Not sure where to post a general "thank you", but figured this might be the place? Anyway, I have been involved in motorcycling since I was 16. I'm 63 now so that is 47 years now. Have owned ridden just about every kind and brand of bike there is over the years...first street bike was a '71 Suzuki TJ500, last one before my new Tri Glide was a 2014 Indian Chief. Tons of Harleys, Triumphs, Hondas, Yamahas, at least five Indians (the ones from Springfield, not Gilroy, North Carolina, or Polaris...the old ones), and I've built a couple of bitza bikes of various manufacture. I've wrecked, broken bones, destroyed bikes (all in my youth thankfully) and ridden hard with some pretty rough fellows at times. The reason I list all this is to establish that I am indeed a "biker", "motorcyclist", "devotee", whatever you want to call one who worships at the altar of motorcycles.
Having said all this, I still need help and advice from time to time, especially on newer bikes. I don't pretend to understand computer chips, EFI systems, digital displays, etc. Give me a bike with a carb, chain drive and cables and I'll get it running. The last site I was on, the first question I posted was shot down as stupid, laughed at, and ridiculed by well over half of the people responding. In point of fact, most of the motorcycle related sites I have been a member of have pretty much reacted the same way, not only to me, but to most questions or comments. It was with this "history" I joined this site a couple of weeks ago.
So I just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone who has given me input on my questions in the most friendly, reasonable and responsive way I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I am not naive enough to believe that at least one or two folks on here can't be "difficult" at times, but my experience here so far has exceeded my expectations and made me generally very happy...for what that may be worth...lol. So gentlemen and ladies, I thank you. Looking forward to getting to meet and know some of you this Sept. in Maggie Valley. I'll be the old fat guy on a red and silver Tri Glide trying to look cool.
Mark
Having said all this, I still need help and advice from time to time, especially on newer bikes. I don't pretend to understand computer chips, EFI systems, digital displays, etc. Give me a bike with a carb, chain drive and cables and I'll get it running. The last site I was on, the first question I posted was shot down as stupid, laughed at, and ridiculed by well over half of the people responding. In point of fact, most of the motorcycle related sites I have been a member of have pretty much reacted the same way, not only to me, but to most questions or comments. It was with this "history" I joined this site a couple of weeks ago.
So I just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone who has given me input on my questions in the most friendly, reasonable and responsive way I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I am not naive enough to believe that at least one or two folks on here can't be "difficult" at times, but my experience here so far has exceeded my expectations and made me generally very happy...for what that may be worth...lol. So gentlemen and ladies, I thank you. Looking forward to getting to meet and know some of you this Sept. in Maggie Valley. I'll be the old fat guy on a red and silver Tri Glide trying to look cool.
Mark
