The purpose of a forum?
 

Re: Top Speed

Taken from earlier thread.

Boring I know but what is the top end speed you have had out of your SV flat out with no pillion??

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Originally Posted by rictus01 http://forums.sv650.org/images/buttons/viewpost.gif
If you're that interested, do a search:roll:

Really helpful thanks. If everyone did a search you'd have no forum - Just an archieve of information!:mad:

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Yeah so what is the point of a forum? Just that, so people can discuss things. Yes and if they run on and evolve into a different subject..... so what's the harm?

I'm now getting bored with this forum even though I'm new. I mean I can here the same sort of crapola at work.

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I think you're being a dab hasty.

There are a number of subjects that simply have been done to death, of which 'what is your top speed' is possibly the most irrelevant. It's irrelevant because speedos aren't that accurate, how could anyone possibly claim 140mph from a near standard bike otherwise, and it always guarantees ludicrous willy waving.

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And there is nothing more ludicrous than a willy being waved, believe me. We know you've got them, guys, but keep em in your pants, eh?:smt119

I can see both sides of the argument here. I haven't been a member that long, but even I think 'Oh no, not this subject again' sometimes, so how those who have been here for donkeys years feel I can only imagine. That said, there are new people joining all the time, and to them everything is a fresh subject to be discussed.

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696 mph ....... but not on an SV..
I was pillion following a pilot... yes big willy waving upto about 45000 ft, him in his Torando ... wot ever... :sick::puker:
Scared the $hit out of me.
but the guys in the Hawks have more fun so I'm told.:shock:

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Well that's it, and if you don't want to read the thread then don't. Most of it's just for a laugh anyway unless it's obiously not.

Sometimes I think of myself as an anorak and that's the time where I log off.

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See what I mean, Richie is already veering from the subject but who cares. We'll let him off cus he's from the northeast and he doesn't know any better ;)

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I think these subjects will come up time and time again, but as threads have titles you can miss the out if you want, knee down, top speed, fuel range, pointy or curvy, etc, but people still like to chat about them, so let them. The only reason to stop a thread is if it steps outside the boundaries of the forum, whatever these are...

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PS what is the fastest colour?

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Grand Candy Blue of course IMHO :)

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when you've been here more than 5 minute you'll see certain post topics rotate and come up every month or two, some people don't even know about the search let alone use it so pointing it out is now wrong according to you? threads of any great length are for IB and not the information areas as people can't find relevent info to answer problem they my have.

IB is for chatting and those with time to kill, feel free to chat away in there, relevent on topic posts are fine start diviating to far and it makes no sense of the post title, who desides what to far is, that'd be us moderators.

Yeah we get the odd new member who hasn't come to terms with the rules, but then that's what keeps this place the way it is, no one is forced to be here.

Cheers Mark.

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Totally agreed with! I have gained from some helpful advice and hopefully have dished some out. Just thought at the end of a hard day some light hearted chat on a subject even if it strays can cause little harm. I didn't mean to step on anyones toes... well not much anyway. And it obviously does some good or I wouldn't be here. I try not to be rude just light hearted.

Edit: and somethimes a bit cheeky that's me nature :wink:

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by al means chat, use regionals or IB, we try to keep the two top area's for information and problem solving and fairly clear of waffle.

Cheers Mark.

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I can't believe this subject has come up tonight after talking to a mate earlier about the whole "try a search" responses, spooky stuff.

My opinion is just please for the love of god don't ask "what tyre is best for my SV?" again:smt067

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Why? That's easy, 120/60 front and 160/60 rear ;)

Edit: Ooopppsss!

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what about the debate on the 70 pofile tyres, do a search ;)

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Hehe cheek lol :)

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Problem is, if you want/expect some people to ignore your thread, then the next thing you will be posting is a reply along the lines of

"What, nobody knows anything about [insert topic], you guys suck, I'm out of here."

The people who have seen the subject time after time, are the people who can probably answer the slight variation that perhaps you have asked.

Most forums follow a rule that you should search before you ask questions, by NOT following this convention, its the poster of the duplicate question that is being rude.

