Forums are evidentally profitable...

[trip]

There's a company (www.verticalscope.com) going around buying up motorcycle forums, loading them with advertising and pop-up ads, and changing them to paid membership sites. Riders that previously visited these sites regularly are leaving in droves.

One of the sites that has been bought is Kawiforums.com. This might cause a migration to KawaNOW. Just FYI, in case we get an influx of new members.

Also, to keep any future rumors at bay.....this boy ain't gonna sell KawaNOW.

Trip

[flightdoc]

Trip that's good to hear. I would've have been dissapointed if you did.

[ells]

Good man Trip!

[oldbiker]

Way to go Trip, Thumbs Up.

[socwkbiker]

Can you just sell Nico and bd? Wonder how much you would get?

[Todd]

Can you just sell Nico and bd? Wonder how much you would get?


2cw +1 ;)

[ringadingh]

Thats great news Trip, keep it up.

[dragon57]

Good to know, Trip !!

[dakals]

Hey Trip what about in bogging down this forum? Are you going to be able to keep it from slowing down when loading the pages. Some of the other forums that i am on are soooooooooo slow. I don't know if or what you have to do to make sure it doesn't slow down. I think if you get more people on this forum that would love it. This forum is by far the best on i have ever been on!!!!!! Congrats for having the best forum!!!!!!

[ianicky]

Glad to hear that Trip http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif but with members like Nico etc i dont think anyone would buy it lol

[dogdoc]

+1 to all comments.

[cactusjack]

There's a company (www.verticalscope.com) going around buying up motorcycle forums, loading them with advertising and pop-up ads, and changing them to paid membership sites. Riders that previously visited these sites regularly are leaving in droves.

One of the sites that has been bought is Kawiforums.com. This might cause a migration to KawaNOW. Just FYI, in case we get an influx of new members.

Also, to keep any future rumors at bay.....this boy ain't gonna sell KawaNOW.

Trip


Atta boy, Trip! I can respect a man who prizes integrity and principle above personal financial gain.

[dui546]

One question Trip. Did you ever invision, imagine or simply give it any thought that this forum would grow into whatever it has become?

BZ! That is short for "Bravo Zulu" - in military slang means....JOB WELL DONE! GOOD ON YOU!

[blowndodge]

[quote:yci6tagr]There's a company (www.verticalscope.com) going around buying up motorcycle forums, loading them with advertising and pop-up ads, and changing them to paid membership sites. Riders that previously visited these sites regularly are leaving in droves.

One of the sites that has been bought is Kawiforums.com. This might cause a migration to KawaNOW. Just FYI, in case we get an influx of new members.

Also, to keep any future rumors at bay.....this boy ain't gonna sell KawaNOW.

Trip


Atta boy, Trip! I can respect a man who prizes integrity and principle above personal financial gain. [/quote:yci6tagr]


<marquee>I wouldn't go that far!!!!</marquee>

[Top Cat]

[quote author=dakals board=general thread=1201179523 post=1201186234]Hey Trip what about in bogging down this forum? Are you going to be able to keep it from slowing down when loading the pages. Some of the other forums that i am on are soooooooooo slow. I don't know if or what you have to do to make sure it doesn't slow down. [quote]

Something to think about. when Archery Talk first started it was fine but as new members joined it got slower than molasses in January http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
They had to upgrade to new servers 3 or 4 times. Does this cost anything?
If it does and YOU have to start charging to keep this site as it is. I would be willing to contribute.

[dakals]

[quote author=dakals board=general thread=1201179523 post=1201186234]Hey Trip what about in bogging down this forum? Are you going to be able to keep it from slowing down when loading the pages. Some of the other forums that i am on are soooooooooo slow. I don't know if or what you have to do to make sure it doesn't slow down.
[quote]

Something to think about. when Archery Talk first started it was fine but as new members joined it got slower than molasses in January http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
They had to upgrade to new servers 3 or 4 times. Does this cost anything?
If it does and YOU have to start charging to keep this site as it is. I would be willing to contribute.


I agree Trip. If this is going to cost you to keep this forum from getting bogged down i am willing to help as well.

[jussmatt]

Trip....once again.... You Are The Man!!! I'm with TC too... if the need comes where we'll have to pay to join or whatever... Count me in!!!

[blowndodge]

Sent you checks to Blowndodges' address listed in the contact section. 50's and 100's or a few boxes of cigars would be fine!!

Glad to hear that Trip http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif but with members like Nico etc i dont think anyone would buy it lol

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[donoller]

some things are not for sale thanks trip i wish i could get some one to do a web page for our chapter and agwa state page along with our souteast usa region agwa plus ama 60 members and no one want to do a page i have tried to set one up but looks like crap .keep up the good work

[blowndodge]

Translater please?

Translater please?


insert . . , , ; ; ! . you should be fine.

[Todd]

Punctuation is overrated

[jussmatt]

hellsoarespacesasfarasthatgoes!!

