User:Arnoha/Bay Area Riders Forum
The Bay Area Riders Forum (usually abbreviated BARF) is an internet forum dedicated to motorcycling in San Francisco Bay Area.
Type of site | Internet forum |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Budman |
| URL | http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/ |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
History
The forum software was originally set up by Steve Cole (user: theSteveCo) on October 29, 2001 and was used by him and 3 friends for fun and communication. They soon lost interest and stopped using it. In December 2001 it was announced that a popular motorcycle forum www.sportbikes.net (AKA: SBn) would be closing. Members in it's Northern California section who wanted to keep in touch decided to start a forum of their own. Mr. Cole, realizing he had a forum set up with exactly the same software SBn was using, posted a link on SBn on January 3rd, 2002 for people to register. At that time it was just an IP address to the server it was hosted on. The first member to sign up that day was member #5, JackTheTripper.
The name was discussed by the first founders who registered and the majority leaned toward BayAreaRidersForum.com or BARF. Although Mr. Cole was reluctant about the name he registered the URL January 31st, 2002 anyway.
Notable members
External links
- Bay Area Riders Forum Primary link to the Bay Area Riders Forum