Quad bikes and noise...

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hondafanatic

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4,969 posts

201 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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Yep... That's what I'm doing. smile

V8RX7

26,839 posts

263 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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If you complain to Env Health they may send someone out with a warning letter re nuisance.

But yes to get something done it takes microphones and months.

singlecoil

33,579 posts

246 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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hondafanatic said:
Don't know if my neighbour had a word or not??
Find out. This is important. If he hasn't, the pair of you should go round there together, round up your other neighbours too.

Chainsaw Rebuild

2,006 posts

102 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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Can you buy extra quiet exhausts for quads? If you can it might be something you could point him to. If he's a reasonable person.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

167 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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Are they wearing helmets? Very often the riders shun PPE on these things, so the problem could well sort itself out in the fullness of time and also solve the problem of them reproducing.

ikarl

3,730 posts

199 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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If you can't beat em....

Ask if they'll let you join in, then pitch in with your neighbours and buy one too.....then rip up their land!! have some fun doing it..

Oh, try not to die. 114% or quad bike riders die!

robinessex

11,057 posts

181 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Vaud said:
robinessex said:
You good shot with a rifle ?
What would you need to go through an engine block of a quad? .50?
Just perfect. If you hit it at max revs, they'll think they grenaded the engine! And they'll never hear the shot from +100Mtrs

fatjon

2,194 posts

213 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Quad, Council???

Council is a quad with no silencers ridden by a tt to the annoyance of others.

I'm the epitome of middle class and I have a shiny new quiet one with plates and insurance for pootling about in summer without pissing anyone off.

jesta1865

3,448 posts

209 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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singlecoil said:
hondafanatic said:
Don't know if my neighbour had a word or not??
Find out. This is important. If he hasn't, the pair of you should go round there together, round up your other neighbours too.
might be worth finding out if it is the land owners who are doing this or just offspring and mates?

we had an issue with a kid in his late teens near to us who would have huge loud parties if his parents went away for the weekend.

he wouldn't turn the music down until 3am when several neighbours turned up on his doorstep (numerous occasions) and his house is right next to a care home.

after about the 3rd or 4th time several neighbours complained to the parents, they said they'd seen no evidence of a party and were shocked, they also balled him out right there and then with the neighbours present.

I wasn't part of the group, but the guy 2 doors away who i speak to was.

V8RX7

26,839 posts

263 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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fatjon said:
Quad, Council???
YES !

Unless it's an old battered farmers one with bale racks etc

hondafanatic

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4,969 posts

201 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Well a complete change of story... Turns out that it's wasn't on the original persons land as I thought. The were on farming land around the edge of the private land.

However, the bikes belong to a neighbour two doors down from me... He owns a thin strip of land that backs onto the field. The dad is away a lot on business (deals in diamonds) and mum owns a hair salon... Works full time.

Their 16 year old lout and mates are razzing around while mum is at work. But it's on their land...and they are louts as they are hurling abuse at anyone who challenges them and swearing like troopers.

Ex-police neighbour got the police onto them, but as they've retreated to their own land which is even closer to my house there's not much they can do.

I called the farmer and he's given them a ticking off. The police have been around and given them a ticking off. But they started again at 4:30 this afternoon...

However my neighbour is going round tonight and I'll follow if needs be... And a few other neighbours are lining up.

I'll keep updating the thread when anything happens... I've taken video footage to send to the council/environmental agency if need be.

My neighbour has really got the bit between the teeth though... So it'll be a full on battle or he'll nip it in the bud.

To be fair it's the son who is blasting about when no parents are at home...

Complete change of topic with no relevance to the above post: how much petrol would it take to permanently immobilise a quad bike should any get accidentally spilt on one?

singlecoil

33,579 posts

246 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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hondafanatic said:
Complete change of topic with no relevance to the above post: how much petrol would it take to permanently immobilise a quad bike should any get accidentally spilt on one?
Not much, but be careful lighting it, ideally throw something that's burning at it, don't use matches whatever you do.

hondafanatic

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4,969 posts

201 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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singlecoil said:
hondafanatic said:
Complete change of topic with no relevance to the above post: how much petrol would it take to permanently immobilise a quad bike should any get accidentally spilt on one?
Not much, but be careful lighting it, ideally throw something that's burning at it, don't use matches whatever you do.
No matches? Not even at arms length?

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

137 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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he is 16 i wonder if he could afford 4 new tyres for the quad?

hondafanatic

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201 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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citizensm1th said:
he is 16 i wonder if he could afford 4 new tyres for the quad?
His parents certainly can! Keeping this with PH boundaries they have some expensive machinery on their gravel covered, electronic gated drive. Actually it would surprise me if he's on here!! hehe

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

137 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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hondafanatic said:
citizensm1th said:
he is 16 i wonder if he could afford 4 new tyres for the quad?
His parents certainly can! Keeping this with PH boundaries they have some expensive machinery on their gravel covered, electronic gated drive. Actually it would surprise me if he's on here!! hehe
Then you are left with no option but to use landmines

hondafanatic

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201 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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Excellent!!!

And can I do the 'frozen mx-5 into the lawn' or would that be pushing it?

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

137 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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it certainly would be pushing it to bury a mx5 up to it's exhaust

why not start of small with a barchetta

hondafanatic

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201 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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citizensm1th said:
it certainly would be pushing it to bury a mx5 up to it's exhaust

why not start of small with a barchetta
Have you seen the price of those??!! Plus you've got the whole LHD issue... How about a 335d? Mapped.

citizensm1th

8,371 posts

137 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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hondafanatic said:
Have you seen the price of those??!! Plus you've got the whole LHD issue... How about a 335d? Mapped.
that there is a whole new can of worms