Whats the best way to get some action back here? This was the ZUK bible resource at one time. Your thoughts?
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i agree this layout is not very good. too many changes to quickly. i guess we're just set in our ways. But i to check in every day.
Sean
Sean
Two cents worth
Just some thoughts after checking this site for a number of years. Being older than most of the members of this fine group I am lacking some what in computer skills. I and a number of other check ins would ask a question and have been told to go do a search and more or less stop asking dumb questions. For some dumb reason in the last 2 years I have acquired 6 of these damn Zukes in various states of repairs. Have at the present time 3 of them ready for the road and soon as the weather breaks here will finish the 4th.
With out information gleaned from this site I am sure I would have ****caned these projects long ago. Example( Who could have guessed the valve timing is done using # 4 at TDC) Some of your members have got to under stand that the new comer more than likely is just starting out and after seeing some of the replies is some what afraid to ask a question.
For what it's worth this is my two cents worth.
petemoss
Just some thoughts after checking this site for a number of years. Being older than most of the members of this fine group I am lacking some what in computer skills. I and a number of other check ins would ask a question and have been told to go do a search and more or less stop asking dumb questions. For some dumb reason in the last 2 years I have acquired 6 of these damn Zukes in various states of repairs. Have at the present time 3 of them ready for the road and soon as the weather breaks here will finish the 4th.
With out information gleaned from this site I am sure I would have ****caned these projects long ago. Example( Who could have guessed the valve timing is done using # 4 at TDC) Some of your members have got to under stand that the new comer more than likely is just starting out and after seeing some of the replies is some what afraid to ask a question.
For what it's worth this is my two cents worth.
petemoss
why is it dead???
One of the reasons that this site has gone dead are the other regional sites that have popped up since I first dropped by back in, was it 2002?
Then, there were a lot of folks who dropped out for better or worse.
I started a site to help folks easily find stuff on the internet called Ack's FAQ. All of searchable references to this site at the FAQ are to various web page articles on fabbing and maintenance. This forum just isn't the same anymore...
I do stop by here every once in a while...
One of the reasons that this site has gone dead are the other regional sites that have popped up since I first dropped by back in, was it 2002?
Then, there were a lot of folks who dropped out for better or worse.
I started a site to help folks easily find stuff on the internet called Ack's FAQ. All of searchable references to this site at the FAQ are to various web page articles on fabbing and maintenance. This forum just isn't the same anymore...
I do stop by here every once in a while...
This BBS has endured for so many years it is amazing. Even though people don't post much here they do check in often. The recent thread about "what happened here" showed that it is still looked at. Jim
The reason I quit coming here very often was the crowd changed. Instead of real 4 wheelers it became a forum for kids to spout off what they didn't know.
They'd ask a question for help, then insult the answers.
Then other fools would chime in with totally stupid solutions.
And the flaming - it became like the pirate board - idiots!
Plus the wording and spelling showed it was full of kids.
About the only thing folks did was buy bolt-on stuff - very little creativity.
It was so bad I lost interest in building another Tracker.
They'd ask a question for help, then insult the answers.
Then other fools would chime in with totally stupid solutions.
And the flaming - it became like the pirate board - idiots!
Plus the wording and spelling showed it was full of kids.
About the only thing folks did was buy bolt-on stuff - very little creativity.
It was so bad I lost interest in building another Tracker.
I'm not on here as much as I used to be, but I still check it out about once a week or so.
This defiantly was the #1 board to be on at one time. I can't tell you how many times I would meet someone at an event, and they would introduce themselves by their ORC handle...lol
There are defiantly a lot of more local forums out there now. But this will always be the #1, grand-daddy of them all!
This defiantly was the #1 board to be on at one time. I can't tell you how many times I would meet someone at an event, and they would introduce themselves by their ORC handle...lol
There are defiantly a lot of more local forums out there now. But this will always be the #1, grand-daddy of them all!
I'm on here about once a week or so. Defantly not as often as I used to be. I remember at one time when ever you would meet someone at an event, you would introduce yourself by your ORC handle.
There are defantly a lot more local fourms out there now. But this will always be the #1 grand daddy of them all!
There are defantly a lot more local fourms out there now. But this will always be the #1 grand daddy of them all!
i used to be on this site all the time. i bought and sold so much suzuki stuff using this site it was crazy. the best part was i never had a transaction problem and most everyone was trustworthy (not everyone though..remember "suzukigoot"?).
i quit comming to this site when i was going through a divorce and didn't touch a suzuki for about a year.. well except to sell a few cheaply. when i returned i noticed this place was absolutely dead. not sure why it died out but it USED to be the main suzuki bbs for good tech and buildups. i still look in once every couple weeks.
i quit comming to this site when i was going through a divorce and didn't touch a suzuki for about a year.. well except to sell a few cheaply. when i returned i noticed this place was absolutely dead. not sure why it died out but it USED to be the main suzuki bbs for good tech and buildups. i still look in once every couple weeks.
I used to come here often - at least every night. It slowly changed from home-built rigs to bolt on store bought stuff.
Plus the crowd here, it grew really young - just kids - kids that can't spell, can't write, don't know anything but replace replace replace - not even close to the right things. College and high school kids - no wonder the country is in trouble.
And it got more like the pirates - constant insults.
Then of course - changing the boards didn't help either.
Get things back to reality and it can again be successful.
Plus the crowd here, it grew really young - just kids - kids that can't spell, can't write, don't know anything but replace replace replace - not even close to the right things. College and high school kids - no wonder the country is in trouble.
And it got more like the pirates - constant insults.
Then of course - changing the boards didn't help either.
Get things back to reality and it can again be successful.
Did this finally post...
I have been on these boards a long time. I have received plenty of help from repairing a head gasket to installing larger tires. I have kept my Zuk alive with all the help off this board. I tried to sign on with my old screen name hedo and would not accept my password. I then tried to get a new password e-mailed to me but it did not like the e-mail address I have been using on here for years. I e-mailed the administrators 3 times about this a problem and they did not respond as of yet and its been over 2 weeeks. I had to make up another name just to get on. I send a 4th e-mail and stated if you going to run a board run it right or shut it down. Then I received a e-mail the next day. You guys should not wonder why there's a not a lots of things happing around here. I just wonder how many others have the same problems.
I have been on these boards a long time. I have received plenty of help from repairing a head gasket to installing larger tires. I have kept my Zuk alive with all the help off this board. I tried to sign on with my old screen name hedo and would not accept my password. I then tried to get a new password e-mailed to me but it did not like the e-mail address I have been using on here for years. I e-mailed the administrators 3 times about this a problem and they did not respond as of yet and its been over 2 weeeks. I had to make up another name just to get on. I send a 4th e-mail and stated if you going to run a board run it right or shut it down. Then I received a e-mail the next day. You guys should not wonder why there's a not a lots of things happing around here. I just wonder how many others have the same problems.
I had over a thousand posts here, and *thought* I'd made many friends. Then I was out for a month because of surgery, and not one person here PMed me to ask if I was okay. I found another board that was warmer and more friendly. You reap what you sow!
Hello Jim. I have not been here since aug 2005! Pretty much the last time i saw you, since Allen left for Iraq at the send off at Glenn and Sue's. Jeez you must be getting really really close to being a grandfather by now. Sad how time flys. I am getting ready to pull the old sammi's out of a 3 year slumber and do some updates. Of course i came back to this place, not because i want to search and look up already hashed out tech answers, but to see who is still wheeling, and are there any events going on like zukin2k or if you can wheel at all locally.
