nice to be back

[Rocketjock]

Again, Thanks Stormi. You da WOman. I did have a crash when I tried to access previous pages with the advance and return arrows. Let u know if it happens again.

[stormi]

ZenMan Posted:

txbanditrydr wrote:
thanks Stormi... good information and I appreciate your efforts.

+2 thanks
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Russtang
Posted:
thanks Stormi! Hope you get the green light...

stormi Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:38 pm

Russtang wrote:
thanks Stormi! Hope you get the green light...

Oh For @#$#@%$@#%@ sake!!

I was just about to send out a mass email letting the population about the new link to the backup site,.. and the damn thing comes back up ,.. for what? I bet hours, as usual, and screws up the database sync I had going.

I actually had trimmed all the spammers out of the database and was literally composing the email!

OK,.. here's the thing,... I'm going to disable this board, and we're going to move to the backup board til Pete gets back, or I can talk to him at length about what he wants to do.

[stormi]

$64000 question: What brought the site down in the first place?

I'm not sure at this point.  I haven't got enough access to do the forensics.   I can say that I'm relatively certain that it's not a problem with the database.  If it were, I would be having this site fall down here too.  I suspect it has something to do with the company that was hosting it.

Do I get the $64K??  I could buy a coupla bikes with that,...  

[stormi]

Stormi, you deserve a "Geek of the Year" award or something... thank you very much!  

This is working faster than the old board. I have dial-up so it's obvious to me. The only glitch I've seen is one of my posts got lost, it was just a "+2" thank-you note in this thread, but otherwise great job!  

A suggestion for operating cash...  for $10 PayPal you get a one year "premium" membership with a little star by your name or something, maybe have a special forum for contributors.

Nothing elitist mind you, just a little recognition for helpin' out.  

LOL! Well,.. I think I even rescued your post that you lost.  

I hope to do the hosting without having to get support from the membership, but if I can't make it work alone, without going too much out of pocket, I may look into adopting a membership of some sort.  I'd rather that, than see the site go away.  I would love a couple of the geeks on the board to speak up if they're able to help in the event that I'm unavailable too, if they're out there.... I can't be the only geek on a Bandit,.. can I?

I suppose I could always put it to a poll as well.  I have noticed a lot of people have mentioned helping out.... would that be more desirable than advertising on the board?  Less?

[stormi]

Stormi, the speed is great on my Telus DSL "Lite" connection.
Everything is working great....fingers crossed.  
Again, thank you. I'm not sure about "Geek(ess) of the Year" though.....How about "Saint Stormi" ??? or something similar ??    

That's cos it doesn't have to wait at the customs border for you anymore.  

I'm far from a saint!

Besides,.. those outfits are hell on a bike,.. the long robes get caught in the rear wheel,... and they're drafty...

[stormi]

Again, Thanks Stormi. You da WOman. I did have a crash when I tried to access previous pages with the advance and return arrows. Let u know if it happens again.

Seen any more of that?  Crashes like that are often more a symptom of the browser than the server,.. but I'd still like to know about it if it's happening a lot.

[JReviere]

It is good to be back... In June of 01 I bought a new B-12S. I sold it at a huge loss because I'd let the raw power of the thing intimidate me... 2.5 yrs later that is.   I dropped off all Bandit contacts, but decided a couple months ago, I wanted another Bandit so I could take command of myself and that bloody intimidation factor... Last Saturday, I picked up a used 01 B-12S, w/7111 mi on the clock... I finally got all the paper work and the rain stopped, so I took it out for a "Howdy" ride today.  Now I remember why I got intimidated. This time, however, I kept control...   When you've been riding big heavy bikes where the weight to power ratio is not even close to what Bandit has... getting on a Bandit again is, as Mr. Spok would say: "Interesting."
J Reviere, Ph.D.
Lake Livingston, TX

[stormi]

LOL!  You'll be just fine!! Just remember,.. the right wrist is not an "on - off" switch.  That's what I had to "adjust" to when I went from the B4 to the 919!  From a 400 that loves to be wrung out, to a 919 that will happily lift the front wheel, and dump you on your arse in 1st and 2nd gears.  I haven't tried in 3rd yet.  

It helps that you're fresh on this one.  I think I might have had more trouble with the transition if I'd been on the 400 that year before I got on the 919.  Nowadays, I have a little trouble riding the 400, cos I'm used to lugging the 919 around.

[JReviere]

Thanx, Stormi.   I've been twisting throttles since 1945 (you do the arithmatic) so it's just a matter of "adjusting" in ways I didn't adjust before.  Then too, I lived in an area where there were some "interesting" roads which kept prompting the Bandit to push into the "sin tax" velocieties because it seemed to have a linkage of some sort between lean angle and throttle position... the more it got leaned over, the more open it wanted to crank the throttle...  strange affliction I know, but I've experienced it on many bikes... the tighter the curves in the road, the faster the bloody thing wanted to go. The worst moment in memory occured on a road thru a state park... over a hill, sharp off camber thru a field of rocks, hard switch back, blind, posted 35mph... sitting on 70... half way thru the second cruve chugged a center stripe painting machine...,  WOAH... THRILL THRILL THRILL...  
JR

[stormi]

Ha!  I've been there.  Especially with the 919, but also on the 400, we go into a corner and they're saying,.. "faster, faster FASTER!" And I'm going "no,.. I know YOU can do it, I'm not ready to commit that much yet!!!"

BTW, I was mostly referring to the fact that you'd taken a hiatus, not that you were a new rider.  I'd say that 90% at least of the population here is a more experienced rider than I am.  

[JReviere]

Storrmi,

I'm so old, been riding and flying so many years, each experience now is like a new one of starting all over again.  

Had a few "situations" on the Bandit today... BDCD's aren't the only ones... timber haulers in this heavy forest area are real road hazards.  

JR