New Member - My User Name Got Deleted Last Week ??

[GS4me]

Sorry if this was the wrong place to post but I looked over the help section / forum rules etc and couldn't quite find the answer.

I joined the forum about 2 weeks back.  (Only posted a few times.  1 or 2 questions and a few replies). 

A few days ago I was not able to log in.  I got a message that my user name GS4me was incorrect.  After multiple attempts,  I attempted to use the password reset and enter my username, I got the same message - something to the effect of "no user by that name" or something like that.

I also got the same message when I entered my email address?  I don't believe I posted anything incorrect / against the rules in the few posts that I did "post".

Tonight I re-registered under the same name (GS4me), and got approved again. 

Is there some sort of "automated security", or possibly an admin that deleted my username for some reason?  I know a lot of forums I belong to try to prevent spamming etc and I figured maybe it was some sort of "automated thing"??

I just wanted post here in case it somehow happened again.  Please feel free to remove / delete the post if it's incorrect for this section and thanks for the help.

[radodrill]

I remember recently the forums were down for a while; possibly there was some data corruption and they had to restore a backup, which happened to be from before you registered.

[gsJack]

I think it has to do with discouraging spammers, you have to post three times before you're a regular member.  First 2 posts are marked guest and third one is number 1 so you should be good to go now.  No need to delete or move it.

[GS4me]

Hey thanks, 

I went back and was checking my posts to see if they were still there.  Looks like I posted about 9  times or so.  (Including replies to posts etc).

Maybe you're right about the back-up / corruption.  At first I thought it may be that I used my Yahoo email address.  (I know one other forum I belong to won't allow Yahoo, Gmail address - which I can understand).  However, they won't let you even register from "the get go" with one of those free email addresses.

Hopefully I should be in good shape.  It's been about 15 years since I've ridden and when I saw the GS500e I thought it would be a great bike to get back on and re-tune the skills a bit.  I learned on an older 450 so the GS500e was really "comfortable" to start riding again, without going crazy.  (at 46 years old, I have most of the "crazy" out of my system. - As far as 2 wheels go anyway...

[gsJack]

.................I learned on an older 450 so the GS500e was really "comfortable" to start riding again, without going crazy.  (at 46 years old, I have most of the "crazy" out of my system. - As far as 2 wheels go anyway...

Don't bet on it GS4me, I got my first bike and started riding at age 52 and managed to squeeze in 400k miles of riding since then doing my wildest riding around ages 68-72 but I'm riding like a good senior citizen should now. 

[GS4me]

.................I learned on an older 450 so the GS500e was really "comfortable" to start riding again, without going crazy.  (at 46 years old, I have most of the "crazy" out of my system. - As far as 2 wheels go anyway...

Don't bet on it GS4me, I got my first bike and started riding at age 52 and managed to squeeze in 400k miles of riding since then doing my wildest riding around ages 68-72 but I'm riding like a good senior citizen should now. 

Ha!  I hear ya'.  My wife is about 4 years older than me and a few weeks back we got AARP cards in the mail!  I said "how the heck did I get one"??  She said  " Oh.... I signed up and you're the spouse so I signed you up too" !!

I haven't ridden too much since I was about 30 years old or so  (only rode in nice weather / pleasure riding for a few years - and of course, dirt bikes when I was a kid).  Needless to say, the wife isn't too pleased that I've taken "this hobby" back up again but it's amazing how everything comes back.  (reflexes are a little slow but "returning nicely" and I signed up for the MSF advanced rider class again just to sharpen the skills a bit).

After reading your post.... who knows.... maybe that 1300 is right around the corner!