My impression of biker.ie is that there are more decent guys on it than arseholes, but the few arseholes that are there - either deliberately or because they're not normal/decent/average/reasonable - are the ones who get to dictate & control everything.
In fairness, I imagine in the real world, even the guys who are arseholes on the forum would actually be the first to help you out if you were in trouble. It's like they're arseholes because they're anonymous, like the trolls my son deals with when he's gaming online.
If the mods could get over the fact that the forum has progressed and advanced beyond being the sawdust-on-the-floor hang-out that they wanted it to be, and is now frequented by a much broader cross-section of bikerdom, then it might be more pleasant.
Been banned a couple of times. Nonsense. There's one particular putz of a mod on there that I've often thought of as the simple nephew of the site owner, who's been guilted by family into keeping him off the streets.
Is there an analogy or parallel with UKGSer? It was set up pre-LWR and subsequently the "real" GS enthusiasts have had to deal with now being outnumbered by the Johnny-come-lately lettin-on GSers on their 1200s...