Fungorus newbie

$30 and you get a T shirt the first year. and no you don't have to be a member to buy from them, there are two guys who sell a lot, one is Peter Kommer

PETER KOMMER
XS650 Spares, Australia
Ph. 0402 828 094
yam653@hotmail.com

INXS, The point i am making is that XS650.com and the US is not the only place that has support and information and sales of XS parts. The club members bend over backwards to help out fellow members here and Melbourne is not far from Tassie where a lot of Members are
 
- :shrug: im a member myself..and i live in middle europe, the people i have contact with i find to be top blokes...im just pointing out that if he expects to find a local group he may be disappointed
 
Fungorus, Here are a list of names of members from the 650 Club of Australia who live in Tassie. We get bi monthly news letters with a lot of info in them as well

TAS

Nick Ainslie Longford 03-63912450, 0419154641 nainslie@bigpond.net.au TX-A

Andre Datlen Bothwell 03-62595728 '79SF

Michael Foley. North Hobart. 03-62311737, 0400550221 michaelfoley@sctelco.net.au 81 Special

Dennis Theinert Margate 03-62671376 dtheinert@koalatelecom.com.au '75B

Rob Thompson West Hobart 03-62680579 '76C robat375@yahoo.com

Colin Woodberry Somerset 03-64352926 cwoodberry@hotmail.com '77D

VIC



INXS if you had read your news letter from the club you would have seen this info and maybe you would have been a but more supportive
 
- if i wasnt supportive of the club i wouldnt pay my subs although i live in middle europe...i just dont have the need to sell it to someone who doesnt necessarily see a benefit

...you have to be a member to buy from them? It looks like it costs to join.......Maybe....I look at what I can see.......cheers
 
- personally i think its not a bad move and if you make the effort you will meet some top blokes and enthusiastic motorcycle owners

- i was thinking last night about local clubs, national clubs and forums like these and why people join them

local clubs​
- generally tend to all live in the same town or region, often have a core that have known each other for a long time, are sometimes based around a focus point such as a cafe, pub, workshop or even a place of work...these blokes generally form a tight community based on personal experience of each other and the trust that ensues...they get to know each other well, ride together, socialise together, play together, often get in and out of trouble together...issues can get terribly personal and violent

national clubs​
- not so locally defined, tend to have a core of skilled enthusiasts that often develop more commercial interests and tend to be older, with more time to spend on club things...they are often based around brands or even models and communicate through newsletters or their own forums...mostly these blokes dont know each other very well and many never meet or dont meet regularly due to geographic reasons...ive seen these organisations split badly over unnecessarily silly things that start well within the core but unresolved split interests turn them into personal and ego issues

forums​
- these have no physical boundaries and start with a club or interested person, sometimes with commercial interests based on actual businesses-its good marketing...generally tend to have relatively narrow foci, like a bike model...mostly the contributors never get to meet each other, the annonymity allows all sorts of games and posing, content requires a modicum of control, misunderstandings are relatively common due to lack of tone and body language and sometimes cultural and language differences...there generally tend to be far more lurkers than contributors

...all have their charms, people join and leave them for their own reasons, the main thing is to simply have a good time
 
inxs, I enjoyed reading your run-down of the local clubs vs. national clubs vs. forums. :thumbsup:
 
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