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.....You felt part of the ORG. ? you know what I mean, you come on and say hello and a load of people come and say hello back and gradually you start to get involved and build a few posts up, and then one day you kinda realise you,re part of it all, for me it was the build up to AR 07 I posted up to ask if I could come even though I had a kwak and luckypants replied something like 'oh, go on then, seeing as its you' or something similar, and from that point onwards I felt part of the crew, so what about the rest of you ?
?? dont thinki have ever been accepted i just keep postng in the hope one day i will LOL!!
I have accepted you my son ;)
.....You felt part of the ORG. ? you know what I mean, you come on and say hello and a load of people come and say hello back and gradually you start to get involved and build a few posts up, and then one day you kinda realise you,re part of it all, for me it was the build up to AR 07 I posted up to ask if I could come even though I had a kwak and luckypants replied something like 'oh, go on then, seeing as its you' or something similar, and from that point onwards I felt part of the crew, so what about the rest of you ?
It was when that nice bloke in the car at the AR07 came and shoved a puck under my sidestand :D
plowsie
05-02-08, 04:40 PM
Never felt accepted, you lot always abusing me!
But i'll just keep buggin you all!
On a serious note though...AR07 for me, well riding there for me in the group we were in. Ahh the point of me holding Luckypants up on his Viffer :lol:, was only cos i was taking all the road up and he was flashing frantically to get by :lol:
I'm insecure and generally never feel accepted anywhere lol :(:(:( So i hang about in hope.
Teriaykmonkey makes me feel welcome and tries to encourage me along to things lol:driving:
MeridiaNx
05-02-08, 04:59 PM
Not yet.
I feel I have a curse for killing threads when I post something :rolleyes:
(p.s. hope i don't prove myself right on this one)
Luckypants
05-02-08, 05:00 PM
Ahh the point of me holding Luckypants up on his Viffer :lol:, was only cos i was taking all the road up and he was flashing frantically to get by :lol:
just need to point here I was not being a knob, just needed to catch Tim up to say Slark had had a moment..... so we needed to regroup.....
that is all
Pedrosa
05-02-08, 05:02 PM
Pah,I feel as welcome here as Lewis Hamilton does in Spain!
plowsie
05-02-08, 05:04 PM
Not yet.I feel I have a curse for killing threads when I post something :rolleyes:
I do that a lot :D
April 2004, when I went on a rideout around Kent and Sussex. A great day out. Lots of friendly people, lots of laughs.
Haven't been around as much lately; it's one of my new year resolutions to change that!
dizzyblonde
05-02-08, 05:15 PM
the day I asked Hovis if it were ok buyin a bike off the org, cause I was shy and didn't know who you lot were....coulda been a loada dodgy beardy weirdos..was only ere two minutes and I needed a bike for France. And I bought it from Dan in Norfolk.
Next it were when I went to pick up Melody on the m62 for the AR, never met her and she was so shy too. We went up to the AR as a group with chris who I'd met twice and Im Indoors....now he's a weirdo..lol.
That bloody deer sealed my fate in the org, cause you all made me feel like a superstar when I got there, and yes there was that pleasant young man called stewie who dished out all them pucks when we got there
ahhhhh tis all cuddly wuddly soft in the org:grouphug:
Warthog
05-02-08, 05:17 PM
April 2004, when I went on a rideout around Kent and Sussex. A great day out. Lots of friendly people, lots of laughs.
Haven't been around as much lately; it's one of my new year resolutions to change that!
Who are you?
:lol:
sv-robo
05-02-08, 05:27 PM
not yet..if ever
all the big rideouts seem to be at the other side of the country to me.
no problem though,plenty of people with bikes round here to go out with:riding:
MeridiaNx
05-02-08, 05:37 PM
all the big rideouts seem to be at the other side of the country to me.
Indeed! Still haven't met the SW&Surfers as a lot of the regular rideouts are miles away. And I had to leave Durham when uni finished just before the AR so I couldn't attend that either.
Only people I have met are Melody, Jamaxx, GMS & one other whose username I never did catch.
Riko360
05-02-08, 05:42 PM
i dont know anyone... yet :D
plus i got to learn how to ride as i have only been on my bike 2 weeks- but when i do come for a ride out the ghd's will be coming with me :P lol
Rick
Dunno... Feels like an eternity.... *sigh* OH how it drags ON and on and on and on and ON and ON and on and on....
