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hovis
17-10-07, 11:20 AM
the taffia is going from strenth to strenth, but, there is still no metion of WALES in the reigions we are stuck in the south west,

i say we rise up against this dictatership and claim our own region so the people of wales can unite


whos with me


:smt006

sarah
17-10-07, 11:25 AM
I think South East Wales (which is what the Taffia is) has more in common geographically with South West England than North Wales.

How about a South Wales group?

Mogs
17-10-07, 11:27 AM
the taffia is going from strenth to strenth, but, there is still no metion of WALES in the reigions we are stuck in the south west,

i say we rise up against this dictatership and claim our own region so the people of wales can unite


whos with me


:smt006

They'll never lets us go, we might close the border and they'd lose the best playground south of Derby.

We mite be kikked owt fer baad spelling insted.:D

sarah
17-10-07, 11:30 AM
I've just realised what Hovis' motives are!!! He wants to be a mod.

Welsh_Wizard
17-10-07, 11:32 AM
How about a South Wales group?

+1 =D>

hovis
17-10-07, 11:33 AM
How about a South Wales group?=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

Xan173
17-10-07, 01:09 PM
+1 for the revolting Taffia!

mac99
17-10-07, 01:42 PM
******* Judean People's Front

Grinch
17-10-07, 01:51 PM
Maybe I should just kill this now.

sarah
17-10-07, 01:52 PM
Maybe I should just kill this now.

why???

Grinch
17-10-07, 01:54 PM
Why not... :smt096

Why do you need a region group with wales in the title? It doesn't mention England either?

hovis
17-10-07, 01:57 PM
This board is for all South and West SV owners (including "to be's"!)/like minded people.

I'm hoping this board will give all members insightful aid of this big world of biking "down ere' in the South and West of England".

Come spring we have opportunity to meet, ride out, discover the faces behind the names and above all have a top tip time! :(

sarah
17-10-07, 01:58 PM
I dont think that's really the issue

Zombie Jesus
17-10-07, 01:58 PM
The revolution has just begun, the people will not be silenced!

Grinch
17-10-07, 02:00 PM
I'll update it then, though this has been discusses before and I don't think there will be a 'Wales' section as due to the number of sections we have already. Another section would probably need to be removed to make up for it.

Grinch
17-10-07, 02:01 PM
Done.

hovis
17-10-07, 02:19 PM
bah............... not enough

i am campaigning to change the region title from this

South & West Surfers
Just for the guys and gals in the south and south west of the UK.

to this

wales & South & West Surfers
Just for the guys and gals in the wales, the south and south west of england

and thats just for starters

please show your suport:smt016

the white rabbit
17-10-07, 02:41 PM
As a founder of the S&WS section with the long lost Monkey, the original region made sense because of the Severn Bridge connection. In other words Newport is a close to Bristol time wise virtually as Bath and Chippenham. Add to that that me and Monkey and the long lost surfers we hardly ever see used to most often actually go to Wales rather than around Bristol meant that we had a healthy mix of folks over the wider area.

IIRC the Grinch/Scoobs/Matt/Keith etc posse joined up with us and even though we were diverse many of us met once in a while, shared rideouts, and in the interim had our own submeets. Hence was born the MoFos and those that often met at Poole, Portsdown etc, and then the Taffia. Of course our main rides were organised out of Wales by Mogs and Jabba.

And we all lived happily ever after and it was a good section. People realised they were a way apart, but understood, accepted and lived with that. However, times change, people change and things move on.

I dont care one bit as I dont see anyone much (sorry to say) and as it happens do most of my riding in Wales, but that's the history. As far as I can see shouting for a south wales section is pointless, you are a critical mass but only when among the S&WS.

I think breaking the section is pointless and doing something just for the sake of it and shouted for by the vocal few. You will end up with a section with no real raison d'etre other than being a few mates. Thats what the sub groups like the MoFos are for. A regional section should be for the bigger things. There are already some critically small sections here, and when that happens there's a danger of cliques forming, and those can form even in the bigger groups, eh Mods? ;)

If you are really bothered why not rename it South & West & Welsh Surfers or something.

Post less crap and do more stuff.

the white rabbit
17-10-07, 02:42 PM
Hovis, you are further from north Wales than you probably are from Southampton, and they have their own section up there anywhere. Think about where you go to, and thats the basis of YOUR region.

plowsie
17-10-07, 02:47 PM
Apparently a dicky bird told me that Hovis isn't allowed in North Wales



*spanner is full and truly in the works*

I used to wonder why there was never a full wales section, it wasn't untill i found out how long it takes from top to bottom lol.

hovis
17-10-07, 02:48 PM
I think breaking the section is pointless and doing something just for the sake of it and shouted for by the vocal few. You will end up with a section with no real raison d'etre other than being a few mates.

If you are really bothered why not rename it South & West & Welsh Surfers or something.

.

agree, i just think that wales needs a mention, as we seem to be getting a lot of new welsh members, when i joined i did not know which group i belonged in

:p

plowsie
17-10-07, 02:49 PM
agree, i just think that wales needs a mention, as we seem to be getting a lot of new welsh members, when i joined i did not know which group i belonged in

:p
+1 but you didnt see me moaning :smt059:smt016

the white rabbit
17-10-07, 02:49 PM
when i joined i did not know which group i belonged in

:p

Bless.

hovis
17-10-07, 02:50 PM
+1 but you didnt see me moaning :smt059:smt016

shut up.......... & bugger off back up to your own region

:smt075

fizzwheel
17-10-07, 02:53 PM
the taffia is going from strenth to strenth,

With respect IMHO fortnightly pub meets that half a dozen people turn up to is not strength to strength IMHO


but, there is still no metion of WALES in the reigions we are stuck in the south west,

Wrong, look at the subtext for the border patrol section

plowsie
17-10-07, 02:56 PM
Wrong, look at the subtext for the border patrol section
Kapoww! In the words of Rio Ferdinand... You just got Merked Hovis :smt027

hovis
17-10-07, 02:57 PM
With respect IMHO fortnightly pub meets that half a dozen people turn up to is not strength to strength IMHO there was 12 last week, & we have had 3 welshy's joinn this week



Wrong, look at the subtext for the border patrol section ok i mean south wales

Grinch
17-10-07, 02:57 PM
Blah...
wales & South & West Surfers


Thats a lot of '&' in that title, plus ain't there a capital on Wales? Or are you inferring that Wales has no capital thus does not really count as its own region, thus is just part of the great a marvelous England? ;)

(where's the fishing line now?)

thefallenangel
17-10-07, 02:59 PM
I say there should be a taffia section. We'll revolt worse than Royal Mail i tell you!!!!!

South West surfers covers too big an area for what's required. I mean your talking from the tip of south west wales to portsmouth.

plowsie
17-10-07, 03:03 PM
Can i have my own section? Im big & Ugly enough :D

Grinch
17-10-07, 03:03 PM
Why does it matter what size area it covers, it just adds to the great diversity that make this place great.

fizzwheel
17-10-07, 03:04 PM
there was 12 last week, & we have had 3 welshy's joinn this week

Good, but on an average night how many would you say you get ?

ok i mean south wales

Yes but you didnt state that.

Hovis, if you want to sit down with the other Taffia members and make a reasoned proposal as to how you might run the section, ( pub meets dont not make a section by themselves ) what you think it might bring to the forum as a whole, how many memebers you think you'd attract, would run you regular rideouts that are organised, planned and prepared for to the extend that my last rideout or Xan's are.

If you think about it in a constructive way and its proposed properly through the correct channels i.e you PM a Mod or Admin about it so we can take your proposal to the other mods, then we'll think about it. But I'm making no promises. I dont think that based on current evidence you'd have enough traffic to warrant your own section. But if you want to prove me wrong then by all means go ahead.

the white rabbit
17-10-07, 03:04 PM
South West surfers covers too big an area for what's required.

And what is required? Fizz's comments above are very reasoned. There's, or at elast there should be, a lot more too it than pub and chat.

Mogs
17-10-07, 03:08 PM
I think we can find a compromise here and have S Wales added to the subtext. Hovis can't be the only geographically challenged person.

