Whats Happened to SBG? [Archive]

PlayfulGod

08-29-2008, 12:20 PM

SBG has lost sumtin as of late. What is everyone preoccupied with? Is everyone pissed off or what? Everyone joined another site? Something is amiss and I want to resolve it. How can we fix it????
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kittswife

08-29-2008, 12:24 PM

I see it too! I'm still here and I'll always be here...as long as you'll have me! I don't belong to any other sites and have no intention of joining and...used to be on CBRForum, but that was lame for me as a woman...way too much testosterone! I found my place...and this is it for me! :thumbup:

Britishsteele

08-29-2008, 12:29 PM

Hi PG....I can only speak for myself...but things have been crazy busy around here with back to school time and job hunting and the work I am doing for the church...Im also at a loss of what type of new info to post up..I personally, would like to see a part of the forum dedicated to outreach programs such as Domestic violence, Food and Clothing banks, Depression, things like that...things that some of us face once in a while or on a daily bases..just a part of the forum that could provide links and/or resources to other places on the web...

I know I also like to read about other peoples riding stories..it really motivates me to get out there on the bike!!

R1Gurl

08-29-2008, 01:19 PM

I as well have been busy. I got an offer letter for a great job this week, turned in my notice. My boss HATES me now. He's pissed.

My son went back to school and that's a hectic time, changing jobs, and I've been spending a lot of time with the local riding club here, so i haven't been online and posting as much.

agjse94

08-29-2008, 05:28 PM

:( I try to be here as much as I can!! I too have been real busy with work!!

Skyegirlone

08-29-2008, 05:33 PM

Sadly I am not supposed to be online at work so I don't pop in much and with the new job I spend 4 hours a day commuting and 8 working. Not too talkative when I get home. I do lurk and check things out. I still think SBG's rocks!

BadKitty

08-29-2008, 08:49 PM

Busy, depressed, alienated

GixxerJanie

08-29-2008, 09:00 PM

Busy, depressed, alienated

you okay? what's wrong? :(

gaia3465

08-29-2008, 09:23 PM

Busy, depressed, alienated

BADKITTY! DON'T FEEL THAT WAY!!! i feel so bad knowing you feel that way:(

i think i'm still on sbg quite a lot. i moved, and this place makes me feel at home. i have joined another (local) forum, but always will like this place because, as someone else said, too much testosterone! lol

sandmansc

08-29-2008, 09:50 PM

Hi group, my name shannon, and I'm a forumaholic. I'm currently a member of 39 different internet forums...(although this one and my own are the only two I visit daily)

Not that this is bad...but for me...there's Soooo many people here and sooooo much going on...it's hard to keep up. I only open topics that sound interesting to me unless I just have free time to click and read them all. I try to revisit those posts to see what's going on. But I just get too busy most the time.

Alilyoyo1

08-29-2008, 10:22 PM

As I said...I have a business to run. This is our busy season, with schools, awareness and the holidays coming I have been working constantly. When I am done I have a home to keep up, a husband, a bike to ride, friends that want to do stuff and family that wants attention.

I barely have time to keep up with the friends I can see in person much less here! I just talked to Tasha for the first time in days!

I get on briefly to check on things but I can't read thru all the posts. I have been reading the chicken strip posts and keeping up with the social ones that amuse me and of course my team on BL but I can't do it all.

As for other forums I belong to several. But I basically do most of the same there...lurk a little and post minimally.

Maverick_72

08-29-2008, 10:49 PM

some of the content has gotten old for me, more talk about bikes would be nice!

L♥VE

08-29-2008, 10:53 PM

some of the content has gotten old for me, more talk about bikes would be nice!

SBG is what you make it. I have started tons of bike related posts. People don't post on it. As I have said many many times before...if you want to discuss something then post it!

rcrgirl84

08-29-2008, 10:56 PM

Ditto.

I've been trying to bump a lot of older content too . . . its not getting many responses.

samurai-kitty

08-29-2008, 10:58 PM

Internet burnout, my excuse anyway.

