Spyderlovers - Facebook - Or Both?

[seaweed]

It's possible and, IMO highly probable, that the heavily weighted vote for SL is because many of us represent several older generations of avid motorcycle riders who, for one reason or another switched from two wheels to three or for an improved version of three. Within this cohort there is hundreds of years of experience and, thankfully, technical skill that provides those with less technical and mechanical ability with unvarnished facts and minimal bovine effluent. It's slightly unfortunate that we don't have accurate statistics on the median age of SL participants and other information about the folks who make this website so reliable and successful. And, most of all, it's the wide variety of people I've met who have grown from casual strangers to good friends. Lucky me!

You could start a poll of some sort asking for age.

 

[racoon]

I'm signed up for both, and visit both regularly.

But I have found that useful information on the Facebook page is rather sparse, while I always find something useful and interesting on Spyderlovers.

 

[Peter Aawen]

You could start a poll of some sort asking for age.

There have been a few of those sorta 'How Old' threads/polls done in the past, lotsa interesting info in them, if you care to do the search/reading?!

Here's one thread:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?141601-How-old-are-you&highlight=age

And here's a poll that looks like it's missed a selection for those between 61 & 69:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?113877-A-real-How-old-are-you-poll&highlight=age

And a Roll-Call for younger riders:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums...or-riders-with-no-health-issues&highlight=age

One poll looking for the average age of Spyder Ryders:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums...he-average-age-of-Spyder-owners&highlight=age

And a thread looking for an idea of the age of those buying Rykers:

https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?116841-Age-of-riders-buying-a-Ryker&highlight=age

And all that ^^ was found simply by putting 'Age' in the search field, ticking the search titles box, and submittingthe search, but I'm pretty sure there's more out there too, altho it might be a little harder to find... :dontknow:

 

[PMK]

It's possible and, IMO highly probable, that the heavily weighted vote for SL is because many of us represent several older generations of avid motorcycle riders who, for one reason or another switched from two wheels to three or for an improved version of three. Within this cohort there is hundreds of years of experience and, thankfully, technical skill that provides those with less technical and mechanical ability with unvarnished facts and minimal bovine effluent. It's slightly unfortunate that we don't have accurate statistics on the median age of SL participants and other information about the folks who make this website so reliable and successful. And, most of all, it's the wide variety of people I've met who have grown from casual strangers to good friends. Lucky me!

Just FWIW, there is no shortcoming of talented Spyder techs on some of the FB groups. Believe the one group has 5 now independent techs, several that are factory trained and formerly were employed by respected Spyder dealers.

 

[Dutchy]

I never been on FB and I am not a FB fan, as it is the wife's domain so she tells me, as I would rather read through SL and have a :cheers:

 

[Spyder_Cowgirl]

I use both regularly ... I help Joan and Lamont admin all the "lovers" groups on FB (there are several), so I am over there a lot. I much prefer the search capability of the forum ... and that I get to pick and choose what to look at. Don't really care for the FB algorithm that decide what I should look at ... it's rarely correct. So ... it's a toss up in terms of time because of my admin duties, I'm probably on FB more than here. But, I prefer here.

All the best ... Ann

 

[Lee0123]

I seem to be using FB less and less because of the all the ads. They have become a nuisance.

 

[ThreeWheels]

I find a great deal of irony in the biased question. You asked on Spyderlovers - of course the answers will be mostly Spyderlovers - those FB folks that prefer FB probably don't come here 1) at all or 2) very often - that's why they would vote for FB. LOL!

Yes, agree 100%.
Facebook has its value.
There is a Facebook group dedicated to using BRP connect. I also belong to a Facebook group that focuses on the SENA 20S headsets. Further, there is a Facebook page specifically for the SpyderQuest rally.
And BajaRon, I go to your FB page to make purchases from you. Although I trust you implicitly, I will say other vendors can be problematic. I've bought things on Facebook from two other vendors. Each time I received the merchandise in good order, but my charge card got hacked. I don't believe the individual sellers were responsible, but it seems a little too coincidental. BajaRon's credentials are impeccable, but I don't buy from anyone else off of Facebook.
The Connecticut group posts rides there and we keep in touch that way. We'll also chat about where to get service, parts etc. None of us are interested in using Facebook as any kind of stage to pontificate. And, unlike this forum, we actually see each other IRL, so there are no keyboard warriors. The most controversial comment was "I have to go to church on Sunday. Can we please plan the ride for Saturday instead?"
The individual state pages here can serve the same function but seem to be rarely, if ever used. The last post on the CT page was in May of 2022.
Even this forum began coming unglued with flame wars until the moderators began using a heavy hand. May I add, a welcome heavy hand, I still have quite a large number of forum members on my "ignore" list.

Just my opinion, I could be wrong, and if I am, I'm sure somebody on this forum will be more than delighted to let me know.