I feel one of the most important aspects of having a specialized forum is that it makes searching the forum for answers much easier.
With the 4 cylinder Goldwing a search for "coolant leak from crossover tube" will return pretty much the same results because the 1000, 1100 and 1200 are the same design.
Keeping the search function "workable" so we can search
a specific model, the models need to be in their own forum.
Here's a few screen shots of what I have in mind.
With Sub Forums a search can be refined to search that specific model and forum.
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This is the start page which would have "Sub Forums" listed under Shop Talk and Tech References.
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Then when clicking on Shop Talk And Tech References this page opens with Sub Categories by model:
I like this layout because it keeps the Main page and sub forums and categories clean, organized and uncluttered.
Thoughts?