Ride With Tank

Listen, I’m not some kind of pencil necked computer geek, so I am really struggling with this whole “update the web site” thing.

I mean here I am in a world of php scripts and MySQL databases and I don’t even know what they are, so I am putting things through a lot of turmoil.

I know a few of you folks have already registered and put a user-name on and everything, but because of my screw ups you probably are going to have to do it again.  I think I did it right this time so hopefully this will be the last time you have to do this.  I tried to transfer some of the user names myself, but it started getting a little bit hard and it was kind of tedious so I just quit doing it because I am lazy. 

If I did already put you in the database you should have received an email.

Expect to see a lot of down time on the site over the next few days.  Sometimes you might even see some unusual stuff.  Enjoy the chaos. 

Since it is so easy for me to make updates I will probably make a lot more of them.

Maybe a lot of them might not exactly be motorcycle related, but with winter in full swing I have to do something. 

The last couple of days I have been checking out Red State Update .  The guys on this site are just as funny as funny can be.  Below you can see one of my favorite videos

Well, as you can see, there have been big changes made to the web site.

Quite honestly, the old format was beginning to get really hard for me to deal with.  As the site got larger and larger it became more and more difficult to manage.  Updates will be much easier for me with the new format, and I believe it makes the older material much more accessible.  This site is entirely indexed and searchable, and  I will be able to update the site on the road with the new format.  I have not given up completely on the old format, it will be waiting in the wings in case this does not work out, but I think this is going to stay.

The site can now support some interaction.  The old site was pretty much a one way street.  I would say stupid stuff and you had no way of telling me that I am stupid.  Now, through the miracle of the interweb, you can call me stupid.  Sure you will have to enter your email address and do a few simple things before you can post, but once you have done that you can tell me I am stupid every day!  I am really looking forward to it.

Hopefully, some of you will actually update the site from time to time.  This will give me the opportunity to tell you that you are stupid.  Right now the only person who can actually update the site is Mark.  Actually, as I write this there are only three people who have even seen the site:  Me, Mark, and Skidplate.  I don’t know if I will give Skidplate the ability to do updates.  I like looking at women much more than I like listening to them.

Things are coming along real well with the new bike.  I still have to get the heated grips, the thermometer, the GPS, the chargers, and the windshield installed, but it is starting to look like a bike I can ride.

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Would you buy a motorcycle from this guy?

I did.

That’s right bitches – I’m back on two wheels!

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