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Lee H

thanks.. next week we are supposed to have a 1970 mooto guzzi in the shop for a full restoration. I am looking forward to that one

Demonic

Excellent. We'll need photos. We've got one or two members on here who really dig their Guzzi's, and quite a few others who take the piss out of them.

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TheLuggage

That's a nice looking bike Lee; are you going to return it to stock or do you have something custom in mind?

Lakota504

Its also good for the people trying to buy stuff from the classifieds because the minimum post rule limits the amount of competition. Many people find this site looking for parts and info when restoring a bike. Those people will not have a chance to buy and will not wait a month so they will look elsewhere. That will give people that contribute to the forum a better shot at getting the parts they need. Also less demand = lower prices for us.

greywolves

This is the FIRST time "I've" run across this on all the bike forums I belong to...

Lee H

the frame has been modified quite a bit, so I am not going 100% stock. I am making a custom daily rider, that will look mostly stock, but be a little nicer to ride
Maybe lowered, disc brakes, comfortable seat with a little back support, electronic ignition, forward controls. wires routed inside the frame..etc...etc...
I all ready made a replacement for the original breather box, that houses the battery, and the electronics. it is clean and smooth, and looks close enough to stock that 99% of the people who see it will never know the difference. I may throw that original breather box on ebay
I stand 6' 4", so handlebars with a little rise are better for me. I have some 8 inch mini apes, and all wires will be inside the bars.

I am a machinist, so I can make just about anything fit and function, the way I think it should

mr1bienvenu

Here is a link to THE BEST search engine for finding motorcycles I have ever seen.
http://claz.org/

Anger

The BMW forum I used to frequent made it impossible for non-paying members to post or reply to threads. I don't believe I could even PM a seller. Annoying. I stopped visiting that form pretty much for good.

This site's decision to limit is frustrating. I believe most of my posts were in the classifieds, so somehow my post count went from a few dozen to zero when I logged in last month. Frustrating.

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Lee H

isn't there also a down side to that? IF I were selling parts, I would know that there was a limited market with lower prices here...

I would advertise elsewhere.

naskie18

Fine, now you've heard someone with over 25 posts complain about it. I hate this type of rule. It makes it significantly more difficult for new members to become "long term contributing members", because it pisses them off and forces them to look elsewhere if they're looking for something quickly. If I can buy it somewhere else now, why would I bother waiting and exerting effort to buy it here and "help" a forum that's certainly not helping me, and is asking me to "contribute".

Maybe it isn't hard for you to get 25 posts, you seem like you get at least 25 a week. It took me a while to get 25 posts, and I'm sure most of my first 25 were, in fact, rubbish. You claim this rule is to benefit "long term"' members and annoy the few...but if I come on here and post 25 times just cluttering crap up, I bet it annoys people as well. Sure, I bought a Sprint and I've been here for a couple years now.....but I didn't help out a "long term" member from the forum by buying a used one from here....because I couldn't freaking see them!!!!! So, hey, I went and gave someone else a few thousand dollars. I see that worked out very well to benefit the members here.

But before buying the bike, I had nothing to contribute except rubbish....and if I can't buy a bike, then I can't do any mods, or help answer anyone else's questions when they have issues, or provide an opinion when people ask what's good/bad about the bike, or do anything which could be considered remotely close to "contributing", all I can do is post rubbish.

I joined and was basically inactive on here for a year while I looked elsewhere for a bike, since this site was useless in my search. Sure, since I bought the bike I've posted a few threads, and bought a few things in the classifieds, but my most significant investment didn't go to a forum member.

Also, this wasn't the case with the bike, since I paid cash for it and that was a sizable amount, so I didn't have a lot to throw around immediately following my purchase, but typically after buying something, I start buying parts/accessories for it. Even had I not joined here until after purchasing my bike, I'd still be stuck puttering around here a while before being able to start looking for any accessories/gear....and I lack the patience for that, so I go buy elsewhere, again, giving my money to someone other than a "long term contributing member" of the forum.

This forum was the first time I've run across it, but I've noticed a lot of forums for various things going to this recently, and, coincidentally, most of them are running the vBadvanced software.

Alright, my rant is over, I feel better now

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