TWL

08-30-2008, 02:21 AM

i m here only forum im on but i only read whats intersting to me and i post when i got something to say (thats nice momma said if ya aint got something nice to say dont say anything at all ) but i do love this place

ncdixie

08-30-2008, 08:47 AM

Alilyoyo1

08-30-2008, 11:49 AM

BadKitty

08-30-2008, 12:18 PM

Welp lemme see. I am not mad or anything like that. I lurk and post. Sometimes I just cant think of anything to say. I've been seeking employment, looking into going back to school and that is depressing as hell.
:yellowrider:

I hear ya sista. I have been trying to go back to school but keep hittin roadblocks. I LOVE school and miss it but cant seem to get back to it. Hard to think of what I wanna do next career-wise when I love what i do now so much. But my body is starting to protest thus the school- seeking. takes up way too much time to try to plan out a career change with no money. I think i actually made my computer laugh at me when I applied for financial aid too. :wallbash:

ncdixie

08-30-2008, 01:18 PM

LOL @ school is fun. I always hated school and was glad when I got out. It may be fun when I finally decide on what the career change choice will be.
:jump:

GSXR1000 Hottie

08-30-2008, 01:27 PM

I'm here. My work has been keeping me pretty busy. But I lurk and make comments where I think I should or when I am interested in something. I try to pop in on the daily and say something every morning. It's jsut hard when you have phones and such going all day at work. anyway I love SBG! This is the only forun I get on anymore. Our local forum is lame so I just come here and check my myspace regularly.

HDchic

08-30-2008, 07:34 PM

I agree with everyone here! SBG rocks but life is extremely busy! I do try to lurk and read a few posts daily and I try to make comments here and there. I'd love to have more time to spend with all of you but sadly not right now. I do not belong to any other forums. SBG gets my undivided attention when I can give it!

TWL

08-31-2008, 12:39 AM

im kinda new here anyway ive only bin here since the rally

ncdixie

08-31-2008, 09:34 AM

What ever happened to Red Riding Hood? I hope Charlie didn't take her to FL and use her as gator bait.:unsure:

L♥VE

08-31-2008, 09:40 AM

What ever happened to Red Riding Hood? I hope Charlie didn't take her to FL and use her as gator bait.:unsure:

TG Says she has no puter:(

sandmansc

08-31-2008, 11:11 AM

I will offer one more suggestion...

This obviously isn't anyone's fault or anything like that...

but the site seems slower than it used to...Anyone else getting that?

When I type in www.sportbikegurls.com it used to load right then and there, now it takes 10 seconds or so...and when I click NEW POSTS, it takes a while for the list to pop up, same when I click reply...

Have we grown so much that we need to up the bandwidth or something? I don't think it was like this last month...

rcrgirl84

08-31-2008, 12:38 PM

I've had that problem since the big crash/explosion at the server housing building place. Everything's been a little slower since we got back up and running.

ncdixie

08-31-2008, 12:42 PM

I've had that problem since the big crash/explosion at the server housing building place. Everything's been a little slower since we got back up and running.

Me too.

Britishsteele

08-31-2008, 12:43 PM

I have to agree with that. sometimes, i can't even get in...I have to keep trying and trying!!! Then, i get sidetracked and forget...I know, Im a bad forum member..

L♥VE

08-31-2008, 01:25 PM

The only time i notice a lag is if i am doing some maintenance or sending news letters. The forum is fine for me. Try doing a traceroute from your provider to SBG. It could be routing. I think the site is better and much faster since the move speed wise. And I suggest alot of you try using http://sportbikegurls.com/forums instead of the portal and see if that helps.

