Forget biker.ie

horse7 · 12-03-2019 10:58pm #1

Biker.ie must be the worst site I've come across. Mods won't reply, impossible to view most of the forums, and full of of smart arses. Has anyone used it?

GBX · 12-03-2019 11:13pm

horse7 wrote: »

Biker.ie must be the worst site I've come across. Mods won't reply, impossible to view most of the forums, and full of of smart arses. Has anyone used it?

Used to up to recently. You're not wrong .. some good info on there but definitely some arseholes on it.

Zipppy · 12-03-2019 11:33pm

Zipppy wrote:

yes it's a block extension..but it's only a few meters away from hun?

GBX wrote:

Used to up to recently. You're not wrong .. some good info on there but definitely some arseholes on it.

Arseholes everywhere..biker was grand in its day..sadly FB is taking over everything nowadays...

Sir Galahad · 12-03-2019 11:59pm

I've been banned three times.

The last time I re registered just to wind them up.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-03-2019 11:59pm

Biker is just for bell ends.

I tried it myself, wish I hadn't.

The end.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 13-03-2019 12:00am

Sir Galahad wrote: »

I've been banned three times. The last time I re registered just to wind them up.

Did you mention something about a car?.. They're mad into banning people for mentioning cars.

Sir Galahad · 13-03-2019 12:12am

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote: »

Did you mention something about a car?.. They're mad into banning people for mentioning cars.

I certainly did. It seems to be populated by "Power Ranger types that come out on Sunday's and go to Wicklow or Howth for a "spin" :rolleyes:

mamax · 13-03-2019 12:18am

Sir Galahad wrote: »

I certainly did. It seems to be populated by "Power Ranger types that come out on Sunday's and go to Wicklow or Howth for a "cappuccino" :rolleyes:

Fixed that for you

mamax · 13-03-2019 8:44am

horse7 wrote: »

Biker.ie must be the worst site I've come across. Mods won't reply, impossible to view most of the forums, and full of of smart arses. Has anyone used it?

If you want to see the hidden forums you have to pay, but if you don't lick their asses you won't see them either

Max Headroom · 13-03-2019 8:50am

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote: »

Did you mention something about a cage?.. They're mad into banning people for mentioning cage.

FTFY....:p...

They have this totally immature "real bikers" obsession with the above....creeping in her too recently..;)

Call a spade a spade lads.....:rolleyes:

Sonics2k · 13-03-2019 11:37am

Posted there for a bit a couple of years ago, you quickly learn it's largely a circle jerk. Unless your bike is designed for track days, you don't brag about breaking the speed limit and bitching about speed vans then you won't enjoy it.

Cienciano · 13-03-2019 2:22pm

Look at how few posts are on it, it's pretty much dead now. You couldn't even trust it for mechanical information because they delete posts about where to go and get stuff fixed and put in the mod or admin reply telling you to go to them instead.

galwaytt · 13-03-2019 2:35pm

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote: »

Did you mention something about a car?.. They're mad into banning people for mentioning cars.

Lolz, I'm worse. In my naivete the car was in the pic of my bike: it was like I'd blasphemed or something.

OP - don't waste your time: small loss when it eventually bubbles under..........and it will.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 13-03-2019 3:06pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

FTFY....:p...

They have this totally immature "real bikers" obsession with the above....creeping in here too recently..;)

Call a spade a spade lads.....:rolleyes:

I swear to God when I hear a biker call a car or car driver as a ''cage'' or a ''cager'' I want to cut his throat. In my head I'm screaming 'You fucking arsehole".

Max Headroom · 13-03-2019 7:51pm

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote: »

I swear to God when I hear a biker call a car or car driver as a ''cage'' or a ''cager'' I want to cut his throat. In my head I'm screaming 'You fucking arsehole".

Let it out man...let it out....:D

Zipppy · 13-03-2019 8:04pm

in reality the FB pages have taken over...the forums are dying...

Max Headroom · 13-03-2019 8:14pm

Ill go down with them then...I'll never be interested in FB....

bladespin · 13-03-2019 8:42pm

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote:

I swear to God when I hear a biker call a car or car driver as a ''cage'' or a ''cager'' I want to cut his throat. In my head I'm screaming 'You ****ing arsehole".

They were called that long before biker.ie Calling yourself an arsehole won't fix anything.

Used to be very active there years ago but it's dropped off a cliff in the last few years, haven't bothered in the last couple of years.

MSVforever · 13-03-2019 9:33pm

You can't even go into the For sale section anymore....

Max Headroom · 13-03-2019 10:19pm

bladespin wrote: »

They were called that long before biker.ie Calling yourself an arsehole won't fix anything.

