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palmer Fiddled Kiddy
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Sparks! Sir Tart-a-lot
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Posted: 19:25 - 10 Sep 2004 Post subject: |
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Green laning is still legal as long as you are on the right lanes, it's very difficult these days as they keep changing what you can and can't ride on, I suggest you read up about it on the internet as if your caught you can have your bike seized etc.
A scrambler is good etc, but not for green laning, you have to have a road legal bike in road legal condition (i.e meant to have legal tyres) and insurance etc to go green laning, so a scrambler won't be road legal (unless modified) so you can't take it green laning.
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you can ask your local council office for a green lane map showing all current legal green lanes
they don't like
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palmer Fiddled Kiddy
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Posted: 20:40 - 10 Sep 2004 Post subject: |
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thanks for that, about the 250 thing, ive been riding pretty much my hole life, biggest crosser ive rode is about 450, i couldnt realy handle that because of weight, but i find 250's light and quite sharp off the mark, but i can still keep them up, and no im not 16, im 14 such a shame...
about the road legal stuff... a field with a dirt track running through it isnt classed as road it is? its like a big hill, with a small dirt track swaying around in it, hardly anyone goes there i dont think, as the track is quite hard to see.
whats the legal limmit for a road tyre? i thought you could have any size?
thanks for the reply's
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Kickstart The Oracle
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Hi
If it is private property then you can ride there, with the owners permission. If it is a footpath or bridleway then you cannot ride there (except possibly where it is a right of way over someones field, and you have that persons permission). If it is a true green lane then legally it is a road, so you need everything that you would need to legally ride down any normal tarmaced road.
Wheel size you can have pretty much any size, but don't expect too large a tyre to work very well.
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Sparks! Sir Tart-a-lot
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Posted: 21:23 - 10 Sep 2004 Post subject: |
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Palmerz, if you have permission to ride on land then you can do, worst comes to worse then the police will ask you to stop if someone complains, but technically they can't stop you if it's private land.
Your 14, you can't go green laning, please don't! It's bloody annoying that people ride green lanes illegally, the government are trying to ban it because people such as yourself.
Well done for trying to find out how to ride legally just don't be tempted to ride illegally as they are allowed to take your bike away and probably crush it or something... plus farmers can sue you if you happen to stumble across their privately owned land and all the locals will start grumbling and eventually green laning will be out-lawed completely. ____________________ Current Toys: 06 Yamaha WR250F | Nissan 350Z GT | Tech 4 Homes |
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Sparks! Sir Tart-a-lot
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palmerz wrote: | i read somewhere that there has to be a gardian with you, and there is a cc limitation , cant remember what exactly, anyone heard of this?
thanks for the post, i purposly asked about the law because i know how contraversial green laning is, i dont want to spoil it for others |
There is no cc law and you don't need a "guardian" as you have to have a full road licence to ride green lanes - just treat them as roads, all laws still apply, including speeding!
And use quiet cans for green laning, you don't need the extra power and the noise will just piss the other trail users off.
You should never really ride alone unless you've been doing it for ages and KNOW the trail your riding very well.. if you fall down a ditch or something or get stuck in a rut, which will happen almost every time you go out, then if your on your own your a bit stuck! Especially if you hurt yourself. ____________________ Current Toys: 06 Yamaha WR250F | Nissan 350Z GT | Tech 4 Homes |
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Posted: 22:20 - 10 Sep 2004 Post subject: |
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damn, thanks you lot, not the things i wanted to hear, but thats the reason i asked on here first
ill just have to stick to my 14 acre garden
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cagiva gezzer World Chat Champion
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You could try your local TRF group, they will often have organised green lane rideouts you can go on: https://www.trf.org.uk/
Are you near the Chiltern Hills? There are absolutely tons of lanes there. ____________________ 3516 Miles, 11 Countries |
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cagiva gezzer World Chat Champion
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Yep, just up the road from Wendover.
I've had a look at the trl site, but what i was just after was a list of grid references for green lanes. I'm not paying out £30 to join to be told where green lanes are and not like it and tbh my GPR70 shod 125 is hardly a hardcore green laner....
I'll contact the local council, or pop across to my local dirt bike shop to find out the deal around here. ____________________ "because one stroke isnt enough and four strokes waste two" |
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I've been offroading for around a year now, and i'd reccomend it, its great fun . Really as long as your bike isnt too loud, you wear protective gear, and you dont drive dangerously or annoy people then ive never been bothered. Ive taken my bike into wasteland, forests, and fields....even took it along the canal bank once (but that was unavoidable, and wasnt for long). I had heard all sorts of horror stories about the police patrolling the place, and would confiscate your bike apon sight, when i walked past a squad car (pushing my bike) they never gave me a second look....It was enough to fill my leathers though I thought i was nicked for sure ____________________ Will work for petrol
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