:06 AM, said:

I also find this amazing you see so many lookers and no one replies or wants to be involved. Come Sydeny Spyders lets have a meet and greet with a bbq some where down south.

hopefully that will change soon when we get our own spyder web forum up and running.

[knife-guy]

babeshorty, on 01 June 2010 - 03:15 AM, said:

hopefully that will change soon when we get our own spyder web forum up and running.

Hi who is setting this up?
This is like our own we are in the australian site not the whole site so we should be getting some replies now.

[Martin]

knife-guy, on 01 June 2010 - 07:51 AM, said:

Hi who is setting this up?
This is like our own we are in the australian site not the whole site so we should be getting some replies now.

I agree - As I have said before (and I have been building web sites for 10 years)- you have X number of Australian Spyder owners using the internet for forums.

You currently have 2 Australian forums (albeit attached to US forums) and the number X is spread across them.

Add a third Australian forum and the communication will NOT be improved , in my experience.

To see whats going on I currently have to check 2 Australian forums, plus 3 US Spyder forums. Checking 3 Australian forums will not get better response- again in my experience..

If people are online and interested you should have heard from them by now..

This post has been edited by Martin: 02 June 2010 - 05:39 PM

[knife-guy]

Martin, on 02 June 2010 - 05:38 PM, said:

I agree - As I have said before (and I have been building web sites for 10 years)- you have X number of Australian Spyder owners using the internet for forums.

You currently have 2 Australian forums (albeit attached to US forums) and the number X is spread across them.

Add a third Australian forum and the communication will NOT be improved , in my experience.

To see whats going on I currently have to check 2 Australian forums, plus 3 US Spyder forums. Checking 3 Australian forums will not get better response- again in my experience..

If people are online and interested you should have heard from them by now..

Well I for one do not feel like roaming 3 sites just to find out what the hell is happening here when these are mostly surfed by others I feel if we had a focus foram in australia for australians then we would get a much improved communication going on. What we do not know from this veiwing number is how many are from other countries.

[babeshorty]

knife-guy, on 03 June 2010 - 01:49 AM, said:

Well I for one do not feel like roaming 3 sites just to find out what the hell is happening here when these are mostly surfed by others I feel if we had a focus foram in australia for australians then we would get a much improved communication going on. What we do not know from this veiwing number is how many are from other countries.

I agree - As I have said before (and I have been building web sites for 10 years)- you have X number of Australian Spyder owners using the internet for forums.

You currently have 2 Australian forums (albeit attached to US forums) and the number X is spread across them.

Add a third Australian forum and the communication will NOT be improved , in my experience.

To see whats going on I currently have to check 2 Australian forums, plus 3 US Spyder forums. Checking 3 Australian forums will not get better response- again in my experience..

If people are online and interested you should have heard from them by now..





would like to know where the 2 australian forums are as spydertalk is a USA forum and the same for spyderlovers with an australian content.

[Martin]

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would like to know where the 2 australian forums are as spydertalk is a USA forum and the same for spyderlovers with an australian content.

My goodness.. this is the internet. Does it matter where the server is, or the host? It can be China, the US , wherever. You have 2 seperate Australian forums attached to Spyderlovers and Spydertalk. Sure at odd times you will get Americans commenting on the Australian forums but that will never change.

If you started a third one hosted in Australia you will still get comments from overseas, that's what the internet is about.

With Spyderryders.net.au more than 80% of my visitor numbers are from the US , Canada and Europe.

I am sorry if I am misunderstanding this but I really don't follow the logic.

In my opinion the reason you are not getting flooded with response from Australian Spyder owners is that not all of them use the computer and also the general apathy that develops in any club or common interest group. Every club I have been involved in operates on the efforts of a small group while the majority sit quietly in the background.

All that being said have a go and establish a forum (you may realise the time you have to invest to moderate it ). I just don't see it improving things as you will in effect be spreading a given number of active people posting across a larger number of forums.. Some Australians will still post on Spyderlovers and Spydertalk as they also like to click on the other attached forums to see what is happening outside Australia.

