First Org Memories

[Spiderman]

Following from davepreston's thread a little while back about first posts and a PM chat i was having earlier :idea: i've been inspired to come up with this idea.

Remembe when you first joined up? I know for some of us its longer than others but thats kinda irrelevant. Well, what was the thing that you remember most that made you think the Org was better than other forums or gave you inspiration for you and your bike?

It could be someones helpfull attitude, somones amusing post(s) or even a great pic .... as it was for me .... And this was it http://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php?p=780957&postcount=139

I've posted a link to the thread to show its date. And the reason it meant so much to me was that it firstly made me jealous as hell as I'd not had my bike long by that point and secondly it inspired me to want to be him .... that fella on his bike ..... off on an adventure to nowhere particular and going just for the ride and the joy of being on nice roads without a care in the world for a while .... stopping when the mood was right for a nice pic. :smt060

So come on, now you know what i'm getting it, lets see yours and hear your reasons for it.

And guess what...i'm gonna ask we keep the chit chat to a minimum on this one and keep it firmly on topic please. :)

[davepreston]

its YC's fault 2nd post i was going to the christmas do (2 actually) he never meet me or in fact spoke to me, offered me to stay at his with my mate, got me drunk, and then the next morning unbeknownest to me stripped and cleaned my brakes before i got out of bed and MYC making me brews
this was directly after meeting the other half of the massive in manchester for that xmas do, i wont mention names or what went on but i was instantly welcomed and filled full of booze
you know who you are richie, pete,tim, james, saxo, steve was that a hip flask i saw being passed round
and weirdly its only got better since
DAVE

[redlavachips]

on a cold tuesday afternoon in febuary , a boy had a dream. a dream of being harder, better, faster, stronger. so searched for a bike , abike that would make this dream and stumbled across a website. founded by friendly and strange beings, holding vasts amounts of knowlege. i asked the question of all questions for the might org to answer " ok i know it has been said before but what is the difference between a curvey and pointy and how can u tell the difference?"
the end
jack the musical , showing in a town near you soon.

[lukemillar]

Somehow getting the mental picture from his posts that Northwind was a 40 year-old, 18+ stone, bearded Scottish man with a large collection of Star Wars toys... and then I met him ;)

I also thought Spiderman was cool... then I meet him as well! :lol: Only kidding.

[Kilted Ginger]

Somehow getting the mental picture from his posts that Northwind was a 40 year-old, 18+ stone, bearded Scottish man with a large collection of Star Wars toys... and then I met him ;)

I also thought Spiderman was cool... then I meet him as well! :lol: Only kidding.

So it wasn't just me then, I'd pictured a Sam Elliot type

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/HussyBiker/Bikers/Sam_ElliotChermotorcycle.jpg

As for why i joined, I read for a long time, (a few months) before posting, everything i saw was friendly and helpful and genuinely welcoming. I think its still the same.

[The Guru]

I'll have been here 1 year on 30th Aug =D> and owned my SV 1 year on 4th Sep. :smt039 I found the bike then found the Org.

Was a good place to find useful info and the people seemed friendly.

[Grinch]

It could be someones helpfull attitude, somones amusing post(s) or even a great pic .... as it was for me .... And this was it http://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php?p=780957&postcount=139

Wow... Who is that dashing chap? I'll have to have good search later and figure out mine.

[Amanda M]

I've got some great org memories :D

First (and only) annual rideout I did was a cracking time. I met loads of wonderful people and led a group to the meeting place.

Some of the megathread people will remember a certain Yeovil trip :p I still laugh about that.

Having a bunch of org'ers at my wedding party to help the celebrations along :cool:

Still seeing a lovely bunch of people off here even though I haven't had an SV for years and years. You know who you are and I love you guys :p

[Grinch]

My first AR was in 2006 and it was glorious and sunny the whole time. I had a wonderful weekend.

[Rai86]

I bort a SV and then thought i'd better get some advice on how to look after it. So googled SV and the org came up. Seemed like lots of friendly people and loads of knowledge so joined

LOL and the first person i spoke to was Neio.....lol its a wonder im still here!

Altho my best memory (altho it wasnt long ago) was a couple months after i trashed my SV, i was really down cus i didnt have a bike and was chatting to Lozzo. It just so happend he was selling his :D That is the best thing about the org, the opportunities and the lovely people that look after their bikes :D

[Tara]

I've got some great org memories :D

First (and only) annual rideout I did was a cracking time. I met loads of wonderful people and led a group to the meeting place.

Some of the megathread people will remember a certain Yeovil trip :p I still laugh about that.

Having a bunch of org'ers at my wedding party to help the celebrations along :cool:

Still seeing a lovely bunch of people off here even though I haven't had an SV for years and years. You know who you are and I love you guys :p

the Yeovil trip was superb and like Amanda it still makes me laugh.

My first AR (2004) i wasn't a member til after that but we had a great laugh and i met some great people some of which have become good friends.

meeting up at Rivi Barn on a sunday morning to go to Devils and meeting Verna like Grinch says everyone should have a Verna in their lives and i'm glad i have the original in mine :D

the Bournemouth trip in 2005 i met my husband.

and the various BBQ's, parties get togethers that the guildford lot have had since we always manage to have a laugh and i class them as friends.

