Javbw
> On Feb 17, 2016, at 9:03 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Why would the single track nature be a problem for motorcycles?
Probably regional bias. While I know motorcycles can handle the terrain, when I
think of "trail" or "hiking" - usually every single trail I hiked on had motor
vehicles, including dirt bikes, prohibited - I never encountered one in the
couple thousand miles I hiked and biked on single-track. actual
"highway=track", yes, I've seen a few.
The rule was probably there to keep my dad, who was a avid dirt bike adventurer
in the 60's, from tearing up the terrain and then hunting every animal that
moved in every square mile of San Diego as a teenager
I always think of off-road motorcycles racing through the rough desert.
Similarly, here in Japan, I have yet to see an off-road motorcycle that
actually is "off-road". I Have seen some rock crawlers (that had been on their
sides a lot), but it's very rare to see a dirt bike.
In an area dominated by single track for motorcycles (like those outdoor parks
for off-road vehicles, ones I have never been to), perhaps a subkey of path to
define it as a motorcycle path might be useful.
Mixing Dirt bikes and hikers sounds like a dangerous thing!
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4143421,139.249253,3a,66.8y,346.68h,79.2t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s21Q9FFSuEYVGJGGbvjmlEw!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x601ee4da223e8931:0xaff30acb8d1210b
There is a nice well maintained trail hidden in the bamboo that goes straight
up this hill (the asphalt road turns right) - you can get a dirt bike up it
only if it is dry - otherwise the clay is so slippery! It is like a toboggan
Shute straight down with no steps. I flew down it on a mountain bike - the
asphalt is the only place the tires could grip anything to stop - they left
huge crescent marks anywhere I tapped the brakes to try to slow down. I shot
out of the bamboo at full speed.
I don't know how the old people walk their dogs up it every day.
Javbw
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