Shawn R

Here is a recap of the meeting that went down in florence on Saturday from one of the OHV supporters.... There were a small group of us that attended the field tour on Friday, including YZ Otis. There were six non-workgroup members who spent the whole day in the meeting on Saturday, including YZ Otis. I'm pleased to say that all six of us were OHV rights supporters. Quite a few others showed up for the public comment period. About a dozen of us made public comments including YZ Otis. Anyone who knows him should make a point to thank him for taking his time to come down, at his own expense, and do what so many others are unwilling or unable to do. Those who came for only the brief time in the late morning to make a comment probably left with a false sense of optimism regarding the enormous battle we still have in front of us, as that portion was mildly optimistic. However, having spent Friday afternoon, Friday evening, all day Saturday and Saturday evening with members of the workgroup and local OHV supporters I can tell you with 100% ceratinty that optimistic is not the way you should feel about this. I learned a great deal this weekend and while I won't burden you with all of it, I'd like to share something with you all. Please consider the following: 21% of the Oregon Dunes are currently open to OHV use 17% of the Oregon Dunes are regulated trails that are currently on the chopping block. It's this 17% that will disappear from OHV access very soon. I said WILL. Maybe not all of it but it is possible. And it is certain that large portions of it WILL BE LOST. How much depends on what the forest service ultimately decides. Think about that. This workgroup is scheduled to make their recommendations to the forest service in June of 2010. Not next year, not the year after, or the one after that. This workgroup has some serious OHV opponents on it. Bird watchers, mushroom pickers, Snowy Plover advocates and local wealthy people who hate noise to name just a few. We have good people on our side on that workgroup but it's definately not enough. There are too many opponents for them to handle alone. Be afraid. In less than a few months, we could very easily lose another 17% of the dunes, leaving us with only 21% of the entire Oregon Dunes to ride on. SO WE NEED TO UNITE AND GET ALL THE LOCAL SHOPS, BUILDERS, AND COMMUNITIES TO SPEAK UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

The addresses for the forest service and for our legislators is posted up on dunercentral.com There is a topic in there that has all the information that you would need.

From what I have seen it is open to the public and the more people we can get to turn out to let our voices be heard to the panel. The final decisions will come down to our legislators so I would encourage to write to them since we are the people who put them in office to look out for our best interests not some environmentalists. Money talks and we know what walks.....

From the information they are looking at closing parts off. I read the information from the forest service website and it looks like parts of florence, winchester bay, and coos will be affected. They are trying to close off more pieces in their quest to get hem all closed. Enviromentalists and the transplants that moved up here that complain about the sound. You can go to the forest service website as it has all the previous meeting information. Dunercentral.com has a good recap on this meetings since one of the members of the panel is a member there.

Ok, I know that not everybody on here rides in Oregon, but this can happen to anyone who loves to enjoy their riding areas. There is a meeting on January 23rd 2010, 8:30 a.m. @ Honeyman State Park in the big yurt: Will be held a U.S. Forest Service meeting about dune CLOSURES!!! For more info on this move please see www.dunercentral.com search "Legislation for ALL Oregon Dunes" or rhinoforums.net search "Oregon Dunes affected by 10-C Management Plan" and "Oregon Riders, Beware" We all need to let our voices be heard and avoid our riding areas from being shut down. We all need to come together to keep this from happening. Lets help save our riding areas. I just received this information today.....

welcome to the HQ and nice banshee

Ok, so I did the search function and could not find the info for what I am looking for. I am looking to see if I need to get a different paddle setup since my recent rebuild. Heres what I got and looking for some opinions. I ride with the family, do some hill shooting and drags. I ride the Oregon dunes. My current setup: 4 mil stroke, 72mm super cub, cleanup port, 35mm PWK carbs, K&N pod filters, v-force3 reeds, lockup clutch, geared down one tooth in front, shearer in frame pipes with cascade silencers. +6 swingarm, running right now 9 paddle extreme 22x11x8 72" roll out Bead to bead. Motor built by Cameron at Redline racing in Sweet Home. I am a bigger guy around 250 so I know that is needed for the equation. So what do you guys think and thanks for the input.

If you are looking for a hotel to stay at or someplace like that I would make a reservation at Discovery Point. I always camp at the Half Moon Bay campground when I go however Discovery Point does give you access to the dunes without having to load and unload your bikes to ride which is a plus. Day use fee is $6.00 per day. Another advantage of staying at discovery point is no day use fees.

I would be down for a BHQ ride. I live in Cottage Grove, so where ever people want to go is fine with me. Winchester Bay would be my personal choice due to there being less people than Florence. You don't have to worry as much about the sound police there also.

I have ridden bikes with both CPIs and my personal bike has shearers. The CPI's have good low to mid where the shearers are more of a top end pipe. If you live in the powerband of your bike the topend performance of the shearers is amazing. Plus everybody and their mom runs CPI's. Both are great depending on what kind of riding you do mostly.

I am currently running shearer in-frames with cascade innovations silencers with the star end cap and they sound good and quiet also. I had the canisters powdercoated black so they don't stick out to the sound police. Ride the oregon dunes and they are trying to crackdown on sound levels. This is on a 4mil stockbore. Waiting to see what changes when I get my bike back with a new 4mil supercub.

I am getting ready my banshee set up with a 4mil super cub. I am going from a vitos 4mm stock bore with a port and polish. I am anxious to see what kind of power this thing is going to lay down.

I have a set of 34mm lectron carbs for sale. These are used in good condition. I am going a different route and need to sell these carbs. Carbs are currently set up for gas, however with a few mods you can set them up for alky. Carbs will come complete and ready to install. Looking for $400 obo shipped for the carbs. I would consider trading for a set of 34mm or 35mm pwk or pj keihin also. Thanks. I do accept paypal. I also have a set of chromed stingers that are for shearer small bore pipes. Looking for $100 plus shipping for the pipes. All parts are located in Cottage Grove, OR and if you have questions you can call me at 541-556-6214 that is my cell number. Thanks