Thanks for the heads up in that email, Tom.
From twoheeldrive.com referring to me:
Thing is, one sane guy with a blog speaking to his small audience of folks who agree with his point of view is not going to a) cause any miscreants to straighten up; or b) discourage rangers, cops and other authorities from punishing everybody for the crimes of a few.
Actually, my scribes reach hundreds of new readers each day via the blogs and magazines I write for, without including return readers, and without including the forums I post in that reach thousands more. I don’t just write at Throttle Blog, though it is my newest venture.
My reason for doing this is to try to get to those who are doing this sort of thing without really realizing it. Many don’t. Mostly kids. Of those that DO realize they’re doing it, we can only hope they get their rigs taken away from them.
If you’re suggesting that I simply sit down and shut up about it, you can forget it. I will continue to speak out against those who are destroying some things I enjoy: ATVs and the Outdoors. And not for me, it’s for my kids, who love riding ATVs. I don’t care if you’re a life-long ATVer or a fanatical green terrorist, if you’re in any way destroying my right to ride, your actions are not acceptable and I will be here to tell you about it.
I have reached several people so far who have seen the error in their ways. For example, on a certain ATV Forum, there was a kid who said this:
my neigbor is threatening to call the cops on me for riding on my own lawn he is mad bout his rucking trees that are between my lawn and his lawn, is it ilegal if i’m bearly close to it hes just yelling bout dirt spreading a little. i only posted in yamaha because i am riding yamaha for life
ha ha lol i invited my 4 friends over when he was not home for a little drag racing on his yard he got pissed a big deal he wa slike i’m gonna have them take it away Blah blah blah blah i was like it was not me i don’t remeber doing anything today which got him madder but ohh well hes a dick becuz he won’t get over his wife (divorced) P.S i’m gonna do it agian he has no proof of me doing it anyway hes to retarded to work a camera
Then after I had my way with him*, he changed his tune a bit…
ok Rekd about the state patrol thingy i just solved the problem for the noise and the trees, he asked if i don’t ride when hes home and i stay away from his trees. i decided well heck he is not home often and i don’t really need the part where his trees are and i only used it to leave my trail and ride in the ditch back to my house where my trail is if ur starting to think i’m riding on private property. and he said he ain’t mad at me about where i raced on his property so even if the rangers come he won’t wanna charge me with anything he just wants to let it fly. i just hope we can get along and not have any problems
*Note that it doesn’t always have to come down to exposing someone to get them to quit being a turd, but in this case, it was necessary. Here’s what I said to get him to stop being an ass…
Of all the reasons listed, I don’t see any reason for you to be on his land. If “he had a guy drive his tractor on your dad’s land”, YOU driving on HIS land is NOT legal recourse. Reporting him to the police IS. Since he called the police “10 times already”, there must be at least one police report with the LEOs there in Sobieski, Wisconsin. How hard to you think it would be for the LEOs to trace this thread back to you and charge you and your parents with criminal trespass with intent to do property damage?
Not hard at all. Especially if someone from your area reads this post and saw what you’re doing to destroy ALL of our OHV privileges, (or what few we have left, thanks to people like you), and forwarded this thread to the State Patrol, which is just a couple miles up the 41 from you.
You’ve got a lot to learn about respect AND the law. I have a feeling you will be learning quite a bit about both in very short order if you keep being a turd.
So again, if twoheeldrive is hoping I’ll quit voicing my opinion so they can more easily remove ATVs from the face of the earth, they can forget about it. If they’re trying to get nature saved, and remove the menace created by a small percentage of a very big group, I’m fighting for the same thing they are, whether they like it or not, whether they think it’s working or not.
I know it is.
Suzuki has made the leap. The 2008 RM-Z450 is the first motocross bike that is fuel injected. And it’s probably just in time, considering how often some of these guys spend upside down while in the air.
