09-13-2021, 09:17 PM
Hey all,
In obsessively attempting to accumulate encyclopedic-level knowledge of modern RSes, I looked up our beloved bikes up on Wikipedia. To my surprise the entry of the R1200RS is nearly an afterthought, with no entry on the 1250 at all! This should not stand, especially in comparison to contemporary peers' entries such as the Ducati SuperSport, Honda VFR800F, Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX & H2 SX, KTM 1290 Super Duke GT, or our host's own Yamaha Tracer 900 GT. I'd mention the S1000XR here too, but only as another example of something IMO to be ashamed of.
Grumpy and I were having a private convo about the importance of informational permanence and the idea of paying things forward. I feel contributing to the inclusion and expansion of Wikipedia's entries would be not only be creating something of value to be proud of as a community and owners & RS-curious world-wide, but a lasting resource immune to any one site, forum, or individual's neglect.
I'm offering my time to lead this project and do whatever digital bureaucratic hoop-jumping required to get it online but am looking to see if I could get help in any/all of the following subject areas. Use the previously linked bike entries as examples.
Let's get a discussion going. I think we could have fun and learn stuff doing this, and that's the goal of forums like this anyway.
In obsessively attempting to accumulate encyclopedic-level knowledge of modern RSes, I looked up our beloved bikes up on Wikipedia. To my surprise the entry of the R1200RS is nearly an afterthought, with no entry on the 1250 at all! This should not stand, especially in comparison to contemporary peers' entries such as the Ducati SuperSport, Honda VFR800F, Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX & H2 SX, KTM 1290 Super Duke GT, or our host's own Yamaha Tracer 900 GT. I'd mention the S1000XR here too, but only as another example of something IMO to be ashamed of.
Grumpy and I were having a private convo about the importance of informational permanence and the idea of paying things forward. I feel contributing to the inclusion and expansion of Wikipedia's entries would be not only be creating something of value to be proud of as a community and owners & RS-curious world-wide, but a lasting resource immune to any one site, forum, or individual's neglect.
I'm offering my time to lead this project and do whatever digital bureaucratic hoop-jumping required to get it online but am looking to see if I could get help in any/all of the following subject areas. Use the previously linked bike entries as examples.
- Class – what defines BMW's Reisesport (travel sport) category of bikes
- RS history – from the first Rennsport (race sport) models to today
- Design & Development – of the return of the RRS from the ashes of the KRS
- Specifications
- References – can even be a way to give a nod to sites like rswasserboxer if we can link to something on the website (I don't think you can externally link to a specific forum post but could be wrong)
- Photos – of course!
Let's get a discussion going. I think we could have fun and learn stuff doing this, and that's the goal of forums like this anyway.
Craig
'20 R1250RS
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'20 R1250RS
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