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It's good to see the forum back! What needs doing to stabilise things? |
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Zitat von Sanemancured im Beitrag #1 don't get too excited, https://whois.domaintools.com/r1200rsforum.com says the domain expires next month we are entirely at the behest of @Holger, as he is the only one with access to a) the domain name rights and b) the account at Xobor.com that hosts the forum
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I'll keep my finger crossed. The Firefox warnings that I received when I tried to access the forum were kind of upsetting. But I am happy again. Hopefully for more than just one more month.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Mon Apr 11, 2022 5:28 pm (Last edited: Mon Apr 11, 2022 5:32 pm)
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #2 And sadly, the inevitable is going to happen, isn't it? (See this thread: RE:Missing admin if you've any doubt). I'd certainly urge all the regulars here to get themselves over to to the alternative RS forum at http://rswasserboxer.com/R1200RSforum/ (@Grumpy Goat's own site) sharpish! Is there any way that the bulk of the valuable content of the current site can be copied/downloaded/whatever, and made available to users when it does finally disappear for good? I know this issue came up when a previous RS site suddenly vanished overnight a few years ago, prompting the appearance of this one I believe? Preceded my personal ownership of an RS, so I don't know what the outcome was... KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS |
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Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #4 Yes it but it involves actual work, and in my experience the last time this happened only a few were willing to put the shoulder to the wheel. The RSWasserboxer.com site has the collection of threads that were retrieved as part of that effort. The rest was lost.
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Grumpy Goat RSWasserboxer.com 2016 BMW R1200RS 2014 BMW S1000R |
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This site unfortunately uses forum software that to my knowledge doesn't have an export function. There are lots of 3rd party scraping tools specifically designed to be pointed at websites and exfiltrate as much as possible in an ordered format.
Craig
'22 R1250RS - ordered '03 K1200RS, '01 R1100RSA - sold |
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Zitat von Pyrrho im Beitrag #7 I would be a lot of work to filter out the tiny nuggets worth archiving, from the mass of irrelevant chatter. As GG states, he has some pages from the last place archived. I doubt there have been many visits to that material. Few people bother using the search function here and just ask "what screen?" again etc etc.
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Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:10 pm (Last edited: Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:12 pm)
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It’s just as well that, in my opinion at least the RS is pretty damn reliable and the list of things needed to do to them is mainly subjective as opposed to essential. |
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I tried the alternate approach of contacting the Forum and received the following...
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Zitat von Sanemancured im Beitrag #10 and most of the things that could go wrong are generic to the range, so I can look incredibly knowledgeable by copying and pasting something from UKGSer, Advrider, Facebook or Google. The sheer volume of GS sales means if something will break, it will probably be seen on the GS first, plus of course, the new versions are often in production for a year or two before that update is passed onto the RS. It's nice that the GS riders beta test the tech before we see it.
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #11 an approach was made to speak to Holger in Nov 20 but he did not return as he had discussed with SS. see here Holger's address and full name are on the Imprint page and his business phone no. is in the public domain at https://www.yelp.com/biz/holger-gerst-grebenau should anyone wish to make another approach.
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If we could even just export the forum to a CSV and allow anyone to download and search through it, it'd be useful. Yes, there's a tiny bit archived from the old site (11 threads saved as PDFs, but outside the forum proper so nobody will ever find its contents in a site search if all they use is the forum) but not in a format that's searchable or even readable in the forum, so if there's a lack of visits to those pages I'd look at how the info is presented or (non-)searchable first. instead of the quality of the content.
Craig
'22 R1250RS - ordered '03 K1200RS, '01 R1100RSA - sold |
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Zitat von Pyrrho im Beitrag #14 are you volunteering?
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