Help Keep Two Wheeled Texans Going!

[Tourmeister]

Current Total For November: $33.96
Previous Month: $635.07 - Record High: Jan 16 $1539.42
111 Current Forum Supporters out of 20871 Registered Users (0.53%)​

If you enjoy the TWT site we would like to encourage you to help support the site. Every little bit helps, even the small one time donations. By donating you get the satisfaction of knowing you are helping to keep the site available for everyone's enjoyment as well as some extra perks

Here is a comparison of normal Registered Users and Forum Supporter:

Registered Users

• Max of 50 saved Private Messages, Max of one recipient per message
• No custom user title under your username
• Avatar image size 150 x 150 at 32Kb
• Profile image size 200 x 200 at 65Kb
• May use the attachment feature in posts

Forum Supporter

• Max of 1000 saved Private Messages, Max of 10 recipients per message
• Custom user title under your username
• Avatar image size 200 x 200 at 75Kb
• Profile image size 300 x 300 at 100Kb
• May use the attachment feature in posts and also upload larger images into the TWT Photo Gallery where they can then be linked to in your posts.

To make a donation and become a Forum Supporter, click the Support TWT link in the center of the main Nav Bar at the top of any page on the website. Currently, donations can be made via Paypal or by mailing a payment. For the cost of a single trip to Starbucks, you can support TWT for a month!

Please note on the Donate page that there are three options for donating. You may do a one time monthly payment, a recurring monthly payment, or pay for an entire year at one time. The only difference among them is in the amounts. Forum supporter status only lasts for the donation duration. So if you pay for one month only, at the end of 30 days, your status and privileges will lapse. At any time, you may resume supporter status by simply making another donation. All images that may be in the Photo Gallery will remain there, you just won't be able to upload additional images after your status lapses until you donate again.

Donations are treated as gifts under the IRS code and are thus not tax deductible for the donor.

 

[littlefawn]

Hello all, i hope i can help. i just set up a paypal.acc to you. TWT Merry Christmas. FROM littlefawn and my sister one-night.

 

[The Bruce]

Worth every penny!

 

[Texas T]

C'mon folks... $5 a month? You can't afford $5 a month to support a great site?

 

[littlefawn]

C'mon folks... $5 a month? You can't afford $5 a month to support a great site?

I just set up a pay pal acc for $10.00 a month and i am on disability, so if i can do it so can you, to keep the site going.

 

[Curly27784]

Just made a donation through PayPal. I really enjoy this site, because the folks here seem like good people.

 

[Tourmeister]

Thanks Curly.

 

[Gravel Guy]

Worth every penny!

Bruce is right; I am on auto-donate, too.

 

[tricepilot]

Bruce is right; I am on auto-donate, too.

I would be too, but I'm down to one vehicle

 

[Gravel Guy]

Bruce is right; I am on MOTO-donate, too.

Corrected that for me.....thanks TP!

 

[E4x4Eric]

Just made a donation.

 

[The Bruce]

Or set up a monthly donation. $5 a month is cheap for what this forum provides. Better than any mag subscription.

posted using Tapatalk, as if you cared. :-p

 

[Tourmeister]

Thanks Eric

 

[johnlt3]

I just donated. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites.

 

[Tourmeister]

Thanks John! Glad to hear you like the site so much

 

[texary]

Hey Tourmaster,
I took your advice and bought the KLR650 recently posted.
To show my appreciation I set up an ongoing PayPal account.
Thanks for your efforts. ~ Texary

 

[Tourmeister]

Hey Tourmaster,
I took your advice and bought the KLR650 recently posted.
To show my appreciation I set up an ongoing PayPal account.
Thanks for your efforts. ~ Texary

Cool! Which KLR was it? There have been a bunch for sale... Thanks for the donation!

 

[buck000]

Back in. Just call me the Prodigal Rider.

Thanks for all that you do, Scott.

 

[Tourmeister]

Back in. Just call me the Prodigal Rider.

Thanks for all that you do, Scott.

You realize you have been active here for almost nine years...