:lol:
MeridiaNx
05-02-08, 06:02 PM
how it drags ON and on and on and Ariston and on and ON and ON and on and on....
Corrected ;)
Bluepete
05-02-08, 06:12 PM
I know my place, and it's outside the "circle of trust" of the .org. You lot only allow me to play here 'cos I can help with awkward problems and you are scared of what I'll do to you if you shun me!
Biker Biggles
05-02-08, 06:36 PM
I know Im "in" when Pedrosa posts a load of abuse about me being an old fart who thinks his mate Ago was a good rider.
You will tell me Dave Croxford binned a few Nortons next.:-(
I know my place, and it's outside the "circle of trust" of the .org. You lot only allow me to play here 'cos I can help with awkward problems and you are scared of what I'll do to you if you shun me!
Thats V.true ;) hows the knee after the weekend bimble ?
. You lot only allow me to play here 'cos I can help with awkward problems and you are scared of what I'll do to you if you shun me!
Really? :p
See, I have this wee problem officer........... ;)
Bluepete
05-02-08, 06:41 PM
Stewie, not too bad mate, thanks.
Mel, if you have a problem with your wee, go see a doctor. I'm a Traffic Cop!
Indeed! Still haven't met the SW&Surfers as a lot of the regular rideouts are miles away. And I had to leave Durham when uni finished just before the AR so I couldn't attend that either.
Only people I have met are Melody, Jamaxx, GMS & one other whose username I never did catch.
The other guy was Cmonkey think hes from Leeds.
How yer doin mate :smt039 That rideout seems ages ago.you going to AR08 ?
Hmmmm, for me I would have to say it was after the first Wales weekend. :D
That and getting a message from a long-standing Org member asking if we were ok because we hadn't posted for a while:D
Mel, if you have a problem with your wee, go see a doctor. I'm a Traffic Cop!
:smt044
Oops, I meant 'wee' as in 'small'.
mrs mousetrapper
05-02-08, 06:52 PM
When I arrived at the AR07 (as a pillion) to have 2 or 3 nice young chaps offer to help put the tent up before we could even say hello!! :)
1. My first .org ride out with Jamaxx, MeridiaNx and a third rider (sorry, I cannot remember who), then
2. Riding down to AR07 with Dizzy, Chris and Matt.
Speedy Claire
05-02-08, 07:01 PM
I`ve always found the org to be friendly, extremely helpful and extremely supportive since the night I joned. So far as "fitting in" goes.. i think i`ve fitted in with the peeps I`ve met so far, well i`ve not been shunned yet anyway. I think i`ll know better once i`ve joined a big rideout :D
Wideboy
05-02-08, 07:04 PM
i think i`ve fitted in with the peeps I`ve met so far
you obviously haven't herd of the PM's about you............... joke :D:D:D
only sort of met MattSV, well i rode past him :), will be hoping to meet all you weirdo's at AR if i can make it :D.
p.s. don't let my comments put you off accepting me :-dd
Speedy Claire
05-02-08, 07:13 PM
you obviously haven't herd of the PM's about you............... joke :D:D:D
:(
Not yet, but need to get out on a few more rideouts. Met a few peeps on here though and they've been real friendly. Hope to meet a few more in time. For now i'll stay a lonely poster :-(
Not yet, but need to get out on a few more rideouts. Met a few peeps on here though and they've been real friendly. Hope to meet a few more in time. For now i'll stay a lonely poster :-(
Dont worry, I think were coming to visit in July :D http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=104035
Dont worry, I think were coming to visit in July :D http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=104035
Yey looking good, hope im not on hols then. Will only be able to make the rideout though due to work but i'm looking forward to it now. Whoop whoop :riding:
For now i'll stay a lonely poster :-(
Ah, but you're never alone when you have the Org:D
Blue_SV650S
05-02-08, 07:55 PM
To be fair, I feel the .org is an entity I poke at/interact with rather than being part of it ... perhaps I am just unloved by the org coz I am a cnut ... making me ostracised? 8-[
:D
Kate Moss
05-02-08, 08:06 PM
umm I post the odd bit of crap on here and get some response!!! I'm hoping AR08 will see the start of some new friendships!
Biker Biggles
05-02-08, 08:08 PM
Blue----I think you underestimate yourself there.Whilst Im sure some of your less PC comments wont endear you to some;)you have a wealth of knowledge and a certain amount of riding ability:driving:that no one can ignore.
