USE THE DAMN SEARCH ENGINE!!!!!!!
 

Is there anyway to get our fellow forumites (mainly newbies, but not always) to use the search engine before they ask a question??

Maybe make it so you can't post before the search engine has been used??

I really don't mind sharing any wisdom or opinion which I may have. I don't know about you others, but I'm getting damn tired af answering the same old stupid questions over and over. I've even stopped posting a "the seach engine is your friend" post.

Are people just to fuckin' lazy to do a search?? Is it that mush easier to post the same shit over and over??

Man this is shit getting OLD.

:biggun: :puke: :biggun: :puke: :biggun: :puke: :biggun: :puke: :biggun:

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Feel better now? :roll:

It won't last because YOU are too !! (Getting old, that is....and it will just bother you MORE as time goes along.) :cry:

Incase you hadn't noticed the younger generation has an overwhelming sense of entitlement and an overwhelming lack of personal responsibility.

But, OTOH, if a few of the simple questions weren't repeated occasionally, all we would be left with would be welcome messages and a few ride reports.

I agree with what you said but it, apparently, doesn't bother me near as much.

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Getting old is already bothering me. I don't recognize the face in the mirror.

You're right about the younger gens, but isn't that what OUR parents said??

:cry:

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Not exactly. My folks told me that I had to work for everything I got.....after I was about 8 years old, and that if I got in trouble at school, I would be in twice the trouble when I got home.

That's pretty much the way it worked out too.

Doesn't seem to work that way anymore.

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I understand the frustration of seeing the same questions over and over but Easy has a good point, there's only so many questions and if nobody ever repeats any of them then there wouldn't be much to talk about on here. Besides, it gives others a chance to throw in their two cents worth this time around, so if you don't want to answer again, don't answer. I use the search engine to see if something has been asked before and a lot of times it has, but sometimes there's just too many "possibilities" to read all the things that come up in a search and I don't have that much time, so after reading several that may address my question, if I haven't found my exact question, I'll probably post a new one myself.
And yeah, I think every previous generation for all of history thinks the one coming after them isn't worth spit in general, but somehow the big blue ball just keeps on spinning.

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Sarris, don't be so inhibited, tell us how you REALLY feel. LOL

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I rarely use a search engine anywhere. As for newbies asking questions rather than searching I welcome this. 1st, it forces me to think and 2nd it gives newbies a chance to get to know us and we get to know them. Our whole life style has become too impersonal for my tastes.
What may seem like a brain-dead question to an experienced rider could be a matter of life and death to a newbie. I have answered a few PMs from newer riders that they might have been afraid to ask on the forum because of kneejerk comments from some of us old guys and gals. Remember, we were all newbies at one time.
And this also applies to experienced riders as well. Getting a different bike and being a lot short in the info department puts you back in the newbie category for a while. The internet and forums are the greatest way to share our collective knowledge base.
How happy would we be if we had to rely on dealers for everything ??????? Jumping off the soapbox now..

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WW-you a diplomat?

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Good grief no. I don't like to lie. LOL.

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Hang in there, Sarris. Most of them will buy bigger bikes and go somewhere else before too long. :poke2:

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Maybe they will buy bigger bikes, I did, but I'm still here because this is a great forum, the best I've seen on motorcycles! Besides, even if they leave and we can help them become better safer riders on their journey isn't that a good thing to do? I also welcome their questions like WW said, it makes me re-think things that I often take for granted, and that's usually a good thing.

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BTW, I've used the search engine, and most of the time it kind of sucks. When I try to find a reply to a question I've already asked, it finds the replies but also a whole lot of other dreck I have to wade through until I get to the post I was looking for.

I agree with WW - if there weren't never ending debates on mods, carbs, ATGATT, GZ-is-fast-enough, I-went-faster/got-more-mileage-than-you and Here's How You're Supposed To Go Around a Corner, there wouldn't be many new posts. The purpose of this site is to provide us with a way to waste time when we're not wasting time riding the motorcycles. If you're looking for efficiency, get a job or something!

Ask away newbs! I can't answer any of your questions anyway!

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Too much honesty! Way too much honesty! I'm not sure I can handle it this early. :shocked:

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I don't waste time at work!

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There, that's better.

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Oh yes you can. How do you pick up a Stratoliner ?? LOL.

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First, get yourself a Stratoliner...

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Seems to me you posted some good information on monkey butt and crotch rot and ways to prevent same a while back. :shocked:

As damp as it has been this summer, I wish I'd paid closer attention !! :cry:

:crackup

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Yeah, that's me, the guy by the side of the road with the down Stratoliner and crotch rot! Good times, good times.

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I'll wave as I ride by. LOL

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When the issue has been addressed over and over, then you should use the search engine. If it's bringing up too many responses, then narrow your search.

You're beginning to tread thin ice with your posts as of late, magnum.

My suggestion is to read this thread first - viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2179

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So I used the search engine to find some information on how to use the search engine, and this thread came up.

Question : If I add a comment in here, will it tear a rift in the space/time continuum? And if so, will that help me to get better mileage on my GZ???

:lol:

Sorry guys - couldn't resist!


AZ Kev

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No, too late. :tongue:

It might, however, bring us back to reality......and that would be a sad thing indeed.
:crackup