Silver lake sand dunes

[P-man]

We go to Michigan every year and i was thinking about taking my banshee. Do you have to have a spark arrestor to ride at the silver lake sand dunes?

[meanv10]

We go to Michigan every year and i was thinking about taking my banshee. Do you have to have a spark arrestor to ride at the silver lake sand dunes?

yes and orv sticker and voucher

[chappy]

yep gotta have sparkys.You can buy the clamp on ones there or go out on the dunes first thing in the morning and there are always a couple people lost.We found 2 last year people lost in the first hour out there but then I lost one of mine later so that sucked

[P-man]

yep gotta have sparkys.You can buy the clamp on ones there or go out on the dunes first thing in the morning and there are always a couple people lost.We found 2 last year people lost in the first hour out there but then I lost one of mine later so that sucked

what kind can you buy out there? I have toomey t5 pipes and the toomey spark arrestors are expensive! How much should i expect to pay?

[dajogejr]

69 to 80 bucks for each.

You don't need a voucher on non-busy weekends.

You need a start park pass as well, I think they're 6 for a day, or 20 or 24 for a year.

 

Need a state park pass for your vehicle (truck) AND bike, and if you plan on driving your truck/vehicle in the dunes, you need an ORV for that as well.

[bansheejoel]

i know it seems like alot to buy...try to get a toomey hush kit w/spark arrester i think there like $180, but it will last you forever....you also need a flag.

[P-man]

i know it seems like alot to buy...try to get a toomey hush kit w/spark arrester i think there like $180, but it will last you forever....you also need a flag.

Ok so besides the silencers, i get everything up there? would you suggest something like this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...802343&rd=1

does the hush kit require rejetting?

Edited March 25, 2008 by P-man

[bansheejoel]

as for those sparkys...they work is the bottom line, but you CAN loose them if you dont tighten them down tight. I know a guy that uses exhaust clamps to clamp them down on shitty silencers then they wont fall off. But if your silencers are nice i wouldnt do it. If it were me i would buy the hush kit, yeah there pretty expensive but it will last forever. You wont have to re-jet. The sparkys you dont know if there on from one minute to the next.. So say you buy two sparkys at like $75 a pop theres $150 and you have the chance that one or both will fall off, then not only are you out of $150 bucks you have to either call it a day, buy another one, or risk getting a ticket...either way if you lose one and dont buy another one you WILL NOT be let back into the dunes, so for another $30 i would buy the hush kit then you dont have to worrie about anything but having fun!! Now for everything else.....flag, orv sticker, state park sticker, and if your going on a busy weekend vouchers you can get all of these things up there. The orv sticker is going to be $16.25, flag will be around $20, and the state park day pass is i think $7, and the vouchers are free. For other small things there is a small atv and dirtbike shop (david allen racing) right next to the dunes if you need oil, plugs, gloves, they also have i think 110 octane fuel...etc... hope this helps you out man!!

[dajogejr]

Our friends use high temp rubber around the inside and clamp them onto the silencer if they don't want to scratch/scuff them up.

[dragbanshee]

as for those sparkys...they work is the bottom line, but you CAN loose them if you dont tighten them down tight. I know a guy that uses exhaust clamps to clamp them down on shitty silencers then they wont fall off. But if your silencers are nice i wouldnt do it. If it were me i would buy the hush kit, yeah there pretty expensive but it will last forever. You wont have to re-jet. The sparkys you dont know if there on from one minute to the next.. So say you buy two sparkys at like $75 a pop theres $150 and you have the chance that one or both will fall off, then not only are you out of $150 bucks you have to either call it a day, buy another one, or risk getting a ticket...either way if you lose one and dont buy another one you WILL NOT be let back into the dunes, so for another $30 i would buy the hush kit then you dont have to worrie about anything but having fun!! Now for everything else.....flag, orv sticker, state park sticker, and if your going on a busy weekend vouchers you can get all of these things up there. The orv sticker is going to be $16.25, flag will be around $20, and the state park day pass is i think $7, and the vouchers are free. For other small things there is a small atv and dirtbike shop (david allen racing) right next to the dunes if you need oil, plugs, gloves, they also have i think 110 octane fuel...etc... hope this helps you out man!!

 

Im really wantin to come up there also, sounds like a cool place. About the hushkit,its not really considered a spark arrester is it? Id much rather have that than those funky lookin spark arresters.

[ASRBanshee]

here ya go for all the info.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-1...34760--,00.html

[dragbanshee]

here ya go for all the info.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-1...34760--,00.html

 

Thanks for that!

[bansheejoel]

yeah they make spark arrested hush kits along with non spark arrested ones...heres a link of a used one in eastern michigan..you need to find a deal like this.....http://detroit.craigslist.org/rvs/619839670.html