Punctuation is over rated



I realize it isn't used in the southern hills....... where incest runs rampant and bestiality rules!


I owe ya a beer brother.

[Todd]

[quote:wsjcksww]Punctuation is over rated



I realize it isn't used in the southern hills....... where incest runs rampant and bestiality rules!

[/quote:wsjcksww]


<marquee> ;) ;) ;) ;) Get it right......beastiality runs rampant and incest rules ;) ;) ;) ;)</marquee>

I am kinda partial to the puncuation thing maself :-/ :-/ :-/

<marquee>http://home.freeuk.com/markaldridge/ugly/male/cletus.jpgToddster</marquee>

[socwkbiker]

We don't need to contribute! That's why we're putting Nico, BD and Todd up for sale! We might get enough to keep us going for..oh...1 hour. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

Punctuation rules!

[dakals]

Sent you checks to Blowndodges' address listed in the contact section. 50's and 100's or a few boxes of cigars would be fine!!

Very funny BD!!!!!!!! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[dakals]

We don't need to contribute! That's why we're putting Nico, BD and Todd up for sale! We might get enough to keep us going for..oh...1 hour. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

Punctuation rules!

Good luck with that i can't even get anyone to buy me in the auction on the playground!!!!!!!

[jussmatt]

[quote:6r00s6h4]We don't need to contribute! That's why we're putting Nico, BD and Todd up for sale! We might get enough to keep us going for..oh...1 hour. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

Punctuation rules!

Good luck with that i can't even get anyone to buy me in the auction on the playground!!!!!!![/quote:6r00s6h4]

Don't worry Allison...it's just like ebay... the bidding doesn't really start till the auction is almost over!!

[buckeye]

Attaboy Trip --- our hero! Count me in, if we need to anti up.

[trip]

Can you just sell Nico and bd? Wonder how much you would get?


I'd probably have to PAY someone to take them.

[trip]

One question Trip. Did you ever invision, imagine or simply give it any thought that this forum would grow into whatever it has become?

BZ! That is short for "Bravo Zulu" - in military slang means....JOB WELL DONE! GOOD ON YOU!

Actually Brian, I never thought KawaNOW would grow into what it is this soon. I'm really looking forward to what 2008 brings. Thanks for the kudos.

Trip

[trip]

Hey Trip what about in bogging down this forum? Are you going to be able to keep it from slowing down when loading the pages. Some of the other forums that i am on are soooooooooo slow. I don't know if or what you have to do to make sure it doesn't slow down. I think if you get more people on this forum that would love it. This forum is by far the best on i have ever been on!!!!!! Congrats for having the best forum!!!!!!

Thanks dakals.....as far as system speed, I don't know if I can do a whole lot about that. But, I'll tale a look when the time comes. Thanks.

[trip]

[quote:33ywmico]

Atta boy, Trip! I can respect a man who prizes integrity and principle above personal financial gain.


<marquee>I wouldn't go that far!!!!</marquee>[/quote:33ywmico]

I would........the man obviously knows integrity when he sees it...... http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[donoller]

I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER, BUT JUST GOT MY FIRST PAIR OF SHOES TODAY. JUST RMEMBER THESE OLE SOUTHERN BOYS CAN DOT YOUR EYES WITH A RIFLE. JUST KIDDING GUYS WROTE THAT IN A HURRY . HAD TO GO PICK UP BOSS. OOPS NOW I AM SHOUTING.

[tomk]

Thanks Trip!

[quote:d8v1bzxy]Can you just sell Nico and bd? Wonder how much you would get?


I'd probably have to PAY someone to take them.[/quote:d8v1bzxy]


Nice.

[Idaho]

[quote:ir9iul2b]Can you just sell Nico and bd? Wonder how much you would get?


I'd probably have to PAY someone to take them.[/quote:ir9iul2b]

Hey Trip, ya read my mind. We could take up a collection to help. This could get pricey tho. http://s2.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif

[dakals]

[quote:y8kpulu7]

Good luck with that i can't even get anyone to buy me in the auction on the playground!!!!!!!

Don't worry Allison...it's just like ebay... the bidding doesn't really start till the auction is almost over!![/quote:y8kpulu7]

That's ok i probably won't sell anyway

What's the reserve set at ? LOL. This site is the best by far.

[ianicky]

Hey Trip how long has this site been up and running?

And i will contribute towards Nico & BD sale if it comes to it http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

PS Its a great site, thanks.

[trip]

My thanks to all of you for your participation in KawaNOW and for your willingness to collectively fund an upgrade and/or help pay for KawaNOW expenses.

I've known for a while that some of you have been concerned about a possible slow down in response on the system. As a system grows in numbers, there is always a delay in response on your screen. KawaNOW is no exception and I hate to say it, but that just the nature of the usage beast. Unless Proboards decides to migrate to a faster more powerful server, we're pretty well stuck where we are in that area.

