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Saw some grown men mini-bikers fueling up around midnight

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John2023

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Hope they are not like the ones in SoCal that was involved in that hit and run incident with a HD rider. The ones I saw fueling up their non-street legal mini-bikes looked to be between 20-30.

Update: just took the photos down, all good.

"Motorcyclist remains in critical condition weeks after hit-and-run crash involving mini-bikers in Antelope Valley"

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/...ash-involving-mini-bikers-in-antelope-valley/
 
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If they are not running plates and lights, it's not off to a good start.

If the road is your playground, then you want to play nice.
 
two wheel tramp said:
dude. why are you putting folks on blast like this without knowing anything else about them.il it seems you’ve started a number of threads judging what other riders are doing. ride your own ride.
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Well we know they are breaking the law... and since none of us ever do it is OK huh???? ... given the link I can see a correlation.
GAJ said:
Looks like harmless fun to me.
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The link to the story about a riders being seriously hurt by a pack of mini bikers and them leaving him in the road. That sucked.

But yeah... mostly harmless fun.
 
two wheel tramp said:
dude. why are you putting folks on blast like this without knowing anything else about them.il it seems you’ve started a number of threads judging what other riders are doing. ride your own ride.
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If hoping for others sharing the roads to be more responsible, courteous and considerate and hoping for society to be better is "blast", so be it. Nope, did not judge them, just hope that they are not like the other ones that left that HD rider for dead. But I do know that their actions of riding their non-street legal with no plates and lights mini-bikes on the public roadways can affect others sharing the road especially at night. And yes, I do ride my own ride!
 
budman said:
Well we know they are breaking the law... and since none of us ever do it is OK huh???? ... given the link I can see a correlation.

The link to the story about a riders being seriously hurt by a pack of mini bikers and them leaving him in the road. That sucked.

But yeah... mostly harmless fun.
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Yes sir!

I just hope the group that I saw don't hurt others sharing the road and the case in SoCal reminds me of that.
 
Not a big fan of riding illegal bikes or cars. You see it everyday. If we have to pay to ride they should too. I'm pretty sure they don't have insurance either. If they really want to ride a mini they should get a Grom or CRF150L. The same thing is happening with the Ebikes and Emotos. People going out and riding in groups and doing dumb stuff is ruining it for everyone else.
 
John2023 said:
If hoping for others sharing the roads to be more responsible, courteous and considerate and hoping for society to be better is "blast", so be it. Nope, did not judge them, just hope that they are not like the other ones that left that HD rider for dead. But I do know that their actions of riding their non-street legal with no plates and lights mini-bikes on the public roadways can affect others sharing the road especially at night. And yes, I do ride my own ride!
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i take serious issue with you snapping their pictures and posting them on the internet.


you can ride your own ride. just stay away from mine.
 
We're all motorcyclists which means we're all periodically scoff laws.
Some of us are just more judgey about what laws others choose to scoff.
 
two wheel tramp said:
i take serious issue with you snapping their pictures and posting them on the internet.


you can ride your own ride. just stay away from mine.
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I don't see other members "take serious issue" with me posting the photos on the Internet except you so I'll just chalk it off as a you issue. Plus, the Internet is a platform that many folks use to share information including photos good, bad or ugly.

I've been riding my own ride for decades now so you won't see me ride a non-street legal mini-bike with no lights at midnight on the busy public roadways like some that just don't care about others sharing those same roads.
 
John2023 said:
I don't see other members "take serious issue" with me posting the photos on the Internet except you so I'll just chalk it off as a you issue. Plus, the Internet is a platform that many folks use to share information including photos good, bad or ugly.

I've been riding my own ride for decades now so you won't see me ride a non-street legal mini-bike with no lights at midnight on the busy public roadways like some that just don't care about others sharing those same roads.
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As one the more rule respecting law abiding peeps here, I have been know to ride my unregistered unplated bike naked on public property. Just saying….
Personally, I kind of take issue with posting pictures of unassuming people and then calling them out. Lately there seems to be an uptic of these types of threads and IMO it isn’t the kind of judgy self important moto content that’s productive.

Horrible about the HD rider, not sure where these guys were located in relation to that accident, might have been more positive to say something to them instead of posting in a local forum 400+ miles away :dunno
 
They were in public and therefore it was perfectly legal to take pictures of them and have them posted by someone on the internet.

I sure hope no one is injured by those scofflaws. Or has their property damaged.

And the same goes for those assholes who shut down roads and freeways for their various antics.

And it’s not just an inconvenience. It could easily delay an ambulance, for instance, causing someone’s death.
 
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John2023 said:
I don't see other members "take serious issue" with me posting the photos on the Internet except you so I'll just chalk it off as a you issue. Plus, the Internet is a platform that many folks use to share information including photos good, bad or ugly.

I've been riding my own ride for decades now so you won't see me ride a non-street legal mini-bike with no lights at midnight on the busy public roadways like some that just don't care about others sharing those same roads.
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show me where i was speaking for others. go ahead. i’ll wait.

i own and stand by my statement about taking serious issue with the post and don’t care if anyone agrees with me or not. i think it’s a fucked up thing to do and it’s serving busy body energy. big time. let’s all clutch our pearls!


@ST Guy in my opinion @gixxerjeff nailed it.
 
In a culture where benefit of the doubt and due process are going away, I don't see anything that looks like evidence in the photos. Lots of mini-bike groups riding around, you know? If this is evidence, most kindly consult a lawyer or a prosecutor; is fine if you see a need to help out. Regardless of intent, posting on a forum is bullshit. If these are bad dudes, do the right thing and hash it out in court. Do the right thing.
 
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