Its great to see that people like you are still here, and i hope Heidi and I can at some point get together with you and your family some time this summer... My regards. Max
by now. Sad how time flys. I am getting ready to pull the old sammi's out of a 3 year slumber and do some updates. Of course i came back to this place, not because i want to search and look up already hashed out tech answers, but to see who is still wheeling, and are there any events going on like zukin2k or if you can wheel at all locally.Its great to see that people like you are still here, and i hope Heidi and I can at some point get together with you and your family some time this summer... My regards. Max
If it wasnt for this site my zuk would still be on those little 29s. Hell this site helped me get those 29s from maine to tn with no shipping charges.
But to be honest, the site lost the "old hands" and the "family" type atmosphere seemed to leave. Ive tried zuwharrie but it reminds me to much of pirate, i hate having to weed thru bogus info to find the good stuff. Ive pretty much made zukikrawlers my new "home". Super nice people and very helpful. It reminds me the most of the way this site once was. And thats why i hang out on it. Hell i miss dannyL bitchin about how people reply to his posts and how people cant spell.
I jus checked, i joined this site 5 days before my 19th birthday. I literally grew up on this board.
Hope to see yall over on zukikrawlers.
But to be honest, the site lost the "old hands" and the "family" type atmosphere seemed to leave. Ive tried zuwharrie but it reminds me to much of pirate, i hate having to weed thru bogus info to find the good stuff. Ive pretty much made zukikrawlers my new "home". Super nice people and very helpful. It reminds me the most of the way this site once was. And thats why i hang out on it. Hell i miss dannyL bitchin about how people reply to his posts and how people cant spell.
I jus checked, i joined this site 5 days before my 19th birthday. I literally grew up on this board.
Hope to see yall over on zukikrawlers.
People are creatures of habit, so when things happen on/to a board, things that start to bug you like a loud squeak in your vehicle that only happens on the freeway, you tolerate it for awhile then move on
For me it started with the fricken popups, especially the full-page Nissan ones.
Then it was the zillion board software changes, at one point I found I always had to re-log in anytime I switched browser windows. Sure it was a cookie issue of some sort, but it only happened on this board. Off-Road personnel never answered my emails.
Then the spelling issues with some uneducated folks have made it difficult to search for information before asking a well thought out question. How sad it is that some cannot spell Samurai, or Suzuki, or Axle, or Brake, since this is the Suzuki Forum and it’s spelled out on the forum page we look at. Even the moderator brags about his ignorance and his third grade education. Any need to mention the Reply to Thread page has a built in spell checker.
Many newcomers didn’t bother to search; they just asked the same lame brain-dead questions. Some were so stupid they were beyond funny, just sad. This also got old.
I see the last time I checked in here was December 21, 2006.
So I’m not here any longer like so many others. And you might think good riddance to me, or we don't need you, or maybe I have a bad attitude.
I bet if everyone on this board left and no new posts were started, no one would be looking at the advertisements, nothing would change, management would not notice.
This board, like other ghost towns, is dead; it just doesn’t know it yet.
For me it started with the fricken popups, especially the full-page Nissan ones.
Then it was the zillion board software changes, at one point I found I always had to re-log in anytime I switched browser windows. Sure it was a cookie issue of some sort, but it only happened on this board. Off-Road personnel never answered my emails.
Then the spelling issues with some uneducated folks have made it difficult to search for information before asking a well thought out question. How sad it is that some cannot spell Samurai, or Suzuki, or Axle, or Brake, since this is the Suzuki Forum and it’s spelled out on the forum page we look at. Even the moderator brags about his ignorance and his third grade education. Any need to mention the Reply to Thread page has a built in spell checker.
Many newcomers didn’t bother to search; they just asked the same lame brain-dead questions. Some were so stupid they were beyond funny, just sad. This also got old.
I see the last time I checked in here was December 21, 2006.
So I’m not here any longer like so many others. And you might think good riddance to me, or we don't need you, or maybe I have a bad attitude.
I bet if everyone on this board left and no new posts were started, no one would be looking at the advertisements, nothing would change, management would not notice.
This board, like other ghost towns, is dead; it just doesn’t know it yet.
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