1. Agreement, operator, and related policies
These proposed Terms cover the Motorcycle Bible website, mobile application, and related features (the “Service”). “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to the actual operator of the Service. BLank LLC is a placeholder for a planned entity that has not been formed. The actual contracting operator, business address, and effective date must be supplied before these Terms are adopted. This draft does not create an LLC or transfer an existing operator’s obligations to one.
Once properly adopted, these Terms and the Community Guidelines govern use of the Service. The Privacy Policy explains data practices; the Safety Notice and Affiliate Disclosure explain material limitations and commercial relationships. A privacy notice is not blanket permission for unrelated data uses.
2. Adults only; United States launch
The Service is intended only for people who are at least 18 and legally able to enter a contract. The initial service area is the United States. Do not create an account, participate in Community, or submit personal information if you are under 18. An age confirmation is a declaration, not an identity check, background check, or certification of riding ability. Access from another country does not establish that the Service is offered or suitable there; mandatory rights applicable to you remain protected.
3. Accounts, identity, and security
Provide accurate information in fields that request it, use an email address you control, and keep your credentials confidential. Your public username can differ from your name. Do not impersonate another rider, business, mechanic, moderator, or government agency. Tell support promptly if you suspect unauthorized access. You are responsible for activity you authorize and reasonable protection of your account; this does not excuse our own security obligations or make you automatically responsible for every unauthorized act.
Private name and age-confirmation fields are available only where the corresponding account feature is enabled. A username, account age, paid plan, or “verified” motorcycle-data label does not verify the person behind an account.
4. Research and recordkeeping tools
The Service helps with motorcycle research, parts searches, garage records, maintenance planning, and local rider information. It does not inspect your motorcycle, diagnose a fault, certify roadworthiness, provide professional mechanical or engineering services, or replace official service documentation. Calculations, estimates, recommendations, classifications, and automated text can be wrong, incomplete, outdated, or unsuitable for your exact motorcycle and conditions. “Verified,” confidence, compatibility, and similar labels describe our data process, not a safety certification or guarantee.
We are not your insurer, emergency dispatcher, repair shop, dealer, riding instructor, or event operator merely because a feature or listing appears in the Service. Obtain qualified advice when a decision requires professional judgment.
5. Fitment, recalls, and modifications
Before purchase or work, independently verify the exact year, make, model, trim, market, VIN where appropriate, installed equipment, OEM part number, dimensions, ratings, and current manufacturer instructions. Consult the seller about returns and fitment. Generic or model-level recall results are not a VIN-specific clearance. An empty result or failed lookup does not mean no recall exists. Check with the manufacturer, dealer, and NHTSA.
Performance estimates and modification suggestions are not assurances of horsepower, reliability, emissions compliance, insurance coverage, resale value, or warranty coverage. Observe applicable emissions, noise, equipment, registration, and road-use rules. A “track,” “race,” or “off-road” label does not by itself make a modification lawful. Read the full Safety Notice before acting.
6. Riding, repairs, and voluntary participation
Motorcycling, group riding, mechanical work, and meeting strangers involve risks, including collisions, fire, theft, property damage, serious injury, and death. Consider your training, equipment, physical condition, weather, road conditions, and the reliability of other people. Do not operate the app while riding. Stop safely before using it. Do not ride an unsafe motorcycle or attempt work beyond your competence.
You voluntarily decide whether to purchase, install, modify, ride, attend, or rely on another person’s advice and accept the inherent risks of those choices to the extent permitted by law. This acknowledgment is not a release of liability that cannot lawfully be waived, and it does not excuse our fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or other non-excludable responsibility.
7. Community, events, alerts, and mechanic leads
The current Community build displays sample posts and saves local drafts; it does not publish posts, send rider messages, or deliver preview reports to a moderator. A saved draft or “marked for review” label is not a submission or approval. Live features require a separate release.
If live Community becomes available, the author is responsible for the post and any event they organize. Confirm details, venue permission, legal requirements, insurance needs, time zone, cancellations, and suitability directly with the organizer. Skill labels are self-described, not qualifications. A mechanic lead, shoutout, or alert is not our endorsement, background check, professional referral guarantee, or official report. We do not guarantee attendance, conduct, credentials, response times, or the accuracy of user content. Follow the Community Guidelines; report emergencies to appropriate authorities.
