airhead history could be for sale

[judge]

And what part of the thread is sir not happy with? I was finding it quite interesting up to the point that the slagging and name calling started.

Sir has just answered his question to me in his question to me.

 

[judge]

I am tending to agree with you eek: )....some people here have no intention of buying but like a quick dig, others don't know their stuff ( me ? ) but yep, probably anymore of this milarky in the best forum on the UKGSer site...and I'll forward straight to 'selling' section where TunedIn will nab them for not having a price on it

So come on guys, pm's only please now for any bikes you want...we all buy and sell on here, lets do it nicely

Spot on - ban these bollox 'How Much is it worth threads' they serve no useful purpose and the potential vendor always knows a bike's worth, the threads are just safe places to generate interest in a sale without any commitment to sell required.

They are shite.

 

[Trippy]

Spot on - ban these bollox 'How Much is it worth threads' they serve no useful purpose and the potential vendor always knows a bike's worth, the threads are just safe places to generate interest in a sale without any commitment to sell required.

They are shite.

What he said.... oh and what I said right at the start

Surely you know what it's worth, what if no one on here suggests more than £6000. Is that what it'll be up for?

In my opinion it's never a great idea to ask potential buyers for a valuation.

And as Kenny said... I bet he wishes he'd never asked know though!

 

[cookie]

"bottom is about to fall out of the GS/S market"

undoubtedly true, as i've just bought one. as night follows day.....

 

[Rob Farmer]

The way things are going in the Airhead section, (but still more interesting than any other section!), I am thinking about buying a K to polish..more plastic parts!

Bill,

In case you haven't noticed there has been virtually no modding done for several weeks. The airhead section is what the airheaders have created themselves. If you aren't happy why not post an article or start a thread with some content that you feel would be interesting to the others?

How woud you like this section to be?

 

[BillN]

Bill,

In case you haven't noticed there has been virtually no modding done for several weeks. The airhead section is what the airheaders have created themselves. If you aren't happy why not post an article or start a thread with some content that you feel would be interesting to the others?

How would you like this section to be?

Rob, this was said in jest in reply to (inspire) Judge, (I think that he once had a K Bike)

You seem, sometimes, not to understand some of my comments, (or maybe my sense of humour), maybe I should be on your "ignore" list.........or is there another reason?

 

[Kenny]

undoubtedly true, as i've just bought one. as night follows day.....

One born every minute

 

[BillN]

undoubtedly true, as i've just bought one. as night follows day.....

and don't tell me, you are regretting it already - unless it was a PD

"never catch a falling knife"

 

[cgoodwin]

Spot on - ban these bollox 'How Much is it worth threads' they serve no useful purpose and the potential vendor always knows a bike's worth, the threads are just safe places to generate interest in a sale without any commitment to sell required.

They are shite.

I am new here but I do moderate a very active forum on a completely different subject and part of that moderation is allowing users to do what they like and what brings them to the forum without over moderating them. There are types of threads on my forum that I do not care for but that get forum members participating in the forum and rack up post after post each day. I may not care for them but I do not have to participate in them or even click on the thread, so who am I to lock or remove these threads that others are obviously enjoying participating in.

This goes for lighthearted name calling as well. When you get a group of people together with a common interest you will always find that they have more things in conflict than they have in common and in every group there will be those who do not care for other members of the group, typically both the arguers are liked by the others in the group but simply can not tolerate one another - let it be, it is a small comic relief no one else takes seriously, if they get out of hand then the collective opinion enforced by the moderator needs to step in and pull the children apart so that others can continue with the forum. A forum should be just that, a place for the public to meet and discuss things of interest to them openly, and a moderator should be just that, one who presides over an assembly, meeting, or discussion.

In the case of my forum I created a section titled “Church and State” and appointed two members I found to be very level headed to moderate it as I could not stand going there. Since then it has remained a popular part of the forum with many members and only occasionally erupts into “Girl fights” with lots of open handed slaps, hair pulling and handbag swinging, when that happens I step in and put the screamers on a weeks ban and lock the thread. This has happened only twice in 4 years.

Personally I find valuation threads interesting. When you have a group of people with a mutual interest they typically have a greater knowledge of the subject than the average plonker, they are never willing to pay as much as will be paid in an open market but their input is always informative and interesting. Just as film critics are good at being technically critical but never have the slightest idea which films will do well when they hit the box office.

