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shari
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I feel your pain Blanca....we have the same problema here...the house behind the campground has kids who got some quads and they constantly just drive
around and around and around spinning up dust and noise beyond tolerable. They were doing doughnuts in the camp and it took several complaints to get
them to keep off private property so now they zoom up and down the street and sneer at me real nasty...not much we can do unfortunately...but I'm all
ears on this one too
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David K
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A hand full of roofing nails tossed in their path may keep them on another road in the future??? 
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Paulina
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It will pass. As long as they are not on your property, grin and bear it.
Our neighbor's kids have quads too. We cringe when we see them pull up for their summer vacation. At first they circled us like wild Indians, giant
grins on their faces, most likely looking for a reaction. I did walk over and remind them that they had the entire desert to ride their quads on,
would they please respect our front yard, and they did. The large rocks I put along the edges helped a bit too.
Eventually someone falls off and gets hurt, tires go flat, money runs tight for fuel, carbs get gunked and the novelty of bugging the gringo wears
off.
The generator that they run 24/7 is another thing, entirely.
P>*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
A hand full of roofing nails tossed in their path may keep them on another road in the future??? |
That wouldn't work since they probably all run BFGs on their quads. If they were running Hankooks that would be a different story...
P>*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
A hand full of roofing nails tossed in their path may keep them on another road in the future??? |
That wouldn't work since they probably all run BFGs on their quads. If they were running Hankooks that would be a different story...
P>*)))>{ |
I have seen in been in trucks with more BFG failures than I want to mention... Their popularity is huge, but advertising and shear numbers seen may be
why. Anyway, these are the first Hankooks I have ever tried... so far they are great, and affordable!
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
A hand full of roofing nails tossed in their path may keep them on another road in the future??? |
That wouldn't work since they probably all run BFGs on their quads. If they were running Hankooks that would be a different story...
P>*)))>{ |
I have seen in been in trucks with more BFG failures than I want to mention... Their popularity is huge, but advertising and shear numbers seen may be
why. Anyway, these are the first Hankooks I have ever tried... so far they are great, and affordable! |
When I was working for the Feds, the Hankooks were the "low bidder" so we bought them---------but I have to admit that they were good (tho not as good
as BFG AT KO's). You get what you pay for, normally. YOU are the anomoly--------and YOU can NEVER ride in my truck------you're the BFG "bad luck"
kid!!!! 
Barry
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vgabndo
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Blanca, I feel your pain. I've been bummed-out by motor toys,
BUT, I'm also a motor head, and one of those kids has a really sweet 350 two stroke twin with tight chambers and pretty good cans. For an old two
smoke guy, it sounded verrry sexy when he visited our camp.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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durrelllrobert
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Assuming that they can read, a bunch of these might help:
Bob Durrell
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
amigos, we have a situation and I am wondering how you all have handled it ....
recently, many kids in town have gotten quads - big ones that are really loud. they zoom by the house (which other than this has zero traffic) all
afternoon long and all day long on the weekends  in order to zoom up and down the
dunes and the beach in front of us ....
I personally like quads and we have one - but the noise is unnerving. any suggestions ? any other town had to deal with this ??
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gain the respect of the kids, then ask them to keep the noise down.
if you ask before you gain their respect, you may get a typical teenager response of them doing the opposite of what you asked. teenagers are a good
example of the principle that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
do other neighbors experience same problem? if so, get together for a solution. i suspect the noise problem is community-wide, and the best solution
is for community to establish a noise ordinance to prevent aimless-back-and-forth atv riding near houses (are they going back and forth all day
because it is their form of "cruising?"), and keep speed and acceleration to a minimum when near houses.
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choyero
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The solution seems pretty easy considering what you do to help the community with surfboards, skateboards and bikes. Put the word out if the atv's
continue their assault that you will no longer be providing those items. The peer pressure should put a stop to this asap.
I dont have anger management issues, I have idiot management issues.
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BajaBlanca
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wow...you all offer some great ideas ... I will sleep on this one and let you know what comes of it.
