A plea to new members

[fredintoon]

Hi folks and congratulations on riding an XS/XJ 1100.
About filling out your membership profile.
Pretty please could you include:-
A real name because even if your handle has been with you since you became computer-literate, "Hi Bob" is a better reply opener than "Hi Phartphace14".
Your bike's exact designation, so folks replying to a tech question don't have to ask "which bike is that?" before making a helpful suggestion.
Whereabouts you live, just in case one or more list members live near enough that they could give you a hand with stuff.
You could also build your name, location and bike type into your signature.
Like this:-

[jmnjrpa]

Just bumpin

Thank you Fred!

[CatatonicBug]

I agree, to a point.

The whole point of using a screen name is anonymity. It's not good practice to display your real name on the internet, especially in a public forum such as this. For the same reason that you should never list your e-mail address either.

While listing the model designation would be helpful, you have to realize that most new owners have no idea that different designations exist. In fact, we have seen a few new users this Spring who listed their new "1981 XJ1100", or something similar. One of the most common clarifications that we do is what year/model bike the new owners have.

It would be nice though, if people would fill in the info they have (like location), and adjust it as they learn more. I completely agree with the signature thing though.

[mro]

I completely agree with the signature thing though.

I don't,
some might think some people here to be a little XSive

Would be nice if when a question is asked that if the models not in their signature they would specify it when applicable.

mro

[DGXSER]

MRO,

Most of us do not own the entire fleet of XS11s that you do. So it becomes much simpler. For some, apparently owning a second one makes the first jealous enough to try to commit murder-suicide.

I prefer the model and such in the signature than just in the post, only because some of the threads become rather lengthy in going through a particular issue. It becomes somewhat tedious to go back through 3 pages of post to remind yourself what bike they have.

IMO, giving a first name leaves plenty of anonimity. Heck, I believe I am one of no less than five Dons on here alone, and I do not often run into people with the same name. But then, no one would want to steal my identity, all they get is a bunch of bill collectors, a parole officer, and a ten ex wives hounding their azz instead fo mine. (ok, some of those are not true, you guess which ones.)

[mro]

Fleeting ....

Since I no longer have a shop ... I've become XSively challenged
Two car garage can only hold so much stuff even though I’ve turned the room addition into a store room. And I refuse to clutter up my shed. It's the last place I have where I can just walk in and find what I need without moving a bunch of cra ... stuff

Totally sucks not having pallet racks, shelving, a bunch of work benches, forklifts, presses and really miss all the neat shop tools. I consider myself to be a serious tinkerer. Being space challenged has put a crink in my style.

mro

[silvertwist]

Hi folks and congratulations on riding an XS/XJ 1100.
About filling out your membership profile.
Pretty please could you include:-
A real name because even if your handle has been with you since you became computer-literate, "Hi Bob" is a better reply opener than "Hi Phartphace14".
Your bike's exact designation, so folks replying to a tech question don't have to ask "which bike is that?" before making a helpful suggestion.
Whereabouts you live, just in case one or more list members live near enough that they could give you a hand with stuff.
You could also build your name, location and bike type into your signature.
Like this:-

Hope this helps?

[jwhughes3]

I see it Don....

You left out a couple of ex-wives to throw us off


John

MRO,

Most of us do not own the entire fleet of XS11s that you do. So it becomes much simpler. For some, apparently owning a second one makes the first jealous enough to try to commit murder-suicide.

I prefer the model and such in the signature than just in the post, only because some of the threads become rather lengthy in going through a particular issue. It becomes somewhat tedious to go back through 3 pages of post to remind yourself what bike they have.

IMO, giving a first name leaves plenty of anonimity. Heck, I believe I am one of no less than five Dons on here alone, and I do not often run into people with the same name. But then, no one would want to steal my identity, all they get is a bunch of bill collectors, a parole officer, and a ten ex wives hounding their azz instead fo mine. (ok, some of those are not true, you guess which ones.)