I don't want to have a new section for S. Wales. I think it could lead us to become very insular. If it had been set up a few years ago I may never have met some people who, although I don't meet often, I consider them my good friends. Having the Taffia. Mofo's and Poole Quay Threads is good enough.

hovis
17-10-07, 03:16 PM
Good, but on an average night how many would you say you get ?.
at least 6





I dont think that based on current evidence you'd have enough traffic to warrant your own section.

probally not. after concideration maybe things are best as they are for now, although i would like south wales mentioned in the title

& the rideouts are always left to mogs/jabba/VB i think i should plan a rideout, maybe next year (look out):smt091

as xan pointed out, we have not realy had any taffia rideouts, i think this needs to change, b4 anything

zombie jesus might be doing one this sat


there has been quite a few members joining or moving to cardiff latley, so hopfuly we will become a bit bigger

the white rabbit
17-10-07, 03:21 PM
Why not just change the name to the Surfers. After all the South, West and South Wales have all the best surfing.

The Surfers
For all the tarmac surfers in the South and West of England and South Wales

After all MIGTS means nothing,as do a number of the other names.

Xan173
17-10-07, 04:04 PM
There are already some critically small sections here, and when that happens there's a danger of cliques forming, and those can form even in the bigger groups, eh Mods? ;)

What's so dangerous about cliques? Especially in the context of motorcycling where riding with people you know and trust is a pretty sensible thing to do, eh Non-Mods? ;)

Xan173
17-10-07, 04:10 PM
If it had been set up a few years ago I may never have met some people who, although I don't meet often, I consider them my good friends.

That's a good point. Vickster and I wouldn't be going to Utah with EvilTwin & Sarah if it were not for the sizeable catchment of the SaWS.

Thanks Mogs, you make sense happen in world of chaos :)

hovis
17-10-07, 04:18 PM
That's a good point. Vickster and I wouldn't be going to Utah with EvilTwin & Sarah :)



i was unaware of this trip;)

gettin2dizzy
17-10-07, 04:21 PM
woop!

Xan173
17-10-07, 04:23 PM
i was unaware of this trip;)

I'll tell you about you-know-where you-know-when mate ;)

the white rabbit
17-10-07, 04:24 PM
That's a good point. Vickster and I wouldn't be going to Utah with EvilTwin & Sarah if it were not for the sizeable catchment of the SaWS.

Thanks Mogs, you make sense happen in world of chaos :)

And that probably would not have happened in a clique. Some of my best biking has been with people Ive never met before. But thats not really the issue, I dont think there is an issue :lol:

Xan173
17-10-07, 04:28 PM
I dont think there is an issue :lol:

Nah, neither do I.

hovis
17-10-07, 04:38 PM
I'll tell you about you-know-where you-know-when mate ;)

ahhhhhhhhhhh

another one, like those secret rideouts eh?

:pirat:

Mogs
18-10-07, 07:44 AM
Why not just change the name to the Surfers. After all the South, West and South Wales have all the best surfing.

The Surfers
For all the tarmac surfers in the South and West of England and South Wales

After all MIGTS means nothing,as do a number of the other names.

This is good, I like it. It keeps the essence of the original, and is clear about the geography. Has my vote.

gettin2dizzy
18-10-07, 08:19 AM
That sounds good, I'm not arsed in the slightest though :)

Xan173
18-10-07, 01:25 PM
That sounds good, I'm not arsed in the slightest though :)

Me neither. Not one little bit. :geek:

phil24_7
20-10-07, 12:42 AM
I don't like change, but if it makes Hovis happy/shut up then lets do it!! ;-)

hovis
20-10-07, 07:35 AM
I don't like change, but if it makes Hovis happy/shut up then lets do it!! ;-)


thanx hun :kiss:

Beenz
20-10-07, 10:23 AM
.......but if it makes Hovis happy/shut up......


That will never happen ;)

I don't see a problem with how it is personally, but then I don't have an SV... oddly niether does Hovis for that matter. So feel free to ignore my comments. :p

Law
20-10-07, 11:38 AM
I don't like change, but if it makes Hovis happy/shut up then lets do it!! ;-)

The only way hovis will be happy is if he is a mod... or if he takes over as supermod from Fizz. *shudders at the thought of hovis in a position of power*

phil24_7
20-10-07, 01:15 PM
Beenz and Law, you both make very good points.

Lets remove Hovis' account and leave the forum as it is, then everyone will be happy!!!

;-)

phil24_7
20-10-07, 01:15 PM
P.S. Hovis, the CBR forum is calling you!!

hovis
20-10-07, 01:37 PM
P.S. Hovis, the CBR forum is calling you!!

already a member..... its poo compared to the mighty ORG

Law
20-10-07, 01:42 PM
Beenz and Law, you both make very good points.

