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Monkey Butt
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Why do we maintain about 2500 "0" posters who have never even said "Hello"? Out of thousands of members we have about 200 that really visit the site. About 100 that check in at least once a month.
Just an observation, seems like database weight that is needless.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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If you don't say hello to us at least bi monthly, we will boot you into the outer darkness. There. It's been said.
But then this thing would be a mess if all those folks started babbling like some us do here.
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Loquacious
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they dont show up to rallies either!
we should do this every weekend!
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Second Wind
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And they don't post nude selfies either.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Monkey Butt
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And they don't post nude selfies either.
Thank goodness!
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Worn Saddle
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Can you imagine the mess of time it would take if even half that number posted regularly. Better not complain!
Fidelis et Fortis
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Learned Hand
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oh, just thought I would post cause I can.....
Warren
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Learned Hand
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Small Change got Rained on by his own .38
Warren
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Stickman Yogi
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Good line from Tom Waits.
Live to love, love to live.
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Be wary of the silent majority. 
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Loquacious
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Maybe you guys should advertise.....
FREE BEER
12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
69 BSA Firebird Scrambler
73 Yamaha TX 750
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Fe Butt
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Can't say I haven't contributed my...ahem..."fair share" to the conversations around here all these years, now can ya?! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I've been around since 05 but did not get my bike until January of this year. I'm riding too much to chat, but I will try to do better.
Mark
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13 America
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Monkey Butt
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You don't have to do better. We have people with 0 posts. Clearly they do not exist as anybody interested in the forum.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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Even though I don't post much, I visit the forums almost every day. Through this sight I have composed a list of mods and upgrades I want and have been able to answer some questions that my brother (Blackwind to y'all) has had about his bikes.
Mark
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Check Pants
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Quote:
Good line from Tom Waits.
"Nighthawks at the Diner" right 
jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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Last edited by AngusPT; 08/10/2014 8:35 PM.
Warren
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Warren
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Quote:
Right, hope this works:
http://youtu.be/EH2E-AUi7Eo
So good.
Live to love, love to live.
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Can't say I haven't contributed my...ahem..."fair share" to the conversations around here all these years, now can ya?!
      Generally a very quiet individual!
12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
69 BSA Firebird Scrambler
73 Yamaha TX 750
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Loquacious
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"Silence is golden" ? "Empty vessels make the most noise"? Is that why "findlay 13" has so many posts? I say YES! 
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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I try to check in when I think about it...All tied up with BritBike.com and my vintage bike...
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Loquacious
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Nowadays, I talk more than I ride. I don't like it one bit, but it is necessary at this point in my life.
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Fe Butt
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I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Quote:
Hi
Hey! stiobhan  
Warren
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I've turned more than a few people on to this site over the last six years or so. Not ONE has ever checked in that I know of! Oh well, I tried.
Fidelis et Fortis
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I don't know, I'm not one for posting when I have nothing to say.
I have never met another member and I have never had another old timer tell me he used to ride one 'just like it' either. I used to tell riders about BA but never saw one sign in either.
Not saying this isn't the best Triumph site, just that the Triumph experience online got boring pretty quick. I still comeback and read tech stuff from the experienced folk here first.
I bought a Speedmaster when my best friend bought his T100. Sucker sold it a couple of months later, so no riding bud. I like riding solo, but that isn't the reason I bought it.
Anyway, Hi guys / gals.
Ridin' and playin' 'til I can't.
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I'm not the most prolific poster (far from it), but I enjoy the site and check in almost daily to see what is going on, read any interesting/informative posts (there's a lot of them here), and have a chuckle or two.
2013 Speedmaster Matte Black
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I've turned more than a few people on to this site over the last six years or so. Not ONE has ever checked in that I know of! Oh well, I tried.
Same here. I just don't get it, personally, especially if said person I turned on to the sight owns or rides a Speedmaster or America.
Not only do I credit this forum with convincing this non-rider at the time what motorcycle I really wanted - enough so that I immediately signed up for a local MSF class, then got my endorsement by the State, and then that very week went to the dealer and ordered my '04 Speedmaster with driving light bar and heel-toe shifter - and having never been on the street on a motorcycle before, I had it delivered to my office where I could get home on it without having to get on the freeway.....
But my, my, where would I be without his forum as a resource and sounding board? Just so much good information here, not to mention the good company and prospects for making our own rallys.
I just don't get anybody with one of these bikes and a smartphone, and or a computer not wanting to join this forum and chime in every now and then.
I have one friend here, with an '03 America, that did sign up, but has never posted. He doesn't work, but he doesn't ride much either...afraid to get out of the shadows of his own home, I think. But he's always wanting me to check the forum for answers to this or that, or check the classifieds for him, etc.
I just can't sympathize a lot with that. He's got more time on his hands than I do!
But for real lurker so who just don't gave much to say? I have no problem with that. Maybe they're entertained without having to chime in. Maybe every now and then, one will.
I'm just glad we're still here after all these years. It is somewhat of a family unit, I think we could all agree on that.
Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
2020 T120 Black
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As a friend of mine used to often say, "All the important people are here".
Keith
Houston
Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
2020 T120 Black
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I usually check in everyday. I also try to live my life by this motto "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool. Than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
Thus my very infrequent posts. But now you have spurred me into posting..."everyone in this stinkin' town's got one foot in the grave. I'd rather take my chances down in Burma Shave!"
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New Tires
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Mojopie, you are in good company.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt . -- George Eliot
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.-- Abraham Lincoln (also attr. Confucius)
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.-- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- Bible, 'Proverbs' 17:28.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Mojopie, you are in good company.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt . -- George Eliot
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.-- Abraham Lincoln (also attr. Confucius)
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.-- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- Bible, 'Proverbs' 17:28.
Naaa... open your mouth, be a fool, who cares, the world needs colorfull people..... 
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary
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I've contributed a bit over my nearly 7 years here. I was invited by Soren after our first TRAP breakfast. This is probably the site I visit most often that doesn't have to do with music (MRNB) or XXX  I've met a few folks here, and even after meeting them, I've decided to return. There are several I definitly conisider friends.
~Brent
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"Nothing you can be is more terrible than what I am." ~ 2007 Black Speedmaster!!
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I've met a few folks here, and even after meeting them, I've decided to return. There are several I definitly conisider friends.
Emoticons for "bliss" and "happiness". 
Live to love, love to live.
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I am a member of several organizations and forums and have always been a lurker. not too bright so I find I learn more by listening.
Did meet AUGUSPT a couple of weeks ago.
26500 on my 09 America and never been more than 100 miles from home !
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Nice to finally meet Old97, would have been riding today, but, missing and coughing on start up discouraged me. Stay safe out there, hope to get it sorted soon. Fouled plug from rectifier / regulator failure?
Warren
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