I realize I just touched on the location criterion only but obviously there's a whole lot of other stuff that can be a matter of personal choice.. again can't really be classified as good or bad for chances of success.. Its more a matter of fate IMHO.. And its not like you can't go back and change the settings as your experience enriches your mind..
I don't think it can be classified as good or bad in general.. it depends on why a person has chosen to be restrictive or open.
For example.. I know for sure that sometimes people have restrictive profiles simply because they want to avoid spammers coz, let's face it, they do tend to belong to certain areas more than others (although definitely not restricted to those areas). But by doing so they might be limiting their chances of finding whatever they're looking for yet also avoiding a lot of potential nuisance.
Then there are people that (for whatever personal reason) know exactly what they want and restrict their profiles to reflect that.. again absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Its really just all too subjective to capture in a comment.. at least for me.. well I tried..
RE: if u meet the person above u what would u do
Is it weird that I'm more excited to get my bike back?