Would it be worth setting up a photobucket group that we can all upload photos into instead of always uploading onto the site? Don't know how easy it is to clog up the site! There may already be one but I can't see anything relating to it other than the photbucket instructions on how to get the IMG code.

You can create your own album within the group album and put a password on it. Worked pretty well on a few other forums for people uploading general photies eg club night outs, random bike pics, ride out pics etc that don't really need to be in the forum.

I just noticed that the photo's dont load if you have not been onto Photobucket for 90 days.
Is there not another way of getting our photos on the site ?
Personally I dont really want to keep track of another site (password , remembering to keep it active etc) but then I'm not in the new "techy" generation !

I see what you mean.
2 options spring to mind.
1 is the image hosting linked to the forum site. It is the 15th button from the left when you are in the "Post a message" page.
2 is Imageshack. I don't like Imageshack as it seems to have more advertising, and is harder to work the site. But as long as you are registered, images are available forever.

Photobucket and imageshack are first when I searched google for image hosting, with plenty others listed.
If you find a better solution to any of those, then let us know.