Being possibly the quickest rider on a forum might lead to the odd bit of jealousy Im sure.:D
Balky001
05-02-08, 08:09 PM
I think you need to be a regular to feel part of the 'org'. I know when I had access at work I'd get in to some good all day chats but since they banned all forums and youtube a couple of years ago its difficult to get as involved.
Blue_SV650S
05-02-08, 08:32 PM
Blue----I think you underestimate yourself there.Whilst Im sure some of your less PC comments wont endear you to some;)you have a wealth of knowledge and a certain amount of riding ability:driving:that no one can ignore.
Being possibly the quickest rider on a forum might lead to the odd bit of jealousy Im sure.:D
Ahhhh how sweet ..... I am feelin' the luv now!! :smt056
And there was me just thinking I was misunderstood ;)
8)
To be fair, I feel the .org is an entity I poke at/interact with rather than being part of it ... perhaps I am just unloved by the org coz I am a cnut ... making me ostracised? 8-[
:D
pmsl
Biker Biggles
05-02-08, 08:41 PM
Anyway,about that happy sounding club in Brighton you were going to take me to?:toss::twisted::smt006:puker::smt008:money:
When I felt part - two defining moments.
First, when admin called me and suggested a drink. Can't rememberwhen it was...
Second, after I had my off in June 2004. I posted what had happened and along comes Richie, and I thought 'wow' - these people really do care.
Keith1983
05-02-08, 08:43 PM
Well Im not sure Im feeling part of the org, there is a couple of members that I msn now and again which is cool and I do think that in general everyone's is a friendly face. Im in Lincoln and it would be cool to have a ride out with people that dont think you have to have the latest cbr or yamaha R whatever to be a good rider and enjoy yourself!
.....You felt part of the ORG. ? you know what I mean, you come on and say hello and a load of people come and say hello back and gradually you start to get involved and build a few posts up, and then one day you kinda realise you,re part of it all, for me it was the build up to AR 07 I posted up to ask if I could come even though I had a kwak and luckypants replied something like 'oh, go on then, seeing as its you' or something similar, and from that point onwards I felt part of the crew, so what about the rest of you ?
I'm far too ugly, obnoxious and opinionated to be accepted as a regular :D
Actually, I felt a little closer to being a part of the group after a meet up at Foxes, and just after that when I made a few comments about "American built large capacity V-Twin cruiser style motorcycles" and got a fair bit of support in the tooing and froing that followed.
Tim in Belgium
05-02-08, 09:54 PM
After a track day at Lydden in 2006, I turned up having ridden from Belgium that morning and never having met anyone before, and came away having had a fun day with all sorts of SVers feeling like I was in some small way part of the org (and still had a bloody long ride back to Belgium).
Jayneflakes
05-02-08, 10:12 PM
Can I answer this as a newbie? :bounce:
Since I found you lovely people, I have felt very welcomed on your website and I hope to get to know you all better.
However the real test will be when any of you finally meet me, I have a tendency to put people off with my Pipe full of Old Holbourn, my constant flatulence and my glass eyes.
:smt074
dizzyblonde
05-02-08, 11:07 PM
When I arrived at the AR07 (as a pillion) to have 2 or 3 nice young chaps offer to help put the tent up before we could even say hello!! :)
mrs mousetrapper is a nice lady too, we camped next to her and mr mousetrapper at the AR and she made us tea in the sunday morning...such a splendid pair
Can I answer this as a newbie? :bounce:
Since I found you lovely people, I have felt very welcomed on your website and I hope to get to know you all better.
However the real test will be when any of you finally meet me, I have a tendency to put people off with my Pipe full of Old Holbourn, my constant flatulence and my glass eyes.
:smt074
:smt101 do you have a peg leg to match that glass eye?? kidding, they really are a nice bunch on here, even the meanies
missyburd
05-02-08, 11:20 PM
umm I post the odd bit of crap on here and get some response!!! I'm hoping AR08 will see the start of some new friendships!
+1. I chat rubbish and don't own a bike ... yet :D...but tis great on here and all you people are very helpful and friendly :cool:. Chatted to a few via the web and met a couple, hopefully meet some more of you at AR08 if Chris still feels like having the company by then!
dizzyblonde
05-02-08, 11:29 PM
you better, I just won him a rack on ebay so he can get you and your collection of shoes and straighteners on the back..lol
Corrected ;)
Oh Ye Gods.... I'd managed to consign that advert to the past, where I wouldn't ever have to deal with it again....
