just had a complaint!

[ducar.r.spec]

just ride the mower around ????????????????????

 

[coolmodee01]

man the first thing you should do is is go and check out you local by laws on the issue
in the monash council you can use an internal conbustion engine with a sound output of 100db or somthing of the like and nobody can do anything about it
but if you go out of those hours then the rules will be inforced
so jump on the net print out the by laws a few times and hand it to the old bloke if he doesn't read it (sit there and make him read it) put a copy in his letter box every day for a couple of weeks
now if you rid 7 days a week for 8 hrs a day then i would be fairly pieved to but i am a reasonable person

good luck

 

[Sidney]

Riding for like 10 minutes a day is a bit unfair for us riders. our bikes take that long just to warm up lol

I guess its ok for me because since my bike is quiet my brother just rides around the Thumpstar and if the cops come we just say we were riding the honda haha

 

[cass38a]

Get a 2 stroke and really piss them off.

 

[M@rkay]

my quad is very loud. louder than a 2 stroke. you can hear it from about 200 metres away at this property we drive it at and it goes hard. if you ever buy a quad buy a bombardier ds650. the best quad and quickest stock quad you can buy on the market. plus you can piss of your neighbours

 

[o2w]

OK, I'll weigh into this discussion.

The best thing you can do is be civil. Telling anyone to **** off or goading them to call the cops isn't going to win you any friends. If the neighbour is elderly then they are probably scared of you. They get kids telling them to **** off (ever done that?), intimidating their fragility or just being plain obnoxious.

Now, if the neighbour constantly calls the cops they aren't going to be pissed with him (as claimed by someone in this thread),they are going to be pissed at you. The police will hound YOU, if you're not home, they'll quiz your parents, they'll knock on YOUR door at 3am to question you, they'll call your phone at all hours, you might get an invite to the station to answer some questions, you'll get pulled into a station for questioning over "incidents" in the area....and so on. All 100% legal and standard operating procedure. Get the idea?

Police aren't all bastards, they are doing a job like anyone else except people want to shoot them. If your house was being ransacked, wouldn't you like them there quick to catch the theiving pricks? Well guess what, if you are known to them as being a little **** your priority on their response goes way down the list.

Now how do I recommend you handle the situation?

• Approach the neighbour and apologise for getting off-side to start with. Saying sorry is free and will win you brownie points.
• Explain to them that you need to run the bike in your yard because there is no local venue (if there is, the WTF are you riding at home for?) and agree to time curfiews (1/2 hour sessions seem fair).
• Whack a silencer on you pipe. you're not going for world records so being quiet won't kill you.
• Contact your local police and get 100% clarity on what legal rights you have, they are there to help too. Council's generally offer little or no help on matters like this.

DON'T run the bike at full tilt next to their windows or act like a prick to them. Call them what you want behind their back.

Your neighbours can be the best security, particularly the elderly. They are home most of the day and see most of what goes on in the area.

my 2c worth.. flame on

 

[darb110]

to be riding legally you need to be 500 meters away from ANY house.. if you not then BANG cops can own you XD, thats if they can catch you..

riding out the back paddock is the bomb case they have to walk down from the road a good 250meters so you see em coming you boot it =D they only bad things is everyone in the neighborhood and i think the cops know where we live.. hmmm gotta keep it sly =P

just dont piss ppl off and youll be right =) and yeh if the cops catch you they are gunna have something to say so you gotta way up the odds of taking a runner XD

 

[M@rkay]

well where i ride. its 99 acres and its like a couple hundred metres from next house and no cops have ever come into the property to tell us off and there is a keypad gate so that cant really get in. we have like 3 loud bikes and quads going at once and neighbours dont give a ****

 

[ASR Rider]

if they didn't want us to ride, piss off some, impress some and be joined by some then they wouldn't have invented pittys

 

[darb110]

yeh but im assuming that block is out in the bush out whoop whoop somewhere

 

[M@rkay]

thats right

 

[Mini Moto]

I used to ride in the street nearly every day just up and down my court but once the cops came my dad said i couldnt ride anymore.
I called the council and they said i could ride in my backyard and front yard but i couldnt ride over the footpath because it is not our property
So i been ridin in my bkyard and ive had no complaints ever since

 

[Doped_y0uth]

yeh i ride up and down road a little but we got some people the complain up the road so ill probly stop that, i got 5 acres so its good for riding but our bikes are loud and neighboors still here us. i managed to get kicket out of burumba dam camping grounds on the weekend because me and my mate went for a cruise down the creek bed that comes outa of the spill way haha, i recon we mighta been a little loud

 

[Jaz808]

94db or under, and local council's have different times, most are the same, not before 9am and not after 8pm weekends
Remember the police are to uphold the law, not make the laws

 

[makaveli]

what was the point of doing that. why would u TRY to piss ur neighbor off

I agree with what was said a couple of times in this thread...Talk to your neighbor and work out a time to ride it. its a win-win situation.

 

[M@rkay]

my neighbour is a solictor. she tells her 76 year old father to get F"ED. trying to make my family move but that wont happen.

 

[GoosE#69]

^^^Well said I'm in 100% agreement with you here^^

 

[kimp]

just say they have been filling up their pool with the hose and watering the garden when they arn't supposed to

 

[edzy]

but i use the pressure washer on my bike , and its water resrictions. lol

 

[kimp]

oh well. just say its someone else riding the bike.