Last summer on the Friday before a long weekend, my bike started misbehaving: stalling at idle, running rough, backfiring. I was dismayed because the weather forecast was awesome and I had planned to ride all weekend.
I got home and right away posted the symptoms in the Technical Talk forum. Within minutes, a reply came from a fellow member in Sweden: "Sounds like you have an air leak." A few minutes later I found the leak. Quick trip to the local motorcycle shop and $2 to replace a damaged "squirrel condom" and my problem was fixed.
I've saved countless hundreds (thousands?) of dollars buying and selling accessories in the Classified, gone on memorable rides with friends I met on this website, learned more about my bike than this non-mechanic ever thought he could learn, laughed my @$$ off at the stupid stuff posted in the off-topic forums, but that one saved weekend by itself was worth every minute I spent on this site.
Earlier this year I traded my America for a Rocket III (a big mistake - don't do it. PM me if you think you might want to get a Rocket one day and I'll talk you out of it), but this is still the first place I come when I want to kill some time chatting with other motorcycle enthusiasts. It's the best motorcycle forum bar none, whether you own an America or not.
