Ask Steve Parry about his banning, I got myself on a warning for asking a question. The admins, John King and Bill Smithson are, I feel getting too old and starchy to attract younger members. The forum through traffic is getting less and less and the forum shows signs of dying, only my personal opinion of course.
I totally agree, I joined the forum last year with a view to becoming a member of the club, I had an R1200GSLC at the time and dared to criticise a BMW dealer who had been rubbish. I got a PM telling me the post was removed and I was not allowed to be negative to any BMW dealer or indeed BMW UK, who were also crap by the way!
After I explained I was being totally honest and 100% factual in what I had put, and could also provide emails from the dealer and BMW UK to support my remarks, I was told it was still not acceptable to criticise BMW. Was this guy for real??
I asked for my account to be deleted and I have never looked back.
I cannot speak for other members, but I could not be a part of a forum where you cannot be honest or critical of a manufacturer for fear of chastisement or ban even though you are being civil but factual. The admin were a disgrace, but it's their forum, and they have ran it into the ground from my point of view.
These are the kind of old farts I used to laugh at when I was younger and was into sports bikes, now I'm older and have a K1600GTL and I actualy feel sorry for them, they have kind of lost there way along the road.
James