As someone who hasn’t been able to ride much this last 3 years or so due to always working away I lived my riding life vicariously through this site until I could get home again for a ride myself. It is disappointing the way it has dropped off but as has been said, things change, peoples lives and priorities change and I guess the difficulties of stopping to get pictures and edit videos and write detailed reports becomes a chore for many once the novelty wears off (I know it did for me).
When I first took up dirt bikes again about 10 years ago after not having had a bike since I was about 13 years old I didn’t have anyone to ride with and didn’t know the first thing about tyres, tyre pressures, suspension setup, maintenance schedules (maintenance fullstop really). I had no idea how to change a tyre , I carried no tools, no spares nothing, not even water.
None of my mates rode bikes and I would just head bush on my own not knowing where to go and just exploring the bush tracks and got myself into some tight scrapes along the way. On a number of occasions I found myself going down nasty hills only to find I had to go back the way I came. Lucky I was pretty fit back then because I had to skulldrag that TT600 up and over big rocks and steps that I had no hope of ever riding up.
It was mainly through this site and the people on it that I begun to learn about simple things like tyre pressures, what minimum tools to carry, how to change a tyre, what sort of maintenance to do and when and not to mention the improved riding skills I picked up watching others ((Boony excluded) can’t have you go a whole thread without at least one shot mate). And of course met some terrific people along the way
Hopefully the site can continue long term even if it doesn’t get the patronage it used to so we can still meet up occasionally even if not as often. Many of us are part of other sites as well of course but this is still the first place I look everyday to get my riding fix.