I HATED it.
In fact, it drove me to murder, they just haven't found the bodies yet. *twitches* I made it go away... I MADE it go away... *rocks back and forth*
:lol: Dude, when the planets align, and the universe is at one, we'll have to get together so I can demonstrate how the 'on and on and on and on' is actually meant to sound when I do it. Just bring something to dull your nerves and some padding for when the universe flips out and goes apesh*t on us because it's SO annoying. ;)
I know my place, and it's outside the "circle of trust" of the .org. You lot only allow me to play here 'cos I can help with awkward problems and you are scared of what I'll do to you if you shun me!
+1 for wot 'e said.... and I've got ammo too.:smt094
probably when I went on the Peter Hendry rideout back in 2004, first point of cantact was Amarko5. since then apart of the furinture. (with my crap posts of humour.... :rolleyes:)
ps If I've offended anyone in any way, then look slighty down and left and right as you'll find 2 shoulder to cry on.
missyburd
06-02-08, 01:46 AM
you better, I just won him a rack on ebay so he can get you and your collection of shoes and straighteners on the back..lol
lol, i don't use straighteners :p and just the one pair of boots for me, I can pack light when the occasion calls for it...sometimes!! ;)
Pedro68
06-02-08, 09:05 AM
I'd have to say ... NW2 ... even though I was on a Honda Hornet (loan bike) at the time.
Then there was the offers of support and counselling during my time without my SV (as it SLOWLY had its engine rebuilt).
Dunno what I'm gonna do when I get another contract and they won't allow me to post quite as much :oops:
Probably when I crashed my SV and had 2 offers of bikes within 12 hours, then Rictus made the arduous ride up from South London on the Chav Scooter to show me how to get it fixed, that made me feel really good. Possibly before that tho, with the weekly meets in Soho. I'm always amazed when people put up with my crap jokes and sexual molestation in person...
Just after the AR04 when we had our first drinking session in Manchester - Wildbill drove up from Devon and Viney drove up from Kent and members of Penine Massive met up with them and got drunk :D
Mike2165
06-02-08, 02:26 PM
Dunno if I am yet, but I got bits of Orgers bikes on mine...does that count :)
ermm when i had my accident and when i met the soho lot for the first time :)
DoubleD
06-02-08, 03:49 PM
I think it was the build up to North Wales 2, what a laugh that was, signed up for NW3 as a lot of the same people are going and a load of new faces as well.
Ceri JC
06-02-08, 04:07 PM
AR06 was when I put most names to faces. I've seen a few people since then, including meeting the soho lot who were all very nice.
Alpinestarhero
06-02-08, 04:12 PM
I was instantly integerated, everyone loved me right from the off.
Actualy, I can't remember my real answer, I;ve been here so long. I just posted and posted and forced my existence onto everyone
I did feel more welcome when I met the soho lot a few weeks back
Matt
rictus01
06-02-08, 05:21 PM
December 2001- September 2007 6 years not bad I'd guess :smt102
ArtyLady
06-02-08, 08:46 PM
Well, since I joined I got to know the Essex bunch and a great bunch they are too :D - already knew Ping - we did our DAS together. But due to health probs I have been a bit on and off with biking and the .org - I have met a few others from Soho, and East Anglia but cant go to the ARs (ooeerr) due to health :smt089
plus...when you work for yourself you dont have time to sit and post on forums all day :rolleyes: ;) :lol:
so to sum it up I spose I feel quite at home in the Essex Lounge :D but still a bit of a nobody elsewhere :? ;)
phil24_7
07-02-08, 12:01 AM
When I turned up at the Invasion of the Valleys later than everyone else, in the dark. It had just started to rain, I approached a pub and everyone started shouting my name to get my attention. Made me feel very welcome.
Had posted plenty before then but the face-to-face aspect made it a more personal experience.
plowsie
07-02-08, 02:40 AM
December 2001- September 2007 6 years not bad I'd guess :smt102
whys it stopped?
rictus01
07-02-08, 08:48 AM
whys it stopped?
Answered via PM.
Cheers Mark.
Amanda M
07-02-08, 08:59 AM
Probably 2004 when I'd not long had an SV and I started going out with people on rideouts, then out with them socially (which I still do). I've made a lot of good friends through here, so even though I'm not really part of it anymore, I'll always love this site.