Anyway, my opinion and experience only - no offense intended.

This post has been edited by Martin: 03 June 2010 - 04:39 PM

[Trumpybob]

Martin, on 03 June 2010 - 04:24 PM, said:

My goodness.. this is the internet. Does it matter where the server is, or the host? It can be China, the US , wherever. You have 2 seperate Australian forums attached to Spyderlovers and Spydertalk. Sure at odd times you will get Americans commenting on the Australian forums but that will never change.

If you started a third one hosted in Australia you will still get comments from overseas, that's what the internet is about.

With Spyderryders.net.au more than 80% of my visitor numbers are from the US , Canada and Europe.

I am sorry if I am misunderstanding this but I really don't follow the logic.

In my opinion the reason you are not getting flooded with response from Australian Spyder owners is that not all of them use the computer and also the general apathy that develops in any club or common interest group. Every club I have been involved in operates on the efforts of a small group while the majority sit quietly in the background.

All that being said have a go and establish a forum (you may realise the time you have to invest to moderate it ). I just don't see it improving things as you will in effect be spreading a given number of active people posting across a larger number of forums.. Some Australians will still post on Spyderlovers and Spydertalk as they also like to click on the other attached forums to see what is happening outside Australia.

Anyway, my opinion and experience only - no offense intended.

I agree totaly. I have spoken to quite a number of Spyder owners. A lot aren't interested in computers (they use them all day at work), and others aren't interested in forums. Check Australian spyder ryders site, and it shows 3 Spyder owners in Tassie. I know from the dealer here that there are at least 30/40 Spyders in Tassie. Give it a go by all means. I'll be checking in, but be prepared to be disappointed.

[Brusta]

Trumpybob, on 04 June 2010 - 05:05 AM, said:

I agree totaly. I have spoken to quite a number of Spyder owners. A lot aren't interested in computers (they use them all day at work), and others aren't interested in forums. Check Australian spyder ryders site, and it shows 3 Spyder owners in Tassie. I know from the dealer here that there are at least 30/40 Spyders in Tassie. Give it a go by all means. I'll be checking in, but be prepared to be disappointed.

Trish and I are always looking for Spyders to ride with. Send me a PM and I will give you my private email. We would love to ride with other owners..Bruce

[knife-guy]

Trumpybob, on 04 June 2010 - 05:05 AM, said:

I agree totaly. I have spoken to quite a number of Spyder owners. A lot aren't interested in computers (they use them all day at work), and others aren't interested in forums. Check Australian spyder ryders site, and it shows 3 Spyder owners in Tassie. I know from the dealer here that there are at least 30/40 Spyders in Tassie. Give it a go by all means. I'll be checking in, but be prepared to be disappointed.

How topics inside a topic change, This started out about having a meet and greet down the south coast and has run onto creating forum. However nothing else has changed we still have no other repies for a ride on the 3rd sunday this month.
Anyone around Parramatta can meet at my house around 7:30 am and leave at 8:am then maybe we wait at meccarno set at villawood for some others for 15 minutes at oh 8:30 then ride out via heathcoat rd to waterfall then into national park then stop at stanwell tops. Then after that we can go else where for a bbq.
If you want my address pm me

[Trumpybob]

knife-guy, on 04 June 2010 - 08:00 AM, said:

How topics inside a topic change, This started out about having a meet and greet down the south coast and has run onto creating forum. However nothing else has changed we still have no other repies for a ride on the 3rd sunday this month.
Anyone around Parramatta can meet at my house around 7:30 am and leave at 8:am then maybe we wait at meccarno set at villawood for some others for 15 minutes at oh 8:30 then ride out via heathcoat rd to waterfall then into national park then stop at stanwell tops. Then after that we can go else where for a bbq.
If you want my address pm me

Pity I don't still live at Quakers Hill (moved 18 months ago). Would have been up for a ride.

