Where's my post??

[Kwackerz]

I'll lose the Tech, Create a Shiver and Mana forum in it's place.

But like I said, we all need to work towards filling up the Site with interest stuff for the poor relations new and old of the Falco..

Lets leave another day or so talking about it, etc and see how it goes from there.

My biggest concern is the fact the SL and RSV and Tuono share so much relevant info, Maybe the obvious things could be repeated across the forums to provide info in the relevant sections.

1. Suspension advice?
2. Engine stuff
3. Clock resets, etc, etc
4. Anything ive missed.. AH! Air induction mods for instance..

I'll leave it for the Mods to have a shooftie and pick out the stuff that really concern all and to post that info to those relevant forums. They could be in the same format, or adapted posts for each model..
But if people can raise decent subjects, it'd be great.


Make my life a damn sight easier too.

Add a question mark to all the above and keep chatting.

[Gio]

Why not just lump all the makes of Aprilia in 1 forum, it'd help people like Falco 9 get noticed and it might help Aprilia survive better as a manufacturer. all this one make of bike sub stuffs getting boring.

Maybe it'd start a few "My bikes better than your bike" threads

[Kwackerz]

Because Aprilia RiderSite is a website not a single forum.


NNNNNnnnnnnEEEEXT!!






Duly noted though, Gio.

[Gio]

Duly noted though, Gio.

Bollox it was

[D-Rider]

Wooah! Just hang on a minute.

I see Baby, Bathwater and a hand poised over the plug!

Why on earth are we talking about deleting forums that we use a lot already? - not forums that we are forced to use but have steadily posted in without bother since we moved over here in January!

Some statistics:
Aprilia RiderSite forums ranked in order of number of threads:

1. Falco..........................291..53%
2. Aprilia Technical..........164..30%
3. General Aprilia..............38....7%
4. Aprilia For Sale..............34....6%
5. Aprilia Gallery...............13....2.5%
6. Aprilia 2-Stroke...............7....1.5%
7. RSV / Factory / Tuono......4....<1%

I take it that the Falco Forum is taken as read - the single largest forum on the combined ARS / RS Site (yes I know they are sort of separate but I like to feel I belong to both).

But what is the forum we've already used the second most .... Aprilia Technical - 30% of our threads are there (and this forum contains the 3rd most number of threads on the whole combined site).

Next is General Aprilia. My view is we use it and we need it - where else do we post up about rumours about Aprilia, new models about to be launched and things that include the whole ARS. It's not exactly empty of threads now is it?

The Gallery and "For Sale" seem to be sensible things to keep.

So what don't we really use? Well it's the 2-strokes and existing 1000cc 4-strokes .... but with a few of us creeping over to Tuono ownership and a desire to welcome all Aprilias, I'm not going to argue that they should go!

We need to add homes for Shivers, Manas and the many other Aprilias that are creeping out of Noale but I'm not sure how they should be grouped at present.

As for existing forums, my view is that we are using many of them with no problem and that the others are an important part of our forum's make-up.

Spare the axe!

[Pierre]

I dunno, maybe a category for " Falco, tuono and rsv 1000's " cos they are basically the same bike and doenst make the others look like unloved lepers

eg , The af1 tuono forum has loads of brits organising meets etc that you dont hear about cos its in its own corner yet most are local to falco owners and have probably done similar mods aswell. They might aswell be in the usa though for the lack of cross-posting and they dont post here cos theres only 2 wierdos who post in the tuono bit








I've been to the pub so feel free to skip this post

[Kwackerz]

Indeed, D-R! but that 30% in Tech, probably about 60% of that was stuff that's been moved Dont look to count the 'moved' tags though, I know Ive moved a lot of untagged posts.

It's an 'either or' really. either the stuff goes into tech, or it stays in it's model specific area. Anything outside of that, there is general...? (note question mark)

I did like the idea someone said earlier in the thread about the posts going into whatever forum for say 2 weeks or so then when they drop off the page they can be moved across to the 'right' bit, such as tech.

That's basically what happens at the moment.

We can do that.. carry on as normal.. but without the 'moved' tags?

Keep goin' I dont know whether a most active thread in a restricted area will show on the site stats or not.. be good to find out!

[Gio]

I like what Pierre's just said

[Kwackerz]

I like what Pierre's just said

I could always assimilate the Falco RSV and Tuono Sections together, The two stroke section can stand alone and create a new section for Shiver and that other monstrosity, oh and for Futura.

Selective reading, Gio?

[Samray]

I like what Pierre's just said

The bit about the pub?

[D-Rider]

Indeed, D-R! but that 30% in Tech, probably about 60% of that was stuff that's been moved Dont look to count the 'moved' tags though, I know Ive moved a lot of untagged posts.

OK if 60% of that is stuff you've moved then about 40% is stuff we've chosen to post there ... It would STILL be the ARS's 2nd most used forum (and the 5th most used across the combined site).
Of course that does depend on where they have been moved from but I bet nearly all are from the Falco forum.
Now we're thinking about things a bit more, I bet we'd probably use it more.

..... unless we do lump all of the Aprilia V60s together ....

[Viking]

If I can point out something here...

I've been a member of the AF1 site for about a year now, and have noticed that the owners of a particular model don't seem to visit the forums for other bikes, so technical information of a general nature (eg: oil changes, the wiring mod, suspension tuning, etc) is scattered across multiple forums - it's a real shite to find anything. Add to that the sheer amount of crap posted there and the broken search function and it's an absolute dog's breakfast.

In comparison, the forums here are much better. There's less crap, the search function works, and the technical information is usually in the right places.

If anything, I'd prefer to see things stay as they are (or similar to it) - a technical area for things that apply to all the Aprilia models, and separate sub-sections for model-specific information and chatter.

Yes, I agree that something needs to be done to attract non-Falco owners to help build the RS site, but I don't know what or how.

Now, I'll just go back to looking out the window and wishing it was summer again.

[Gio]

I like what Pierre's just said

I could always assimilate the Falco RSV and Tuono Sections together, The two stroke section can stand alone and create a new section for Shiver and that other monstrosity, oh and for Futura.

Selective reading, Gio?

Not really, Pierre just used less words than the veritable books you're writing each time you post

[Falco9]

I go away for a few days and.................................................

There are so many opinions it's difficult to see how this matter will get resolved to everyone's taste.

Personally speaking I'd be happy for the Falco, RSV & Tuono to be lumped together, but I'm (along with my 2 new mates) quite happy in the highly exclusive Tuono area.

To be honest I have been spending more time on the AF1 site as their Tuono section is a lot more active, but I always log on here first and go through the sections to glean more info, comment where I can and mainly laugh at everyone's unique perspective on motorcycling life.(especially Pierres, I've almost needed CPR after reading some of his posts) The contributors here, are in general far far more knowledgable about bikes in general than any other forums I visit and i think this is one of the reasons for some of the strongly held individual views.

This is one of our better debates (apart from a bit of teddy throwing) but I have to say I do feel that my comments and views are slightly detached these days and that this is one thread where I've felt I should comment (coz I'm a mod) but really didn't want to as I don't think there is a easy answer. All things in life have slight flaws (wives / girlfriends or husbands./ boyfriends etc..) just learn to live with it, after all it's only a forum (to be said in the Michael Winner voice)

However and changing the subject slightly,seeing as so mnay of you are involved in this thread. My role as moderator here has never been questoned since I moved to Tuono ownership, but I'm starting to question myself as to whether some-one more closely linked with the more active parts of the aprilia section here at the RS site would be a better bet to support Kwackerz & D-Rider.

I say this because I haven't felt the need to do a lot of "moderating" as yet, and when I have it's already been done (my colleagues here are super efficient) so maybe some of you (or all of you) are thinking along the same lines???

Slightly hijacking the thread I know, but I'm throwing it out there for anyones comments, good bad or ...........

F9

[Falken]

Don't see what is done with the site makes much difference, it's still the best for Aprilia.
If all the V60 1000cc are lumped together then F9 should remain as Moderator.
Don't kick him out cos he sits a bit more upright than some of us.

Keep moderating Falco9.