For me I felt at home pretty much from day one everyone has always been lovely and friendly and that's what I've come to expect from the .org and carry on that tradition if I can.
However there are always some special memories of members of this place and one of them is when I had to move to london from Bristol knew no one here and was to be honest petrified of the place. Friday night after college I went down to Soho walked around the courner to be met with a sea of faces that I knew from the AR and suddenly felt at home and that this daunting city wasnt so bad after all.
mrs mousetrapper
07-02-08, 02:17 PM
[quote=dizzyblonde;1407514]mrs mousetrapper is a nice lady too, we camped next to her and mr mousetrapper at the AR and she made us tea in the sunday morning...such a splendid pair
Why thank-you!! We are planning to go to the AR08 as well.... tea, coffee anyone! ;)
Until then hopefully we'll be able to join you on some of the penine massive rideouts now the weather's getting a bit better - not that I'm a fair weather rider!!!!
Kate Moss
07-02-08, 03:55 PM
I must say, after all the support I have recieved for my sponsored walk, I feel lucky to be a part of the all. Thank you - you know who you are!!!!
when i left my hubby I got lots of pms from members who were really sweet and kind.
then travelling down to AR04 myself and meeting lots of new people. Thanx again Amanda M for taking me by the hand and showing me around the place. Sp1ke (who no longer seems to be on the site) for making me laugh so much when my tyre repair stuff exploded under my seat cowl.
then AR06 meeting more bodies
roll on AR08
Kate Moss
07-02-08, 06:29 PM
when i left my hubby I got lots of pms from members who were really sweet and kind.
then travelling down to AR04 myself and meeting lots of new people. Thanx again Amanda M for taking me by the hand and showing me around the place. Sp1ke (who no longer seems to be on the site) for making me laugh so much when my tyre repair stuff exploded under my seat cowl.
then AR06 meeting more bodies
roll on AR08
See you there!!!:D
I shall be a newbie as I've not met anyone yet...(im scared!)!!!
rpwoodman
07-02-08, 08:56 PM
mrs mousetrapper is a nice lady too, we camped next to her and mr mousetrapper at the AR and she made us tea in the sunday morning...such a splendid pair
Blimey - last time I said that to someone, she slapped me!
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=103932
plus some wonderful pm's about my young lad
northwind
07-02-08, 10:21 PM
First rideout I went on I suppose, as soon as you start putting faces to names it stops just being words on a screen I reckon. Weirdly, I suppose it was my first crash that made me feel I'd really arrived :mrgreen:
Bluepete
12-02-08, 08:34 AM
around about Post 31 I think! (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=104356&page=4)
probably when I started going on rideouts and recognising people. Always helps to put faces to names. Hope to meet a few more this year
See you there!!!:D
I shall be a newbie as I've not met anyone yet...(im scared!)!!!
don't be scared we don't bite :D
don't be scared we don't bite :D
You lie, Falc still has the scars to prove it. :oops: Oops was he not meant to tell anyone. :o
I still don't feel like I'm part of the "org"
Its my own fault really, I've never made it to a rideout and only ever met one other member face to face.
I did try to organize a rideout once but nobody showed up (queue violins) :(
Kate Moss
12-02-08, 12:48 PM
I still don't feel like I'm part of the "org"
Its my own fault really, I've never made it to a rideout and only ever met one other member face to face.
I did try to organize a rideout once but nobody showed up (queue violins) :(
did you forget to tell people about the rideout??!!!
Mr Toad
12-02-08, 01:07 PM
I still don't feel like I'm part of the "org"
With 2,873 posts to your name, how come you don't feel part of the org ?
With 2,873 posts to your name, how come you don't feel part of the org ?
Just don't, my posting on here is sporadic at best, plus the ract I don't really know anyone here.
Like I said its my own fault, never actually making a rideout or meetup.
I do try and spread the word of the org however.
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Balky001
12-02-08, 01:32 PM
Just don't, my posting on here is sporadic at best, plus the ract I don't really know anyone here.
Like I said its my own fault, never actually making a rideout or meetup.
I do try and spread the word of the org however.
Tricky, that's more or less what I said, unless you post regularly you can feel a bit of an observer, I know how you feel. But as soon as you post you get a warm reception. Meeting face to face is always good. I've met with a few of the Essex crew but not regularly.
Hopefully I'll be able to names to faces if I make the Silverstone trackday on 31st March :D
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