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TTRs were used in France to hunt "big cats" a while back.

 

This CLICKY takes you to the story in the Daily Mail.

Martyn

z1g wrote:

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What happened to being able to ride in the bush.. such a shame. Most of my friends are to scared to ride in the bush without permits as the fines, plus possible confiscation of bikes is to much. .au is almost a nanny state. (VIC is the worst)
i am all for doing the right thing.... but these days, it will cost ya!!!
Geez as kids, just ride and ride and ride. Spose it somehow works out.
last time i was pulled up, was on a beach, something about some bird that only nest under 1 meter or something. Thats cool, birds should live, but do not remember running over (or seeing any birds) on that ride.
Guess you have to go with the times.
Z

-- Edited by z1g on Tuesday 10th of July 2018 03:18:44 PM

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 SA  would be much worse than Vic. going by our week in the Vic High country, in that area when the cops are would be a $800au fine, the power to be don't have any areas set aside to ride so I ride dirt roads, dry weather roads etc. even some verge riding is against the law

 

Terry

KMAN wrote:

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Hi Terry.
Is hard finding places to ride in Sa.
Where was that pic taken.

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 Kersbrook / Mr Crawford, down the bottom of the hill from where the carpark used to be

Terry

Totally agree, its getting bad.
Its bad for me as my other bike is a quad, THESE IN VIC can ONLY be ridden on private property.
I have not ridden it for 5 yrs.... why? you reckon i want to give it away to the state of vic if caught. Or pay a hefty fine.
A few years ago, we (mates with trikes/quads) were going to go upto the nsw sand dunes. But no offence, 10 hrs drive to spend a few hours riding. Makes no sense.
Best place i have ridden is fraser island, but that was like when i was a teenager. I'm sure it has changed now. That was mad fun.
Hence going to reg rec/road reg ttr250. Just to avoid the dramas.
That suprises me about NZ, i thought it would be way easy to ride around it.
To be fair, .au has massive places to ride really, just nothing thats really local. Sure i could go up to swan hill, and not be hassled, but thats hours away, and you would need to go for at least a weekend/long weekend it make it worthwhile.
It's getting to be expensive these days.....

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Yeah terryk,
Your vids are awsome, some great footage, and great tracks/road trails. I'll end up doing trails like this for sure. Just doing things right.have the permits/reg first.... too old to be running away from rangers et al.
Keep up the vids, i enjoy them. Also up for anything else worth watching. Local or o/s.
Z

Edit : typos kill me  :) fat fingers, small tablet.

-- Edited by z1g on Thursday 12th of July 2018 11:14:50 AM

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I know Victoria is regarded as the nanny state in Australia but I reckon we are still very lucky with regards to riding off road.
Recreational rego is available in Vic for about $80 and gives full TAC insurance (medical) at a fraction of full road bike registration about $600ish. And rec rego you can lose the blinkers and other stuff that gets busted off any way. With Rec rego you have to trailer into the bush to keep out of the towns and off main highways but you are legal on most back roads and all forests. Its no good for kids they cant get a licence until 18 so are stuck to private land, or run the gauntlet of getting fined for being unlicenced.   A pain for me I have to trailer five minutes instead of ride (legally) from home.

Unfortunately all the tracks in forests are classified as roads, but once registered and licenced you then have full access to the state forests and national parks, (aside from seasonal closures). And there is thousands of square miles of forests.
There's only a small number of police special solos operating out of Melbourne mostly, so they target common riding areas out of Melbourne or complaint areas and patrol the popular riding spots and carparks usually. They mainly target licence and registration, drink driving by campers etc.

FYI Victorian Park rangers have no legal power to demand licence or name/address etc, so if you aint legal just wave and keep going. They can get out on bikes and 4WD's,

And I only just found out recently in Victorian forests you are only legally allowed to ride on formed tracks that are designed to carry 4 wheeled vehicles. So the thousands of kilometres of single track out there that everyone seeks out and enjoys is technically illegal. :0       Ah well I figure if I got busted for riding single track the savings on Rec rego over full rego would cover the fine and its been years since I paid for full registration.

And being Australia, traffic laws vary from state to state.

So my advice, get out and ride legally before all the lefty greeny dogooders make it any harder. But I reckon good luck fencing it all off..!!!

Great info there, i'm not 100% current. But sounds about right to me.
My closest "legal" riding area is angelsea vic. Aint been there in donkeys. Last time i was there , took a sick day(cause i was sick ok) saw a dozen riders. No cops/park rangers. I have heard it's way busy these days. I guess i'll find out.
good advice/info...
Yeah i agree, .au is massive, good luck trying to police it all. The only real spot i wish to ride is wombat state forest. It's massive, will do the right thing as mentioned, do not need the drama, fines... perhaps i am being a bit of a worry wort.

 Edit: sorry if i turned the thread neg... not my intentions..... just a frustrated quad rider, that now has a ttr...

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Terryk, awesome setup. I have a ute too xr8, so bikes on the back. Not much i can do right now re ttr reg, off on monday for a week, then back for about a week, then up to mid nsw coast for a month.. always thought of buying a 6x4trailer 3 bikes... or 1 quad :)

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z1g wrote:

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Yeah terryk,
Your vids are awsome, some great footage, and great tracks/road trails. I'll end up doing trails like this for sure. Just doing things right.have the permits/reg first.... too old to be running away from rangers et al.
Keep up the vids, i enjoy them. Also up for anything else worth watching. Local or o/s.
Z

Edit : typos kill me  :) fat fingers, small tablet.

-- Edited by z1g on Thursday 12th of July 2018 11:14:50 AM

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 I added some Tree to tree action last week, not a bike in sight

Impressive. Thanks for sharing these.

Oh yes. Many many rocks.