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[CMS]

I received a message on the comuter that I had a pm message on GZ250. I looked ,but no message found. I'm I doing something wrong or was it a mistake? No complaint ,just asking. thanks. CMS ////Terry :2tup:

[Dupo]

It was a member here who sent out PMs to you guys about a discussion forum for the TU250. He was just trying to help ... but i think he got banned for 'spamming' by Patrick. I talked to him, he wasn't spamming and i reinstated him as a member.

All is well.

[patrick_777]

He created an account for the explicit purpose of sending at least 15 people in PM an identical message advertising another board and another product - ie. SPAMMING.

[Dupo]

The other board was for the TU250 that everyone was posting about here. He sent me an email saying he was just trying to help and let members know about it. It was agreed he should have just posted a link to our forum instead of sending PM's.

All is well.

Here's what he sent me:

I am extremely interested in the Suzuki GZ250 and their new Suzuki TU250. I
got curious if anyone in the GZ250 forum has discussed the new model and did
a search this evening and found a posting about it. I sent PMs to those who
also seemed interested in the TU to tell them about a TU250 discussion forum
and have now been banned as a spammer. I am not a spammer, just a
small-bore motorcycle enthusiast who is really jazzed about the Suzuki 250s.

Thank you for getting back to me, John. I guess I was a bit too enthusiastic. Yup, in hind sight it would have been much better to post a URL. My apologies for making work for you.

Is Patrick the Pat Henry from Tennessee who rode the GZ to Alaska? I know him, he rode through Seattle on his way north. If the same gent, I'll have to give him a bad time. <g>

[mrlmd1]

So what's the link to that other forum for those who may be interested? Anybody know? I couldn't find it in the message I got from him, or on Google. If he has joined on here then maybe he can get into a discussion about it and our bike as well, and let us all know where the other board is.

[Easy Rider]

So what's the link to that other forum for those who may be interested? Anybody know? I couldn't find it in the message I got from him, or on Google. If he has joined on here then maybe he can get into a discussion about it and our bike as well, and let us all know where the other board is.

Which is what he should have done in the first place.
It is a Yahoo group. I got a similar Email, I assume from him, to my "public" yahoo address.
I have no intention of visiting his new group.
Given his stated interest in the GZ too, I can't help but wonder why he isn't already a participating member here......or in the Yahoo GZ group.

Mis-directed enthusiasm, IMHO.

[patrick_777]

Like I said, he joined explicitly to spam our members. You can find the group on Yahoo with minimal effort. I'm not going to waste the time cutting and pasting the URL here though.

[Dupo]

Well, he donated to the site ..... i'd say thats enough interest to merit him another chance. Spammers dont donate lol.

[patrick_777]

Well, money talks.

...and I'm not saying that as a bad thing.

:chop:

[Graydog]

did
a search this evening and found a posting about it. I sent PMs to those who
also seemed interested in the TU to tell them about a TU250 discussion forum


He did a search and only PMed those that seemed interested....not the whole forum.
Perhaps just a post in "Other Bikes" would have been better.....but then we all would have gotten it instead of the select few interested. Those of us that keep PM turned off didn't get anything anyway. Geeze....now I'm confused :shocked: O_o

When will I ever learn!!! Shut up Graydog! Shut up Graydog! (Slap face twice), Shut up Graydog!

[music man]

I vote just from the information that Patrick and Dupo are giving (and by reading the apology letter he sent to Dupo) to give the guy another chance, it sounds like he just wasn't aware what he was doing was spamming or offensive and now he does.

He just made a :oops:, I don't think that anyone on here (myself included) hasn't posted something at least once in the wrong place.

[Easy Rider]

I vote just from the information that Patrick and Dupo are giving (and by reading the apology letter he sent to Dupo) to give the guy another chance, it sounds like he just wasn't aware what he was doing was spamming or offensive and now he does.


I agree BUT......how dense can one be ??
Joining and contributing to an online forum and THEN making your first presence known with a "mass" email ??

Forgivable if he/she is a rookie at this but how to know? Time will tell, I guess.