Les did want to put nails and speed bumps and a rope - none of these suggestions went over well with me ...
MOST of the kids do in fact stay away once I ask them nicely but there are a bunch that are disrespectful and could care less and they drive us
nuts....try waking up form a siesta with roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr in your ears (((
Les takes a siesta every single afternoon - it is his Baja prescribed med LOL
again, thanks all, you gave it some thought and I appreciate it.
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rts551
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Blanca, so far I kept quiet. But a rope could kill someone. Small towns like ours don't really have ordinances. Usually a quiet request works.
I think I will throw some nails out on shell beach to stop the illegal beach driving.
Most of the ideas are from people who don't have to live there. Remember, you do.
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
wow...you all offer some great ideas ... I will sleep on this one and let you know what comes of it.
Les did want to put nails and speed bumps and a rope - none of these suggestions went over well with me ...
MOST of the kids do in fact stay away once I ask them nicely but there are a bunch that are disrespectful and could care less and they drive us
nuts....try waking up form a siesta with roarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr in your ears (((
Les takes a siesta every single afternoon - it is his Baja prescribed med LOL
again, thanks all, you gave it some thought and I appreciate it. |
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rts551
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The reason I stayed out of it..
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But he does not roar through town!
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msteve1014
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
Blanca, so far I kept quiet. But a rope could kill someone. Small towns like ours don't really have ordinances. Usually a quiet request works.
I think I will throw some nails out on shell beach to stop the illegal beach driving.
Most of the ideas are from people who don't have to live there. Remember, you do.
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I'm sure that the rope idea was to lay a large diameter rope across the road, like a small speed bump. We have a few of those in town. But that might
be fun to blast over on a good quad.
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BajaRat
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I love to ride but not in front of peoples properties or camps. Is there a place past the cemetery that with the help of the local backhoes and some
community involvement that you all can build a track? The prob is they're likely cruising so you could create a "cooler" place to ride and hang out.
Like what skate parks have done. Very small investment with a peaceful outcome.
P.S. Blanca can we get oysters in a couple weeks?
[Edited on 12-10-2011 by BajaRat]
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRat
I love to ride but not in front of peoples properties or camps. Is there a place past the cemetery that with the help of the local backhoes and some
community involvement that you all can build a track? The prob is they're likely cruising so you could create a "cooler" place to ride and hang out.
Like what skate parks have done. Very small investment with a peaceful outcome.
P.S. Blanca can we get oysters in a couple weeks?
[Edited on 12-10-2011 by BajaRat] |
There is already a track out east of town. or you can ride out by the many deserted beaches north of town, or........
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BajaRat
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Bummer, looks like shes got a cruizn prob.
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There are solutions to every problem. Many kids and seniors simply have habits, it's hard to break a habit if it's convenient to continue, make it
inconvenient. Without saying a word, simply put rocks in strategic locations that form a path farther away or spread jagged rocks and choyo cactus in
a random order to discourage riders there or encourage them to slow down, perhaps a large log could help. Eventually the riders will find themselves
going elsewhere and slowing down nearby.
Secondly you could formalize community ideals about driving quads in the region and discuss flora and fuana and so forth. Make posters and paint wood
signs in the area. Plant plants where riders should not ride. And ask for support nicely.
Eventually after a few years it will improve after a few starts and stutters to improve. It might also help to know the law and communicate that to a
higher up in enforcement.
Be careful what you ask for. In my opinion, retired seniors are the worst offenders for driving loud quads inappropriately within the community. Kids
driving quads offroad has some merit, seniors driving quads to the neighbors make no sense at all.
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motoged
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Too bad there are so many antagonistic/ dangerous suggestions made regarding this issue. Before you bring the vengeful big guns out, TRY the
conversation route.
As a rider, I would respect a person's position more if they used their brains and talked to me than if they tried to cut my head off with a rope/wire
barrier or by throwing nails on the road.
This is a community issue, not just BB's...
Don't believe everything you think....
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Trueheart
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Properly placed/spaced small boulders!
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