Area reps and club meets, who would be interested?

Bobby · Jun 22, 2014

Hi guys, I've put this idea up to admin and was wondering what you guys would think of it.
For years I was always in the modified car scene and we had area reps for over the uk who would set up meets, shows etc to get people together and it worked pretty well.
I think it would be a great way to bring new people into the forum and actually meet people face to face, get to some shows and try to organise stands at shows so everyone can show off their pride and joys.

Would anyone actually be interested in this or am I barking up the wrong tree here? Lol

Recycled Rocker · Jun 23, 2014

Well, I'm in Yorkshire and Squires Cafe just off A1 attracts a lot of riders, and has a bike autojumble every 4th Saturday. Live in North Yorks but go to Squires every month summer and winter.

Difficult with National clubs raising interest in my experience for "Local" events, but interested what other forum members think

Bobby · Jun 23, 2014

That's the kind of thing I'm on about, a couple of responsible dedicated members could be a rep for your area and organise a get together every month/week etc
From what I have seen with car meets it has worked well, I don't see no reason it wouldn't work on here.

Harvey865 · Jun 23, 2014

Bobby said: ↑

Would anyone actually be interested in this or am I barking up the wrong tree here? Lol
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I'm not knocking your idea or enthusiasm but i really can't see it working on this forum. According to the statistics there are 187 active members, I presume by active it must mean have popped in during the last 6 months because in reality there are probably only 7 really. Lol.

This forum will never be able to conjure up the type of interest for meets up, ride outs, events etc as the more bike specific forums. A few have tried in the past with little or no interest so they gave up & moved on.

As for The Triumph Forum having a stand at an event? There are two admins to this forum & one of them (Rob, Admin & site owner) has posted less than 50 times, 34 times to be precise.

The only thing that moves on this forum is the tumble weeds! Might be worth trying to bark up one of those. Lol

Bobby · Jun 23, 2014

Harvey865 said: ↑

I'm not knocking your idea or enthusiasm but i really can't see it working on this forum. According to the statistics there are 187 active members, I presume by active it must mean have popped in during the last 6 months because in reality there are probably only 7 really. Lol.

This forum will never be able to conjure up the type of interest for meets up, ride outs, events etc as the more bike specific forums. A few have tried in the past with little or no interest so they gave up & moved on.

As for The Triumph Forum having a stand at an event? There are two admins to this forum & one of them (Rob, Admin & site owner) has posted less than 50 times, 34 times to be precise.

The only thing that moves on this forum is the tumble weeds! Might be worth trying to bark up one of those. Lol
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That's fair enough mate, I wasn't sure on exactly how many member etc are on here (a lot less than I actually thought lol)
Ah well, you don't know until you try, cheers for the info bud, much appreciated

SteveJ · Jun 23, 2014

It's a good idea although I think the biggest problem with this is that there are not enough active members to do this. At the end of the day this is still a fairly new and small forum compared to the RAT or Triumph Torque which are very established.

Not saying that it cannot be done just that it isn't easy to organize.

Cheers

Steve

Bobby · Jun 23, 2014

I'm gonna see if I can get in new members by advertising the forum on FB etc, let's try and liven this place up a little lol

Harvey865 · Jun 24, 2014

Bobby said: ↑

let's try and liven this place up a little lol
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It was very lively in here a little while ago & then the forum police came out with their big sticks & it appears the regular active members/posters voted with their feet Shame really, but hey ho :smile:

mr.h · Jun 24, 2014

They certainly did! good to see you back mate... :wink:

Harvey865 · Jun 24, 2014

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They certainly did! good to see you back mate... :wink:
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Just like the others, I'm definitely not back, just popped in to check on the tumble weeds. Lol

Just hanging about on the Triumph related facebook pages now plus the "big" Triumph forums.