Annoyed by dirt bikers?

[newbury]

Is it the sound of other people having fun that is so annoying?

Or just a general sense that since I don't/can't do it, no one should.

My self, I rode dirt bikes when I was young and can relate to the POSITIVE experience that the people are having. Would you rather they rob you to support a dope habit?

Pick your battles, try to appreciate whatever comes your way. Life should not suck.

I've picked my battles, your right to ride dirt bikes ENDS at my property line. Mississippi is a no trespassing by default, no posting required. However due to the quality of education here probably many people do not know or understand the law.

We run into more and more trails that are ATV and snowmobile only because of trail erosion and lck of consideration of land owners.

On my land it was the ATV's and bikes causing the erosion problem. They would use a high power line ROW to cut about three minutes off their trip from east to west and back. Where they removed the top layer of vegetation I ended up with gullies I could stand in and touch the sides. Then they would make paths around and that eroded.

There is a huge difference between dirt bikers having fun on their own property and dirt bikers destroying the property of others. I believe this is where the controversy lies.

That's about it.

This is the real issue. If it ain't yours...

My neighbors feel entitled to use my property for their pleasure. One kid would throw a limb across the electic fence and ride his ATV across my pasture to a pond and in the process letting some horses escape. Visited his parents who said they did not see any problem, he was not hurting anyone. So, I put a 5 strand barbwire fence up, now they call me bad neighbor when we meet in public.

I decided that the ROW was a good place to exercise my 12 gauge skills. Now since it's about 100 yards away I think it was partially the sound that has caused them to stop.

 

[xzcVAbc5]

There's a few military surplus sites that sell red triangle signs that have the word "MINES" written on them. I bought a couple to put in a mancave but I don't see why you couldn't decorate your property line with them.

 

[dmccarty]

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There is very visible - No Trespassing - sign posted on the gate at the entrance to my driveway - along with a sign indicating that it is a private driveway. Uninvited guests have to go thru that gate - drive down my mile long driveway - come to and thru a second gate with similar signs posted on that second gate and on about a quarter mile further into my yard. There is no question that these folks know full well what they are getting into.
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We have a similar setup, a long private road, posted and with a gate. People will drive up when the gate is open. The gate and fence on the road is deliberately left looking old and "farmish" meaning there ain't no reason for you to go past the gate. But they do anyway.

To get to the house, you have to drive up what is an obvious driveway. Some people will turn around on the road and leave but other's will come to the house. A few have been up to no good.

Most people are just lost. I suspect that they are driving by GPS and there is another nearby road that has a very similar name so people pick the wrong road name. WHY they would then drive up an obvious driveway is a different question. Many of these people have been woman with kids in the car which makes me scratch my head as to why they would go up a road, past a gate and no trespass signs, into a very remote space, with no way out, and when it got even more remote, keep on going. :confused3:

One time a tractor trailer drove up with trusses. He was really lost. I think the guy who gave him directions made a mistake looking at the map and wrote down our road name instead of the one a mile or so west. I told the driver he could leave the trusses but he said no! :confused3::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[oosik]

Dan,
Your situation sound very much like mine. I have both an outer gate and an inner gate. The neighbor runs cattle in between the two gates - so the outer one keep them off the county road and the inner gate keeps them out of my property. My driveway runs right down the section line.

Funny story - years and years ago - very hot day - I was sitting in the living room in my underwear, enjoying a cold one and comes a knock at the door. I get up - still holding the cold one and answer the door. Its two ladies from the Watchtower - there to save my soul and provide free literature. There was an obvious moment of silence - as both side of the threshold took in the scene. I do not know why but for some reason my first reaction was - "Ladies would you like a cold beer?" Total shock on the part of the two ladies - they spun around - exited the porch and I've never seen or heard from the Watchtower since. I was either beyond their help or I already had been saved and needed no further assistance from them.

I thought the wife was going to faint - she laughed so hard. However, I've been told many time that its probably not best to sit around in my underwear. I've taken that advice with a grain of salt.

 

[AaronS]

Dan,
Your situation sound very much like mine. I have both an outer gate and an inner gate. The neighbor runs cattle in between the two gates - so the outer one keep them off the county road and the inner gate keeps them out of my property. My driveway runs right down the section line.

Funny story - years and years ago - very hot day - I was sitting in the living room in my underwear, enjoying a cold one and comes a knock at the door. I get up - still holding the cold one and answer the door. Its two ladies from the Watchtower - there to save my soul and provide free literature. There was an obvious moment of silence - as both side of the threshold took in the scene. I do not know why but for some reason my first reaction was - "Ladies would you like a cold beer?" Total shock on the part of the two ladies - they spun around - exited the porch and I've never seen or heard from the Watchtower since. I was either beyond their help or I already had been saved and needed no further assistance from them.

I thought the wife was going to faint - she laughed so hard. However, I've been told many time that its probably not best to sit around in my underwear. I've taken that advice with a grain of salt.

That's the best laugh I've had in a good while! :laughing:

 

[Yamaha2112]

If you need a fainting couch every time you see/hear a dirt bike, consider counseling.

 

[MoKelly]

If you need a fainting couch every time you see/hear a dirt bike, consider counseling.

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I need a place to ride my YZ 125. Where do you live in CT?

MoKelly

 

[Yamaha2112]

I need a place to ride my YZ 125. Where do you live in CT?

MoKelly

Send a PM.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Dirt bikers are like any other cross section of America; there are gentlemen and there are a-holes. One of the latter used to live next door, at least until his parole was up.

 

[dmccarty]

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Funny story - years and years ago - very hot day - I was sitting in the living room in my underwear, enjoying a cold one and comes a knock at the door. I get up - still holding the cold one and answer the door. Its two ladies from the Watchtower - there to save my soul and provide free literature. There was an obvious moment of silence - as both side of the threshold took in the scene. I do not know why but for some reason my first reaction was - "Ladies would you like a cold beer?" Total shock on the part of the two ladies - they spun around - exited the porch and I've never seen or heard from the Watchtower since. I was either beyond their help or I already had been saved and needed no further assistance from them.
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:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

I bet you are on a Watchtower list to NOT visit!

You should have "ran" after them asking for them to go inside and have a beer with you. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan