JT, The Life and Times of a Rider...

Where have I been lol I know I have been MIA with the blogging. I have been running crazy with the summer approaching quickly with lawn work and ATV things Galore. Dirt Fest 2009, BBQ's and Product Reviews are keeping me on the go.

Memorial day was filled with parties and BBQ's plus riding. John had a great party where a bunch of the NYATV crew went to over the Holiday weekend. Paul won some party games off the Snap On truck so we loaded them up and headed over. My friends from Florida came with us and we really had a blast. The food was awesome as was the people there. Paulie even got Duct taped to a chair.

Snap-On Tools Yard Games we won
Paul with the Games
Setting up the First Game of the Night
Cornhole Round 1
Some of the NYATV Guys and Girls
Cornhole Round 300
Paul Taped to a Chair

SCATV had a meeting last Wednesday to plan more of the Smallwood Mongaup FD run. The run is about 30 miles and is taking place this Saturday June 6th. If your free you wont want to miss this great event. I was able to pre-run the trails last Sunday and they are really in nice shape. There is mud, flats and fields which basically covers every type of rider. All Info on the Run is on www.scatvny.com

Friday I headed out to do some shopping and low and behold I found a real White Trash ride. If you have an old Clapped out Intrepid, believe me it has nothing on this one. This loser actually put a 3.3L Twin Turbo sticker on both sides of his Intrepid. Why! I have no idea maybe he is just shot and has no idea what motor it has in it, whateva.

The only 3.3L Twin Turbo Dodge Intrepid in the Entire World

I was able to take my Jeep out mudding for a bit Saturday before I had to get ready for a party. I can't believe this thing still runs. While out on the trail someone placed this perfectly cool PowerWheels ATV in a tree...

Jeep Muddin
Team Kawi Green Power Wheels

Saturday afternoon we had Jeff's house warming party. It was great to get together with all the old High School crew and have some excessive partying. Robbie had 2 nice pigs roasting and the food was amazing. My team rocked at flip cup and we had to have won about 20 games.

Awesome 6x12 Cooker
Yummy Pig Roast!
Shane's Baby Reppin Glamis
Shane's Babby Flipped the Coozie over to Rep Sand Sluts now...

Monday I received a call from Jody @ Pink Ribbon Riders. She told me that Fishers ATV world will be attending Dirt Fest 2009 to film it for the Outdoor Channel. So if you haven't gotten your tickets yet please do so by visiting www.pinkribbonriders.com. The Press Release regarding Fishers ATV World is below. Please Spread the word to everyone you know.

For Immediate Release:
Dated: 6/02/09
pinkribbonriders@yahoo.com

Pink Ribbon Riders DIRT FEST 2009 teams with Fisher's ATV World to be fimed for tv show to help those diagnosed with breast cancer.

DIRT FEST 2009 teams together with FISHER’s ATV World to help those diagnosed with breast cancer. Tv host, Brian Fisher and the Fisher’s ATV World tv crew will appear at the 2009 Dirt Fest in Monticello New York on July 24 through the 26th to ride together with the Pink Ribbon Riders.

The event will be filmed for a September episode of Fisher’s ATV World. "We are very excited to have Fisher’s ATV World joining us for this new and exciting event. Brian will be an amazing addition to the event as well as a guest MC to the awards dinner. Brian has many opportunities to ride great trails and we are excited to show him an area that is still private land and in
the future maybe open to the public." It’s just a great fit to help promote Atv riding while helping those in need." states Jody McKay, Co-Founder of Pink Ribbon Riders.

The event is an organized trail ride open to both men and women and all kinds of bikes, atv and side by sides. Camping is offered on site and there will be live music, great food and lots of giveaways.

The event is sponsored by NYATVONLINE.com and Maplewood Auto as well as many supporting sponsors.
The event is pre-registration and the registration fee is $75.00 per person and includes a lunch, awards dinner and dinner, live music and more!

For more information, please go to www.pinkribbonriders.com

Monday night the Empire Trail Alliance had there second meeting. We raised the money for the initial corporation fee and also part of the yearly insurance. Once the meeting notes are typed up I will be sure to put them online. To read last months notes visit www.EmpireTrails.com

Today I'm doing some Video editing on the Hebco Perfex skid plate Product Review. I should have this done in the next week and online. I also received a call from the local Fox news channel to do an interview regarding ATV's and the lack of riding areas in the State. I am trying to get them to come to the run Sat and do the interview and let them see us ATVers aren't a bad bunch. We shall see how it turns out.

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Hope everyone has a great week and See you all at the Poker Run on Sat!!!

Well Its memorial Day Weekend and there are a ton of people out riding, jet skiing and just up in the area in general. I broke the axle on the Rhino jumping it at the track and my LTR +2 Clutch Cable is still backordered till the 29th so my 2 favorite machines are down.

Today John is having a BBQ which should be a sick time. Ill update with some pics etc on Monday or so. Enjoy the holiday, peace!

My little stint in Florida is over and I had a great time. I gave a small update when I got back and then just got so busy with Dirt Fest and some Public ATV trail things I was unable to get back on here until now.

Some Cool Model Planes Hanging in Westchester Airport
Welcome to Sarasota!
Cool New Waterfall they put in the Sarasota Airport.

Last week I attended my Brother in Law James' wedding in Columbus, Ohio. The wedding was at a really cool spot and it was great seeing everyone. Columbus was a pretty cool town and very clean. I love traveling but there is nothing like the People and fun we have in NY.

Gate #69 FL to Ohio LOL
Getting ready to go out for James' Bachelor Party
Me and Becks Brother Jason Partying
James' Hedgehog
Jasons Wife Kristin and Myself at Flanigans for the Pre-Wedding Party
Back view towards the river at North Bank Park
The Dancing Fountains at North Bank Park
Open Air Room Reception Hall
Another Shot of the Building
The Inside that Kristin and Myself Set up

Monday night we held the first meeting in the development of a new club to open up our Local Trail System. The new Club we formed is called the Empire Trail Alliance. Below is the notes for the meeting, feel free to give them a read.

Empire Trail Alliance's First Meeting Notes

Tuesday Night I was all settled down to get to bed and then my door bell rang and there was a massive Fire outside my house. The summer cottages behind my house were up in flames. I went outside to see if anyone was up there since no fire alarm went off yet. Rebecca called the fire Dept and they arrived and put it out in about 20 minutes. Obviously there was no cabin left at all.

Excessive Fire in my Backyard
Rebeccas Car with Fire in the Background

The Utah trip is still up in the air. We have 15 people confirmed. I will leave the trip open for a few more weeks before canceling it. Unless we have 30 people confirmed we will not be going to Utah this year.

The Glamis 2010 Trip is in the planning stages but is also up in the air due to certain parking issues with the BLM for our tractor trailer. Gecko Road is now Closed to Tractor Trailers. You have to apply for a state permit to park there for one weel. Also it is a definet that there will sooner or later be a fee increase for the Glamis Dunes.

See the Article Here

Saturday I was able to finally film the Perfex LTR450 Skid Plate Install and Product Review. We bashed it up pretty good as you'll see soon in the Review and Install video. Stay tuned next week for the finished Perfex review.

Afte not having Brakes on the Rhino in like 3 months I finally ordered some from Austin and they will be in tomorrow. Ill install them Saturday so Im good to go now.

June 6th there are a ton of events going on. Check out the NYATV Calendar for all the info.

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Well as you all know I have been working around the clock with fellow NYATVers and the Staff at Pink Ribbon Riders to make this Years Dirt Fest a great weekend. We are currently still looking for some bands and DJ's to donate some play time. Other things and contacts we need are for food, soda, Porta Potties, Garbage removal, extension cords, Air time on Radio stations, Newspaper hook ups etc. We also are searching for items that are definetly needed for raffles. Please email me at jtquad@nyatvonline.com if you are able to contribute.

Whats up! Well Im back from Florida and the Wedding in Ohio. Everything went awesome. A bunch of big things went down while I was away and as soon as I get the details on everything ill update on Monday or so. All good though which is Great News. Have a great Mothers Day to all you mothers! - JT

Whats up everyone? Long time no update I know... I'm in FL relaxing and handling a few things down here. Basically been at the beach and pool and hit a few geocaches along the way which was cool. Thursday Am we fly out to Ohio and then i will be back in NY.

Anyway, Bob has asked that Me Shelley and the rest of the Nysorva area reps please forward this to our members. Its a pretty good survey so please take it if you get a chance. You also get into a raffle once completed for $50 to Rocky Mountain ATV. Here is the info....
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I need some help on a national organization project.
There has been an ongoing effort over the last 2 years to create a “lead” national ATV agency to reduce the community’s current duplication of effort and splintered public voice. AMA, ATVA, Blue Ribbon, NOHVCC, Polaris, Arctic Cat, Off-Highway groups from New York, Maine, Wisconsin, Minnesota and a few others have been meeting and have found a lot of common ground. Our local and state groups will have more resources and better national assistance when this is complete. Please take 10 minutes to fill out the survey at the link below so we can better identify the true needs of the rider base. Be sure to forward it to your rider contacts.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY!

Thanks,

Bob Ski
Executive Director
NYS Powersport Dealers Association
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This weekend there is a ton goin on so be sure to check out the NYATVONLINE.com Calendar for all the latest info on whats up.

Here is a quick update on the Consumer Product Safety Commissions ban on youth atv and dirtbikes. From what I heard although I can't seem to find hard proof, the CPSC has given ATV's and Dirtbikes aimed at the Youth market a year Extension. This will allow the sales of youth rides to the public again. Unfortunately The state Attorney General can still prosecute you in many states for the sle fo the little rides. The only thing I dug up was a letter in support of the ban lift.

Monday I attended the NYS Powersports Dealer Assn. meeting in Newburgh along with Rebecca, Shelley and John to represent our region of NYSORVA. We were able to meet all the area dealers and they seem to support us with the notion of getting public trails. We also learned some sad facts regarding ATV's and Dealers etc in NYS.

- Since 1986, 17 Million Dollars from Registration was uspposed to go to trails in NY. To this date this has never happened
- ATV's have 3x the users than Sleds in NY. 3x the season, 3x the supposed income to be made.
- 5 years ago 500 Million was made form ATV's in NYS. This year 1 Billion was made.
- Last year in NYS 40 dealers were forced to close there doors. This is due largely to the fact that there are no Trails.

Friday night we hung out and tooled with Johns Jetting on his now cammed Brute force 750. Austin came over and helped out with the project.

Austin working on the jetting with Wayne
I hate jetting Quads

Lastly, at the PSDA meeting we were educated on alot of bills and things I never heard about. One such Bill is A02156. This bans ATV use in many parts of NY such as LI, Albany areas and Adirondack areas. Please give it a read and keep an Eye out for more info.

Today I will be meeting with John and Shelley around noon to get a plan and exchange some info for the Texiera Mud Bog event. NYSORVA will have a booth there to hand out information and get local trail info out as well as get information on local riders to expand our databases. Texieras Mud Bog is Saturday. More info HERE - JT

I was supposed to attend the NYSSA meeting in Syracuse Sat but that seems to have been canceled on our end. We have so much going on and We just cant get away right now. We will be represented by other members of NYSORVA instead.

Sunday is the Utah meeting 1pm in Fosterdale. If you are interested in coming please feel free to show up!

Monday I will attend the NYS Powersports Dealer Assn. Meeting for this region of NYS. I was asked to come down and represent the Region 3 area for the State and promote getting trails. The meeting is 5:30 Pm in Newburgh. Ill update everyone on Tuesday.

NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS!!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!



Well, Since Quadfest has been canceled for July 2009 Pink Ribbon Riders and NYATVOnline decided to push our event back a month into July instead. All info for DirtFest 2009 is at the link below. Thanks and see you there - JT

http://www.pinkribbonriders.com/ny_atv.html

P.S. We Need Volunteer bands or DJ's for an hour or 2 set on either Friday, Sat or Sunday. It will be for The Charity event in the Monticello area July 24, 25, and 26th. Please let me know if anyone is looking for some good free advertising in exchange for playing at the event. Band or DJ logo and name will be printed on posters and mailings in 3 states...Plus its for Charity! Also anyone interested in Vendor Booths etc. Please feel free to contact me.

Saturday we spent the day cutting the trail from Krauss's to the Ruff Cut. There was a bad wind storm at the end of last year and the trail was basically tree covered. We cut about 30 trees out of the way with help from John, Frankie, Tyler, Tall Paul, Frankies kids and Gabe. The trail is perfect now for SXS's, bikes and Quads. Tim also worked on the new Shop Driveway some more. After the Trail cutting, we headed over to Mathews on Main for Lunch. Mini Glamis is completely dug out. no more sand pit to play in....

Mini Glamis 1
Mini Glamis 2
Mini Glamis 3

Sunday was Easter and I headed down to Mr.Willys with dad for dinner. It was excellent as always and I left stuffed.

Monday Timmy came over to finish up the Driveway. Wayne hoped in and helped with the final grading.

Alot of dirt excavated
The First batch of Material spread out
The Main Protection Pipe
The Apple Tree Moved
Moving the Crusher Run
More Dirt Piling up
Wayne doing the Final Grading
Wayne Grading the new Driveway
Wayne finishing off the last of the holes

After that John Tyler and Austin came over and we hung out and helped Timmy load a car for the crusher.

