• There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

!!!! COPYCAT !!!!

Truer words were never spoken! Bike snobbery runs rampant these days, but we don't have to be a part of it. I ride what I like, and like what I ride, just like you. That is evident by my collection of orphans and weirdos. Well spoken Lamont.
...Excuse me, the men in the white coats say it is time for my treatments now, gotta run...
-Scotty
Just pretend to swallow them your alright Ive always agreed with both of your statements It dosn't matter what you ride as long as it has 2 wheels :doorag: but know some of us have 3 :agree:
 
Yeah, I know. The more I think about it, and look at it, the more I realize how I want the CanAm Spyder, and not a low powered cheap knock-off.

Like I said earlier, where having a SNOW BLIZZARD here in Chicago, and it's below FREEZING! So I'm not going to be riding now anyway. :)

Snowing here too! Well you got all winter to figure out what to do.
 
It seems that patents and copyright laws do not apply to stuff made in China. They have already copied the hulls of personal watercraft right down to the smallest detail. Right now most of the copied motorized vehicles are down on power from the originals. But just wait a few years and they might be on top of the feeding chain...power and feature wise. Corporations everywhere have switched much of their manufacturing to China. I just purchased a Pentax digital camera only to find that it was no longer made in Japan...it's now made in China. Even the Japs can't compete with the low cost of Chinese labor. I wonder what the actual percentage of parts used in our Spyders comes from China? The tires and wheels and much of the electronics etc, are imported from the far east. Even Harley Davidson uses a LOT of Chinese parts in their bikes. Ditto for the Big 3 automakers.

No wonder unemployment is so high. Until a stiff tariff is placed on the imported junk (like 100% +) there will be no hope for an economic recovery in our nation. More and more American companies will continue to move production and purchase parts from the countries with cheap labor.


Richard
 
It seems that patents and copyright laws do not apply to stuff made in China. They have already copied the hulls of personal watercraft right down to the smallest detail. Right now most of the copied motorized vehicles are down on power from the originals. But just wait a few years and they might be on top of the feeding chain...power and feature wise. Corporations everywhere have switched much of their manufacturing to China. I just purchased a Pentax digital camera only to find that it was no longer made in Japan...it's now made in China. Even the Japs can't compete with the low cost of Chinese labor. I wonder what the actual percentage of parts used in our Spyders comes from China? The tires and wheels and much of the electronics etc, are imported from the far east. Even Harley Davidson uses a LOT of Chinese parts in their bikes. Ditto for the Big 3 automakers.

No wonder unemployment is so high. Until a stiff tariff is placed on the imported junk (like 100% +) there will be no hope for an economic recovery in our nation. More and more American companies will continue to move production and purchase parts from the countries with cheap labor.


Richard

:agree:

I have to eat my words about not buying Chinese products just a bit. dltang and I went to one of the local Steve and Barry's stores that are going out of business to find a good price on winter coats for a coat drive that our church is helping out a local charity with. They are providing coats for low income kids and adults in our area. Every coat in the place was 50% off sticker price and the sticker prices were $14.99, $19.99 and $24.99. I noticed that every coat they had was Made in China but we still bought a number of them to help this very worthwhile cause. Yeah the coats seemed a bit thinner than I would have liked but a thin winter coat is better than a hole-y coat or no coat at all.

Tis the season for giving. Merry Christmas everyone!

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