ANSWER THE QUIET BIKE CHALLENGE!

CTUC  Kick Off Day

Noise Issue products and Information.

Our first official kick off day on Sunday Aug 14Th, at the Wildomar OHV area on the Trabuco Ranger District, contact traffic was a littel slow but that's fine for a first day. We can consider the CTUC Education/ Sound awareness program officially underway. CTUC is officially operating on the Cleveland National Forest

CTUC & SBNFA  Kick Off Day

Aug 21Th, (CTUC) was in the field, working with the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNFA) OHV Volunteers. We had our hands full working with the Forest Service, to Mitigate numerous noise and dust complaints by home owners. This is the Lake Arrowhead area at the intersection of  3W12 & 2N75. The attached photos are of us educating riders about  the need for Quiet mufflers, and  a 10 MPH speed limit for only about 4/10Th of a mile.  The photos also  show repairs to the West end sign which appears to have been vandalized. Input from the riders we talked to was 10 MPH was just not reasonable, this changed when we explained the reasons and that it was only for about 4/10Th of a mile.     This appears to be an extreme example where the 96 DbA standard may not be enough, the reduced speeds in our judgment was very effective in further reduction of noise and dust. From what we observed most riders will except reasonable speed limits, for a reasonable distance. Education along with better signing giving a brief reason, approximate distance of the speed limit may be beneficial.

The first Kiosk announcement, July 2003

The Kiosk concept was started on the San Bernardino National Forest in July 2003, as a response to the Forest Service requesting it’s Volunteers assist in the mitigation of Noise and Dust complaints. After proving successful the concept started expanding to other areas, with the assistance of the California Trail Users Collation, an organization that seeks to promote cooperation amongst All trail users motorized or not.

My position on buffer zones and land purchases

I consider this page to be a prime example of why I consider this project to be for the most part, unaffected by any concerns voiced about buffer zones and land purchase mitigation ratios most consider ridicules. The example on this page has nothing to do with land purchases, on BLM and Forest lands there are many examples like this were we Quiet the bikes down or loose the trial. The fact of the matter is the Off Road community simply must stand up and demand all, includung the O.H.M.V.R. Commission and even the Deputy Director if found responsible be held accountable for bad land deals. My official position is the land purchase issue should have a negligible effect on this project, however for the  OHV program in general the issue must be resolved.