There are loads more i'm sure

[plowsie]

My first real org memory was AR07, even though I had been here a few months, but hadn't really posted that much, then Hovis invited me to fit a scottoiler at the AR for me and said come along for the craic, so I did, all for him to not turn up :lol:

Awesome weekend, so much fun. SO MUCH PAIN ALSO!

[Iansv II]

Some of the megathread people will remember a certain Yeovil trip :p I still laugh about that.



Eek, still got those pictures hidden away somewhere....

[hovis]

mogs and jabba taking me on my first ever rideout, one autum night, did about 60 miles, i turned up in Dr martins, levis and my moto-x jacket (as i did not have any gear) and i was hooked

[Jabba]

Seems that I've been here longer than most.......

Joined here after passing test with the intention of getting an SV650 as my first bike. Memories?

1. Peeps being understanding (nay jealous?!) when I bought a Hornet instead ;-)
2. Dr Rich/White Rabbit, Akula (where is he these days?) and others coming out with me for my first ride
3. The ARs that I've been on
4. The fine people that I've met.... Mogs, Fizz, Hovis, Tara, Coolgirl, Ed and all the others :-)
5. Mogs trying to finish the "Mogs Burger" in the Red Barn :lol:

Funniest post? Easy! Jonboy (aka Admin2) advising a newbie that the best way to make sure that his earplugs were in correctly was to push 'em in nice and firmly with the blunt end of a pencil :lol:

[Quedos]

first org memories = being jealous that everyone had a big bike cos i had a wee 250.
1)first ride out meeting at kinross and saw a female face (kit kat) boy was i happy. - i was the slowest and i was really upset but no-one seemd to mind - remember everyone saying that it meant that grant could have another fag.
tho i did get told that i should get more experience before i even thought about going out on another organsied ride - that org member is the exception to friendliness
2)everyone putting up with me being slow at being last and almost causing a search party to be called. helping me recover when halfway through a rideout i realise that the SV is going to cripple me
3) the GM's - what more can be said
4) the extended family in Skye courtesy of this forum

[Dave20046]

Yorkie chris trying to convince me to swap my race system with him for a worthless standard pipes!
Dangerous dave seemingly knowing all torque specifications off the top of his head
General nice Pms after smashing myself and the bike up (Ed was one of those IIRC)

Hardy bikers rideout 2 where I first met most of the penine massive and started to learn to ride properly and experienced some awesome roads/views. And the run up to it ....spending too many hours on the phone to yorkiechris as he blindly instructed a moron how to check his wiring.

[fizzwheel]

I remember being stuck at work on Christmas Eve on my todd, and being bored and contemplating my first big bike purchase and coming across this place...

I didnt really use the forum again till I was about to make a purchase and asked for buying advice, then I had trouble with the alarm and got some more help and then lurked about reading for ages.

Didnt really feel part of the community till I started posting in one of the very first megathreads.

I remember my first org rideout ( a very wet trip around wales ) Where I met Jabba and Dr Rich for the first time. My first trip to Poole Quay sticks in my mind as well. As does the Yeovil IB Night out ( that IMHO we'll never come close to matching again in terms of drunk hilarity ) The Bournmouth trip and Liz's BBQ for obvious reasons as thats when we got together.

I never really got a scale for the size of the forum till I went on my first AR in 2006, It still surprises me now the size and diversity of the community we have built up over the years...

[Bluewolf]

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[ophic]

I wanted a bike and every motorbike search on google came back with at least one sv650.org result on the first page. So I joined and bought one of them new pointies wot was all the rage at the time... then fell off it with 00013 on the clock :mad:

[M65]

I've got some great org memories :D

First (and only) annual rideout I did was a cracking time. I met loads of wonderful people and led a group to the meeting place.

Some of the megathread people will remember a certain Yeovil trip :p I still laugh about that.

Having a bunch of org'ers at my wedding party to help the celebrations along :cool:

Still seeing a lovely bunch of people off here even though I haven't had an SV for years and years. You know who you are and I love you guys :p
Feel the love!! And no, I dont know anything about tequila.....

[fizzwheel]

I dont know anything about tequila.....

I have photographic evidence that suggests otherwise...

Fancy a Jaffa Cake ? :D

[Iansv II]

Feel the love!! And no, I dont know anything about tequila.....

O'rly.... this is the actual bottle....
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4338/dscf0047d.jpg

[Richie]

18 July 2004, The Peter Hendry Ride out, First time I met up with a load of .orgers

My German Silver Steed, with Amarko5 Blue SV
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6835/monday002800x600.jpg

Motley Crew...
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5244/monday007800x600.jpg

Still enjoy meeting up with you 'orrible lot..!

[Iansv II]

You know who you are and I love you guys :p

I seem to remember some other guys you loved Amanda... *digs*

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9671/dscf0045l.jpg

[Tara]

oh good god tequila jaffa cakes :lol: don't forget Keith and Amanda dancing on the Friday night

[fizzwheel]

oh good god tequila jaffa cakes :lol:

Do I need to remind you about the "Cupboard" incident...

[Tara]

Do I need to remind you about the "Cupboard" incident...
it was a wardrobe and no you don't ;) i was very drunk that night very drunk

[Iansv II]

Got an interesting one of T poledancing and Keith er... coping a feel shall we say... not posting the incriminating ones tho :)

[Tara]

Got an interesting one of T poledancing and Keith er... coping a feel shall we say... not posting the incriminating ones tho :)
i have that photo somewhere too, it was a good weekend :D

[Spiderman]

This thread has become far more interesting than i thought it would :lol: