The forums are here for anyone to post on. We do not limit registration to anyone nor do you need to own a motorcycle to join. We hope to make this website/forum an informational and enjoyable place to visit.

Our forum is considered to be a lightly moderated board. The basic ground rules for discussions are simple: respect other users, use common sense and do not break the law.

Although the following rules are the basic ground work for the site, DFWSportBikes.org will be moderated in its sole discretion on what is permissible and in line with its goals, values and interests.

Discrepancies about the rules may be taken up via PM to Josh or Dan. Any posts made on the subject will be deleted/closed immediately.

If a member is found to have deliberately broken one of the following rules, they may receive a warning, a suspension, or ban.

Forum Rules/Etiquette

• Avoid personal attacks. If you don't agree with what someone posted, debate their post... not the person that posted it.

• Be respectful of other people when posting on the message board. Along the same lines as above, expressions of hatred based on race/ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, and religion are strictly prohibited. Repeated harassment of other users is strictly prohibited and will result in deletion of your account. Because posts referring to religion or politics almost always turn into a flame war, threads that refer to either may be closed.

• Try to keep the profanity to a minimum. Keep in mind that this website and it's forums are visited by people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds. Many of which do not appreciate vulgar language. Profanity is not prohibited, but excessive use will be moderated.

• Try your hardest to post in the appropriate forum. Don't be upset if we move your post to a more appropriate forum. If we happen to move a post, its usually because it would be more appropriate in another area.

• Pornography and other explicit, NSFW content is only allowed in the NSFW Forum. Posting pornography in any section other than the NSFW forum will result in an immediate one week suspension. Remember, people view this website from work... ask yourself: Would I want MY boss seeing what I'm posting?

• Post Whoring (Posting useless things to raise your post count) will not be tolerated outside of the Off-Topic forum or Shoutbox(though flagrant post-whoring in the Off-Topic section will not be tolerated either). If you don't have any comments on a topic, you don't need to post in it. If you don't know anything about a topic, let someone else answer it. Mindless bumps or continuous off-topic answers are considered post-whoring (as are continually posting one or two word posts). If you are in violation of this you will receive a warning, constant abuse will result in having your post count reduced and disabled.

• Advertisements. Unauthorized advertisements are strictly prohibited and will be removed without notice. If you or your company would like to support DFWSportBikes.org, please email Josh@DFWSportBikes.org

• Participants may not solicit users for any purpose external to the forum. Most importantly our member base is not a resource to be "mined" by individuals, groups, or businesses, for profit or not for profit. Further; If you SPAM our members in any manner for your website or business, your account will be disabled.

• Please respect the privacy of your fellow members. Posting the personal information of another member will not be tolerated as well as the posting of PM content from another member anywhere on the public forums. On the flip side, impersonation or misrepresenting yourself will also not be tolerated. Misused private information will be edited or deleted by a moderator. Any member engaged in posting the private information of another member, or is discovered to be misrepresenting themselves is subject to having their account suspended by an administrator. This includes attempting to use another person's account without their explicit permission.

• Multiple accounts are not allowed.

• Linking to any file/program/software that could harm a persons computer will result in a ban. This includes "crash me"� sites.

• Do not start cross-website/forum wars. If you have a problem with another website or forum, please bring the matter up with the administrator of the other site. We do not condone "fights" with other websites and do not want your actions to spill over onto this site. If you notice someone posting on the forums in a belligerent manner representing another website/forum, please contact an admin or report the post so it can be dealt with.

• If you feel a post has been made that is belligerent, spamming or against any of the rules set above, please use the "Report a Post" feature. By clicking the icon located in the lower left corner of each post, the website staff will be notified of any problems. With your help, we can keep DFWSportBikes.org a fun and informative place for fellow Motorcycle Enthusiasts to hang out!

• "Trolling", or making posts with the sole intention of creating problems on the forums is obviously against the forum guidelines. This includes registering an alternate ID for the sole purpose of creating problems on the forums. "Troll ID's" will be locked immediately and permanently, and can be locked without notification to the offender. Trolling posts can be locked and/or deleted without notification to the offender. Furthermore, "ex-girlfriends/boyfriends/flings/whatever" joining the site solely to check up on, or in other words "stalk," any member will have their account deactivated immediately.

• Ban and Suspension. A ban and a suspension are essentially the same thing. The only difference is that a ban is permanent, whereas a suspension is temporary. The banning or suspension of any member of these forums is not something the staff takes lightly. Constant belligerence, ignoring of rules, and starting fights with other members are examples of how one gets banned or suspended. Additionally, any banned or suspended member attempting to create new accounts or using the accounts of others will have those accounts banned as well.

• Any post or thread entered on DFWSportBikes.org is considered being available on public domain and should be treated as such. No post or thread by any member or vendor will be considered representative of DFWSportBikes.org, its staff or data providers. In other words, you are posting at your own risk. As such; all posts, attachments and threads submitted to DFWSportBikes.org database are considered property of DFWSportBikes.org.

Signature Rules

• Signatures are allowed on the forum, however they must be reasonable in size and content (HTML is not allowed)

• Absolutely no pornography is allowed in your signature

• The preferred size for signature pictures are 500(W) X 120(H). Preferred meaning they can be bigger as long as they don't affect the overall layout of the forum. An example of that size is below:
  
  
  

• You are allowed 5 lines of text if you do not have a signature picture, 3 lines of text if you do have a picture

• If you want more info then your signature can fit, simply make a post about your motorcycle and link to it in your signature! That way you can fit all the information about your mods and your bike as you want.

• If your signature is too big, a member of the staff will PM you informing you to edit it to fit the requirements. If you do not edit your signature in a reasonable amount of time (or your signature is so rediculously large that we aren't waiting) it will be edited by the staff.

Although the administrators and moderators of DFWSportBikes.org Forums will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of DFWSportBikes.org Forums, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

The owners of DFWSportBikes.org Forums reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.