Originally Posted by
DrPete
The only one publicly known about. The thing is that it only takes one. Then, when you see thread after thread of almost identical "reviews" of BD's bikes, it leads one to wonder. I have neither the time nor the energy to go digging around and find links for you--I've been on this forum for almost 4 years and have seen a ton of cookie-cutter "reviews" that look nearly identical.
Like I said, if they didn't want to be associated with that kind of advertising they shouldn't have gone there in the first place.
Per Ravenmore, "Its been a long time, but yeah, I think so. He didn't ask me to say it was a great bike or talk it up. He just asked me to post a thread about it. Also, you have to realize my statement is a little out of context. He didn't just approach me out of the blue. He and I had been exchanging pm's about a lot of stuff. We know some of the same people and have hung out in the same places. This request came up in conversation and, like I said, I didn't take the discount but I did post about the bike. It was a ridiculous price for a full Record bike so, discount aside, I thought it was worth a post. I really didn't think it was a big deal at the time - people sure get bent out of shape about it though.
If people think his marketing tactics are slimy - that's fine. It bugs me a little too sometimes, but IME the bike's he sells are as good as, if not a little better than (usually), advertised."
I believe Ravenmore posted elsewhere that he had gone back and looked at his Emails with BD Mike. Does anybody remember this?