WILL BANSHEES EVER BE GREEN STICKERED

I live in bakersfield, CA they just closed down a local park. Gorman the next closest thing is now restricted to red stickers( my banshee) i have no clue were to ride any more .Friend told me that in dirtbikes u get a red sticker for the first time then after that u get a green.

 

Green stickers for EVERYTHING 2002 and older. 2003 and newer are red or green. If they don't meet the emissions standards then you get a Red Stickers (i.e. 2-strokes and some 4-strokes). Everything else gets a green sticker.

The horse is dead but I'll beat it again. Here's the red sticker riding schedule.

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so my banshee will be green stickered eventually.


thanks.

 

No!

You have a 2003. It will NEVER get a green sticker!


Check out page 2 for info.

 

I know this doesn't answer your question, but Gorman has so many restrictions, its better to just bring a BMX bike out to ride. Noise restrictions, proper registration, enviro-friendly coolant...how do they ever expect to stay open????[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

I hear ya! It was extremely irratating the last time I went. I had my green sticker, atleast they left me off that, thankfully. But then my bro starts revving it to high, we get charged forr that, then they tested it and they said it doesnt pass that, and then I was restricted to ride the Raptor after that! I got to pay money, and not ride, yipeee!! I still snuck on it and haulled *** out of the compound. DuneME, you seem to know a lot about the sticker regulations, if I was to get a 2004 125, is there any possible way I might get a green sticker? I know ill get one if its 2002 and lower, but is there ANY possible way for a green sticker for a 2004 125?

 

Noise restricts oh boo hoo. 96dbA (or 101dbA) is more than loud enough. Besides, that's state law. Don't like it, change the law. I hate having to stop my conversation because people go riding by. And I enjoy my current level of hearing.

Proper registration, well, afterall that meesly little $21 every two years goes towards paying for the park (well that and places all over CA to ride.) I consider it a complete bargain what we pay in CA. $21 every two years, and $4/day or $6/night for camping. And that's per vehicle (driven in.) Bring a flipping semi trailer in full of toys, it will cost you $4 or $6.

I haven't heard of the coolant issue. But I can see why.

Sorry, but I'm tired of listening to people moan and bitch about CA.

[ed. based on places listed in the PDF DuneMe posted]
There are currenly 8 SVRA ran by the OHMVR Division of the Parks Dept. 24 BLM OHV areas. 46 Forest areas allow riding. 11 local agencies/parks. I think most of the BLM and Forest areas are free to use. Some require passes or collect some kind of fee. The local agencies I think are a bit more expensive. That's a whopping 89 places to ride.

Within a 3 hr drive for me I can ride sand dunes (Pismo), trails (Hollister, Hungry Valley, Miami Motorcycle Trails) and Forest (Stanislaus & Sierra Nat. Forest). That's where I have ridden. There are more places that I haven't been to yet.

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BlackandRed...Beleive me, I'm not a fan of noise either, but when you have hundreds of pipes available and the ones that pass Db levels can be counted on one hand, kinda takes the fun out of modifying your quad to be race ready. Before we know it, the only mods we can do to quads is putting stickers on the fenders. I don't agree with the laws, but I still comply with them. Its only a matter of time before racing or even riding quads in CA will be a thing of the past. Enjoy it while you can!!!!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Die,

You are stuck with a red sticker (if that's what you get) until there is another round of grandfathering. But I think DMV finally has there act together, so I wouldn't expect it. Unless they do something like they do with smog at some point.

I have a guess that one of the reasons for stepped up enforcement is the state needs money. And ticketing is a way to get it. Even a lowly $20 max fix-it ticket will bring in money. Those tickets add up. For example I was told this at Hollister when a couple of friends did a voluntary sound test. Both failed miserably (107 (max was 101 for him. Repacked silencer and slid in with a 100.3) and 105.7 (96max.). Say a Ranger pops you for sound. Takes you and tests you. You fail. You get a fix-it ticket. You go and fix the bike, retest and pass. They give you some kind of a sticker denoting the pass. Then, you remove the fix and go back to a louder pipe, whatever. Well, you get popped again. It's no longer a fix-it. It is now an infraction at over $100. No more fix-it ticket.

Hollister is on the lead for sound as neighbors (there are houses on multi-acres lots close by) sued the park for not meeting the sound restrictions for the county. The park was doing nothing to police it's users. Now, they are very aggressive. It's cheaper than expensive lawsuits. I know I'd rather have my OHV money going to manage the park than some lawyers pockets.

It now looks like Hungry Valley is stepping up to the plate on sound as well. There was a press release last year that I saw about increased enforcement of rules at all of the parks.

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Users need to get the aftermarket companies to work on quieter pipes. And when the advertise their pipe as meeting requirement and then they don't, they need to call them on the carpet for it.

As a group we need to stand up and fight back. You see this happening at Pismo. We've retreated and retreated. Now, we are going on the offensive (attacking the designation of the snowy plover).

If you follow the rules, you take away the ammo that the anti-access groups have. An army can't fight very well if they don't have ammo.

Urge the manufacturers to support access groups. I was told Honda didn't want to get involved. They make too much money selling enivronmentally friendly cars to the environmentalists.

I wouldn't hold my breath on outlawing quads. I'd hazard a guess of ATVs being a $1Billion industry in CA.

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