[rrman01]

hey all to all ppl who have been lookin at this meet and greet hope u all turn up at stanwell tops yeah and its a shame we dont have acceccs to the records of spyder owners as we could send a letter to invite them yeah so if we are lucky a dealer from aust mite read this and send out invites yeah

[knife-guy]

Hi To All
This ride is starting to take some momentum it is sunday 20th not sure how I got the day right and the date wrong.
Just to let you know you can start at my house 20 Preston Rd Old Toongabbie leave at 8 am then we will meet up at crn woodville rd and Barbers rd Chester hIll / Old Guildford leave there 8:30. next meet at meccarno set on horsley dr side on liverpool rd we should be there 8:45.
next we are then heading along heathcote rd to waterfall and we can meet any one just outside the entrance to the national park 9:30 then make our run thru to stanwell Tops and meet the others there around 10:15.
Then we need a spot to have a bbq. any suggestions?

[spyderme]

[quote name='knife-guy' date='08 June 2010 - 10:30 PM' timestamp='1275996651' post='101512']
Hi To All
This ride is starting to take some momentum it is sunday 20th not sure how I got the day right and the date wrong.
Just to let you know you can start at my house 20 Preston Rd Old Toongabbie leave at 8 am then we will meet up at crn woodville rd and Barbers rd Chester hIll / Old Guildford leave there 8:30. next meet at meccarno set on horsley dr side on liverpool rd we should be there 8:45.
next we are then heading along heathcote rd to waterfall and we can meet any one just outside the entrance to the national park 9:30 then make our run thru to stanwell Tops and meet the others there around 10:15.
Then we need a spot to have a bbq. any suggestions?
[/quote
Nice talking to you today.
I'm in for the Sunday. Just told I have obligations for the Saturday anyway.
Meet you at your place.
What do I need to bring for the Barbie?

Al
PE 946)

[knife-guy]

I have emailed the below information to both Prorider and Western Motorcycles


Hi
We have organised a Meet and Greet Spyder ride day for Sunday the 20th June.
Leaving from my house 23 Preston Rd Old Toongabbie at 8 am and heading over for a short stop there to meet some bikes at Cnr barbers rd and Woodville rd Chester hill app 8:15, then up to meccano set and see if there are bikes waiting on the Horsley dr side of Liverpool rd, out to Heathcote rd and if any need to stop they can just pull up and we will let them join this would be around 8:30/ 8: 45 then out to the national park and if ppl who want to meet us there they can wait near the booth then we go thru the park to Stanwell Tops to meet some who are coming from down south. We are hoping to have a bbq down Wollongong somewhere this is still undecided.
If anyone wants to contact me they can either via terry@terrytheknifeguy.com.au headed ride day or after hours on 04147568584

[rrman01]

knife-guy, on 10 June 2010 - 03:56 AM, said:

I have emailed the below information to both Prorider and Western Motorcycles


Hi
We have organised a Meet and Greet Spyder ride day for Sunday the 20th June.
Leaving from my house 23 Preston Rd Old Toongabbie at 8 am and heading over for a short stop there to meet some bikes at Cnr barbers rd and Woodville rd Chester hill app 8:15, then up to meccano set and see if there are bikes waiting on the Horsley dr side of Liverpool rd, out to Heathcote rd and if any need to stop they can just pull up and we will let them join this would be around 8:30/ 8: 45 then out to the national park and if ppl who want to meet us there they can wait near the booth then we go thru the park to Stanwell Tops to meet some who are coming from down south. We are hoping to have a bbq down Wollongong somewhere this is still undecided.
If anyone wants to contact me they can either via terry@terrytheknifeguy.com.au headed ride day or after hours on 04147568584


hey if you want there is a spot at the beach down the hiil from the lookout its a good spot with a shop at the corner just up from the beach or there is a spot along the coast road on the left near wononna i think or we can ride to the blow hole and have it there cheers