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That's really my only gripe.
The more tech articles the better.
They’ve evolved over the years. A potentially good way to continue that evolution may be to take a page out of the old school test book and start hanging on to the bikes for a while and “spend some time” with them.
It seems to me that Vital has spent a fair amount of time conveying the thoughts and opinions of “Regular People” when it comes time to rate the bikes and discuss how they work for the average racer. I like that.
Over these last few years, having ML, Klinger & Ping…all…at one time or another…involved in creating and conducting shootouts has brought different perspectives and different attributes to the process. Now, I believe, all that’s left to do is…
Put them all together. Have all 3 involved in a more thorough and longer time lined shootout.
Oh…and then…hang on to the the bikes and work on “fixes” and revisions to make them all a little bit better.
OEMs won't let us hang onto all of them to do any mods and do another Shootout. KTM, Husky, and GASGAS only had two 450s this year each to use for all the media outlets.
I'm going to try and privately source them again for 2023 Shootout, like I did when I was on my own.
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The votes draw more attention than other lesser or non-voted comments and saves time reviewing.
I also prefer to just upvote when someone says something that I am thinking also, rather than spam the forum with more of the same commentary. Unique things to say, interesting, great. Just not a "ditto" type response.
Another reason why I'd like upvotes anonymous. It sometimes locks up my phone when it thinks (I mistakenly) held the button down too long and the upvoters names show up.
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Different times now.
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I still get annoyed by the pre-race and post-race single IMO threads instead them using the bench racing threads.
Agree on search.. if someone says search the forum, I don't know if they are being funny or serious. The biggest problem with search is it does not sort new to oldest or allow a more detailed search to filter out unwanted results. Just simple filter "Search Last Year, Search This Month" would be really helpful instead having to specify dates.
The old school non responsive layout drive me nuts, but I'm a web developer.
BTW, youtube which I like has switch to a format where when you dislike something, it doesn't show count anymore but just show highlighted you selected, and then just shows to the OP the count, not the entire forum. That would be a cool way to fix the dislike. then keep the like count to encourage positive votes. If not many likes, then it's obvious not popular, but not negatively shown with dislikes giving the troll their click heroin fix..
Now that all said the amount of post that occur in a week, 80% of them seems unpopular, so getting a weekly email for the top weekly popular discussion 5 thread would be cool to be able to jump to them instead scanning daily to find valued vital members content. And if it contain advertising in the email, I'm good with that, just encourage the advertiser to make a Vital Members only deal so getting the email feel more exclusive and not spam.. etc..
Hope that helps..
I enjoy all technical content on this site like the current "Pit Bits" from supercross and I would really like to see more similar content from MXGP's and maybe Japanese nationals if possible because they have really trick stuff on their bikes
Down votes are pretty lame in my opinion and could be removed. Those who want to keep the down votes say that given down don't matter to them so what's the point of those anyway?
PM system definitely needs a upgrade
Bike Builds section is great and have some really amazing builds. Maybe there could something like "Bike Build Of The Month" to give some recognition for the best bike builds
Keeping political stuff away from the forum is the right thing to do. The world is too much polarized already and I don't want read that stuff on Motocross forum
I enjoy more written stuff with good pictures but videos with crispy sounding two stroke's are always welcome
The upvotes/downvotes....don't give a shit. I totally understand the reasoning to why people shouldn't see who downvoted them...it will only cause more issues, more fights, more drama. I say keep it as is and we keep going or remove it entirely so people don't get butthurt. I will say though, it's always funny to see someone get a ton of downvotes for w/e reason. Always gives me a chuckle.
Anything like pit bits, rider interviews, behind the scenes of race teams or insider details on bikes is always awesome. Even though I can't ride anymore I'm always fascinated by the evolution and technology of engines, ECU's, fabrication, etc. Having some sort of a Q & A with a pro rider (factory or privateer) would be an awesome segment to have maybe once a week or twice a month.
PM's and the search function are terrible but honestly I rarely ever use either so not high on my list. I usually find what I'm looking for somehow or if I need/want to get in touch with someone I'll just shoot them my email. From what I've read that may be fixed soon though.
Finally....I totally agree on the Ping segments. I used to love reading the articles but now that it's gone to video format I find myself skipping over most of it. Not sure why....I'm usually listening to podcasts all day while working so it's easier to just read an article than watch a video. If I had to choose though between having video or having nothing at all....I'd still take vids. Just a minor inconvenience.
I don't have nearly as many posts as some guys here but I'm on this site several times every day checking the home page and forums. I work from home, physically can't ride anymore but still a diehard. I'd be willing to volunteer to help in any way if needed, can always just hit up my email. I've got time, love this sport with all my heart and very much enjoy this site and appreciate all you guys do.
How's it going Jeffro and nytsmaC? Did you guys see my Fly commercial during supercross? WE filmed it in Oregon this fall.
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