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Good articles Bullwinkle! I think the big prob w/ATV's on the street, or becoming street legal is the fact most are lacking lights, horn and turn signals out of the factory. The NTSB has certain sizes, lumens, and distances between lights that can be a challenge, but not as much as getting Honda or another to mfg a "street legal" one. Ca had the same problem with dirt bikes, so on came the "green sticker" or "off road" license. Fees paid for the purchase of riding lands and maintenance of same, but it eventually fees got shifted to Highway funds, and less on the park maintenance. Off road machines are still illegal on public roads and highways, but if you cross them perpendicular to roadway, you are OK. We all know who rides in our neighborhood, and those we don't recognize are often greeted with pitchforks and torches, as we have found them to be untrustworthy.
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Whoops!! credit for articles goes to Pahoated, my bad!
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I love seeing keiki thrashing around on gas powered stuffs ! Good for them. .. No shirt, no helmet, no supervision = happy life.
Would i let my own son do this ? >>>>>>> NFW.
So go ahead ,,,, Darwin will decide.
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Darwin has worked out pretty good so far.... got thumbs?
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Darwin award winners abound here in Puna...
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I have been riding my quads and dirtbikes down here in HPP for 20 years and will continue to do so. Once a week I fire my 450 quad up and cruise it around, and enjoy doing so. A group of us would ride all the time back in the early 90's down here and would see numerous others doing so as well. It was accepted.
If you don't like off road vehicles, move to a place that does not have private roads and private property with miles of unpaved roads full of pot holes. Many of us moved out to rural areas for the right to have freedoms that others do not have lets say in Hilo. Why is that so hard for people to understand? We are still a private subdivision. Private property, and private roads which I and many other homeowners pay for.
Technically I have the right to ride down here. Some may not like it, but my riding around once a week is far less annoying than everyones loud ass barking dogs 24 hours a day, roosters at 4-5 in the morning, helicopters......................... on I could go. I built my house in Hpp after living here for 10 years and I accepted all those things long ago. Everyone should do the same with off road vehicles until Hawaii creates laws for these types of vehicles on private roadways.
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I'll take a dual sport motorcycle any day. Street legal, and can go off road, or on very nasty roads, with no worries.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP
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So what's the deal with these vehicles, are they legal and/or tolerated to be operated in Puna subdivisions?
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Old thread, but for our farming and ranching purposes they are invaluable.
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Agreed, but usually they are used as scouting vehicles for rippahs. Here in Orchidland rippahs used them to go ripping house to house after hurricane Iselle.
