I didn't give too much thought to why joined over here till I read this thread, this seemed like an interesting place and an alt to the other place which in some ways developed into a larger community then adv riding. I do agree with many of the sentiments listed here in the way the site transitioned, I never really interacted with the mods so I was never banned, no ill feelings. I rarely wandered into the basement over there, what I saw was mostly a reflection of the craziness I see on the news and not why I visit a motorcycle forum. I've been on there 14Yrs, learned allot from it and have about 4K more likes then posts, all in MC or regional related content so I feel I gave back as much as I received. I hope I can do the same here and I just pulled the trigger on the full meal deal so you guys are stuck with me.