| Author | Message | ||
     Jos51700 |
OK, some of you quickboarders may not know me, because I generally stick to the Old School and XB boards, but I'm going to copy and paste this from Old School world: Well, after a couple years of thought, a year of actually doing homework, and about two days of discussion on Badweb, I've registered the domain names for the Buell Registry. It will be a few days before a site is up and running for information submission, and probably alot longer to slog though HD's massive legal department, but it is happening. I registered both TheBuellRegistry.com (as if there could be any other ; ) ) and TheBuellRegistry.org but I'm not sure yet which I'll actually use. I will not be making money on this registry, so I thought ".ORG", but then I realized I may have to charge for some services later on so as not to go broke, and ".COM" is what everyone thinks of, so I got both. I've had multiple inputs from many Badwebber's already (Thanks to all of you!) and I'd like offer some generic answers to repeat questions (and hopefully incur MORE FEEDBACK). Yes, it's worldwide. Buells, Buell owners, and Buell enthusiasm is worldwide, so the registry shall be too. (Any ideas on language translation?) Yes, it's for ALL Buell motorcycle models. If somebody calls me with a guitar, bicycle, box of accessories, etc, they will be documented as well. Yes, it will be as secure as possible. I do intend to keep every bike on a secure server, and NO Owner info will be sold, given away, traded, lost, mishandled or transferred to anyone else, ever, unless OK'd by that owner. Every VIN is going to require at least three forms of documentation, that will stay on file permanently. I will try to make as much information as possible as verifiable as possible, and only FACTS will be touted as "information". If it can't be PROVEN, it will be labeled as such. (in other words, no "Viper" edition X1's!) Yes, I will ALWAYS be open to input, and the Registry will always be open to modification due to input. Please input a "reason" for suggestion (In other words, don't tell me to put "titties" on the registry images, unless you specify "Naked girls on Buells" images.) That brings another point. I'd like to include a registry for accessories (preferably Buell, but more popular ones are possible, too) so an owner can say, 'I know where this came from, and that, and that....' when they're assessing their bike. I'd also like to include the rich Buell history of promotional material, images, etc. This will be in addition to the registry, but the registry will be a primary focus. In other words (again), it's impossible to celebrate all Buells without looking at the diversity. Suppose you go to buy a heavily modded Buell. Is it historically significant, or is it a hack job? It's easy to lose the history on a bike, so we hope to get those questions answered for you. My goals will be outlined for the Registry as a whole shortly. Thanks for your help, and your advice, -John Self End Paste: If you'd like to get to know me better, PM me! I'd love to hear ANY submissions! | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
hi John, seems like a noble cause, but i'm wondering why you wouldn't do a registry like you've outlined above right here on BadWeB? best regards, Ferris | ||
| Jos51700 |
Because not every Buell owner is on Badweb.... I figure that, rather than have a billion little registries, it serves owners better to a have a large, central one. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Sounds like a great idea John. Get it going and I'll send my parts customers there too. I'm amazed at the number of Buell riders that don't know of this place of ours(well, Blake's  ). Zack | ||
| Jerry_haughton |
fair enough. good luck. :-) FB | ||
| Brinnutz |
I like the idea. Will it be grouped by model, year, etc? Or, have the option to group it as such? Also, will it be private so that my info will not be able to be hacked/stolen? I assume some form of encrypted/protection will be running, it will get battered by spam/hacks. | ||
| Rex |
Sounds good. I was wanting to do the same on Buell s2. Com. We could have these sites with a home page only, then you could be directedto this site with registry secure. More sites to reach people, but we all direct them here. I also have oldschoolbuell. Com. And other sites Buell related. Rex | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I dont get how this is really any different from the secure H-D vehicle look up available now. Its avaialable through dealers, and at a secure ASP. It will tell you original build date, color and original owner. |
