01-16-2018, 09:21 AM
I'll start this post by taking a moment to apologize to Ulvetanna for recently making a bit of a "peppered" statement (as he put it) about him that was uncalled for. It's not an excuse, but I'd note that he recently managed to really to get under my skin by implying that I would try to convince someone to purchase a CB1100 just to crank up the activity level on this site and that has stuck with me. The reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. Just to be clear, I don't care about pushing up the activity on this site nor am I worried about the number of active members we have on hand at any given time (as I've previously noted). I started this forum simply because I wanted to create a place on the web where people that enjoyed the Honda CB1100 could discuss the bike (along with other motorcycle-related content as it turned out). If we don't happend to have much to talk about at times then that's okay.
At one point not long after I started this forum I was contacted by a company that owned multiple other powersports related forums. They wanted to purchase cb1100forum.com from me to add to their network of sites and keep me on to help manage the resulting product. The amount they offered me wasn't mind-boggling, but it was enough to make me think about their offer. Sill, I turned them down as I felt that if I did so, in no time at all this this forum would quickly become heavily infested with advertisements everywhere. Perhaps more importantly, with someone else calling the shots, I was worried that this place might just another flame-riddled forum like so many other out on the web — the kind of forum where few people participating manage to treat each other with respect. That's just not the kind of environment that I personally wanted to be investing my time in.
Later on I was contacted by a couple of businesses about advertising and ended up with a some site sponsors as a result which I appreciated. But I ended up pulling the plug on that as I never wanted to turn this site into a business — I'd rather just maintain a simple, straightforward, low frills, low drama place where other like-minded individuals could come hang out online and talk about motorcycles (and of course the CB1100 in particular). I honestly never really wanted to accomplish anything more than that when it comes to this forum. Since I'm not doing this for the money, I'm not concerned about the volume of activity on the site. End of story.
I'd also like to note that I will soon be posting a banner (by my own choice and suggestion) indicating that Samurider.com has been named as "The official aftermarket parts supplier to the CB1100 Forum". Besides the fact that I just think it sounds sort of cool, the reason that I'm doing this is because it is the one place that I personally would like all people who are new to this forum to know about. As anyone who has already dealt with Mr. T realizes, no one works harder at providing excellent customer service than Takashi (the owner of Samurider.com). Not to mention that Samurider's dedication to the CB1100 is beyond impressive.
That's about all that I wanted to get off of my chest. I truly hope that all personalities on this site, old and new alike, will continue to get along as well as we have to date. Whether you like to ramble on at times like I do, or you tend to keep your contributions short, sweet and far-between, it's all good with me as long as it's offered up honestly with the thought that we are a small, respectful and well-knit community unlike so many other forums out there on the web. In a lot of ways, the quality of character exhibited by so many on this forum reminds me a lot the CB1100 itself. I suppose that shouldn't come as a real surprise.
All the best,
Guth
At one point not long after I started this forum I was contacted by a company that owned multiple other powersports related forums. They wanted to purchase cb1100forum.com from me to add to their network of sites and keep me on to help manage the resulting product. The amount they offered me wasn't mind-boggling, but it was enough to make me think about their offer. Sill, I turned them down as I felt that if I did so, in no time at all this this forum would quickly become heavily infested with advertisements everywhere. Perhaps more importantly, with someone else calling the shots, I was worried that this place might just another flame-riddled forum like so many other out on the web — the kind of forum where few people participating manage to treat each other with respect. That's just not the kind of environment that I personally wanted to be investing my time in.
Later on I was contacted by a couple of businesses about advertising and ended up with a some site sponsors as a result which I appreciated. But I ended up pulling the plug on that as I never wanted to turn this site into a business — I'd rather just maintain a simple, straightforward, low frills, low drama place where other like-minded individuals could come hang out online and talk about motorcycles (and of course the CB1100 in particular). I honestly never really wanted to accomplish anything more than that when it comes to this forum. Since I'm not doing this for the money, I'm not concerned about the volume of activity on the site. End of story.
I'd also like to note that I will soon be posting a banner (by my own choice and suggestion) indicating that Samurider.com has been named as "The official aftermarket parts supplier to the CB1100 Forum". Besides the fact that I just think it sounds sort of cool, the reason that I'm doing this is because it is the one place that I personally would like all people who are new to this forum to know about. As anyone who has already dealt with Mr. T realizes, no one works harder at providing excellent customer service than Takashi (the owner of Samurider.com). Not to mention that Samurider's dedication to the CB1100 is beyond impressive.
That's about all that I wanted to get off of my chest. I truly hope that all personalities on this site, old and new alike, will continue to get along as well as we have to date. Whether you like to ramble on at times like I do, or you tend to keep your contributions short, sweet and far-between, it's all good with me as long as it's offered up honestly with the thought that we are a small, respectful and well-knit community unlike so many other forums out there on the web. In a lot of ways, the quality of character exhibited by so many on this forum reminds me a lot the CB1100 itself. I suppose that shouldn't come as a real surprise.
All the best,
Guth