jjwithers wrote:It seems that my thread got hijacked. . .
This wasn't to be a discussion about a broken cam or Crank mounted ignitions.
This is about feedback regarding the Alpha Ignitions. I googled it. I searched other forums. There is only minimal feedback regarding their bean-can ignition. Nothing I can find regarding the earlier style ignition system.
Reading between the lines it sounds like you're sore that I and others chose not to stay on "your" topic. This is, indeed, the way of Boxerworks, and this laissez faire' attitude about it that you encounter appears to rankle you. If so, may I suggest to you that this propensity toward "thread degradation" does not in any way diminish the amount or quality of technical help/advice that you are getting (from here, from us). You are getting all that we are capable of giving you. Taking myself as an example, if I thought I had anything meaningful to add to your "quest" I would certainly have posted it as clearly and correctly as I am able.
I and many others see Boxerworks as providing something else that we old BMW motorcycle lovers have a "need" for, and that is social interaction. And that need we do satisfy pretty well I think. For most of us, I think, this is a need as much or more important than the exchange of technical information. And I am most grateful for Boxerworks operating just as it does.
Of course not everybody here thinks like I do, but I would expect that most of us do. One of our highly valued members here, Duane Ausherman and I appear to have an ongoing difference of opinion in philosophy regarding the Boxerworks forum. His latest posting on the subject suggests researching the internet in preference to engaging the denizens of Boxerworks on technical questions. And I typically respond in much the same way I'm posting here, saying in a sense that this is a gathering of diverse people drawn together by a common interest; that interest being old BMW motorcycles. And we, frankly, rather enjoy the BS sessions in and of themselves.
I'm not making a point that Boxerworks should be one way or the other. I do think that seekers of technical knowledge and seekers of like minded people, all of whom happen to enjoy the same kind of motorcycles that I do--can both sate our thirsts.
Ken
