Author Topic: Quadracer HQ Is Open For 30 Days Only ! Please Read ! (Read 4189 times)

BadMoonRacing500 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 11, 2013, 07:09:27 pm »

Kirk with the 540 H.B.D on the left, Joe rock on a Q 540 HRD, and Iceracer on his hybrid. china wall

http://www.joeandchristy.com/glamis/chinawall1%281%29.wmv

WestTexasKing · « **Reply #26 on:** March 11, 2013, 08:24:54 pm »

19hrs and still going strong, up to 5.7GB now.
There's a little bar that looks to be at 60%, but it's constantly changing position.
I have no idea how much longer it's going to take, but I hope it won't be too large for a single blu-ray disk.
That way I can burn a disk and send it to anyone that wants it, or send it to Mitch so he can upload it to SQHQ in a dedicated archived forum (what do you think, Mitch?).

Mitch Keller · « **Reply #27 on:** March 11, 2013, 09:42:43 pm »

Great more homework............I need minions!

BadMoonRacing500 · « **Reply #28 on:** March 11, 2013, 10:41:36 pm »

Don't worry Mitch I got your back. I just cleared 4 old hard drives I had in the closet.

They were behind an empty canister of Zyclon B.

WestTexasKing · « **Reply #29 on:** March 11, 2013, 11:39:57 pm »

Download is complete, it missed a few pictures here and there...not sure what the deal was.
Total size: 1.57GB after compression.
Going to make another pass to see if it'll pick up the rest.
Some of the pictures on QRHQ aren't there anymore, so they're going to be lost.
I just noticed that the "let's build a hybrid" thread doesn't have Skully's pictures, no telling what else is missing.

BadMoonRacing500 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2013, 11:59:10 pm »

Quote from: WestTexasKing on March 11, 2013, 11:39:57 pm

Download is complete, it missed a few pictures here and there...not sure what the deal was.
Total size: 1.57GB after compression.
Going to make another pass to see if it'll pick up the rest.
Some of the pictures on QRHQ aren't there anymore, so they're going to be lost.
I just noticed that the "let's build a hybrid" thread doesn't have Skully's pictures, no telling what else is missing.

Thats still great Cliff, I was looking at the hybrid build earlier with all the pics. I'll try to c and p the pics.

Nopick · « **Reply #31 on:** March 12, 2013, 05:28:13 am »

WestTex, what software did you use to copy everything? Just curious...

Q2W · « **Reply #32 on:** March 12, 2013, 07:42:14 am »

Quote from: BadMoonRacing500 on March 11, 2013, 06:55:15 pm

Been missing this picture..

Q.

Of course...........
I kept waiting for the "horde" of Banshees to come to our camp and "show us the goods" but it never happened.
There were some good running DUNER Banshees at Olds and China Wall, but the Quadracers had something for them every time.
The funniest was Kirk racing his HBD (Hill Billy Deluxe) stock 250 chassis w/a 500 motor and a pipe his dad home made against the fastest Banshee of a group out at China Wall.
Yes....he won.......and we have video.
Iceracer and Joe Rock put the smack down as well.
I'm sure there are faster DRAG Banshees, but our bikes are REAL duners that run all day, every day.
In truth, we would have probably invited them to come party with us and the whole "challenge" thing would be on the back burner for good.
It's all good...........no matter what you ride.
There will always be someone else who is faster......
Q

Livin' the hi-dez life, survivin' one day at a time.

KIRK.

Like Q said, we did lay the smackdown over at china wall. You have to see my quad to realize why it was so funny.

It is a bone stock '92 chassis with a '87 540 H.B.D. motor. My dad ported the jug himself.
It is running a 48 lectron w/ pump, K&N, V-2's, and a homemade pipe (made out of an old microwave and some RTV silicon).

The bike is 100% sleeper.

Seeing bike in person was a treat. Wish there was more photos so everyone could see the stacked double radiator sticking out the hood too.

I have a feeling that the next few weeks will be nothing but nostalgia posts.

BadMoonRacing500 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 12, 2013, 09:56:37 am »

can't find any of the radiator..

Cobrazilla · « **Reply #34 on:** March 12, 2013, 09:59:16 am »

I think QHQ should stay open and we continue to post over there. Maybe clean it up a bit and eliminate some of the politics over there.

Mitch Keller · « **Reply #35 on:** March 12, 2013, 10:04:04 am »

Quote from: Cobrazilla on March 12, 2013, 09:59:16 am

I think QHQ should stay open and we continue to post over there. Maybe clean it up a bit and eliminate some of the politics over there.

That wouldnt help this forum a whole lot now would it? Also too many issues Jim would have to deal with also.

Q2W · « **Reply #36 on:** March 12, 2013, 12:06:43 pm »

Quote from: BadMoonRacing500 on March 12, 2013, 09:56:37 am

can't find any of the radiator..

you can see the hose sticking out the hood that goes to the 2nd radiator.

Chuckie25 · « **Reply #37 on:** March 12, 2013, 03:00:11 pm »

Quote from: WestTexasKing on March 11, 2013, 12:43:54 am

In the process of copying every thread and post on the site...I'll zip the file and send it to anyone that wants it.

can you email me my build thread please? or how ever you're doing it. i cant get into the site cause of the malware stuff,,,

Dirtzilla · « **Reply #38 on:** March 12, 2013, 05:49:06 pm »

the Microwave pipe looks like my AAEN

its not that bad actually, it should be in a Quad Racer museum.