AND NOW so the whole thread won't be a complete waste, spec's for the TU are now posted (have been for a while, I guess) http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/GZ ... fault.aspx (http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/GZ250K9/Specs/Default.aspx)
and I think the link to the new Yahoo group should be posted here so each user can make up his own mind. Anybody still have it ??

[zoned10x]

So what's the link to that other forum for those who may be interested?

First, my apologies to everyone for being a bit overzealous with the TU250 info. The forum that is accumulating a collection of info about the nifty new bike is http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Suzuki_TU250

[mrlmd1]

This group started in Nov 2008, currently has 11 members according to their site, and the info they are accumulating has to be only what has been released from Suzuki, which we already know, or conjecture (also known as mental masturbation), as the bike won't appear in the US 'till March '09. There is no personal experience with it and no one has actually seen one over here, not even a dealer.

As one of its members wrote on their forum in mid Nov,
"Until the TU250 actually appears in showrooms, I see no point in
advertising this forum around the internet. As is now, it is just a
place to talk about Unobtanium domestic Japanese bikes, the
transmission in your truck, your new .22, Doctor Mike's ugly
motorcycle, your dog, or whatever. Feel free to invite anyone you know
who might enjoy the open chaos. The website front page photo will
change frequently."

Our forum serves a useful purpose in getting sound advice re: maintaining, upgrading, troubleshooting, riding our bikes, etc., from passing on the experience from one member to another who has and uses one of these things. Their forum right now serves no purpose other than the mental masturbation and anticipation in seeing one of these new bikes. It's useful to start a dialog or inform interested parties that this is on the horizon, but that's it, like the one or two pages we had on here a month ago and then it ended. Pending the arrival of the new bike and gaining experience with it, an active forum will probably arise from enthusiasts and critics as well. So we'll wait and see, those who are interested, in what develops.

Meanwhile, welcome on here, zoned10x, stick around for a while, maybe you'll learn something.

[patrick_777]

That wasn't just one of the members that said that. It was zoned10x himself.

[zoned10x]

....Meanwhile, welcome on here, zoned10x, stick around for a while, maybe you'll learn something.

Thanks for the welcome 'mrlmd1'. :) I've been riding and working on bikes since the 60s, and have had a different machine almost every year. Many were Suzukis, the last three were LS650 Savages and an S40. I tend to be a small bore enthusiast, though. I hope to learn more about the GZ, and maybe offer something back to those new to the game. The TU250 forum will obviously expand as information becomes available.

[alanmcorcoran]

Zoned,

Lots of mental masturbation on here too. (100% of my posts fer example.) I'm no fan of spam either and, if you know the onslaught we get from the faux dick enhancers, lonely chicks with dicks and all other dick/e-mail related enterprises, you'd understand some of the vitriol sent in your direction. Looked like an honest mistake to me, just someone trying to drum up membership, an activity I've engaged in myself (along with the aforementioned MM.)

Post something on the "Turn your 250 into a 350, 207, 202, magic carpet ride" thread, if you really want to make some friends.

[Easy Rider]

Post something on the "Turn your 250 into a 350, 207, 202, magic carpet ride" thread, if you really want to make some friends.

Oh, stop that Alan. That's just mean. :skull:

[zoned10x]

...Post something on the "Turn your 250 into a 350.....

Be a hero. ;)

http://tinyurl.com/5wfhhy

[alanmcorcoran]

Good one zoned...

From the copy...

"Adding a NX Nitrous system to your Power Sport machine is a job best handled by a professional mechanic with nitrous oxide installation experience, Nitrous Express Inc. urges you to seek professional help on all installation procedures."

If anybody is interested, I happen to have some nitrous oxide installation experience, but mostly into the human body. Didn't know motorcycles were into the stuff, too.

[zoned10x]

Good one zoned...

From the copy...

...Didn't know motorcycles were into the stuff, too.

Motorcycles, speedboats, hydroplanes, and hot rods all benefit. Contrary to folklore, NOS is an easy way to gain extra power, and it is safe if used conservatively. The negative stories around are about abuse, or misuse at low rpms. This topic should move elsewhere, but I will let someone else catch the flak.

Sea Foam in the gas [naphtha and pale oil] will add punch that you can feel, too.