Permits to ride

[Shannon23455]

Just wondering if all riders in the states need permits to ride places e.g. glamis and the likes?

 

Just asking because over here in australia and mostly in my state of new south wales there is only two places we are legally allowed to ride(unless you're on private land) and the one place we are allowed to go we have to pay 450 aud for the prvillege to ride and if we don't and get caught it is a nice fine of 600aud. At the moment there are stories of people who got caught by trail bike cops for riding unlicensed and unrego'd bikes in the bush after a big blitz on it. Most complaints come from people who haven't even enjoyed the thrill of riding and apparently their voice is bigger and better than what the voices of riders are.... Most fines were for people on pit bikes who can't register their bikes because our road control don't recognise them as bikes even for off road. And then there is the other reason they give us that atv and motorbikes cause damage and erosion to bushland but 4wd's are allowed in these areas to create just as much if not more damage to the area.

 

 

Any feedback will be welcomed. I'm hoping more people get heard and places are opened up for people to ride, not just adults and teens but for dads and mums to be able to take their kids somewhere safe and teach them how to ride and get out and enjoy the outdoor lifestyle.

[Animalman294]

Yes, Glamis is in the great republic of California, which requires tags. Green stickered bikes are allowed to run any time of the year throughout the state, but red stickered bikes can only run certain months of the year. I've never heard of anyone getting popped for it yet, but I don't know everybody. Good luck...................

[BenBB]

It varies here from state to state; in New Mexico you're required to have an ATV titled and registered if you ride on State or Federal land, they give you a motorcycle plate and the registration is good for 3 years. Technically if you never ride on public land you don't have to have it registered, and farm/ranch use doesn't require registration. I've been riding here for years and never been checked, and almost all the riding & racing I do is on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) or USFS (Forest Service) land. Both of those agencies maintain riding areas in NM, BLM OHV areas typically charge $3-5 a day to ride (designated OHV areas have at the least a parking area, porta-pottys and covered picnic benches), but there are many many more riding areas that are under BLM that there are no fees; the only catch is that BLM will sometimes lease the land to ranchers and they will fence it off (and get a little pissy about you being there if they see you, although being BLM land it's not really trespassing). USFS keeps up some trails in the mountains, and they split them up for hikers, bikes, quads, horses, etc., some are restricted to hikers only or way too narrow for quads. You can ride a quad on any USFS roads legally, which is lotsa fun...