And you can ditch the WWW part its not needed :D

Make sure your browsers aren't jacked up as well. If you need help doing a trace route let me know.

rcrgirl84

08-31-2008, 08:17 PM

I'll try it. But its slow for me on my home laptop . . . which is usually pretty fast. Its even slower at work where we have a fat pipe connection. Every other site is fine, but SBG is slow.

samurai-kitty

08-31-2008, 10:26 PM

I have to agree with that. sometimes, i can't even get in...I have to keep trying and trying!!!

If you were a man I'd say you were doing it wrong...

sandmansc

08-31-2008, 11:54 PM

Yeah SBG is usually one of the first sites I log into ... I'll open three browsers, log into SBG, NR and Myspace...I have to remember to keep checking back on my SBG window to see if it's up yet...and I have a 20MB/Second connection.

I go through 19 hits on a tracert.

25zx6r

09-01-2008, 12:12 AM

don't have the net at my place so I only get to lurk from work or a friends house but it does seem slower than it used to be

drewpy

09-01-2008, 03:33 AM

i am still waiting on pippi to get back with me about rc parts :lol:

lee

09-01-2008, 03:50 AM

just busy/timezone stuff means people aren't usually on when i am. also TBH when i first joined it seemed a bit more interesting, i don't really find much i personally feel like reading (atleast judging from the titles) when i click view new lately.

WarpSpeedTigger

09-01-2008, 08:18 AM

As for me...my husband and I have been on vacation and besides with being so new here....I figured nobody would miss me anyways. Back to work and real life tomorrow.

ncdixie

09-01-2008, 09:21 AM

As for me...my husband and I have been on vacation and besides with being so new here....I figured nobody would miss me anyways. Back to work and real life tomorrow.
Hope your vacation was good. And yeah!? we missed you. LOL:clapping:

L♥VE

09-01-2008, 09:27 AM

Thanks for all the input. I am going to start devoting some time to getting things rolling here. With the rally taking up all my time the last part of this year I couldn't work on getting new members and bringing old ones back.

I am going to ask you all try and create topics that interest you! YOU have the power to do so! And maybe bring a friend or two to SBG!

:1:

Maverick_72

09-01-2008, 11:21 AM

good to know that other people be sides me have to wait forever for this webpage to load. i have charter, and when i tracert it, it gets bottlenecked right at the first jump. my isp is charter and it takes 17 jumps to get there.

PlayfulGod

09-01-2008, 04:43 PM

I rarely have any issues with SBG loading. But I will check into it tho since it doesnt seem isolated to one area or another.

:sbgrox:

ncdixie

09-01-2008, 04:47 PM

I rarely have any issues with SBG loading. But I will check into it tho since it doesnt seem isolated to one area or another.

:sbgrox:
Thanks PG you rock!:friends:

PlayfulGod

09-01-2008, 05:00 PM

I made a thread dedicated to the issue. :big_boss::to_keep_order::sbgrox:

thanks dixie :grin:

sandmansc

09-01-2008, 07:00 PM

Thanks papa smurf!

I'd post a @$$ load more if it was snappier! (not sure that's a good thing for others or not but...hehe)

PlayfulGod

09-01-2008, 07:03 PM

Thanks papa smurf!

I'd post a @$$ load more if it was snappier! (not sure that's a good thing for others or not but...hehe)

Well as you sort deal with some of the same shyt we do, yanno its hard to fix a prob you dont have yourself :dntknw: But I will n do try my best. :grin::sbgrox:

sandmansc

09-01-2008, 07:10 PM

Tru Dat!

Thanks for being on your game!

TopGun

09-01-2008, 11:32 PM

I AM HERE!!! I left for a few but I couldnt stay gone, made alot of friends here and plan on making more. I do frequent other sites especailly the ones closer to my Lo cal. But I still ove it here, alot of you sttod by me when things got dicey some didnt but alot did.

ZX14Chick

09-03-2008, 05:34 PM

I, too, have just been busy. I am down a banker at work so that means I have to work more closes and I get on the 'net more often when my husband's at work. I am on a couple other forums, but I'm not posting there really either. If I don't have anything I feel is worthwhile to post, then I don't.