August BOTM

[alke46]

Another beautiful GS1000 with hardly any info on it.
This is frustrating when you don't even know if the owner is a member.

C'mon people, no need to be shy, give us something to link you with the GSResources.
Am I asking too much?

[rphillips]

Beautiful bike, and definitely not from U.S.A. as he said 19,000km. He also says like new, would be interesting to know if where he's from the standard models came with cast wheels and in that color?

[markn]

Another beautiful GS1000 with hardly any info on it.
This is frustrating when you don't even know if the owner is a member.

C'mon people, no need to be shy, give us something to link you with the GSResources.
Am I asking too much?

I’m going to inquire about adding an additional statement on the “Photo Submission Page” encouraging folks to include a few details regarding their GS, ownership history of their GS, and where they are located.
Mark N.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Mark, what would be really nice, is if Forum Username was a required field for submission and that the username be displayed with the photo on the homepage, or at least somewhere at the top of the owner’s bio.

[trevor]

How about we do what I’ve been saying for quite some time now
start a thread where we submit for botm we a blurb on the bike and a photo? Then the admin can pick from there

[Baatfam]

Mark, what would be really nice, is if Forum Username was a required field for submission and that the username be displayed with the photo on the homepage, or at least somewhere at the top of the owner’s bio.

How about we do what I’ve been saying for quite some time now
start a thread where we submit for botm we a blurb on the bike and a photo? Then the admin can pick from there

Are we assuming bikes are always submitted by forum members?
Pretty sure one can use the site without joining the forum.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Are we assuming bikes are always submitted by forum members?
Pretty sure one can use the site without joining the forum.

That has been my assumption. I may be wrong. I think it would be nice to engage the owner/poster of the BOTM in an open discussion/ praise his/her nice work, etc. here on the forum for all to enjoy. I have no interest in engaging the owner via email.

[Grimly]

That has been my assumption. I may be wrong. I think it would be nice to engage the owner/poster of the BOTM in an open discussion/ praise his/her nice work, etc. here on the forum for all to enjoy. I have no interest in engaging the owner via email.

Exactly so. Somebody puts up their bike for favourable comment, engagement is the price of praise.

[Baatfam]

That has been my assumption. I may be wrong. I think it would be nice to engage the owner/poster of the BOTM in an open discussion/ praise his/her nice work, etc. here on the forum for all to enjoy. I have no interest in engaging the owner via email.

Yes, I agree that is a best case scenario.
But still, as far as I can tell, you don't have to be a forum member to use the web site, or submit a BOM.
Nothing wrong with encouraging it, but we have enough trouble getting submissions as it is.
Put a spot on the submission form for a forum name, but don't make it a requirement.

Of course this is only one old man's opinion

[Grimly]

It doesn't bother me whether it's a member or not.
The good thing is that out there, there are plenty of owners who are still running around on these things and if they get a heads-up they can submit a pic of their bike to the GSR, there's no downside to that, helping spread the word, kind of thing.

[rphillips]

Great looking bike Zorro, should be a shooo in for BOTM, but this is in the wrong place... At bottom of this page, Go to Homepage, then features, then Bike of the Month, then to submit to BOTM. When you get there if you include your GSR user name along with a little note about you and your bike would be appreciated... Good luck.

[Garryzorro]

My GS850GT, From Northern Ireland,

[Rob S.]

My GS850GT, From Northern Ireland,

Very nice looking. Maybe if they had sold bikes like that over here, I wouldn't be so biased against shafts.

[Grimly]

Very nice looking. Maybe if they had sold bikes like that over here, I wouldn't be so biased against shafts.

I'll give you the weight penalty, that's true enough and there's no avoiding it.
However, unlike some other shaft designs I've never experienced shaft jacking in or out of a turn, on or off the throttle on the GS850s. You'd not know there was a shaft there.

[Rob S.]

I'll give you the weight penalty, that's true enough and there's no avoiding it.
However, unlike some other shaft designs I've never experienced shaft jacking in or out of a turn, on or off the throttle on the GS850s. You'd not know there was a shaft there.

That's because they're not that powerful.