Dragging the Car out of the spot
Getting ready to lift it up into the Truck
Loading the Car in
The Front end up in the Truck
Now the Back
See ya bye Lemon Car

I recently spoke to EVO about doing a product review. They have some great tank foam products and if all goes well then I will be doing a review for them in the next month or so. Speaking of Awesome Products, HT Moto has some sweet Seat covers. I recently got one from them and once I get it installed Ill post a picture.

Saturday April 18th, Mick and Myself will be heading up to Syracuse for the NY State Snowmobile Assn Meeting and expo. We will be attending many classes that crossover for ATV Clubs as well. The first Seminar we are attending is Trail Signage at 10:30am. This course will be a Review of OPRHP trail signing guidelines. This may come in handy considering we are on our way to hopefully getting our trail system set up in the next few months. The second Seminar will be for 501c3's and Charities at 3:45pm. This will discuss and present valuable information on how to form a not-for-profit corporation and will review the changes to charities documentation. The Final course we will take is GPS Training. This is at 4:30pm and will go over transferring your GPS files for use with Parks. After this we have the expo and cocktail hour till 7pm. Ill have pics and updates on Sunday.

Depending on the Number of riders at the meeting Sunday will depend if we are Canceling the Utah trip for this year. As of right now we have 15 riders going and we need to get around 30. So if anyone is interested in heading out to Utah with us let me know.

Next week we will set up a meeting about forming a NYS incorporated club. We must do this in order to get the trails insured and opened up. Shelley will host it and we encourage the staff of NYATV as well to attend.

Yesterday, I finally Finished the TM2 Polaris Sportsman 800 HID Product Review. The light is amazing. Here is the Link to the You Tube Video Review and this is the Link to the Write up on NYATVOnline.com


Last Night I tried to do the Product Review and install on Hebco Distributings Perfex Skid Plate for the LTR450. While installing and checking over the Hardware I noticed there was a bracket for the frame missing. This sucks because I had to stop the video and install and reschedule it for another night. I contacted Hebco and they are shipping me out the correct Hardware ASAP.

The New Driveway for the Shop is going to get Started today. So finally we will be rid of all the mud etc. We are adding 600ft of drainage pipe and 20 foot of drainage under the driveway. Timmy is hooking it up so hopefully by next week we are all done.

600 Foot of 4" Drain Pipe and 20foot of 12" Driveway Pipe
22 Tons of Stone for the Drainage

AFE Released a New intake for the 2009 Teryx FI. If anyone has a Teryx and they are willing to let us do a review on it please let me know. It must be a 2009 with FI.

AFE Intake Kit for the 2009 Teryx
FI 2009 Teryx Intake

Saturday April 11th we will be having a Workday, weather providing to sort out some fallen trees etc on the Fosterdale trails from the winter. If anyone has a chainsaw etc and wants to help please let me know. We will be meeting in Fosterdale at Noon.

Tonight is NYATVONLINE's Weekly Public Chat Night. It is free and Open to the Public so meet in the Chat Room @ 8:30pm. Here is the Direct Link to the NYATV Chat Room.

We have been really pushing for a Local trail system here in Sullivan County. We finally have the insurance and the properties to start making this happen legally! In order to do so we will need to Form as a NYS ATV Club. This will also mean we have to do it proper with a good name etc. If anyone knows more on How to Form A Club please let me know. As I get more info I will post it in the forum on NYATV.

Tonight at 7Pm I have a NYSORVA (New York State Off Highway Recreational Vehicle Association) Monthly Meeting. We will be going over decals for the State Organization, Raffle updates, Updates on Grants, an Attorney Ruling on Poker Runs and Dice runs, as well as this upcoming Months Events. I will keep everyone Posted on what goes down or on any news from around the state.

Have a great Night - JT

Sunday I met up with Wayne, John, Shelley, Mick, Bob and his family and we had an awesome ride out to Mongaup Valley for lunch. The weather was 50 and sunny but the trails were all mud. I was able to GPS map the entire trail which is perfect for us. The entire loop turned out ot be around 42 miles.

Monday I spoke to some locals about Properties that I want to try and open to the public for trails. So far we have about 6 landowners on board to sign the forms. This will get us about 4000 acres.

Today, I was busy doing some plumbing work at the Lodge. I also finalized the dates for a Pink Ribbon Rider event Im planning here in Sullivan County. Ill release more info as it gets set in stone. The event will be 2 nights.

This weekend is the Snirt run but they are getting tons of snow up there. I am backing out of the event becasue I only have my LTr and that is def. not a quad to ride int he snow. I know a few members from NYATV are attending so at least someone can rep the Website and Club for us.

The Mongaup Valley / Smallwood FD will be having there ATV Run on June 6th. I will be a trail leader so be sure to come and ride the event. It is about a 30 mile loop and should be awesome.