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Saw some grown men mini-bikers fueling up around midnight

Sounds like a privacy issue. Kinda tricky since the invention of photography and omnipresent cameras.

If you are not doing a thing or underage, we should respect privacy.

But, if I am violating laws or moral standards, I expect to be photographed and called out, show up on the evening news or a forum.
 
two wheel tramp said:
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.
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I never said you were "speaking for others" so you go ahead and show me that? Do you see other members that shared their thoughts before your "serious issue" post also having a serious issue with the photos or was it just you? I also don't care if you have a serious issue with me posting photos either. You are entitled to your opinion so if you think it's "fucked up", you do you as it's a you issue to begin with.
 
greenmonster said:
Personally this is not an issue to get worked up over. Don’t we all have more important things to worry about?
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I think you have a point. Perhaps I should take down the photos I've posted on this forum before someone has a serious full-blown mental breakdown over it?

Also: Mods feel free to take down this thread if any forum rule or TOS is violated.
 
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Blankpage said:
Could be just out having harmless fun. Probably nothing to worry about, unless they were wearing black hoodies and flashing tattoos.
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Yup, I hope that's the case so there's no impact on others sharing those same public roadways negatively.
 
Same thing has happened to me ( and others here) where I’ve posted something I thought was innocuous and somehow it turned into a flame war.
Social media can be fun that way.:)
 
I recently posted some photos of a bicyclist and his mangled bike. I asked first if it’d be ok. I don’t appreciate finding my pictures posted by random strangers. That’s me.
WRT the guys fueling up their mini bikes, they may have been part of a group of Easter Riders. Me, I’d be overcome with curiosity and asked them about their bikes and 5heir group. Who knows, they may be involved in some of the day’s festivities. That would have given 5his thread a more positive start.

My interpretation was that you suspected this group of causing the mayhem that left a HD rider dead or dying.
 
This is where I get to post?

My first year @ Burning Man, I took my TT500,
And Yes, I did ride that bike naked after my time in the mud hole.
But, my bike was plated, so, underexposed?
 
I found the original photo and link to be interesting general moto content...

The ensuing thread was also interesting from a social media and societal aspect...

BARF will be BARF....
 
ThumperX said:
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
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I hope you weren't riding a bike that has no plate nor lights at night among other folks sharing a 6-lane street like the guys I saw. I saw them pull into the gas station which made me remember that HD rider case in SoCal. What went through my mind initially was I hope these guys have better judgment than the ones that left that HD rider for dead. If my thought was "judgy" so be it as I just don't want to see anyone get seriously injured due to someone's lack of care for others sharing the same roads. All good though as opinions and perspectives can vary.
 
greenmonster said:
Same thing has happened to me ( and others here) where I’ve posted something I thought was innocuous and somehow it turned into a flame war.
Social media can be fun that way.:)
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Sorry to hear. I may have to stop sharing photos in this forum too if that becomes too much of an issue like "flame war". Maybe just share my thoughts but no photos?
 
ThumperX said:
I recently posted some photos of a bicyclist and his mangled bike. I asked first if it’d be ok. I don’t appreciate finding my pictures posted by random strangers. That’s me.
WRT the guys fueling up their mini bikes, they may have been part of a group of Easter Riders. Me, I’d be overcome with curiosity and asked them about their bikes and 5heir group. Who knows, they may be involved in some of the day’s festivities. That would have given 5his thread a more positive start.

My interpretation was that you suspected this group of causing the mayhem that left a HD rider dead or dying.
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I understand your point of not appreciating your pictures posted by random strangers online and that's fine. I on the other hand think if I'm in public and some stranger took a photo of me and post it online, it would not bother me because I was in public and didn't feel like they were violating my right. Like I've said, opinions and perspectives can vary regarding that.

I did not suspect those guys of causing the mayhem that left a HD rider seriously injured. Seeing them just reminds me of that case and my first thought was I hope they are better people than the ones left that HD rider for dead in SoCal. I just hope they have more courtesy and care towards the other folks that shared that busy street with them.
 
When the kitchen gets too hot I bail. I refuse to go back and forth online since it always sinks to personal attacks in a hurry.
 
greenmonster said:
Personally this is not an issue to get worked up over. Don’t we all have more important things to worry about?
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It’s a wonderful diversion. I’m big on privacy, mine and others. Sort of like going through people’s trash or flying over their hot tub with a drone. At what point does it become an invasion?
 
ThumperX said:
It’s a wonderful diversion. I’m big on privacy, mine and others. Sort of like going through people’s trash or flying over their hot tub with a drone. At what point does it become an invasion?
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California AB 856 expands on privacy rights, stating that using a drone to capture video or photos of someone on their property without their consent could be considered an invasion of privacy.
 
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