I think I know what you are saying there. In a smaller tight knit forum community mistakes are less high profile and more quickly forgotten. Getting some time and skills under your belt in a low profile environment is a wise plan for you. Good luck.
Whilst i wish you all the best with it, i can't help but wonder, whats the point of making a new forum, and then touting for members on a forum that you already frequent? Surely you'll just end up with a cheap copy of nwb, ironically, with the same members?
Hopefully the members who will want to join are the ones who do want a new start, hence why the asking on here. There are also some members who i am quite close with and occasionally ride with on here that i dont have on Facebook, so was an invite for them to join me