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Old 28-07-18, 16:28
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Originally Posted by nikroc View Post
Basically the forum is shutting down for two reasons...

Not enough people are joining the forum or rejoining when their subs run out and the ongoing costs of maintaining the site/forum are not being met by the subs paid or the members clicking on the advertising banners that appear ..basically a lack of money.
Add to the fact that that our previous sponsors have all gone because the whole Yamaha XT bike range has been discontinued, so the availability of aftermarket parts has dried out. All the aftermarket people are concentrating their research on current popular models like the MT-09 / MT-10 which are selling a lot.

Finally the member's voluntary support to maintain the forum costs have also all dried out and it is now 2 years this has been run in the red.