Dezsled · « **Reply #39 on:** March 12, 2013, 05:59:43 pm »

The pan head screw going into the frame holding the pipe hangar is priceless

Skully · « **Reply #40 on:** March 12, 2013, 06:07:13 pm »

Sorry Jay, the old site (QRHQ) goes down for good when the 30 days are up.

Jim

WestTexasKing · « **Reply #41 on:** March 12, 2013, 06:54:32 pm »

OK guys, a status update on the site download.
I'm using WinHTTrack Web Copier, free software, pretty simple to set up:
http://www.httrack.com/

Problem was, the default settings shut off at 10,000 links, and QRHQ has considerably more than that.
After finding the problem, I updated the download and so far I have 171,000 links scanned.
So far that is equating to 8.7GB, no clue how small it will be after compression into a zip file.
There's also an option to make a plain text copy of the website, so if you're copying a forum it'll save the posts but omit the pictures.
For the vast majority of information, that's all we really need, and the file size should be considerably smaller, perhaps even small enough to email.
I'm still planning on mirroring the entire site to get as many pictures as possible, and when it's done I'll make a thread to distribute the file to anyone that wants it.

Before I started updating the information with new settings, I gave it a try with the included software.
It opens your default browser and it acts like you're browsing a website offline (stored on the computer).
No waiting on internet connections to load a huge picture, as soon as you open a thread everything is just magically there!
I browsed the sh!t out of QRHQ, and even disconnected my router to be sure it was actually my computer that was producing the forum.
Almost got a chubby it was so fast LOL
It works just like the forum does, a few dead links are there (stuff that has to do with posting messages or rating threads etc.), but you can click on a username and it'll pull up their profile.
In the profile, you can find all of their new posts, check out their photo albums, read their blogs, etc.
The software does a great job of making sure as many of the links as possible are functional to make it operate just like the online version.
Once the mirroring process is complete, anyone that wants it will have access to the entire site in just the same way...pretty F bombing sweet, yeah?

Thinking about doing the same with this site every few months, just so there's an archive of everything that won't be lost if the site goes down.
A bonus to this is that if the SQHQ server goes up in smoke, the archive will allow Mitch (or whoever's running the show) to rebuild the site as of the last archive update.
The domain might be gone, the server might go down, website owners might have a disagreement, but the information won't be lost!

WestTexasKing · « **Reply #42 on:** March 12, 2013, 07:05:34 pm »

Quote from: Cobrazilla on March 12, 2013, 09:59:16 am

I think QHQ should stay open and we continue to post over there. Maybe clean it up a bit and eliminate some of the politics over there.

I honestly think SQHQ has a lot more potential than QRHQ, a bit of teething problems initially, but those can be fixed.
QRHQ might have more information, but it's loaded down with merged topics and lots of that info is buried in unrelated threads.
Makes it difficult to find the stuff you're looking for.
With the archived website, I'm considering lots of editing/pruning to streamline the information and posting it here.
The idea is to make everything readily accessed and found without having to wade through useful but off-topic information (which will be merged with a similar topic or in its own dedicated thread).
Going to take months of work at a minimum, it's a big undertaking.

FX4Pitrone · « **Reply #43 on:** March 12, 2013, 07:09:37 pm »

So many of these threads get contaminated / useless crap... you look at all the oldest posts... a question was asked.. couple posts and an answer... not much thread jacking went on, and many threads were a page or 2... now seems like most threads get lots of useless "fluff" and go on forever... makes searching a little more time-consuming and tedious sometimes.... just the way it is i guess

Johnny Rage · « **Reply #44 on:** March 12, 2013, 10:19:20 pm »

Quote from: FX4Pitrone on March 12, 2013, 07:09:37 pm

So many of these threads get contaminated / useless crap... you look at all the oldest posts... a question was asked.. couple posts and an answer... not much thread jacking went on, and many threads were a page or 2... now seems like most threads get lots of useless "fluff" and go on forever... makes searching a little more time-consuming and tedious sometimes.... just the way it is i guess

Well I gotta make a bazillion comments so my post score goes up lol... duhh lets get with the program tony haha

FX4Pitrone · « **Reply #45 on:** March 13, 2013, 05:21:34 am »

Yea I'm guilty too...

GrkGuy · « **Reply #46 on:** March 13, 2013, 06:57:59 am »

Jim do you wanna sell the old site,

Mitch Keller · « **Reply #47 on:** March 13, 2013, 07:23:25 am »

I have a ATV HQ site to sell ya John!

Q2W · « **Reply #48 on:** March 13, 2013, 08:04:20 am »

Quote from: WestTexasKing on March 12, 2013, 07:05:34 pm

I honestly think SQHQ has a lot more potential than QRHQ, a bit of teething problems initially, but those can be fixed.
QRHQ might have more information, but it's loaded down with merged topics and lots of that info is buried in unrelated threads.
Makes it difficult to find the stuff you're looking for.
With the archived website, I'm considering lots of editing/pruning to streamline the information and posting it here.
The idea is to make everything readily accessed and found without having to wade through useful but off-topic information (which will be merged with a similar topic or in its own dedicated thread).
Going to take months of work at a minimum, it's a big undertaking.

yea, general moderation was terrible over there. None of the mods, other than the globals, really did anything so posts would go wildly off-topic. And when you did people just got pissed. One time I suggested to someone that they needed to stay on topic and he got so pissed that he was spamming my pm box demanding explanations. I told him to stop spamming and he starts sending the definition of email spam...

After that i didnt even bother anymore.

GrkGuy · « **Reply #49 on:** March 13, 2013, 08:30:05 am »

no thanks Mitch, i want the old site. thinking of calling it Greeks place home of the Suzuki LT

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