jeepwm69 7,611 Posted September 26, 2022 32 minutes ago, hodge5 said: I wondered why the general consensus on HA was to move here. I've seen it suggested a number of times. I had been a member over there for a number of years, so that's where I returned to when needing advice. Goober was on the spot and very helpful and supportive. So, I'm congregating both there and here. I find value in both. An observation- both forums seem to have about the same amount of posts and activity. I've got my 300 posted for this month's contest. Vertical Scope changed the format of the old board, which they always do when they buy a forum. They load it down with ads and spyware. When they did it to Hondaatvforums, they asked for input. All of the regulars and THE MODERATORS all said "No, this sucks, put it back the way it was" and they pretty much blew us off. Bottom line, they don't know ATV's, don't care about ATV's, and depended on the mods and regulars to do the work helping people out while they made a tidy profit for doing nothing. When they ignored the wishes of the people doing their work for them, we all said screw them and left. They did the same for Hondaforeman.com, and we got the mods from there too. Pirate4x4.com was one of the best Jeep/offroad pages. Same thing happened there, and the regulars and mods created irate4x4.com Some people don't really care, but for those of us who spend a lot of time on the forums, it didn't sit right when they pretended to want our opinions, and then completely blew us off when we gave input they didn't like. So that's the history of atvhonda.com. Basically a bunch of ! off enthusiasts who decided not to let the forum corporatists profitt off of our knowledge that we were trying to give away free. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,611 Posted September 26, 2022 54 minutes ago, Fishfiles said: I personally would not vote for tbrider , he is very anti-American , but that is just me Of course he is. He's Canadian. He would likely say you're anti Canadian LOL I voted for him. I rarely agree with him politically, but he's been respectful of me when we discussed ATV stuff so I am the same to him. I wasn't liking his political views, I was liking his pic of his bike, and him as a member here. And trying to stick it to the real enemy, which is VS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,611 Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, hodge5 said: I wondered why the general consensus on HA was to move here. I've seen it suggested a number of times. I had been a member over there for a number of years, so that's where I returned to when needing advice. Goober was on the spot and very helpful and supportive. So, I'm congregating both there and here. I find value in both. An observation- both forums seem to have about the same amount of posts and activity. I've got my 300 posted for this month's contest. I voted for Wilson this month. Put your bike in the drawing for next month and we'll vote for you then. The running joke here is for someone here to submit a bike, everyone here votes for that guy, then we're taking money back from the greedy ! at Vertical Scope. Most here have donated their winning to this site (since we have no ad revenue by choice, instead depending on voluntary contributions to fund the site), but that is certainly not required. The guys here just like to talk ATV's, and like helping people out. A lot of people who end up here can't afford to pay someone to fix their machine, much less contribute to a forum, so we won't ever make it a requirement for someone to pay or watch an ad to get help. If someone wants to help out and can afford to do so, great! If not, that's cool too. We like helping anybody we can. It's kinda like puzzle solving for some of us. Of course, there's always the "I put a bunch of amazon electrical parts on my bike and now it doesn't work" guy, who will then say "I already replaced that part, it's new, so the problem can't be that part" when we tell him to take all the chinese stuff back off and replace with OEM stuff, and he just flat out refuses to listen. I guess that's the one type of person we don't want to help LOL 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATC4ever 1,079 Posted September 27, 2022 21 hours ago, hodge5 said: An observation- both forums seem to have about the same amount of posts and activity. Bit of a different number in members tho 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATC4ever 1,079 Posted September 27, 2022 Crap i voted for Jeep thinking i was clicking on Wilson! lol Sorry Wilson! 😮 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
86 Rider 18 Posted September 27, 2022 just voted for wilson - he now has a 2 vote lead !!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadetree 5,869 Posted September 27, 2022 my vote went to the guy that never answers his phone ?..wilson !..lol. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodge5 56 Posted September 27, 2022 7 hours ago, ATC4ever said: Bit of a different number in members tho 😉 Which begs the question- if ATVHonda has more members, why not more activity? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadetree 5,869 Posted September 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, hodge5 said: Which begs the question- if ATVHonda has more members, why not more activity? answer: BECAUSE ALL THE SMART GUY'S THAT MADE THEM WHAT THEY WERE ??...ARE ALL NOW HERE !!..ROFL. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted September 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, hodge5 said: Which begs the question- if ATVHonda has more members, why not more activity? HondaATV has more members , because they have been around for many years now , most all them members are long gone ------ I know I was a member there for many years , I'd guess about 10+ -------- they use to be people there that knew things and who cared to help people , not so much any more 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodge5 56 Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Ok- I misunderstood. I assumed that ATVHonda had more members, but HondaATV dwarfs (70,000 to 1700). By observation, both forums have roughly the same amount of activity. But in ratio, ATVHonda is more alive. Goober is very active there, along with some others, doing their best to answer requests for assistance. I intend to be active on both forums. Edited September 28, 2022 by hodge5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted September 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, hodge5 said: Ok- I misunderstood. I assumed that ATVHonda had more members, but HondaATV dwarfs (70,000 to 1700). By observation, both forums have roughly the same amount of activity. But in ratio, ATVHonda is more alive. Goober is very active there, along with some others, doing their best to answer requests for assistance. I intend to be active on both forums. Seems there are a lot of people out there that don't want to be a member, they are just looking for answers to there problems ---- it is the slow/ off time right now , but I just looked , there are 16 people on line viewing the forum threads , but only 3 are members , @retro could likely tell you how many hits there are in a day ---- I am no computer guru , but I think the way it all works , there are politics involved , search engine will direct and " undirect " searchers to or away from , sites they like and don't 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retro 4,048 Posted September 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Fishfiles said: @retro could likely tell you how many hits there are in a day ---- I am no computer guru , but I think the way it all works , there are politics involved , search engine will direct and " undirect " searchers to or away from , sites they like and don't Yeah, thanks for mentioning hits and search performance Fish! You prompted me to update our google search stats and hits/performance stats... y'all can find them here: https://atvhonda.com/topic/901-atv-hondas-google-search-console/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 1, 2022 Vote ended on Sept 30 , Wilson won with 5 votes , hodge got 4 and Jeep got 1 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 4, 2022 On 9/28/2022 at 6:43 AM, hodge5 said: along with some others, doing their best to answer requests for assistance " I intend to be active on both forums. " I was just over at the Old Board looking for Wilson's win acknowledgement >>> Wreckless ( the mod that runs the contest ) still has not verified or even mentioned results of the September contest as of yet >>>> while there , I noticed very few new post are replied to at all , some of the threads that are being brought up are old stuff from 2010-2018 ---- Looks like they could use your help !!! >>>>>>> If you can't handle the load , just refer them over here to ATVHonda .com 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodge5 56 Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) I saw, this morning, that Wilson's win is posted. I do contribute to Honda ATV, but only to things that I have experience with or insight into. I don't post on all posts, and I gloss past rambling posts with confusing grammar and no punctuation. Edited October 4, 2022 by hodge5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, hodge5 said: I gloss past rambling posts with confusing grammar and no punctuation. That's me rambling on with no punctuation or proper use of grammar 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodge5 56 Posted October 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Fishfiles said: That's me rambling on with no punctuation or proper use of grammar At least you spelled grammar correctly. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 4, 2022 1 minute ago, hodge5 said: At least you spelled grammar correctly. I only failed one subject in school , typing , went to a catholic high school ran by brothers and they were mean , never liked Brother Carl , thought at 17 in 1974 , " why do I need typing " , never realized the internet would come along and now I am a two finger Pecker Head 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodge5 56 Posted October 4, 2022 I loved typing class. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,611 Posted October 4, 2022 2 hours ago, hodge5 said: I loved typing class. Me too. I went to an all boys school and typing class was at the all girls school next door. LOL 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Wilson_™ 6,567 Posted October 5, 2022 Jeep..... that coming from you doesnt shock me at all...... Lol! I reckon it's worse with us country boys... Lol! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 20,145 Posted October 8, 2022 Sign up to win the ATV of the month https://www.hondaatvforums.net/threads/submit-your-atv-october-2022-honda-atv-of-the-month-contest.138052/#post-1331681 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,611 Posted October 8, 2022 @hodge5, you’re up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riverc 1,317 Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Fishfiles said: Sign up to win the ATV of the month https://www.hondaatvforums.net/threads/submit-your-atv-october-2022-honda-atv-of-the-month-contest.138052/#post-1331681 No thank you, went look a few days ago anybody needing help may not get it. Very few threads are getting a reply. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites