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Bear with me a bit guys. Couple projects I’m releasing this week but I promise next week I’ll devote some time to BBM to get this fixed. I have too damn much on my plate right now!

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Hey Owlie,

Yeah that is on purpose actually, I have it so the website generates static HTML pages for everyone who isn’t logged on to help with the server bandwidth. As soon as you login you are accessing everything from the database which gives up to the second updates. Not an error, but you have a keen eye Owlie! Hoooo hoooo!!

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Glad you are relatively OK Elias! I broke my first bone in a moto accident too, although I can’t imagine having to ride after I broke it. Pretty badass man

I am curious what type of gear you were wearing since you didn’t mention any road rash. Unfortunately gear doesn’t protect much against broken bones, but it does keep all your skin intact so the broken bones stay inside your body hah!

When you turn your bike into a street fighter my recommendation is to steal a headlight setup from a BMW F800 GS. I think they look crazy cool, like an insects eyes or something.

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You can find some GREAT deals on craigslist around december and january. People start selling off bikes to pay for other presents (or for overspending the month before). Just be patient and you will snag an awesome bike for a really good price.

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Sometimes I think I love women wayyyyyyyy too much

By the way, thats a badass windscreen. Is that stock?

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I definitely need to grab a pair of those, I lost my other flashlight a while ago.

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Yep it is perfectly natural for the Ninja 250 to rev high, in fact if I remember correctly it doesn’t have a lot of ‘pick up’ until you hit around 10k RPM, but after that it starts to zoom! As long as you aren’t past the red line you should be fine.

That being said, I had a mechanic tell me I should get my motorcycle at or at least close to redline everytime I ride to help burn off some of the gunk in the fuel. Not only does it make riding more fun, but it helps with the engine!

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vacation maybe?

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lol in all seriousness this is a great article, I plan on writing up a similar article for BBM, do you think I could use parts (if not your whole story) in my article owlie? I would reference you and everything, but I think yours is a good real life example.

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Damnit!

I know there is a “You’re mom” joke to be made out of this thread I just can’t seem to put one together. This is my best shot:

“You’re mom and I had a talk today too, and she says she likes to ride”

Eh, not my best, but i’m running on low sleep!

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I have a Givi case which I love. It locks closed and also locks to the bike to prevent theft. Probably more sportbike appropriate though, wouldn’t look too good on a cruiser.

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You can also go to:

Account > Subscriptions > Settings

And unclick all the boxes if you don’t want to auto subscribe to things ever.

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Ughhhhhhhh!!!!! If you give a mouse a cookie…

Haha, in all seriousness great suggestions guys, and I’m glad it seems like you are all agreeing on a lot of key features. Thanks for the tips Clay, I think I have the profile module installed but I haven’t bothered setting it up at all. I will check into that notifications module.

As for the premier membership although that is a good idea, I don’t think I will be doing it. I like the idea of BBM being free, although I might start posting the ‘donation’ paypal link in the sidebar again.

Megaspaz haha, although the ads ARE annoying, they wouldn’t get too many clicks if they were posted at the page footer One thing I might do though is set up a special type of user roll so you can opt out of seeing the ads. Maybe this is what the ‘membership’ would be, although I would probably just ask for a 1 time donation. Honestly though it isn’t you guys that click on the ads, its the anonymous users that are searching for one specific thing. If the ads are pretty annoying for you guys I might try turning them off for anyone who is logged into BBM. I’ll explore with that and see how much it effects things.

I’m going to be going on vacation to idaho next week, but after I get back I will start to impliment some changes. I already have a better WYSIWYG editor on the way, as well as an easier way for users to upload photos. A review on some saddlebags is in the pipe and I will definitely add a way for members to submit their own gear reviews (although I will probably check them to make sure they are BBM worthy… and that they have been spell checked! lol)

Thanks again for all your interest guys Expect an update in 2 weeks!

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Yep you can turn it off in your My Account > Subscription settings

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I should make badbeginnerimpressions.com or something

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