Topic: New Ideas for Bike of the Month

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

Over the past year plus, there's been waning participation in Bike of the Month.  Vote count appears to be down overall and, for some months (this one included), it is sometimes a struggle to get nominees. 

With the goal of trying to increase interest and participation -- both with nominations and voting members -- I encourage you to post suggestions in this thread.  Sam and I will review the suggestions and if we determine them to be beneficial, reasonable and feasible, we will either make amendments or create a poll to amend existing rules.  So, with that in mind, please feel free to post your suggestions. 

Some suggestions may include:
- Increasing the nomination time period (but this will decrease the voting time period)
- Selecting classes for voting by size (750, middleweight 650-550-500 and 350) classes
- Including bikes built by members for owners other than themselves (professional class)
- Selecting classes by type of build: survivor, restoration, restomod, modified (such as cafe, scrambler, tracker)

Please post your suggestions and/or your interest in others' suggestions for changes in the following thread: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,176562.0.html

[MauiK3]

I have wondered how to find bikes that are eligible. How many finished projects are out there that no one is aware of?
There must be a way to make finding projects easier.

[Stev-o]

I have wondered how to find bikes that are eligible.

Hey Steve....I periodically nominate a bike when reading their Project Shop and see that the bike has been completed.  But that may not happen every month.

I'll have to think how to get more members involved but I dont think adding categories would help.  Seems it needs to get simpler, not more complicated.

I'm guilty of not voting last month, I just simply do not run across the thread or go to it.
I would hate to see it go away, as I would like to win again!