8. Your content and limited permission to operate the Service
You retain ownership of content you create. Submit only information and material you have the right to use and share. You give us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free permission to host, store, reproduce, format, and display content only as needed to provide the features you choose, protect the Service, and comply with law. Service providers may exercise this permission only for those purposes on our behalf. Private records and unpublished drafts are not licensed for public advertising or promotion.
For content you deliberately publish through a live feature, this permission includes showing it to the selected audience. It ends when the content is removed from active systems, subject to necessary legal records, limited backup retention, and copies independently saved or shared by recipients. Deleting content cannot recall another person’s screenshot. This clause does not transfer ownership of reviews or authorize unrelated marketing or model training.
9. Prohibited conduct and honest reviews
Do not use the Service for threats, harassment, hate, exploitation, fraud, impersonation, spam, malware, stolen goods, unlawful surveillance, exposing private information, or infringement. Do not organize illegal street racing, dangerous road takeovers, evasion of law enforcement, or other unlawful conduct. Do not bypass access controls, payment restrictions, rate limits, or moderation; disrupt the Service; or extract data in ways that violate law or others’ rights. Lawful security research and uses that cannot legally be restricted remain protected.
Honest criticism, unfavorable reviews, lawful complaints, and communications with regulators are allowed. These Terms do not impose penalties for lawful reviews or prevent you from discussing your experience.
10. Paid plans, renewals, and refunds
Paid checkout is not configured in the current build. A displayed plan preview or development unlock is not a charge, completed purchase, or promise of future availability. If subscriptions launch, the purchase screen must state the included features, actual price, currency, taxes where applicable, billing period, renewal terms, and any trial or promotional conditions before you authorize payment. The confirmed checkout terms control over an outdated promotional price.
Where offered, a subscription renews automatically on the disclosed schedule until canceled. Manage an Apple-billed subscription through your Apple account; use the identified provider for other purchases. Cancellation generally stops future renewals, with access through the paid period unless checkout terms or applicable law provide otherwise. Uninstalling the app, signing out, or deleting an account does not itself cancel an externally billed subscription. Refund requests go to the billing provider, subject to applicable consumer rights. We will provide required notice and obtain consent for price or material subscription changes where required. Restore eligible purchases using the supported purchase account and restore controls.
11. Retailers, affiliates, and outside services
Unless a specific offer clearly identifies us as the seller, purchases of parts, gear, repairs, or event services are transactions with the third party. Confirm price, taxes, shipping, authenticity, warranty, returns, and installation arrangements with that seller. We do not possess or inspect every listed product or control the seller’s performance. We may receive a commission for qualifying referral purchases, as described in the Affiliate Disclosure. A link or listing is not proof that an item is safe or compatible. Third-party services have their own terms and privacy practices; these Terms do not waive claims you may have against them.
12. Records, reminders, exports, and availability
Garage entries, service histories, mileage, due forecasts, checklists, ownership notes, and exported reports reflect supplied data and assumptions. They are not independent inspections, certified odometer records, legal title records, repair invoices, or official service certifications. Maintain original documents and a backup of important information. Do not use the Service as your only record repository.
Notifications depend on permissions, operating-system behavior, connectivity, configuration, and device state and may be late or absent. A reminder does not extend a manufacturer’s service interval or establish that a bike is safe. Local data may be lost when storage is cleared, an app is removed, a device fails, or software changes. Cloud sync and feature availability may be interrupted; no particular uptime or future feature is guaranteed.
13. Service license and intellectual property
Subject to these Terms, you receive a limited, revocable, nonexclusive, nontransferable license to use the Service for lawful personal purposes through its intended interfaces. We and our licensors retain rights in our software, design, brand, and original materials. Manufacturer names, trademarks, specifications, and third-party content remain the property of their respective owners; their appearance does not imply affiliation or sponsorship. No restriction applies where applicable law gives you a nonwaivable right.
