Who is Longride?

Suggestions

1) When you plant a link always fertilize it with a) A clear definition of its source b) Your personal opinion of its truth, value and content, and c) Editorial comment on what you consider the main points.

2) Please try to get staff to do the same.

3) Count to ten and contemplate your navel before flaming back. You're improving a lot here, but could do more. You get lots more points blasting the post content rather than the posters mother.

4) Be as nice as you can to JPaulCook. He's easily hurt.

5) Never disagree with rscheidler or me. We're always right.

Longride,



I was very glad to see you post some content. As I'm sure you already know, I was also a firefighter but now I perform as a paramedic only. I respect your viewpoint and look forward to your reviews, brother. MO, good job on utilizing a resource like Longride.



Longride if you ever get near Baton Rouge please feel free to drop by and I mean that seriously.



Take care,

Dave

Talk Some What?

In the recent urban renewal spirit of the site, I move that the 'Button Formerly Known as Reply' be changed from 'Talk Some Smack' to 'Talk Some Smizzack, yo' or even 'Talk Some Shizzle' as in "Fo' shizzle my nizzle." Over the weekend, someone explaind to me what exactly that means, and I am just more confused. Or confizzused, or something.

Second, I am tremendously glad that MO started as they did, building upon the community BBS 'culture.' I am also glad that MO have taken the leap to the 'pro' level of subscribership, because it should give them the funding to do the big things that I used to have to go to the print mags for.

My point is simply this: Motorcyclist, for example, will be what they are, regardless of subscriber input. "Letters" are there to amuse readers (at best) not to have any impact on the direction of the entity. But at MO, "reader feedback" is vital. I never send letters to editors, because I know how little editors value such things. But I post here all the time, because I feel like I am participating (however periferally) in a community.

It is instructive to note (as others have) that The Interactive Motorcycle died for lack of exactly such a community. Mr. McDaniel had a great site -phoenomenal writing was done there- but little support. I subscribed here not because MO are perfect, but because it's far too good (and important) to lose to apathy. I would only be doing myself a disservice if they went away.

So thanks, Longride, and all at MO. And those gear reviews you mentioned will be appreciated in the very heavens. Maybe try the Belstaff Discovery Jacket. And I've been curious about the DIY heated-grip kit they sell at Aerostich.

Best,

Aero-Heed

(Now that I've shamelessly kissed the collective staff butt, where's my five bucks?)

I still have nightmares from "Whirry, Not An Once Of Fatty" being the sole news item for 12 frig'n days!



I now visit much more often to check the news items and resulting posts.

Besides, it gives you something better to do than trying to educate Kpaul



Thank you, and keep up the good work!

Longride: could you be the breath of fresh air (so to speak) that MO needs so badly?



Will sneak peeks at things to come be a part of your domain of reporting? This is one area where we the readers are forced to search other sites for this information.



I would like to suggest a couple of potential subjects for you:

1) hot weather riding gear evaluations, 2) a motorcycle insurance comparison (bang for the buck), and 3) a comparison of security locks for our bikes.



Good luck Longride!