2016 - 15 years of barfing review.

Sportbiker

Sportbiker

Slow
Great thread Budman!

BARF has been a huge part of my adult life. Going through your timeline jogged great memories.
Joined BARF in March 2002 to post up about my stolen bike (1st bike). 30+ bikes later, still here. Made many friends.. bought and sold many things.. learned so much. Helped a few people.


Known BARF longer than my kid! LOL been part of many forums but nothing keeps going like BARF. Great job by you and all the mods / contributors..
 
budman

budman

General Menace
Staff member
Appreciate the kind words. :blush :thumbup

I am still supplementing the thread guys..a bunch of sloshball stuff added. Some UBOB... who knows what else as I continue this first couple weeks of '17.

Adding a pic or two to each year as well.
 
Mortifer

Mortifer

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Wow, 15 years already !?!?! How time flies!!!!!
Bud, it's really cool of you to research and post this amazing walk down memory lane.
Barf sure has changed for the better after all these years with the hard work of you and the mods. :thumbup
I'll do my best to make the coming summer Barf bash. :party
 
MSFIT

MSFIT

Well-known member
Mortifer said:
Wow, 15 years already !?!?! How time flies!!!!!
Bud, it's really cool of you to research and post this amazing walk down memory lane.
Barf sure has changed for the better after all these years with the hard work of you and the mods. :thumbup
I'll do my best to make the coming summer Barf bash. :party
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Where's that pic at Hooters with your Hooters livery F4i? Classic
 
budman

budman

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Staff member
Mortifer said:
Wow, 15 years already !?!?! How time flies!!!!!
Bud, it's really cool of you to research and post this amazing walk down memory lane.
Barf sure has changed for the better after all these years with the hard work of you and the mods. :thumbup
I'll do my best to make the coming summer Barf bash. :party
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Still have your Mod vest sitting at my office Mike!!
Come and get it :twofinger :thumbup


Outta Control said:
Budman can you bring back the :tsc smilie as a tribute to SteveCo :D
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Good idea .... but, I don't remember what it was... :(
 
J-Boat

J-Boat

Read Only Lurker
Lots of fond memories and good times over the years with BARF. It started with me wanting to share pictures from a Buttonwillow track day back in '02...and then searching for Wannabe at the Sacramento Raceway...The 2009 BARF Spring rally remains one of the best!

Since then I have met lots of cool people and had many memorable rides...

I sold my last bike (2008 KTM Superduke) in 2012..., but still read the forum almost every day and plan to get another bike soon. My 2 kids and work have been taking all my free time these last few years, but I plan to get another bike this year!!!
 
Whammy

Whammy

Veteran of Road Racing
Whammy Joined in June 2003.
Lived out in the central valley and hung out with a group of starbux posers called CVH.
Central Valley Hooligans. Some real cool guys, well most of us.
We migrated into bar and grille places and did many a group rides until someone decided we should wear vests.
That's when the OG's split off and just did our own thing.
Some CVH members still here on the barf, but not many.
It was the barf that helped us all find eachother.
 
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Alan_Hepburn

Alan_Hepburn

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So, back in the embryonic stage, which came first: the BARF acronym, or the name? Did you sit down and figure out "What could BARF be an acronym of?" or did you come up with Bay Area Riders Forum and notice "Hey, look at that acronym!"
 
budman

budman

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Outta Control said:
BudMan it was the smiley that has a cropped photo of Steve with the dancing banana gif.
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Oh yeah... hmmm wonder where that could be...our catacombs are deep.

Alan_Hepburn said:
So, back in the embryonic stage, which came first: the BARF acronym, or the name? Did you sit down and figure out "What could BARF be an acronym of?" or did you come up with Bay Area Riders Forum and notice "Hey, look at that acronym!"
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I believe it was the second..., but perhaps JacktheTripper or other first few members could confirm.
 
Johndicezx9

Johndicezx9

Rolls with it...
budman said:
We still have time for fun though. Here is some of it:
Old Race Photos
As race fans this thread hit us in the stomach. For those that were not race fans it probably raised an eyebrow. No doubt barf has inspired a few riders to go see some racing or actually RACE themselves.!
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It was an absolute honor to publicly post my old, somewhat "primitive", pics for the first time here on barf, and then to have them go on to SuperbikePlanet as a couple of galleries... (I thought it gave me some "barf cred". :laughing )

Thanks Budman, for keeping barf, well, "barf"! :thumbup

Over the years I've met quite a few barfers, it's funny to say "I've seen you on barf..." and the introduce yourself using your barf handle, but there is always a nice simpatico that follows. Priceless...
 
Enchanter

Enchanter

Ghost in The Machine
Staff member
Alan_Hepburn said:
So, back in the embryonic stage, which came first: the BARF acronym, or the name? Did you sit down and figure out "What could BARF be an acronym of?" or did you come up with Bay Area Riders Forum and notice "Hey, look at that acronym!"
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You can find it in the link in post number 2.
 
OldFatGuy

OldFatGuy

Fondling Member and 1%er
Awesome thread, budman. Lots and lots of memories here. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. :thumbup
 
atoyf

atoyf

Well-known member
Thanks Dennis - freaking awesome thread and happy Birthday BARF, so many good memories :afm199

What happened to Hawkgirl ? I recall parties at their house :party
 
Warpkor

Warpkor

Reactor Breach
Back in 2006 when I first discovered BARF, it was a godsend. At the time, I was regretting my job choice due to it's mind numbing and soul crushing nature. Stumbling across BARF, I now had something to look forward to, tons of content to read, in those minutes between the hours of boredom. Feanor's "Cold Shower" story hooked me. I later came to realize how much I gleaned from the BARF community as it relates to riding. I even picked up a great bike, the CB1000R from a BARFer (and I was living in Arizona at the time!) I can no longer imagine motorcycling without BARF.

To you Budman and all those who keep BARF running without commercialization, I wish to express my gratitude.

Thank you.
 
YanaBanana

YanaBanana

Speed Safely!
THANKS, Bud - grrrreat thread! :thumbup :thumbup

I've learned sooooo much over these 15 years, and have made hundreds of friends - all thanks to Barf! :love

:port Here's to 15 more years and :ride miles of smiles! :party


:teeth
Yana:banana
 
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DocWong

DocWong

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Thanks Bud, this thread is SO cool. This brings back a lot of memories and also my many conversations with Steve!

Thanks for continuing to create this amazing space and universe for us to come together in such a special way!
 
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