Disrespectful posts (revised title)

Raywood

The Pirate
Staff member
Calendar Participant
Troop Supporter
There have been a lot of posts here lately that don't put this great website in a good positive nature. Disrespectful posts can sink a website quicker than you would/may think. Many of you may not remember the old Big Dog Owners Group. It sunk quick and all from negative posts, threats and members fighting against members.

As our guidelines state we don't "call out" members here in open forum. This is what we have the PM service for and recommend you use it when you have an issue with another member here to attempt to reconcile the issues you may each have. Then you can contact the staff here before posting in open forum.

Second, we don't "call out" the BDM factory, dealerships and authorized service centers by posting pictures of the owner/manager and telling them to "fuck off"! :confused:
What we do recommend is if you have an issue with the company or a dealer post a thread on it and state all of your issues (keeping the tone respectful). We have the factory here monitoring this site and many dealers also.
You call out a dealer owner/manager/mechanic by name then you alienate them from the other members here that may need service or parts at a later date. But stating the nature of your issues in a constructive manner can and would most likely resolve the issues better than negative posts.

Third, many here have issues with their bikes. We know and understand this. Most if not all on this site will go out of there way to help you if you ask. This works much better than coming on here and telling us what a POS (another term used today!:loony:) your bike is and then go on to tell us about how fucked up the factory is or a dealer or service center. Most members here if not most of you love your BD and have had relatively little problems. It's hard to come on here everyday and listen to the bitching over some issue that is easily resolved. Now before you attack me over this understand there are issues many documented here that just cannot be resolved for whatever reason and we can understand you being pissed over it. But even in these circumstances we ask that you attempt to keep a positive attitude while your issue is worked out. I know it's hard sometimes and we the staff appreciate your understanding.

BigDogBiker is the premier website for BD owners over 1000's of other website. No matter what happens in these economic times we the 28,000 owners out there need to hang together and help each other out through the good and bad times. At the same time we NEED the support of the BD factory and all the dealers that support us good or bad.

Lastly, we are here to support you the BD owner. Any question, recommendation or constructive criticism you may have I assure you we are here to listen and make the necessary changes that will support the overall population of this website.

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woodbutcher

Mr. Old Fart member #145
Staff member
well said, but there will always be some who think this does not apply to them. all we can do is support those that ask for help as best we can.

peace to all and happy riding.
 

wibsdogg

Prez of M.C.O.B.D.B.
Yea! :up:What Ray said!:up: You go Ray!:2thumbs: You guys quit knockin big dogs And stop talkin about Baby Ray being gay or strange or whatever he is.:confused: (He kinda scares me)......Anway....... Rays right.
 

Mad Dog

ValueTeck Enterprises
Well said Ray. I watched the last forum turn to crap over this issue and don't want to see it happen again. The mods do a great job here but need everyones help to keep this forum healthy.:2thumbs:
 

chucktx

Well-Known Member
is this a great place or what??!!!!!!! i dont own a big dog, but i like them. they have great lines and great paint. their service/warranty is much better than moco's. it would be nice if moco's warranty/service policy were half as good as bigdogs. anything mechanical will have problems/issues that need to be taken care of. dealers and corp need a bit of time to resolve the problems.
sometimes posts are made in jest, but taken in vain. hard to tell if someone is joking or not by reading and not being able to see/hear the person speaking. take the posts in stride....as it was probably a friendly jab. dont jump to conclusions, that is how most flame wars get started. all the folks on this site are very friendly, even to an ol'greybeard that rides harleys..............i thank tim and ray and the mods for an excellent place to come visit....................thanks!!!!
 

jimizee028

TRUE COLORS COLLISION
wow i was away for the weekend i see we have 648 new posts and alot of other things going on also...Ray i would vote for you if you decide to run for office....good points...............keep the peace
 

AeroBrad

Member
I am sure similar to many others, I used this forum as a way to get myself a little educated on Big Dog's before buying my Ridge. The value of the forum comes from the constructive input and advice that has been offered on the site over time. If that gets over-shadowed by juvenile rants and negativity, then we all lose.
 

Byrddogg

Active Member
Well said Ray. I watched the last forum turn to crap over this issue and don't want to see it happen again. The mods do a great job here but need everyones help to keep this forum healthy.:2thumbs:
True, True

Ray is right :2thumbs: :agree:
 

Gas Man

Cool isn't cheap
Calendar Participant
I definately dont agree.

When you have a group of people that have all got screwed by a single dealership and you can obviously tell that its not a single issue. Then it starts to become fact. Dealerships like Forest in Michigan and Carl's in Florida. These are dealerships that constantly screw and disrespect people.

if somebody wants to voice this, especially those that have been long term members here. I'm not talking about some new guy who's 2nd post is some off the wall rant.

Editing such rants that I'm referring, masks itself to look like a simple move of some corperate sponsored bullshit. Period. The more this happens, the more it looks like those that run the forum have their nose firmly implanted in the bdm rear.

The dealership survery's that bdm sends out isn't enough cause they aren't regular enough, this is unlike other manufactures like hd, ford, gm, etc. We all know that bdm reads this forum. So why not use it to voice the truths.

I for one only see a red background on the forum, but I think some view everything bdm thru rose colored glasses. Well pull off the glasses and look around, shit is screwed up. These dealerships are ruining the creditability that bdm corperate carries. I bet the corperate ran dealership in Cali doesn't have this issue.

I guess those that voice anything negative about bdm will get ran off by the bdm task force. :job:
 
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