If you obtain the app through Apple’s App Store, the applicable App Store license also governs: Apple’s Standard EULA unless a valid custom EULA is supplied there. These proposed service terms do not replace that license or override mandatory consumer or platform rights. Apple does not operate Motorcycle Bible or endorse its advice.
Report suspected infringement to support with your contact information, identification of the protected work and disputed material, its location, and the basis of your claim. Do not send knowingly false claims. A registered DMCA agent and any statutory notice/counter-notice procedure must be separately established before relying on that process; the support address is not represented as a registered agent.
14. Warranty disclaimer
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” WE DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND DO NOT WARRANT THAT INFORMATION IS COMPLETE, ACCURATE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, OR SUITABLE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Advice from a user or a general support response does not create a warranty we did not expressly agree to provide. Mandatory statutory warranties, express commitments we actually make, and rights that cannot lawfully be excluded remain effective.
15. Limits of liability; rights preserved
To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive losses, or lost profits, lost business opportunities, or loss of data arising from the Service, even if such losses were foreseeable. For claims that may lawfully be limited, the proposed aggregate limit of our liability arising from the Service is the greater of US $100 or the amount you paid us for the Service during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, regardless of the legal theory.
These exclusions and the cap do not apply to fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or any liability, statutory remedy, refund, or consumer right that applicable law does not allow us to exclude or limit. They do not excuse our own unlawful conduct or shift all responsibility for it to you. A limitation that is unlawful in your jurisdiction applies only to the extent lawful. This proposed clause requires review under the actual operator’s jurisdiction before adoption.
16. Responsibility for third-party claims
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify the actual operator and its personnel for reasonable losses and expenses from third-party claims caused by your unlawful content, intentional misuse of the Service, infringement of another person’s rights, or material violation of these Terms. This does not cover claims caused by our own negligence or misconduct or impose responsibility where prohibited by consumer law. We must give reasonable notice, allow reasonable participation in the defense, and take reasonable steps to limit loss. No settlement may admit your fault or impose a nonmonetary obligation on you without your consent.
17. Suspension, termination, and account deletion
We may restrict content or access when reasonably necessary to address a Terms violation, safety risk, security problem, legal obligation, or discontinuation of a feature. Where appropriate and lawful, we will explain the action and allow a response; urgent action may occur first. Contact support to request review. Termination does not remove mandatory refund rights or other accrued rights.
You may stop using the Service and initiate account deletion through Settings → Delete Account. If deletion fails or is unavailable, contact privacy support. Review the Privacy Policy for scope and retained records. Account deletion does not automatically delete local drafts on every device, recipients’ copies, support emails, or legally required records, and does not cancel a third-party subscription.
18. Disputes and applicable law
Contact support with a description of a dispute and the resolution you seek so we can attempt an informal solution. This does not prevent urgent relief, a regulator complaint, an eligible small-claims action, or other remedies available under law, and it does not shorten a legal deadline. No mandatory arbitration, class-action waiver, jury waiver, exclusive forum, or operator-specific choice of law is adopted by this draft. The actual operator and jurisdiction must be confirmed before any such provision is considered. Mandatory protections in your place of residence are not displaced.
19. Changes and general provisions
Material changes will be identified by a new version and communicated in a manner appropriate to their significance. We will obtain renewed agreement or consent when required; merely posting a new privacy policy does not authorize an incompatible new data use. Changes are prospective except where law permits otherwise. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest remains effective to the extent lawful. Failure to enforce a provision once is not a waiver. No agency, employment, or partnership is created with a user. Rights and obligations that logically survive termination, including accrued payments and lawful liability provisions, survive subject to law. An assignment or business transfer cannot reduce mandatory rights.
English and Spanish versions are provided for readability. If a translation differs, the English wording is the reference only to the extent permitted by law; mandatory language protections prevail. Keep a copy of the version you accept.
20. Contact
Service or legal questions: support@motorcyclebible.com. Privacy requests: privacy@motorcyclebible.com. See Support & Contact. Operator identity and a business mailing address remain pending; do not use the placeholder as a service-of-process address.