I have a group of guys that ride together, and we've started getting a little formal to include a name, monthly meetings, scheduled group rides, elected officers, etc. Anyway, we are working on a website, but don't want to pay the set up fees and hundreds of dollars per page. One of our guys works at motocycle-superstore locally. The guy that runs the website for that company had offered to help us with the website, and is dying to join, but there is one problem...he rides a scooter. Now, I don't want to be a dick, but...a scooter?!? It's 600 cc's and cost him about $6000, but...A SCOOTER?!? What do you guys think, because I would say no, if nothing else but for the fact that he can't corner with us (I don't think), and would get left behind alot. Am I being a dick (yeah, like that doesn't leave me wide open [&:])?

 

tell him you will give him a trial ride to see how the bike hangs... if he cant cut it.. no sense in having someone you will have to wait on all the time. . .

by the way i have seen some of those 600cc scooters cruising. .

who knows. .

 

hudreds of dollars per page? I'd look at 1&1 Hosting (1and1.com), they seem to have the most reasonable hosting rates.

as for the whole scooter thing, if he can afford to blow 6 grand on a flippin scooter then let him hang with the group for awhile. When all the other guys rip on him for it, he'll probably step up and put on his big boy pants. Problem Solved.

 

Voodoo

Do you visit the PNWriders.com site? They have a Oregon section. Maybe you guys can just take over the southern Oregon section. Or try to create your own section?

As far as the scooter goes. I dont have an answer for you. That is a tough situation. Just like fat chicks, their cool until your friendscatch you with them.

 

We were looking into having it done professionally for us, but we may have to do some kind of plug and play/hosting deal.


Yeah, I've been on there. I am not overly excited about it, though. I know some of the "O Riders" and they ride like they got hell hounds on their trail. We are trying to promote safety and have a group that new riders feel comfortable joining. I don't think that would be a good site for us.

 

I'm thinking that you guys probably don't speed all that much and that the guy on the scooter could easily keep up with you. I think you are just embarrassed to be seen with a guy on a scooter.

 

I dunno know man... so what really if it's a scooter? really it just boils down to if he's cool or not... if he's a douchebag he could be ridin a 1098 and I wouldn't want him around

 

Umm, stay away from 1and1...and that's coming from personal experience. There are also cheaper/better hosts. Anyways, I'm pretty sure he meant hundreds of dollars per page to design, not host.

Voodoo, no matter who you have create your site, you are gonna have to host it somewhere....as well as register a domain. Depending on what you want to do, I may be able to help you out.

 

Ah, rrasco probably has a point about the design stuff costing hundreds of dollars, I feel like an idiot.

interesting point I just thought of, if he rode a ninja 250, which is practically a scooter, would you let him ride? I'm with vpsophmore, if he's cool, he's down, all there is to it.

 

I would think he would be the one embarrassed, riding with the big boys. It wouldn't bother me if he rode with a group unless we were waiting every other stop light for him.