new poll at the request of a lister

[Gary]

I was just in yahoo chat and was not having any fun cause i am not a "regular" and they do not talk to you unless they know you.It danwed on me that what we need is a KLR 650 chat room where the KLR 650 brothers and sisters can meet and talk shop...swap ideas....trade tall tells...you get the idea....does anyone know how to make that happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course. Any thoughts or ideas? Regards,Gary

[Howard Morris]

Gary wrote: I was just in yahoo chat and was not having any fun cause i am not a "regular" and they do not talk to you unless they know you.It danwed on me that what we need is a KLR 650 chat room where the KLR 650 brothers and sisters can meet and talk shop...swap ideas....trade tall tells...you get the idea....does anyone know how to make that happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course. Any thoughts or ideas? Regards,Gary I believe we do have one. At the dsnklr650 site hit chat. BUT I have never seen anyone there when I check it. We should meet there at a certin time certin day. H. A-18 List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mark St.Hilaire, Sr]

> happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room > would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms > after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course.

Sounds like a great idea! I've never done chat, so I don't have a clue how to go about setting anything up, but I would certainly participate. Mark --------------------------------------- KLR650 Motorcycle Website: http://klr6500.tripod.com/

[Chris]

I'm a pretty active participant on http://www.beginnerbikes.com, they have a chat server setup and a web based interface for those not familiar with IRC chat. It's a friendly crew that is focused on beginning rider information and sticks to that theme pretty much but you can create other channels on the server if you want and I wouldn't imagine the server admin would mind a model-specific chat. Server info is server:squirrel.homelinux.org port:6667 The main channel is generally the only one running #beginnerbikes To join any other channel you want, just use the command like this /join # /join #klr650 The server just died a horrible death yesterday, but should be up soon again if not already. I'll keep an eye out when I'm popping by. Generally evenings are most active after 6pm EDT or so. The 'trick' with chat is to hurry up and wait. Best to just join when you get on the computer and keep an eye for activity as you go about your browsing.

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 12:24:45AM -0000, Gary wrote: > I was just in yahoo chat and was not having any fun cause i am not > a "regular" and they do not talk to you unless they know you.It > danwed on me that what we need is a KLR 650 chat room where the KLR > 650 brothers and sisters can meet and talk shop...swap ideas....trade > tall tells...you get the idea....does anyone know how to make that > happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room > would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms > after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course. > Any thoughts or ideas? > Regards,Gary > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.kingsqueak.org/klr650/

[Ken]

You could try here: http://www.klr650.net/chat/ ken --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark St.Hilaire, Sr" wrote:

> > happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room > > would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms > > after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course. > > Sounds like a great idea! I've never done chat, so I don't have a clue how > to go about setting anything up, but I would certainly participate. > > Mark > --------------------------------------- > KLR650 Motorcycle Website: > http://klr6500.tripod.com/

[Streetfighters]

I've set up a couple chat rooms/forums where you register, log in and chat away (regarding motorcycles and vintage XL's specifically - my mind's not in the gutter!) I could put one together for the KLR group/list IF there was enough feedback from all of you out there to warrant me doing it. Just a thought... Geoff www.oldrice.com www.aimoo.com/XLpage

----- Original Message ----- From: "ken" You could try here: > http://www.klr650.net/chat/ > > ken > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark St.Hilaire, Sr" > wrote: > > > happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room > > > would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms > > > after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course. > > > > Sounds like a great idea! I've never done chat, so I don't have a clue how > > to go about setting anything up, but I would certainly participate. > > > > Mark > > --------------------------------------- > > KLR650 Motorcycle Website: > > http://klr6500.tripod.com/ > >

[Streetfighters]

oops - wrong link. Here's the right one... http://www.aimoo.com/XLBoard I've set up a couple chat rooms/forums where you register, log in and chat away (regarding motorcycles and vintage XL's specifically - my mind's not in the gutter!) I could put one together for the KLR group/list IF there was enough feedback from all of you out there to warrant me doing it. Just a thought... Geoff www.oldrice.com http://www.aimoo.com/XLBoard

----- Original Message ----- From: "ken" You could try here: > http://www.klr650.net/chat/ > > ken > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark St.Hilaire, Sr" > wrote: > > > happen?IF we can get the word out i think a KLR specific chat room > > > would be fun.I know i personally kill time everynight in chat rooms > > > after work.If i am not riding or wrenching of course. > > > > Sounds like a great idea! I've never done chat, so I don't have a clue how > > to go about setting anything up, but I would certainly participate. > > > > Mark > > --------------------------------------- > > KLR650 Motorcycle Website: > > http://klr6500.tripod.com/ > >

[Steve Hersant]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Dave Watkins wrote:

> Hi All, > > Personally speaking I'd like to see Jake here on an unmoderated

status.

> > There are times that appropriate responses to questions are

delayed due to

> his moderated status and as a result the list suffers. > > There is a time and place for pissing contests and I for one don't

think

> that this list is that place. As you are all aware there are

probably as

> many personalities on this list as there are listers. Some people

just take

> life to seriously like the guy that threatened to shoot me between

the eyes

> when I suggested that Canadians would never approve of the right

to "BARE"

> arms. Now before the death threats roll in here again look at the

spelling.

> BARE is meant to refer to short sleeve or sleeveless garb not

carrying guns.

> It's just too damm cold in Canada to go round half naked al the

time.

> > A lot of what has transpired in the past is IMHO more of an issue

of placing

> personalities before principals not the other way round. > > Jake may be opinioned but then so am I. I don't think Bogdan can

sing that

> well though his harp skills are up there. Millerized looks damm

scary in

> pajamas with or without the assault rifle mounted on his trusty

steed and I

> believe that this Fred Hink character is actually a bot that scans

our list

> and inserts very accurate, informed canned responses, as well as

fast

> service, automatically just to keep us happy. Hell, people look at

me like

> I'm a nut when I tell them that I just did 10,000 Klm on The Mile

Muncher

> just cuz I wanted to do all that I could to make sure a friend

that hadn't

> ridden for 6 year made it home safe from Atlanta on his new Harley. > > I've sat and chatted with Jake, argued some points with him and

listened to

> his rants on certain topics. Do I agree with everything he says?

Not on your

> life! Do I listen to what he has to say? Yes, and then I make my

own

> decisions. Jake has been a part of this list longer than most of

us. He has

> both experience and color to add here and I for one would like to

see him

> treated like the rest of us would like to be treated. He is and

continues to

> be an Ambassador where the KLR and promoting a fellowship among

riders is

> concerned. Just mention that you are going to be within 500 miles

of Milford

> and you'll have a tour guide, cook, B&B operator not to mention a

pretty

> good machinist at your disposal. Not like that rat on an '04 KLR

in Kansas

> that refused to wave as I passed him going the opposite direction

in a

> blinding rain storm. > > Principals before personalities is one of my favorite AA slogans

and one

> which I follow daily. > > So, my vote is for "unmoderated status" and if he flips out I'll

personally

> ride down there and hit him with a pound of back bacon. > > > Cheers, > > Dave Watkins > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > > dave@d... www.davewatkins.net > Voice: 403-701-5746 Fax: 403-266-0626 > > Hardware/Software Sales, Service & Support > Electronics Restoration Specialists

Dave...I always enjoy your very well written posts. How about a summary of your big trip ? I'm sure you saw some interesting, and (I hope ), odd sights. And some photos ? Steve B.C.