Jan 2013 XSOTM theme ideas

What contest do you want to see for XSOTM

  • fully documented restorations

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Multiple XSOTM Bridesmaids

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Standards 74-79 Resto mods

    Votes: 8 22.9%
  • First time builds

    Votes: 11 31.4%
  • rat bike

    Votes: 2 5.7%
  • Art bikes, Can't be rode, so what?

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • legit shop build - open to any tax filing shop

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • any XS650 that has won awards at a show

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • high mileage - 30k and higher

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Strangest, but ridable

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • Cinderella; basket case to gem

    Votes: 5 14.3%
  • Trikes

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • Baggers

    Votes: 2 5.7%
  • Wreck story with pictures

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Road trip stories.

    Votes: 3 8.6%

  • Total voters
    35
  • Poll closed .
bikes with luggage:

Bikes with fairings:

Non-XS body

Non-XS (re-purposed, not off the shelf) wheel setups

Before/After image sets for transformations like downeaster suggests.

Best roadside pic (non-staged looking)

Best Photoshop XS pic
 
What about the best wreck story with pic of the aftermath? That'll generate good discussion on safety and the importance of good riding gear.
 
What about the best wreck story with pic of the aftermath? That'll generate good discussion on safety and the importance of good riding gear.
I like that idea , I seem to wreck lots of bikes , might be my only chance to win an XSOTM .Other than that , I think a month for baggers would be a good idea , never see very many and I am thinking about putting a fairing on my bike so I need some pics to look at.
 
OK I added a poll, vote for XSOTM themes
It's only up for a couple of days. I will use results to help with future contest themes.
 
I just logged my vote for the Standards 74-79 Resto mods.

A 'future contest' suggestion would be On Road/Off Road Dual Purpose Conversions.
 
I think you might need to offer everyone multiple options like 1st 2nd and 3rd choices or we'll not end up with any meaningful numbers for interpretation:wink2:
 
I think you might need to offer everyone multiple options like 1st 2nd and 3rd choices or we'll not end up with any meaningful numbers for interpretation:wink2:

Yeah I thought of that too late. Can't change a pole once it's started.
Ya'll can do write in votes for on/off road bikes....
 
No votes for Wreck story with pictures so I'll share..

I was on my way to Flint with my GF (now wife) along M21 in Michigan and a farmer lost a load of hay in front of us going about 60 mph. Nothing I could do but stay the course and hold on. Next thing I knew it I was on my side, the bike on my leg in a pile of loose hay. We were bit shaken up, got some road rash, but the bike fared pretty good. Dent in the tank, broken side cover, hi-way bar bent, windshield popped off and a scraped muffler.
I told the farmer I was glad he wasn't hauling scrap metal. If you’re going to run into anything, bales of hay would be it.
After all the reports were filed and we got check out by the EMT, we continued on our 60+ mile journey.
Now, I get real nervous riding behind trailers or pickups hauling a bunch of crap.

My Wife snapped this after the crash, the farmer is talking to the trooper in the background.
AccidentBoy.jpg
 
not sure how this is gonna work but my 1st choice was road trip 2nd first time rebuild 3rd 74-79 restore /mods:D
 
12 months worth of categories , gggGary can start with the one that gets the most votes. Some of those categories could be combined , for example, like strangest bike and rat bike or legit shop and show winners , just to give more people a shot .
 
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