Grean laning and motocross laws?

[TUG]

Basically was with the OH today and walked the dog down the local woods and saw trails or dirtbike tracks left in the mud and thought to myself, bet thats fun.
Any way, my uncle told me about him and my other uncle going into the same woods on trails bikes, but he had someone come to him with a shot gun and i dont know who owns the land but theres plenty of exits if i was asked to leave.

So the bike, i dont know if you can have certain bikes with daylight mot's and such and can i pack an exhaust as much as possible to quiet it down? 2t or 4t? Sorry if i'm being naive.

Thanks for info in advance.
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[tony_d123]

You have to be very very careful where you ride. With recent changes in legislation and the powers police have to prosecute you and confiscate your bike, you must ensure that you are riding legal byways.

Have a look here....

https://www.trf.org.uk/

[TUG]

Dam, looks like its harder than i thought, as the police an take my bike if its not legal for me to ride there so i would be taking a huge risk.
I'd have to find out where i could ride first and see if i can find more offroad riders who can take me to places i can ride.
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[2006 _p1]

Its like for every where really, you shouldn't ride there without permission but most green lanes are legal.

As for sound id go for a 4T with a quite exhaust. Even though i love 2T!!

Also try putting a thread on here see if there is any riders around your area that know of any legal places.

[Ste]

2006 P1, all green lanes are legal unless there's a TRO in place.

Best bet is to get yourself a local OS map and look for the byways on it, which look like this + - + - + - +

Going by what you say about someone coming to your uncle with a shotgun, it's not a byway.

You can get daylight only MOT's depending on the tester since they're a bit of a grey area. Can you pack an exhaust down, might be able to get a baffle to bolt into the end of it but your best bet is probably to make sure the MOT man doesn't mind loud cans.

[2006 _p1]

[ben_wheely]

[garyd]

Moors will be a NO then
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CRF230 all you need

[2006 _p1]

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[2006 _p1]

[garyd]

Joe is bang on ,and no its not hard to tell if its legal ,do some homework or join up ,round "our way" we report EVERY non legal bike,whether they come in vans/trailered or ridden im sure your "ride anywhere" comment was meant as it was taken ,just a remark with no intent
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CRF230 all you need

[2006 _p1]

[Ste]

[2006 _p1]

I do have a map but it doesnt show them + - + - + but i think i need one of them maps you said!

[Ste]

streetmap.co.uk show byways.

OS Landranger are the maps you want, big branches of Smiths sell them, bookshops have them, and OS sell them on their website. On all of my Landranger maps I've marked byways with green highlighter to make it easier to see where they are. Takes a bit of time for each map but makes it much easier when you're out somewhere wondering which direction to go next.

[2006 _p1]

This is neer my house but the crosses only go so far then it stops... but the - - - - still carries on. what does that mean?

https://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=449750&y=319750&z=3&sv=449750,319750&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=450705&ay=319218

[Ste]

That's a bridleway. You can ride along Butthole Lane which is a byway and then it goes to bridleway, you can't go on bridleways. The green circles mean its part of the national cycle network so it wouldn't be a good place to go.

Butthole Lane.

[Ste]

www.wetroads.co.uk is a useful site for finding interesting places near you.

Other than that, OS maps and a green highlighter is the way to go.

[2006 _p1]

[Polsta]

ive been looking for some places to go myself, but having trouble finding any, theres loads of countryside and woodland round this way, but i wanna find some legal places

can anyone please help ?

anywhere in this whole area !

https://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=478500&y=110500&z=5&sv=478500,110500&st=4&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=478500&ay=110500


thanks folks, and if theres anyone in thos area that rides ? let me know !

[MarJay]