Visordown is simply the best group of real world bikers. It's much more than a chat forum: members meet for social events, rideouts, training sessions, and trackdays. Some of the chat is entirely off topic, and can get a bit robust, but forums dedicated to skills training, motorcycle mechanical ... Read review
Advantages: Real bikers; rideouts; lightly moderated; huge fun Disadvantages: Occasional bunny boilers
Visordown is simply the best group of real world bikers. It's much more than a chat forum: members meet for social events, rideouts, training sessions, and trackdays. Some of the chat is entirely off topic, and can get a bit robust, but forums dedicated to skills training, motorcycle mechanical advice, motorcycle sport, and many more are much more focused.
It has a good balance of men and women, unlike some biker sites which can be ... .../>
Most members are based in UK, but Visordown attracts members from all over the world as well.
The site sells a few things like stickers and T-shirts, but otherwise is refreshingly non-commercial.
Like all popular sites, it does occasionally get infested with stalkers and loonies, but they are normally treated with tolerance and soon get bored and leave. For example, someone recently caused an upset by obsessively ... more
Visordown is simply the best group of real world bikers. It's much more than a chat forum: members meet for social events, rideouts, training sessions, and trackdays. Some of the chat is entirely off topic, and can get a bit robust, but forums dedicated to skills training, motorcycle mechanical advice, motorcycle sport, and many more are much more focused.
It has a good balance of men and women, unlike some biker sites which can be overwhelmingly blokey, or, if women-orientated, rather too frilly.
Most members are based in UK, but Visordown attracts members from all over the world as well.
The site sells a few things like stickers and T-shirts, but otherwise is refreshingly non-commercial.
Like all popular sites, it does occasionally get infested with stalkers and loonies, but they are normally treated with tolerance and soon get bored and leave. For example, someone recently caused an upset by obsessively posting about how she kept a dog locked up all day, which outraged the animal lovers on the site. Thankfully, she's now left.
So all I can say is, if you ride, or are interested in motorcycling, try it. You'll soon know if it's for you, and if so, you'll be addicted, just like me.
I'm a member of several motorcycle chat sites.
If you are a female biker, visordown is not the site to join.
The men on there are insulting animals who still believe women should be at home chained to the kitchen sink!!!
But having said that, there are a small minority who are pleasant to females.
I have taken a lot of offence by the threads and I've also, wrote some nasty ones back.
This day and age, women shouldn't have to put up with such ...
Grumbler 26.02.2004
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