Perthstreetbikes.com (PSB) came to life in March 2003 when a Perth motorcycle enthusiast created an internet forum as a medium for his fellow motorbike riding friends to discuss motorbike issues and organise social riding events:
"The great thing about PSB, is it helps to create friendships for people with the same hobby in one geographic area” forum founder Deej said. “The bike community in Perth is pretty small, so within a short period of time a Perth bike rider is going to meet someone who uses PSB, and when they do meet, there’s no small talk as they have already had contact within the PSB forum which helps to speed up the social interaction process. They don’t feel like strangers. We’ve even had several relationships start as a result of the PSB community with our first PSB engagement recently!"
In a short time, PSB has grown to become Perth's largest internet forum for active sports bike riders with over 7000 members viewing some 150,000 pages per day and growing by over 120 new registrations per week.
PSB boasts having many forum features to provide entertainment and social interaction amongst motorcyclists features which include news, technical discussions, a ride calendar, for sale section, the latest local and international bike racing discussions, chat rooms, and even a ladies only section.
An important aspect of the PSB community is when users open their hearts and wallets for worthwhile charities such as group Blood Donations for the Red Cross and the enormously successful annual ‘Making a Difference Ride' (M.A.D. Ride) which had its maiden event in 2005 and raised $12,000 for the Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital and also Reds Spinal Research at the University of Western Australia.