Some interesting ideas about this particular bike have been offered; Keep it and ride it as it is. Restore it to the original Penthouse configuration. Auction it off. And the owner found that if need be he has at least two solid offers within days of mentioning that it might be for sale. He got exactly what he was looking for, the rest of us got a good conversation about history and the value of collecting versus use and several people had a laugh judging from the post count and views.

They say that the Paralever is an engineering solution to a problem that never existed. I think that over moderating is a totalitarian solution to a problem that never existed. You don’t like a type of thread, don’t click it, if you stumble upon it, remember not to step in it again, if others are playing in it, no one says you need to jump in.

 

[BillN]

Personally I find valuation threads interesting. When you have a group of people with a mutual interest they typically have a greater knowledge of the subject than the average plonker, they are never willing to pay as much as will be paid in an open market but their input is always informative and interesting. Just as film critics are good at being technically critical but never have the slightest idea which films will do well when they hit the box office.

Some interesting ideas about this particular bike have been offered; Keep it and ride it as it is. Restore it to the original Penthouse configuration. Auction it off. And the owner found that if need be he has at least two solid offers within days of mentioning that it might be for sale. He got exactly what he was looking for, the rest of us got a good conversation about history and the value of collecting versus use and several people had a laugh judging from the post count and views.

They say that the Paralever is an engineering solution to a problem that never existed. I think that over moderating is a totalitarian solution to a problem that never existed. You don’t like a type of thread, don’t click it, if you stumble upon it, remember not to step in it again, if others are playing in it, no one says you need to jump in.

Exactly,

and now I will go an hoover my pool! - 30 odd degrees here and humid

 

[(RIP) Proff]

I am new here
They say that the Paralever is an engineering solution to a problem that never existed.

Are we related ???
I also think the paralever is the spawn of the devil and was never needed on a Beemer....
You are going to fit in here very well, keep on posting

 

[Trippy]

Are we related ???
I also think the paralever is the spawn of the devil and was never needed on a Beemer....
You are going to fit in here very well, keep on posting

You said you liked mine

 

[cgoodwin]

You said you liked mine

Don't get your feeling hurt. (Yes "Feeling" was intentionally singular)

The Paralever has a life expectancy off road of less than 40K, why would anyone make an off road tourer with a driveline that fails in Dara Salam? The monolever has historically lasted for hundreds of thousands of miles and can be services in the field with a single wrench. The Paralever housing where ti meets the trans is so weak that dropping the bike on that side will break the trans... This is an off road trourer! Leave the paralever on the road bikes, they look neat, but have no place on a real off road touring bike.

How would you like to have your Paralever fail here in 130F heat on a road that gets travelled twice a year?

 

[Wreford Miles]

They say that the Paralever is an engineering solution to a problem that never existed.

Ageed those with a straight shaft will one day soon rule the world and those with the floppy ends will become herd animals scared to leave the pack and wonder for fear of a bearing faliaur.

 

[(RIP) Proff]

The only Oilhead I considered buying was the 1200 cruiser, mainly because of the monolever arse end...
They ride great and have the noticeable but much slighter shaft jack of previous Monos and twin shock beemers..
I'm very surprised no one has modified R1200 monolever onto a HP2 or GSA 1150

It's LOOOONG enough

 

[Rob Farmer]

They say that the Paralever is an engineering solution to a problem that never existed. QUOTE]

But if you want to ride anywhere with a modicome of comfort there's no substitute for the Paralever back end. I've got one of each and I know which is the better ride (and it ain't the Mono). The Paralever driveshaft problem is old hat and there are alternatives if you are serious about off roading just as there are alternatives to the comedy front end fitted as standard to the Monolever.

 

[BillN]

But if you want to ride anywhere with a modicome of comfort there's no substitute for the Paralever back end. I've got one of each and I know which is the better ride (and it ain't the Mono). The Paralever driveshaft problem is old hat and there are alternatives if you are serious about off roading just as there are alternatives to the comedy front end fitted as standard to the Monolever.

I always preferred riding the paralever Basic to the mono G/S.....

and maybe the paralever is better to polish, the PD certainly is

 

[BillN]

and appointed two members I found to be very level headed to moderate it as I could not stand going there. .

On this Forum........Mmmmmm???????

 

[cookie]

and maybe the paralever is better to polish, the PD certainly is

but the mono is nicer to look at because it is a bike perfectly in proportion. the para (especially the PD) is a big fat ugly old thing on skinny wheels, probably with another big fat ugly old thing sat on top. that last bit applies to monos as well.

BTW what's polish?

 

[Fanum]

I am new here but *snipped* says you need to jump in.