Luggage Rack

[greenhorn]

TIME OUT! :??:

I just went back through all the messages in this thread and THIS ONE is the only one I see from you. (unless you changed your handle along the way).
Anyhow, I'm confused.
Yes,the thread went WAY off into left field but I don't think you were involved.....were you ??

Not until I read some posts that I felt like reponding to.... juts like anybody else! (oops I spelled something wrong... there is a reason for that)

If you really need help installing something, maybe we should start over.
Or maybe it's already on here in a different thread ??

If I started a new thread on luggage rack, I would likely have been re-directed to this one. This has happened to me before while trying to find information on tires for my GZ.

Sorry, but I really just wanted to find info.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by greenhorn

If I started a new thread on luggage rack, I would likely have been re-directed to this one. This has happened to me before while trying to find information on tires for my GZ.

Sorry, but I really just wanted to find info.

Once again, I guess I have to be more specific.
I, and others, would like to help.

Alas, I cannot FIND the post where you described the problem you are having and what information you need about a luggage rack. I see: Key, tires, fender, gas tank.....but no luggage rack.

WHERE IS THE QUESTION ?? I just did a complete search again and still don't see it.
I also cannot see where anybody critisized the spelling in one of YOUR messages.
This is getting VERY confusing......at least for me.
Am I missing something here ??

I think you need to either reference the post where you asked about a luggage rack OR post the question again. I think this ZOMBIE thread needs to DIE. :skull:

[music man]

I think she was saying that she came here(to this thread) to find out about a luggage rack, and then just decided to put her two cents in, in regards to you commenting on someones spelling, grammer, etc..... but never really did bother to ask a question about luggage racks at all, so I guess she didn't really need to start a new thread about luggage racks since she obviously found out all she needed to know on this one or there would have been a question in there somewhere, or so you would think. :??:

[jonathan180iq]

-If someone has a question, and they have searched a bit on the forum before asking, then we will answer that specific question. Heck, we usually answer it no matter what.

-If the information is contained somewhere on the forum in a clear enough manner that will answer the question being asked, then a link will be posted to that discussion. This does not mean that the new topic is dead, it just speeds along the process of delivering useful information to the one asking the question.

Writing incoherently and miss-speeling wurdz are two completely different things.
Since writing is the only way that we have to communicate with each other on this forum, it is very important that someone asking, or answering, a question be as clear as they can with their answer, or query. Otherwise, we all spend wasted time trying to figure out what someone was trying to say.

[greenhorn]

Originally Posted by music man

I think she was saying that she came here(to this thread) to find out about a luggage rack, and then just decided to put her two cents in, in regards to you commenting on someones spelling, grammer, etc..... but never really did bother to ask a question about luggage racks at all, so I guess she didn't really need to start a new thread about luggage racks since she obviously found out all she needed to know on this one or there would have been a question in there somewhere, or so you would think. :??:

This is as close to accurate as possible. Thanks.

I was just looking around . I'm thinking about adding a luggage rack, Givi, something like that, while searching around on the forum for ideas, ran across the spelling comments and decided to comment. Wish I wouldn't have. That's all.

No. I did not and will not post my own personal "question" about how to go about adding a Givi/luggage rack until I am a bit more informed about the how to' s (which was why I was looking at this thread titled "Luggage Rack in the first place), but I certainly will when I am ready.

Didn't mean to confuse anyone.

Mary

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by greenhorn

Didn't mean to confuse anyone.

OK, you are hereby granted one free "Do Over". :biggrin:

Cash it in whenever you are ready!

[patrick_777]

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

-If someone has a question, and they have searched a bit on the forum before asking, then we will answer that specific question. Heck, we usually answer it no matter what.

Although we are all usually very good about pointing out more informative and/or rehashed threads, we are also VERY good (compared to many other boards) about actually answering the same question over and over. There are plenty of times that I have quoted myself thread to thread instead of simply redirecting. It's also a sort of recompiling the information from multiple threads into more concise answers.

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

Writing incoherently and miss-speeling wurdz are two completely different things.
Since writing is the only way that we have to communicate with each other on this forum, it is very important that someone asking, or answering, a question be as clear as they can with their answer, or query. Otherwise, we all spend wasted time trying to figure out what someone was trying to say.

This is not in response to Jonathan specifically, but having worked with the public for many years in technical support roles, I can tell you for certain that not everybody is able to articulate themselves as clearly as possible. Not everybody has the wherewithal to search for the right vocabulary or jargon that goes along with their particular topic. Indeed, the average member of this board is likely a newcomer to motorcycles in general, not just to the GZ.

There are many recent examples I can list off the top of my head where someone referred to the wrong part in reference to something entirely different (gear/lever/shifter/peg/thing) and was quickly enlightened to their errant ways. It's seldom unpleasant as most people come here to learn, and a lot of the experienced here like to teach. I haven't seen a LOT of reprimanding going on, but that's not to say it doesn't happen. Sometimes, it's even necessary.

This is a very self-repairing board, for the most part, and the relatively few disagreements and flames that I've run across in my perusal of the past posts here are far between, and are mostly caused by one of a few things -- a veteran being touchy and feeling their knowledge or status threatened; a newb asking an identical question to an ongoing and ACTIVE discussion; someone asking the same question over and over in multiple posts in multiple forums, as if people didn't see it the first time.

I can safely say, I'm personally guilty of two, or all, of those things, and I don't expect it to change. This is easily one of the most informative boards I've been a part of, and like many others, will continue to be a part of even if I ever decide to move on from the GZ.

This thread, like a few others, has ventured so far off-topic that page two doesn't even address the actual topic of page one except as an admonition. If Dupo or Badbob or I were the stereotypical admin/assholes of other boards, this thread would have been locked down right after a couple of my own posts and a couple of users warned. We're not, and I'm of the firm belief that threads like this are cathartic in a sense for the psyche of the board itself. Maybe I'm wrong in prejudging this board or its veteran members, but I'm pretty sure, based on experience and past behavior, that we will all have a big group hug in the end (plus reach-arounds) and appreciate each other for their own personal proclivities, without holding any big grudges.

Now, maybe someone can actually tell me what tires will fit on my GZ, and is there any way to make my bike go faster? :redflip:

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[jonathan180iq]

Do a search!!!!!! GEEZE!!!!!!

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1058

[theneanderthal]

copy n paste it into your email.

spell check it.

copy n paste it into the post box

Just a couple of key strokes and you look like you can spell. :whistle:

[Moedad]

Originally Posted by patrick_777

I can tell you for certain that not everybody is able to articulate themselves as clearly as possible.

I have the you besides, can't we just hey! let's forget about red tank and mr. softie freudian until oil leak cosmoline windshield brackets are reserve valve.

So there.