Lets remove Hovis' account and leave the forum as it is, then everyone will be happy!!!

;-)

:cheers:

Woohoo! What a brilliant suggestion! All in favour say aye! ;)

Nah, this place wouldn't be the same without Hovis, he's like part of the furniture now.

hovis
20-10-07, 01:46 PM
Beenz and Law, you both make very good points.

Lets remove Hovis' account and leave the forum as it is, then everyone will be happy!!!

;-)

:(

phil24_7
20-10-07, 05:43 PM
Tis true, he's like the loung pouffe that everyone wants to rest their feet on!!

Stick around Hovis, the forum would be a tad duller if you weren't here!

Law
20-10-07, 09:18 PM
Tis true, he's like the loung pouffe that everyone wants to rest their feet on!!


Ahh, I've been told he smells of sweaty feet and now I know why, which members of the taffia rest their feet on him then?

Beenz
20-10-07, 09:34 PM
Hovis to the org is like David Bowie is to music..

Elements of pure genius ......... but the rest is just noise. ;)

hovis
22-10-07, 03:32 PM
.

The Surfers
For all the tarmac surfers in the South and West of England and South Wales

.

:thumbsup:

Law
22-10-07, 06:30 PM
.

The Surfers
For all the tarmac surfers in the South and West of England and South Wales

.

:thumbsup:

Hold on, Hovis you think tarmac surfers is a good idea? If I lived in the SWE or S Wales, I wouldn't want anything to do with crashing in my section description.

hovis
22-10-07, 06:32 PM
Hold on, Hovis you think tarmac surfers is a good idea? If I lived in the SWE or S Wales, I wouldn't want anything to do with crashing in my section description.


tarmac surfers? does sound a bit like falling off

Law
22-10-07, 06:36 PM
tarmac surfers? does sound a bit like falling off

It is, tarmac surfing means sliding down the road.

phil24_7
22-10-07, 06:46 PM
Scrub the tarmac bit then!

the white rabbit
22-10-07, 07:54 PM
It is, tarmac surfing means sliding down the road.
Bloody kids.

Mogs
22-10-07, 08:18 PM
tarmac surfers? does sound a bit like falling off

It is, tarmac surfing means sliding down the road.

That's a new one on me, scratch that idea then.

Just adding S.Wales in the subtext is enough.

Vickster
27-10-07, 07:01 PM
Hovis to the org is like David Bowie is to music..

Elements of pure genius ......... but the rest is just noise. ;)

Classic !

Viper
29-10-07, 05:07 PM
why not

S.W.A.T team

(South West and Taffia) ;)

phil24_7
30-10-07, 02:40 AM
Could warm to that idea Viper!

hovis
30-10-07, 08:35 AM
i like it ............... it makes us sound hard

Welsh_Wizard
30-10-07, 08:38 AM
why not

S.W.A.T team

(South West and Taffia) ;)

+ 1

..bag's eye the quiet-bearded Chuck Norris type in the background who only says 1 or 2 syllables an hr.

phil24_7
31-10-07, 02:16 AM
Baggsy the have a go hero who runs in without thinking and pays a high price!!!

Jabba
31-10-07, 05:32 PM
I don't want to have a new section for S. Wales

Kinda sums up my view, too.

There simply aren't enough of us to make it viable.

Besides, the SW has Tiverton Little Chef, and we don't have anything of such comedy value (other than Mogs) to tempt people in from other regions. Mind you, we do have lots of sheep.

gettin2dizzy
01-11-07, 09:16 AM
Whats funny about Tiverton Little Chef?

hovis
01-11-07, 09:59 AM
Whats funny about Tiverton Little Chef?

you have to go

gettin2dizzy
01-11-07, 11:12 AM
I've searched and it's all shrouded in mystery!

hovis
01-11-07, 11:23 AM
I've searched and it's all shrouded in mystery!

:-$

phil24_7
01-11-07, 02:54 PM
I've heard rumours about the Tiverton little shef but nothing concrete, it my just be an Urban myth!

Mogs
01-11-07, 04:10 PM
The secret of Tiverton can be found in the last pages of this thread

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=78691

But you have to experience it to appreciate it.