Used to be very active there years ago but it's dropped off a cliff in the last few years, haven't bothered in the last couple of years.

No excuse....probably 75% of bikers also drive cars too...it's just childish...and sad....

arybvtcw0eolkf · 13-03-2019 11:10pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Ill go down with them then...I'll never be interested in FB....

I like FB but then I don't post up photos of my dinner or tag myself in the doctors or hospital A&E departments for FB likes.

It keeps me in the loop with the bike scene which due to a few reasons, politics/agro etc I just don't put in the effort like I used to but I don't want to completely lose touch with either.

I admin my Judo club FB page, as a competitor its fantastic for my Judo and keeping in touch with clubs and Judoka. Competitions, gradings etc.

I also do a lot of running and so hear about events and charity runs via FB before other forum like the athletics & running forum here for example.

My FB account is private but I've a decent following on Instagram, any photos I don't mind making public go there. Usually its my bike, running to places, Judo and whatever book I'm reading (I'm a book worm), oh and my dogs.

My cage car doesn't get a mention anywhere, its just a poxy little Peugeot 208 (I think, it might be a 207, or a 308.. its a little yoke anyway).

IrishGrimReaper · 13-03-2019 11:15pm

Cage is one thing... but referring to IBT as LGBT is just as bad or worse, and you can see the new or first-time posters calling it the same to try and fit in.

Alkers · 13-03-2019 11:30pm

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

Cage is one thing... but referring to IBT as LGBT is just as bad or worse, and you can see the new or first-time posters calling it the same to try and fit in.

It's probably down automatically on the word filter...

Sonics2k · 13-03-2019 11:37pm

Simona1986 wrote: »

It's probably down automatically on the word filter...

It's not. They auto-correct some words because it's hilarious :rolleyes:

Zipppy · 13-03-2019 11:52pm

Some of the same stuff has crept onto the FB pages too....

Cienciano · 14-03-2019 12:44am

Sonics2k wrote: »

It's not. They auto-correct some words because it's hilarious :rolleyes:

Its always something related to the lgbt lifestyle because biker.ie admins think that's hilarious. Grown men,not 14 year olds. Anyway, there's a million better bike messageboards or groups

bladespin · 14-03-2019 11:36am

Max Headroom wrote: »

No excuse....probably 75% of bikers also drive cars too...it's just childish...and sad....

Hence the reference :rolleyes: like being stuck in a cage compared to being on the bike.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 14-03-2019 3:59pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Its always something related to the lgbt lifestyle because biker.ie admins think that's hilarious. Grown men,not 14 year olds. Anyway, there's a million better bike messageboards or groups

So if you post IBT into Biker if changes it to LGBT?.

Sonics2k · 14-03-2019 5:05pm

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote: »

So if you post IBT into Biker if changes it to LGBT?.

Yup.

I can't remember exactly what it was, but when you call people out on bragging about speeding and say "riding like an idiot" it changes to "riding like a legend" or something along those lines.

Alkers · 14-03-2019 6:44pm

Sonics2k wrote:

It's not. They auto-correct some words because it's hilarious

That's what I said

Alkers · 14-03-2019 6:45pm

Amiya Gray Foreigner wrote:

So if you post IBT into Biker if changes it to LGBT?.

Yeah, there's loads of others too: Virago changing to Viagra etc etc

Max Headroom · 14-03-2019 7:07pm

Simona1986 wrote: »

Yeah, there's loads of others too: Virago changing to Viagra etc etc

Inbreeds stays the same tho.....:D

15-03-2019 9:07am

Simona1986 wrote: »

Yeah, there's loads of others too: Virago changing to Viagra etc etc

Multistrada becomes minimoto as I just found out yesterday! A few years ago they banned or buswalds all cork members for being langers. It used to be mildly amusing but just seems childish and petty now. It's a pity because the workshop section can be very useful and some members still put up good pics of their bike trips etc, but it's definitely on the decline.

Max Headroom · 15-03-2019 9:54am

Deleted User wrote: »

Multistrada becomes minimoto as I just found out yesterday! A few years ago they banned or buswalds all cork members for being langers. It used to be mildly amusing but just seems childish and petty now. It's a pity because the workshop section can be very useful and some members still put up good pics of their bike trips etc, but it's definitely on the decline.