The other day, I looked into what it would cost to do an upgrade on our present forum. After doing the research, I feel upgrading would really not be worth it. Here's why:

1. An upgrade on Proboards is more of a "rental" than an actual buy. If I could collect money from everyone and pay a one-time fee to upgrade, I would certainly consider it, but with Proboards, an upgrade means a monthly payment for an upgrade based off of usage. I calculated that it would probably cost about 25.00 to 30.00 dollars a month to upgrade. I figured in current usage and future usage. That would be roughly 30.00 a month, every month. To me, that's not appealing.

2. If we did upgrade, it would only give us two benefits.....the ads on each page would go away and it would afford each member an area to place their pictures for display. The space provided ranges from 5mb to 50mb....but here's the kicker, no pictures above the size of 512K will be allowed to be stored. This means that most of us would have to shrink our pics. I feel that we are better off providing our own respective areas for pic storage at any size we want.

So, there you have it......unless all of you say you're willing to foot the monthly bill, I'm of the opinion that we keep things the way they are.....free.

And to ease any concerns about current costs for KawaNOW....I actually am not spending any money on KawaNOW....just a lot of time. I was able to get a friend of mine to host the website for free and the forum is free. The only expense I have had so far is buying the domain name (www.kawanow.org) and that is only 10.00 bucks a year. I don't loose any sleep over it, so you shouldn't. But thanks for your concern tho. I appreciate the fact that you guys have always been willing to do your part.

In the future, I will always be open to new ideas and change. If, in the future, it is deemed necessary, I will certainly take a look at any changes that would be beneficial for the staff and members. But, for now, I think it's best to stay where we are.

Trip

[dakals]

Thanks for the update trip!!!! Please let us know if we can do anything to help!!!

[blowndodge]

I still think we should try to limit our pic sizes as I mentioned in the past. We don't need to post anything bigger than say 4X3 in our posts. If we want you to see a massive pic, then tie in the link and we can choose to view it ourselves.

[dakals]

Now BD you know you love seeing Nico pictures that he posts!!!!!!LOL

[socwkbiker]

I still think we should try to limit our pic sizes as I mentioned in the past. We don't need to post anything bigger than say 4X3 in our posts. If we want you to see a massive pic, then tie in the link and we can choose to view it ourselves.

Aaaahhh quit yer bitchin!

[jussmatt]

Trip...thanks for the update... just know that either way... I'm in.

For the rest of the comments after Trips's last message... +1!! LOL!!

If I can't pull six figures out of this thing as Chief Mr. Everything... then I say we keep it free!!!

I have a dream!!!!

[Top Cat]

I still think we should try to limit our pic sizes as I mentioned in the past. We don't need to post anything bigger than say 4X3 in our posts. If we want you to see a massive pic, then tie in the link and we can choose to view it ourselves.
I agree but it seems the new members don't realize how to resize their pics. You gotta admit it is a real pain to learn after doing it the way they do on other sites.
When we see a new member, or aaahh some of the older members, posting a pic that is to big we should explain the problem to them. my.02

[ianicky]

I now understand why Nico posted big pictures lol

[rflnomad]

For the upteenth time, thanks to Trip for everything.
If we need to step up to KawaNOW for support, PLEASE CONTACT.
And if people try to take our site ... gimmie a address and we may have to " have a chat with Junior " as it's known down here! http://s2.images.proboards.com/angry.gif:(" title=">:(" border="0"/>

[biscuitsngravy]

Thanks, Trip, for all you do. This is a great forum! Let us know if you need help on anything.
BnG

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa5/combatchef/tonymontana.jpg

OK OK do you want nah meet my little friend, keep your hands off KawaNow..OK...OK.... Welcome to TACO BELL may I take your order. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[ringadingh]

If everything is working good, as it seems to be, its best to leave it be. Thanks Trip

[unwind2]

I just hope if it brings in a flurry or two of folks that they are Nomaders. No offense to riders of other brands (I have other brands in my garage too) or even other Kawasaki or Vulcan riders but there are lots of 'no brand' type motorcycle groups out there and this one was created by Trip for the enjoyment and sharing of info for Nomad enthusiast. For example when I want to talk Guzzis I go to the WildGuzzi site etc....Just my $.02 worth.

[donoller]

thanks Trip

[nightmare]

Thanks Trip for all you do

[quote:4s8fgd3p]I still think we should try to limit our pic sizes as I mentioned in the past. We don't need to post anything bigger than say 4X3 in our posts. If we want you to see a massive pic, then tie in the link and we can choose to view it ourselves.
I agree but it seems the new members don't realize how to resize their pics. You gotta admit it is a real pain to learn after doing it the way they do on other sites.
When we see a new member, or aaahh some of the older members, posting a pic that is to big we should explain the problem to them. my.02[/quote:4s8fgd3p]


+1