 

[texary]

I bought the 2007 from another nubie, Barbead.
Picked it up yesterday, took a little "get acquainted ride" in the neighborhood this morning. Should I mention it was about 53 degrees, or, I was wearing no gear, no helmet and it started to rain? That was a lot more fun 40 or 50 years ago!

 

[Mark_M]

I recently subscribed few months ago for a one year recurring auto pay via paypal and just got an email saying that subscription is about to expire ???

Also Thank you Scott for your email with thanks for the subscription and for all you do to keep this awesome website up n running and not letting it run wild.

 

[Tourmeister]

I recently subscribed few months ago for a one year recurring auto pay via paypal and just got an email saying that subscription is about to expire ???

If you do the auto recurring, what you are reallydoing is starting a new subscription each month automatically after the previous one expires. The automatic email goes out a week before the end of EACH subscription just as a courtesy reminder to keep people from letting a subscription run if they forget about it or to prevent it from accidentally lapsing if they want to keep it going.

Also Thank you Scott for your email with thanks for the subscription and for all you do to keep this awesome website up n running and not letting it run wild.

Thanks.

 

[RollingJ]

A couple times of year someone will ask this question. I think that the email is part of Scott's master plan to slide a donation bump in under the radar...

Geez. All you have to do is ask. I'm always good for a thread bump. (and a donation... I like it here...)

 

[Timbercat]

Where can you get sooooo much for sooooo little.

If you read and enjoy TWT as much as I do, you need to donate. It's the right thing to do.

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

 

[Tourmeister]

A couple times of year someone will ask this question. I think that the email is part of Scott's master plan to slide a donation bump in under the radar...

Geez. All you have to do is ask. I'm always good for a thread bump. (and a donation... I like it here...)

It is a built in feature to the forum software. I had nothing to do with it. Promise

 

[Gravel Guy]

It is a built in feature to the forum software. I had nothing to do with it. Promise

Like a "random" program?

 

[Mad Mac]

Hey Scott. Knew you when you were on the TexCycle Yahoo group and you started this forum. Well done.

I quit riding for a while but still have not come to my senses. Have you considered Google Ad Sense for forums? With all the traffic you have I think you would be awash in money, and the advertising does not have to be annoying. In fact it is very on point, helpful and most people won't even notice it. I even use adsense on my tiny, neglected website, Best-Motorcycle.com and do well enough to get 1099s from Google.

Congratulations on a great forum.

 

[Tourmeister]

Hey Scott. Knew you when you were on the TexCycle Yahoo group and you started this forum. Well done.

I quit riding for a while but still have not come to my senses. Have you considered Google Ad Sense for forums? With all the traffic you have I think you would be awash in money, and the advertising does not have to be annoying. In fact it is very on point, helpful and most people won't even notice it. I even use adsense on my tiny, neglected website, Best-Motorcycle.com and do well enough to get 1099s from Google.

Congratulations on a great forum.

Hey Mac,

Yeah. I have thought about it. I guess for me I just don't like the look. I've seen it introduced on other forums and I just don't care for it. I know it might make me more money, but I'd rather focus on the look of the site. I have thought about doing the Amazon affiliate thing where I get a percentage of the sales when people buy stuff after linking to Amazon from here. I just haven't gotten serious about it.

 

[hizzo3]

Hey Mac,

Yeah. I have thought about it. I guess for me I just don't like the look. I've seen it introduced on other forums and I just don't care for it. I know it might make me more money, but I'd rather focus on the look of the site. I have thought about doing the Amazon affiliate thing where I get a percentage of the sales when people buy stuff after linking to Amazon from here. I just haven't gotten serious about it.

I would do the amazon thing since I buy 80% of everything I own through them. Ad sense however I hate. The annoying pop up boxes and so forth make me cringe every time I mouse over them by mistake. Thank you for not implementing ad sense. Get serious though on the amz thing. I spend about 50 to 100 a month through them without blinking.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

 

[Mad Mac]

...Ad sense however I hate. The annoying pop up boxes and so forth make me cringe...

The annoying pop up boxes to which you refer are Google Ad Words. I do not like them, either.

