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Been a couple minutes since I've lurked or chimed in.... Recently started buying up karts and mini bikes again..... Guess I'll be around a lil more often for a bit. Hello again to the older forum members! And greetings to the newer ones . Hopefully I'm still full of useless , I mean use full info..... 😁🤣
Hey , what's this "reaction score" and "points" thing I saw in my stats ? Those look like rookie numbers.....🤔🤔🤓
 
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firemanjim said:
Been a couple minutes since I've lurked or chimed in.... Recently started buying up karts and mini bikes again..... Guess I'll be around a lil more often for a bit. Hello again to the older forum members! And greetings to the newer ones . Hopefully I'm still full of useless , I mean use full info..... 😁🤣
Hey , what's this "reaction score" and "points" thing I saw in my stats ? Those look like rookie numbers.....🤔🤔🤓
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New changes honestly. Robert switched the Forum software and its one of the new "perks". Chose a good time to return. This time last year, the forum had some issues and spent months getting flooded by spam. They got it working again about mid to late summer. We still catch the occasional stray, but its been good.
 
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I spied you lurking the forum yesterday because I’m following you 🥷 and it makes you visible on the radar. Nice to see you back! 🤝

Kartorbust is right, we were getting hit by 100+ spam messages per day. It was bad for the forum and new members especially because it pushed the legit threads several pages back and out of sight. It was so bad they made me a moderator. 😬 By then however, a friend of Richard’s swooped in as temporary administrator, tweaked the software and put the spammers at bay (for the most part).

I haven’t been here the whole time non-stop, I took a vacation for a number of years then came back.

Dark mode is the latest change, give it a go (at the bottom left corner of every page).
 
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landuse said:
Hey there. Welcome back! It is good to see you :D

There are still some older forum members lurking around. I dont contribute much nowadays besides killing spammers :LOL:

What have you got going at the momen
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Hey there. Welcome back! It is good to see you :D

There are still some older forum members lurking around. I dont contribute much nowadays besides killing spammers :LOL:

What have you got going at the moment?
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I picked up a 2000 Polaris Blaze mini bike last week. Been bit by the bug again. Currently have 3 mini bikes and 6 karts .... 😁 Still have the 32 , though unfinished. Hopefully this year ...
Good to see you're still here !
 
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Hellion said:
I spied you lurking the forum yesterday because I’m following you 🥷 and it makes you visible on the radar. Nice to see you back! 🤝

Kartorbust is right, we were getting hit by 100+ spam messages per day. It was bad for the forum and new members especially because it pushed the legit threads several pages back and out of sight. It was so bad they made me a moderator. 😬 By then however, a friend of Richard’s swooped in as temporary administrator, tweaked the software and put the spammers at bay (for the most part).

I haven’t been here the whole time non-stop, I took a vacation for a number of years then came back.

Dark mode is the latest change, give it a go (at the bottom left corner of every page).
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Good to hear from ya and that you're helping the cause ! I had ato take a break from all my endeavors for a few years. I got stressed out and quit my job after 27 years , just to come back 2 years later....🤣🤣 I tried to fish the whole time. I fished every day for a out 6 months , then decided to go work in a bit shop instead. Just enough money to keep the bills paid , and meet a lot of new people. Got to do things I would never had a chance to , through some of my customers.
But I'm back again. Got 3 kids still at home that like to ride, so there's no telling how many toys I'll end up with this year. 🤣🤣
 
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Grizzlymi said:
Welcome back, I'm stuck with no projects right now. Not even a frame or anything to get me motivated. Something will fall into my hands soon with spring coming up.
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FB marketplace already knows what I like. It shows me stuff every time I open FB. That's how I found the Polaris Blaze mini bike I just bought . Opened FB and it said "here's something you might like"..... I was like 😳😳😍😍
 
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firemanjim said:
Been a couple minutes since I've lurked or chimed in.... Recently started buying up karts and mini bikes again..... Guess I'll be around a lil more often for a bit. Hello again to the older forum members! And greetings to the newer ones . Hopefully I'm still full of useless , I mean use full info..... 😁🤣
Hey , what's this "reaction score" and "points" thing I saw in my stats ? Those look like rookie numbers.....🤔🤔🤓
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Hey Jim, I've been meaning to ask. What the hell is all that rainbow @ **** on your signature? 🌈

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Hellion said:
Hey Jim, I've been meaning to ask. What the hell is all that rainbow @ **** on your signature? 🌈

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Back then , me and another guy used to give away free parts and I'd machine parts for free to give to people. It was usually to someone who obviously needed help parts $ wise. If I remember correctly, each @ was a $25 value. At the time , my goal was to give away about a grand a year to go karters in need. If you look back through older threads , you will probably see the other guy who was doing this with me. He has @'s in his signature too. I think one of two of the admins knew about it ...
To be honest , I'm not sure about the colors ... I'd have to look back though our private messages. As well as to confirm the $25 value.
 
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firemanjim said:
Back then , me and another guy used to give away free parts and I'd machine parts for free to give to people. It was usually to someone who obviously needed help parts $ wise. If I remember correctly, each @ was a $25 value. At the time , my goal was to give away about a grand a year to go karters in need. If you look back through older threads , you will probably see the other guy who was doing this with me. He has @'s in his signature too. I think one of two of the admins knew about it ...
To be honest , I'm not sure about the colors ... I'd have to look back though our private messages. As well as to confirm the $25 value.
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I do remember this, but like you say.....that was years ago. Probably about 7-8 years? I cant believe how time disappears in a blink of an eye
 
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I rotated to landscape and lol. Frigging rainbows. 😆.
I never realized what I was missing.
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Dude, don’t do that again. Landscape mode’s not for the faint of heart and I can’t have your death-from-bewilderment on my conscience! It’s total Bizarro World when you do it and something like being whirled off to Who Framed Roger Rabbit world, a technicolor nightmare on psychedelic shroooms!!!

Bedlam! 🤯🥴🤢😱😵
 
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