| Author | Message | ||
     Jerry_haughton |
Tue Feb 3 22:02:05 PST 1998 Anyone interested in joining/forming a newsgroup/email list concerning Buell motorcycles send email stating such to me at "Blake at ***.net". I've searched far and wide and have not found a Buell specific group. If anyone knows of one already in existence, please let me know. Thanks, Blake thx Blake, and congrats to us all!  FB | ||
| Sleez |
happy birthday badweb!!! thanks blake and all!!!! i originally joined in june of 99, been great so far, keep on buellin' (Message edited by sleez on February 02, 2009) | ||
| Ezblast |
Happy B-Day!!!!!!!!! | ||
| New12r |
Thanks Blake and the original crew. | ||
| Firstbuell |
wow - I can't even imagine what owning a tuber would've been like without BadWeb..... wait a minute - I bought my M2 in '99 and was totally dependent on this BBS to keep me informed, for years - still am Praise the Lord !! for BadWeb | ||
| Rex |
Happy birthday, Badweb | ||
| 86129squids |
 +1! Happy BD!!! | ||
| Buellfighter |
If I had a dime for every minute I've spent here I'd be a rich son-of-a-btch!! THANKS..err curse you Blake! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Happy Birthday to BadWeb and all the bishes that make it what it is!! | ||
| Acav80 |
I freakin' love this place...spend a stupid amount of time reading/learning/generally loitering on badweb. Thanks to everyone who made/makes it happen, and congratulations on such a successful community! YEEEEEAH BWB! | ||
| Greenlantern |
Be careful what you ask for Blake  , you might get it in spades! 40 something words + 11 years = one helluva accomplishment! Congrats, Randy | ||
| Etennuly |
Congrats and happy birthday to BadWeB! Thanks for having me!  | ||
| Chadr81 |
WOW... Hard to believe it's been 11 years. Truly an asset to the Buell community. Congrats and Happy Birthday! | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
Not sure whoi started bad web other than Blake, so thanks to all of you. BWB is one of the best things about having a Buell! | ||
| Nevrenuf |
thnnks blake and the gang for putting on a great show. | ||
| Froggy |
And I'd make you look poor | ||
| Rah7777777 |
Happy Birthday BadWeB!!!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Us_uly |
Have many more... | ||
| Bads1 |
Wow its been along time..... I've been here a long time. Awesome Blake. | ||
| Daves |
Thanks for starting all of this! | ||
| Rotzaruck |
How long is that in BadWeB Years anyway? I'm depressed now thinking about all those years I lost before I ever even knew. Keep it up BadWeB!!! Rotzaruck! | ||
| Old_man |
All I can say is THANK YOU! | ||
| Metalstorm |
Happy B Day BadWeb! Congratulations to the founding fathers and Thank you for all the great Buell and at times non Buell goodness! | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Congrats on the longevity. So excluding Blake who has the highest post count? | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
How long is that in BadWeB Years anyway? Rotz, it prolly seems more like 111 years for Blake!  CMonkey, one's post count may be deceiving, depending on what overall significance is prescribed to post count. i.e., after the Big Crash everyone, in essence, started over (Blake's profile, for example, says he registered on April 26, 2003). also, in some cases folks have participated actively on the board under more than one screen name (yours truly, as a case in point). when BadWeB was first started, long before "it" had a name, we were just five guys bouncing e-mails back and forth. at the time, i personally knew every Buell owner on the West Coast, and Court, also an early BadWeB'r, surely personally knew every Buell owner in the country (if not the world). the e-mail thing got cumbersome pretty quick, once the "membership" grew into the dozens, and Blake floated the idea of a BBS (which is what these forums were typically called back then). in addition to e-mail we were also using Motorcycle Online's BBS (specifically, the discussion forum they started after their "Bikini Bike Shootout" comparo) to communicate to Buellers as well, and Blake saw a need for the growing online Buell community to have their own dedicated forum. it took a bit between idea and inception - BBS software and availability of same was pretty crude back then compared to today's standards - and BadWeB's gestation period also included ongoing e-mailed discussions amongst us as to what form and format we should take on the internet, and, finally, what we should call our motley crude. Blake deserves all the credit in the world for not only creating this place, but for keeping it going and holding us all to very high standards. today, it's relatively easy to create a BBS - the software is plentiful and cheap. what's harder is the ongoing challenge of maintaining a forum that is both "open" and yet "civilized" at the same time, a place where people can speak their mind, yet a place that is mindful of and respectful of a world of diverse views and opinions, a place that is, as much as possible, safe to surf at home, at work, and everywhere in between. a lot of this major mojo comes, of course, from all of you/us who call this place home on a daily basis - props to us all for building such an amazing destination, and props to Erik Buell for building such an amazing motorcycle. ride to lean, Ferris | ||
| Babired |
Awesome place to connect with other Buell riders. I wished I would have known about it when I started to ride Buells in 2000. Now I tell my students about it if they are interested in Buells. Seth from NJ told me about this site in 2005 at one of the last BRAG events. I'm hooked now Happy B-day Bad web K | ||
| Court |
As one who has posted every week over all of those years and was deeply involved in the couple of boards that preceded Badweb. . . I remain amazed at the job Blake has done. Congratulations. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Well done, and thank you. | ||
| Rich |
I remember the old Buell Riders board. Congrats, Blake, and thanks. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
The. Best. Discussion Board. Period. Congrats and thank you Blake. Also a big thanks and congrats to the Mods. They have a hard job, but its well done. |