Google Ad Sense is the ads you see in the margins, headers or footers of web sites. They are no more obtrusive than the banner ads Scott is already using. Or maybe you hadn't noticed.

Here is a forum that uses Google Ad Choice, a variation of ad sense that displays the ad based on the type of web site you are viewing rather than the content of the page. Can you find the ad? (It's at the very top.) Reportedly, this forum makes $10,000 a month.

Did you notice the ad choice ad on that last link? They are on many web pages you view, but probably never notice them. But sometimes they can be relevant and helpful. If you have a web site, it's really nice to get a check every month, too.

 

[hizzo3]

The annoying pop up boxes to which you refer are Google Ad Words. I do not like them, either.

Google Ad Sense is the ads you see in the margins, headers or footers of web sites. They are no more obtrusive than the banner ads Scott is already using. Or maybe you hadn't noticed.

Here is a forum that uses Google Ad Choice, a variation of ad sense that displays the ad based on the type of web site you are viewing rather than the content of the page. Can you find the ad? (It's at the very top.) Reportedly, this forum makes $10,000 a month.

Did you notice the ad choice ad on that last link? They are on many web pages you view, but probably never notice them. But sometimes they can be relevant and helpful. If you have a web site, it's really nice to get a check every month, too.

Oh cool didn't know that. I get the two crossed up and thought they were one in the same. I don't mind the banner unless they start talking.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

 

[Jaguar]

Hi
I am back after a real long time and saw this post for donations. If I refresh your memory, I promote Gaurav Jani's movies in US "Riding Solo" and "One Crazy Ride". If you let me sell these DVDs on the forum I'd commit $2 for every DVD sold.

By the way Gaurav is going to be in town from India on May 24th and we shall be screening OCR.

Thanks

Jag

 

[Tourmeister]

Hi
I am back after a real long time and saw this post for donations. If I refresh your memory, I promote Gaurav Jani's movies in US "Riding Solo" and "One Crazy Ride". If you let me sell these DVDs on the forum I'd commit $2 for every DVD sold.

By the way Gaurav is going to be in town from India on May 24th and we shall be screening OCR.

Thanks

Jag

If you like, you can start a thread in the Vendor Forum. There is no charge. Of course, any donations to TWT would be very much appreciated.

 

[MsSuzieQ]

Ok, got mine all set up through Paypal for a monthly donation!

 

[Texas T]

Ok, got mine all set up through Paypal for a monthly donation!

Brand new to the site and donating already! Impressive.

 

[MsSuzieQ]

Brand new to the site and donating already! Impressive.

Thank you.. I support what I enjoy and I make my living in this industry, so it is a win win situation...

Besides, if my young brother thinks enough of the board to be a paid sponsor, my donation is well spent...

 

[RogerDe]

Just made a donation to help the TWT forum...Ride On....

 

[Tourmeister]

Thanks Roger!

 

[McRuss]

I checked my records and found that I have not been a 'supporting' member so I fired off a pay pal to the tourmeister tonight (he accosted me at a Whataburger in Huntsville today so I felt guilty!)

 

[Tourmeister]

It was good to see you Russ. Hope you had a good ride home. Thanks for the donation!

 

[E4x4Eric]

Great site and i like it.

 

[billie]

New MemberIowa Park TX. CVMA, Vet

 

[clarkgriswold]

I just found this forum this month when poking around the internets.

Sold my bike on the forum- donated- thanks!

 

[Joost]

Timbercat,
you hit the Nail on the sensitive head! Just paid my dues....
joost

 

[Lucydad]

Done..I am a financial supporter...well worth the minimal cost!

 

[Electrified]

Done..I am a financial supporter...well worth the minimal cost!

 

[Tracker]

Please tell me $62.16 for April is just something wonky with the monthly auto calculator thing.

 

[Electrified]

Please tell me $62.16 for April is just something wonky with the monthly auto calculator thing.

That's what I was thinking! I can't believe TWT can't get more support.

 

[Tourmeister]

It is not automatic. I just haven't been keeping to my regular schedule lately and just haven't sat down to put the time in to update it. April was about average I think.

 

[TWTourist]

Done for the year. Let me know if you don't receive it.