Let's play a game. We'll have a thread, this thread, where the idea is to motivate people to get out and ride --get those bikes out of the garage and out from under those tarps behind the back deck and actually use them. It's a cross between "show us a pic of your ride" and a SCAVENGER HUNT.
The way this seems to work on other forums is that somebody posts a challenge and says "take a picture of your bike with this or that thing in the background."
Somebody will take such a photo, a fresh photo made as a response to the challenge, either on their next ride they were planning anyway, or maybe they'll go out and make a special trip just to get that pic. Once they post that new pic in the thread, they wait for their picture to be acknowledged as a winner that complies with the challenge as specified.
Then they get the privilege of naming the next challenge for others to try to meet. It should be something that requires, for most people, leaving their own property, riding out of their own neighborhood, their subdivision. But it shouldn't be something that is unavailable for lots of people. We don't expect this to be a tough challenge that would be impossible to meet unless you rode ridiculously long distances. For example, saying "Your bike by the ocean" would exclude too many people who don't live near the coast. "Your bike by a river" is much more do-able. If a Challenge is posted and nobody gets such a pic within 2 weeks, that Challenge is over, dead, and the poster of the failed challenge must pick a different and EASIER one. Keep in mind that Motorcycle.com has registered users from all over the world, and thus there are great differences in geography, even the seasons. So keep that in mind if you issue a challenge that's based on weather. There's no rule against it, but just keep that issue in mind.
The standard rules for any post on this website about no illegal activity apply, and nothing dangerous. Although admittedly we have to overlook parking violations because often people will park their bikes in a place where it's not legal to park --just for a few seconds while they step off the bike and take the photo.
No taking these pictures while you're moving, because so few people have the camera equipment to do that safely, and we don't want anybody fumbling with their phone camera one-handed with the other hand on the handlebar and throttle. People can park their bike, get off it, and snap the picture,
or they can stop and do "a selfie" while they're seated on the motorcycle, idling in neutral. As long as the picture shows part of the bike, proving they took this photo while riding a motorcycle or trike , that's enough.
And it's got to be photos that were taken after the challenge was issued. If somebody issues a challenge of "your bike by a church with a tall steeple" you can't go back into your photo collection and find one from months ago. You need to go out and create a new photo specifically to answer that challenge.
The way this seems to work on other forums is that somebody posts a challenge and says "take a picture of your bike with this or that thing in the background."
Somebody will take such a photo, a fresh photo made as a response to the challenge, either on their next ride they were planning anyway, or maybe they'll go out and make a special trip just to get that pic. Once they post that new pic in the thread, they wait for their picture to be acknowledged as a winner that complies with the challenge as specified.
Then they get the privilege of naming the next challenge for others to try to meet. It should be something that requires, for most people, leaving their own property, riding out of their own neighborhood, their subdivision. But it shouldn't be something that is unavailable for lots of people. We don't expect this to be a tough challenge that would be impossible to meet unless you rode ridiculously long distances. For example, saying "Your bike by the ocean" would exclude too many people who don't live near the coast. "Your bike by a river" is much more do-able. If a Challenge is posted and nobody gets such a pic within 2 weeks, that Challenge is over, dead, and the poster of the failed challenge must pick a different and EASIER one. Keep in mind that Motorcycle.com has registered users from all over the world, and thus there are great differences in geography, even the seasons. So keep that in mind if you issue a challenge that's based on weather. There's no rule against it, but just keep that issue in mind.
The standard rules for any post on this website about no illegal activity apply, and nothing dangerous. Although admittedly we have to overlook parking violations because often people will park their bikes in a place where it's not legal to park --just for a few seconds while they step off the bike and take the photo.
No taking these pictures while you're moving, because so few people have the camera equipment to do that safely, and we don't want anybody fumbling with their phone camera one-handed with the other hand on the handlebar and throttle. People can park their bike, get off it, and snap the picture,
or they can stop and do "a selfie" while they're seated on the motorcycle, idling in neutral. As long as the picture shows part of the bike, proving they took this photo while riding a motorcycle or trike , that's enough.
And it's got to be photos that were taken after the challenge was issued. If somebody issues a challenge of "your bike by a church with a tall steeple" you can't go back into your photo collection and find one from months ago. You need to go out and create a new photo specifically to answer that challenge.