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They also acknowledge that the snowmobilers are the only group that is big enough to fund the project. IOW, if we had the fundraising power, perhaps we'd be tolerated.
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09-12-2009, 01:59 PM
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I keep hearing about this nickelmine place, have any of you guys gone there?
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 ).You need a FVDRA membership (cheap and totally worth it) to get the lock combo for the gate.
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A coworker of mine goes there with a friend of his alot and he told me that you have to be a member for 5 years and go to all the meetings and do a bunch of volunteer stuff before they give you a key to the gate. |
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09-14-2009, 11:13 AM
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TurboT, the Trail Pass isn't what the name implies. A Trail Pass is special funding for the BCORMA, and they are a body that works on our behalf to keep trails open and battle land developers. If you buy a membership, one Trail Pass is included, but we bought two. Check out the FVDRA explanation of BCORMA here: http://www.fvdra.com/TrailPass.html , and the BCORMA website here: http://204.50.112.61/geovisionenviro....php?q=node/20 I believe that the Trail Pass is needed for some areas in BC, but not for Nickelmine. You get a mirror hanger with your membership to identify your vehicle, and assorted bumper stickers. Jim, I believe that Nickelmine is land that belongs to a forestry company.
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09-14-2009, 02:32 PM
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that sounds pretty wicked!
How is it in there for riding? Is it very busy? Hows the attitude towards chinabikes in there? I was looking at the site and the photos are all from events and it looks really busy, and everyone seems to be riding jap bikes. |
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I wouldn't worry about your chinabike, who cares anyways? You may get some good natured ribbing, but what you ride is your choice to fit your budget. I think the Gio Dirt bikes look cool, and I almost bought one and would defend that decision to anyone based on cost and the fact I'd never be doing 20 ft jumps with anything I owned. I merely went with the used YZ due to me finding a reasonable deal and my size, that if I took a hard bump it might be like a 20 ft jump on the bike with me sitting on it.
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If you're at all concerned with the appearance of your bike, remove every decal on the bike and buy a Fox decal kit. Presto. If you have the funds, a decent FMF exhaust (or similar) adds to the hot rod look, and it will increase performance. While on the topic, pick up a Uni filter to protect the engine, since the Chinese filters are junk. As a bonus, the uni filters come with decals as well.  I see the odd China bike there, but they're mostly Jap bikes. We don't care; if it wasn't for China bikes, we wouldn't be riding.
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09-15-2009, 01:03 AM
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I agree, I get alot of comments from people wondering what I'm riding.
I don't really like decals on my bikes so I took them all off. I'm in the process of upgrading both my bikes right now The 125cc I have the head off it and ported it out for a 26mm intake and carb with a uni filter. I ported out the exhaust alot too. I also put one of those cdi units on there with no rev limiter. I'm just waiting on a new headgasket to show up as the one that was in my gasket kit was not the right size. Then I'll get to see how the changes have affected it. I might hollow out the muffler but I kinda like how quiet it is, we'll see if she needs more power or not! The 250cc bike I have is a 2007 and it has a really bad airbox setup on it so I bought one of the airboxes from a newer bike and have to modify part of my frame for it to fit. I also bought a mikuni carb for it and a cdi and I hollowed out the muffler. |
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09-15-2009, 02:35 AM
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Sounds good. 8)
Let me know if you buy a FVDRA membership; maybe we can meet up at Nickelmine sometime.
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Will be going soon I'm thinking.
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