IMO its more like getting back to basics, as you said the workshop is still good for info, and there are lads who are willing to look beyond the nonsense...maybe the knobheads are getting bored and not contributing as much...

duskyjoe · 15-03-2019 12:25pm

GBX wrote: »

Used to up to recently. You're not wrong .. some good info on there but definitely some arseholes on it.

sums it up 100%

bladespin · 15-03-2019 12:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Multistrada becomes minimoto

Ah come on, that's kinda funny

Nodster · 15-03-2019 5:00pm

bladespin wrote: »

Ah come on, that's kinda funny

You better not type in 'beautiful scenery in Donegal'

MSVforever · 15-03-2019 5:17pm

Nodster wrote: »

You better not type in 'beautiful scenery in Donegal'

Something like this:

https://youtu.be/D-Rj9qbzKD8

horse7 · 25-03-2019 9:05pm

I've just been locked out of the site, don't know why, but it's their loss.

mamax · 25-03-2019 11:43pm

horse7 wrote: »

I've just been locked out of the site, don't know why, but it's their loss.

Don't loose any sleep over it , they are a shower of w@nkers and there are much better forums around
I've been searching for a link they posted a while back to delete your own account but the thread disappeared if anyone finds it please pm me

Needhome · 02-04-2019 11:05am

Bunch of power tripping pussies is all you get on there ðŸ™„
Mention anything about a cage an your put in the naughty corner like a lil child.how childish can they get ðŸ€¨
If ya want to keep your sanity then stay well clear of the that page that thinks that their the "kings" of the internet ðŸ™„

horse7 wrote: »

Biker.ie must be the worst site I've come across. Mods won't reply, impossible to view most of the forums, and full of of smart arses. Has anyone used it?

Cienciano · 02-04-2019 11:32am

Needhome wrote: »

kings of the internet

They're the kings of dog shíte

stewygriffin · 02-04-2019 1:27pm

Swings and roundabouts guys.
Every internet forum has its characters.
Even boards does.

I just enjoy them all.

emo72 · 02-04-2019 1:31pm

It's funny. I'm banned off there too. And I never even really interacted, and certainly never offended anyone. I thought I forgot my password and tried to get a new one, they never even replied. It's a funny forum if you try to reduce your members.

Needhome · 02-04-2019 3:29pm

Cienciano wrote: »

They're the kings of dog shíte

Exactly, an thats putting it politley ðŸ˜

ZX7R · 02-04-2019 5:45pm

emo72 wrote: »

It's funny. I'm banned off there too. And I never even really interacted, and certainly never offended anyone. I thought I forgot my password and tried to get a new one, they never even replied. It's a funny forum if you try to reduce your members.

I got banned years ago and I never even made a single post ha ha.

robinwing · 23-04-2019 1:54am

Deleted User wrote: »

Multistrada becomes minimoto as I just found out yesterday! A few years ago they banned or buswalds all cork members for being langers. It used to be mildly amusing but just seems childish and petty now. It's a pity because the workshop section can be very useful and some members still put up good pics of their bike trips etc, but it's definitely on the decline.

Dead in the water . admin thinks he is a comedian and posts pathetic "witty" passages and all his little minions tell him how funny and wonderful he is . they probably all drive cars most of the time but call them cages and they say everything and everybody is gay . mentality of schoolboys around 9 years of age

robinwing · 23-04-2019 2:00am

when I visited it a few years ago now there was a member called chop who had very good mechanical knowledge and was genuinely very helpful , there used to be a few decent real people on it but vastly outnumbered by all the sad cases

Interceptor · 24-04-2019 10:46am

Websites, apps and forums in particular come and go. I haven't used Facebook since 2010, I gave up on boards.ie ten years ago and I stopped using biker.ie six months ago. I don't regret much from the last twenty years, but I probably should have spent more time on my bike and less time on the internet.

There's no denying that biker.ie had its high points and provided technical support, moral support and charitable fundraising for thousands of people down the years. I made friends and lost them, some to bike accidents and some to other causes, I made enemies but mostly with keyboard warriors who disagreed with my opinions (bite me). It was the best place to find out about ride-outs, I bought and sold bikes to members with no hassles, I had guys bring bikes to my house to help with repairs and I had guys check bikes for me on the far side of the country to save me wasting time going myself to look at 'mint' sh*theaps off Donedeal.

Having been very active on lots of bike forums, its clear that any forum is only as good as its members and its moderation. Some sites require a subscription to join, some are funded through advertising, some are free - how they are funded rarely affects how good they are. I gave boards, biker and loads of other sites my time and I had good fun and got value from them but I've decided to spend more time on my shed these days.

Stay safe and be kind to each other, push the keyboard away from time to time and go clean your wheels.

KildareMan · 24-04-2019 11:34am

Apparently I made inappropriate use of a smilie. Oh dear.

24-04-2019 11:38am

Some amount of bellends on that site.

'finger

Forget biker.ie

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