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Are we killing our own sport?
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[QUOTE="Ol'89r, post: 1285125, member: 17212"] [b]Ll[/b] I did read your whole post including the part where you told us to STOP BEING LAZY. I didn't see anywhere where I misquoted you. I like a little noise too but when it is one of the main reasons with losing riding areas we need to step back and re-evaluate what is important. I have no problem with driving to a riding area. I have driven thousands of miles to ride/race a motorcycle. I have been to Glen Helen, Star West, Perris and all of the so cal tracks so many times I can't count them. When I was younger and lived in Downey, we used to ride our motorcycles down the San Gabriel river bed to Seal Beach and then up PCH to a little practice track next to PCH where Marina Pacifica is now. Never had to worry about getting busted. When I lived in Lakewood right next to your home town of Long Beach, I used to drive to Gorman, Kennedy Meadows and a place called Holiday up the other side of Mojave to ride and traveled all across the country to race. So, I have no problem with driving to where I want to ride. I also have no problem with driving hundreds of miles to a BLM meeting when our riding areas are at stake. You sound like most of the people I talk to about attending meetings. "I have to go to school/work." "The meetings are during the week and not on weekends." "I still have my little riding spot to go to and I don't care about those other places." "I'm just a kid and I don't know how to get involved." Well, I'll tell you how to get involved. You can thank me later. ;) First of all, sending your money to the green sticker fund is a waste of time and money. ( I know, It's the law.) These fees are being used against us. The green sticker fund was originated with the main purpose of creating and maintaining OHV parks. When the program first started many new parks were created. Now these fees are going towards enforcement. There have not been any new parks created in 20 years. Many of the existing parks are being decreased in size. The fees have been more than doubled this year and now on top of the green sticker fee we also have to pay for the Forest Adventure Pass just to park our tow vehicles in the forest. The Elsinore Sheriff Dept spent $160,000 of our green sticker money on a truck, trailer and several hi buck quads to patrol the hills and kick us out. The San Berdo police just spent over $200,000 of our green sticker money on the same thing. The envirowacko's have figured out how to get their hands on our green sticker money and use it for species protection and buffer zones for parks that don't even exist. So, keep sending that money in so they can use it against us. :| If that is not reason enough to get involved then I don't know what to tell you. A better place to spend your money would be to join one or more of the many organizations that are actively fighting for our side. There are many off road organizations that will do the work for you if you are too busy to attend a meeting. Just send them money. They will also keep you informed as to where and when the meetings are in case you ever feel a need to attend one. You can go to your local dealer and buy a Cycle News newspaper. They stay on top of current laws and most of the off road organizations advertise in there. There are many links to our political rep's that we can send a letter or email. In the time it took you to respond to my post, you could have done that. :nod: There are hundreds of posts about land closures and what to do about them on the internet. All you have to do is a little searching. Saying you don't know how to get involved is a cop-out. It's a personal choice. You either get involved or you don't. No excuses. If you think they can't shut down Occotillo or even the Mojave desert, I got news for ya'. Like I said, there is a geothermal power company planning on shutting down about half of Occotillo. The Mojave is under attack and many of the places we used to ride are now closed. Last weekend I went to the Colorado river to visit a friend of mine.(Drove over 200 miles.) ;) Just two years ago we used to ride all of the sandwashes and trails around there without being hassled. Now, the BLM has posted those washes and trails with wilderness signs and they patrol and give big tickets for riding there. A friend of mine was coming down a ridge and saw several BLM rangers at the bottom of the trail so he took an alternate trail. When he got to the bottom of the alternate trail there were BLM rangers waiting for him. He was arrested for evading arrest. He was never warned or told that he was under arrest and never had any contact with the rangers until they stopped him and never even tried to run. But now he may have to do some jail time. This is some serious stuff going on here folks. I guarantee you guys, if we don't ALL get involved with the political side of off roading, there won't be anyplace to ride legally in 10 years. There may be tracks but many of those are under attack also. Mostly because of the NOISE we all love. BTW, I can still ride on my property and in the local hills because I dualsported my trail bikes and can now legally go most anywhere I want to ride. I don't waste my money on green stickers anymore. sonnysair6. If I haven't pissed you off too much I would like to invite you out to my place and show you some really good trails. I'm a bit older than you but I'll try to keep up. And, it's only 45 minutes from Long Beach. (On a good day.) :laugh: Ol'89r [/QUOTE]
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