My Ricans...

[Pigman]

Yea.....a little bit of Riders Etiquette can save a place from being BANNED for good. And all it takes and I have seen it first hand in NH specifically around the Manch air port and Litchfield pits. EPA green coats come out and there goes your Fun..

[McBiggity]

These guys look like decent folks - I see no bad language, alcohol or drug references in the clip.

must have missed the 30 rack and empty cans all over the ground in the first 30 secs of the vid then

[gregp]

must have missed the 30 rack and empty cans all over the ground in the first 30 secs of the vid then

I did miss it. I had to go back and look again. I see what you saw, but in all fairness, it looks like that stuff may have been left by previous folks. These guys look to have have a (new) pack of bottled water.

[Awesome]

I did miss it. I had to go back and look again. I see what you saw, but in all fairness, it looks like that stuff may have been left by previous folks. These guys look to have have a (new) pack of bottled water.

They do indeed. It appears they use the 'have some water and walk it off' method of medical attention when they crash.

I'm a bigger fan of the 'tickle him until he stops crying method'.

[gregp]

+1 GregP on keeping it moving. We're in danger of losing a lot of "tolerated" riding in the area surrounding Franklin Town Forest. The reason - people are choosing to park where they shouldn't, (within 1 mile of the designated parking area) then ride around and around and around their vehicles. Landowners get pissed off and call the EPA, and the rest is history.

Yes. That is what we have been experiencing all over the State. Usually, in tolerated area's, if 1 or 2 riders "pass through", maintaining a decent speed with minimal sound, but not "attacking" the terrain - folks will turn a blind eye. If they return similarly, say, and hour later - No big deal. Once people start bringing large groups of friends, coolers, lawn chairs, beer, radio's, making cooking fires, etc., well, folks do not like that at all. So, hide your two vehicle, if you can. Do not park where your vehicle will immediately be "suspicious". Get out and away from people as silently, and as quickly as you can, and stay gone. All of these things are reasons that drove me to street register my bikes - so I could keep going, as far away from civilization as I could get. Usually, old, beat MX bikes like those in the video really have no place in the woods. They have blown out mufflers, no spark arrestors, etc.
Another thing I would say is - If they want to ride like that - Join a club! Clubs usually want the help, and they often have their own land or a track facility. This is definitely one of those things where, if you are not part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.
I have been on both sides of this issue - I have worked with NETRA and clubs to try to fight for privileges, but in this State particularly, things are corrupt, and definitely stacked against us. The hearings are a farce - with 500 riders (or more!) an 2 tree huggers showing up - people getting upset - and land closures, fine escalation, and rule tightening happening anyway. In some cases, the "hearings" appeared to have been scheduled after the law was already passed, or at least certainly after peoples minds were already made up. This turned out not to be a case of "If you can't fight them, Join them", but "If you can't fight them, Disappear!".
I fear that these young folks will find out the hard way - and ruin a spot for everybody in the process.