Review Section

[Spit-Fire]

so has any one every tired to put together a review section?.

between the many members on BCF i would have a educated guess that a review of almost every popular bike could be done.

same goes for the "what tyre?" type threads.
a review, or even personal comparison test would be informative for those that are in the market for new rubber and want advice.

the bike review would also be beneficial to the new bikers. as a review done by a magazine on track might not be as relevant to them as a review done by a group of every day average riders of varying skill on the same roads they ride on.

i guess it could be applied to any popular product we as bikers use (oil, brake pads, tools, clothing etc)

just a thought
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Been done and tried many times.

There's an index page at the top of show and tell documenting the decent reviews.

Write one and PM me with a link and I'll add it, or if I spot it I'll add it.
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[Spit-Fire]

ok, didn't realize it had ham ,
cheers what was the reason it didn't work out well?
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

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I think it would be a good idea. When searching for reviews you could specify the 'Reviews' forum in the search options cutting out all the other posts mentioning that product/word from the other sections.

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[Spit-Fire]

it was a odd place for it to be so i thought it must not exist lol. my bad.

between you mods, you have own quite a few bikes, a load of tyres, many litres of oil etc , you could start the ball rolling
(hint hint )
like the one G has on the road craft course he took, that was a good, read
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[Ichy]

I asked the same question some time ago with similar results, I doubt I would find any reviews without the link from Ham.

I can't see why it matters how many posts were made, it might reduce the number of 'what tyre/helmet/bike/GF?' threads in other areas

[Spit-Fire]

^^ thats what i was thinking.

review wise it also gives you a more relevant alternative to what a bike mag might write.

if your in the market for say a supermoto, and there are owners reviews it might be more helpful then a quick review on mcn by some one that only spent a hour riding it.

i guess it wouldn't even have to be a essay of a piece written by one person, it could be a thread with small reviews by several
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

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[Spit-Fire]

[neatbik]

I agree, a review section would be good.

I might even write a couple.
As said, i would rather read reviews by BCF members that have actually lived with a product - whether it be a bike, clothing, tyres etc etc.

I dont trust magazine journalists..

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[st3v3]

Obvious bump is obvious.

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And someone new to the forum won't be checking the 'review' section either, they'll be checking General Bike Chat - or Biking News because it's the first one on the list.

A long time ago another member tried to make a BCF articles front end - something akin to what Visordown is now, though for user generated content. We still got very little content submitted if I remember..

Reviews can easily go in General Bike Chat or Show and Tell and plenty do.

Stolen section I would be pretty sure would be ignored apart from by a few regulars and people that have already had their bike stolen.

We have tried other similar sections in the past, but they've not generally been successful - see what a mess Show and Tell generally is for a start.

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How strange, I just came here to suggest a reviews section, and the first link I come across is for a review section.

A poll should be made and used to help decide. Power to the people and all that jazz.

I don't agree with the stolen section so much.
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A poll won't make people actually write reviews worthy of a review section, however.

If people put more effort in to writing and organising reviews and less time moaning about the lack of a review section, we might actually have one .

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Currently writing a review so shush your mush!
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Probably have written it already if you didn't keep replying in here .

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[Ichy]

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Stick links to such threads in your profile?
A quick note in your signature to advice people.

Post in Big Ham's review thread, or let him know to add your post.
If we start getting lots of reviews added to that, might be more impetuous for a separate area (or just to rename that one ).