I have been on forums where you would have got a "Do a search" reply, then the thread locked.

So, in general, find a thread on the topic you have a question on, then, if you have any further questions, add to THAT thread, people will see that its re-surfaced and look at it. Aslo when you do add to the old thread, try and let people see that you have read it, refer to things in the thread that you are not sure on, or doubt the accuracy of.

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Aaaaarggghhh NO!

Same response to:

"What's the best oil?"

:smt075

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or my front end knocks when going over bumps......

the list goes on......and on......and on ;)

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I went for the expensive stuff thats red, cos it matches my bike :)

Well you usually say just pick the colour you prefer :P

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Baby ;)

HTH

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This is where the dreaded Knowledge base would have come in handy ;)

How about a Technical FAQ?

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is it george best?

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:D

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*waves her willy*

Mine's the biggest.

:smt036

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You've also got to remember that, although the forum is free to us end users, someone has to pay for the bandwidth at some point. Therefore 7 threads of 10 or more pages on top speed, knee down, fastest colour, best oil, best tyres and blah de blah do have to be cut down on at some point.

The definitive answer to all these questions are as follows:

Top speed: slightly slower than you think.
Best oil: Stuff from the garage. Vegetable oil is no good.
Knee down: Regularly when I check my tyre pressure, change the oil or anything else that involves kneeling down.
Best tyres: Try the round black ones, I find they work very well. (Thanks Sid Squid)
Fastest colour: Any colour you like*. Let's be honest, we all know that really, right?

*as long as it's black

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I vote for lubricating oil.
Crude is against forum rules and baby is right out.OK?

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Mmmmmmm..... extra virgin for me :)

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can't search for oil!

OK I'll shut up about that. :lol:

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Does that mean there hasn't been a thread for "Which Exhaust" ;)

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yellow............ err, i mean white red blue purple & black (on the same bike)

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Plenty of smilies is a good idea then people shouldn't misunderstand you and have a go! Of course its easy enough to go the long winded route so you explain everything is so much bleedin' detail that its impossible for anyone to misunderstand you.....but I guarantee someone will!! ;)

I often find on forums that if I make a joke the person I'm replying to often thinks the joke is aimed at them, so its always a good idea to try and word things carefully e.g., sir hehehehe! :) ;) :) ;)

:) (see)

By the way (switches to 'on topic' mode) I should be taking my mate to his flying lesson this weekend, and hoping its not windy, so I get to play on a real runway, well, not the runway but the taxi ways, well, not the taxi ways exactly but the outfield access roads which are very flat and very smooth! :)

Shall report back if 140 is seen. If I run alongside him as he takes off it'll confirm it cos I reckon his plane does 140 max! :-k

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Dont forget to load the Top Gun soundtrack onto your MP3 player tho....

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(Enough smilies for you ????)

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It can be a bit :smt102 when you see them all over again, but i prefer to be a bit more :D to answer because i join the thread anyhow, but its nice to see the new folks ideas and opinions aswell as digging up the oldies to repost for the 50th time lol,

I predict we get a POINTY VS CURVY within a month, :o
( i started the last one in feb i think lol, ) :drink:

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Woah! Happiness overdose! :)

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deserter

Matt

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Re: The purpose of a forum?
to while away the hours when you're supposed to be working ...?

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Late to the party with the serious answer... Here's how it'd be in the real world:

9am in the office. Someone says "What about that (insert news item here)". Office discussed news item for half an hour. You arrive at 10.30, just after they've finished, and say "What about that news item then?". Does everyone have the exact same conversation again? Nope, chances are you get a couple of bored answers and then it drifts on. You don't get your conversation, everyone else gets bored or annoyed...

On a forum, you can search and if that conversation happened recently, instead of trying to start over from scratch you can carry on from where it left off, without endless repetition. If you want a chat about top speed, searching for "top speed" then posting your part on the end of the last thread just works better for everyone. Nobody's saying "Don't talk about it"

Well, OK, probably Rictus is ;)

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SECONDED ! ! ! ! :D