New speed limits in State forests

[LiamMember]

Erected 60 signs on Watagan Forest Road.

[Aaron WildeMember]

micknmeld wrote:

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Mr Blue wrote:

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Yep

the logging trucks have been obeying this rule for years….

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Yep me too, the XR is speed limited to 60kmh and no more.

Must have been the 650’s exhaust brakes we could hear from 10k away in the cells mick :laugh:

[GregMember]

micknmeld wrote:

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Mr Blue wrote:

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Yep

the logging trucks have been obeying this rule for years….

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Yep me too, the XR is speed limited to 60kmh and no more.

ha ha ha, you are limited to 60kph not the 650

[alanMember]

think its only a problem if you crash and burn or stop or just ride single track and leave the road worriers on the road and have a rest on the transport sections

[Paul FaheyMember]

Hi All

In reference to the new 60km per hour limit. I noticed a nice shiny and new 60km sign the other day, freshly erected and concreted in at the point where the tar turns to dust. But the 60km was the least of my concern for under the 60km sign was a not so nice but equally new sign with small print advising that the same fine Scotty correctly mentioned above would be applicable for riding off the forestry road system. For me that meant a possible $2200 for a blat up that single line that we all so much like to ride. So forget the unregistered rider – I think we all have something to be concerned about even if we think we are riding “legal”.

So once again, you can try to do all the right things and be a model trail riding citizen, but you’re still got to be a forest criminal to do what we love to do! There has to be a better system.

I am sure you could go out on the weekend and beat up a few people or have a blinder and drive and it would cost you less!

Unit

[alanMember]

may be time to get a road bike by the sounds of this :blink:

[Mick DMember]

I went out the bush this morning and This would be the sign that Unit is referring to;

The trailbike squad are in Bago at the moment looking for a missing person who has been missing since Wednesday.

[Mark SpencerMember]

Similiar signs to these have been up around the Watagans since around 1998.
I thought it was all over as far as riding single wheel track about then.
I even had a Forestry worker advise me to stay on the main roads soon after.

Then I couldn’t believe they got permission to run the 2005 4day up there, and
all those Watagan Trailbike Bashes.

The 60kmh signs are a worry too cause if they set a radar up and you are doing over 90kmh
you WILL lose your licence for 3 month + $647 fine, I know I just did.
If you are doing over 105kmh you WILL lose it on the spot for 6 months + $1700 fine.

Road Bikes would be worse, you can’t help but go fast and there are cops around every corner.

I sure am glad I’m ready for Adventure Riding and go on those out of the way dirt roads.

[Paul FaheyMember]

Mick, I see you got a sign at your end of the forest as well.

Today I was out in Cowarra stopped in a clearing, I heard a noise and looked up to see a helicopter coming in really low, I thought this is strange. As I admired the sight I noticed its sign writing – Police – I thought that was a bit of an extreme way to catch a few people doing 60 in the single trails!!! Maybe they read my post on Old Bulls, HA HA! I happily admired their vehicle as it flew off heading towards Port.

I gather from your post they would have been part of the search for the missing person and they weren’t out looking for Unit enjoying a few single trails on a Sunday morning. Or did I get it up over 60 and set off the forest alarms???

[Mick DMember]

Yeah they are still looking for Old mate. Don’t like his chances if he has been lost in Bago since Wednesday considering he is in his 70’s. I spent about three hours out there yesterday riding about real slow having a look. Didn’t find him but found some awesome new single track that some naughty people have been riding.

I stopped and had a yarn with the trail bike coppers for a while, I commented on how all the 4×4 action in the bush looking for Old mate is trashing the trails. “Unfortunately it is a necessary evil” was their reply. They said they came across some cowboys doing circle work in a 4×4 on Saturday really trashing an intersection. He said the look on their faces when they realised the two trail bike riders watching on, where actually coppers was priceless but not as priceless as the look on old mate’s face when he got a ticket for his trouble. :laugh:

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