Quote Originally Posted by MJH View Post
...Also I think the size of the threads are not legitimate, they are likely being driven up by people profiting on the exposure.
Dear MJH,

I think your suspicions are misplaced. If you spend any time in the two epic bobber threads you'll quickly realize that the volume of posts reflects nothing more than genuine enthusiasm -- and the regular frustrations -- of buyers of the DF and CCW branded bikes. There's a repeating pattern: Someone who is thinking about buying a bobber joins MCM, starts posting about their excitement, then buys their bike, posts up pictures of their first modifications, and settles into the generally satisfying barroom banter. The very active founder of the DF 250 RTB thread, Barnone, sold his bike to buy a Kawasaki W650 (one of the last of Japan's great better-than-the-original copy bikes), pulled down his many pictures and left MCM altogether. But the forum lives on, and on, and on. Similarly, the member Gardo who launched the CCW Tha Heist thread almost never posts any more, but his early enthusiasm was key to establishing that thread as a lively resource for Heist owners.

I regularly skim through both threads, and have no doubt about their legitimacy. I wish we had more forums like this in MCM!