Cabins
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Off Highway Vehicles
A few people have contacted me about staying in cabins close to the trails, so as not to have to trailer their
dirt bikes to the trails.
To my knowledge, this is not possible in the Lincoln National Forest.
If you can prove me wrong, please contact me about this.
To my knowledge, off-highway vehicles can be ridden on the trails, but not on the paved roads connecting the trails.
This means the paving project completed in 2003 turned T9216 and T537 into trails that are accessible only from FR64.
I have been riding for ten years around Cloudcroft, quite often on a motocross bike with a spark arrestor, and I have never had any problem with riding from trail to trail.
I have been told (summer 2003) that there is a new sheriff's deputy in that part of Otero County, and that he does not like motorcycles.
You must evaluate this information and make your own decisions.
The "powers that be" in the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Department are making it impossible for a dirt bike to be made street-legal in New Mexico.
Anybody with a tubing bender can build a dune buggy and have it made street-legal, but a dirt bike cannot be made street-legal. No way, no how.
An Off Highway Vehicle plate is available that will identify the owner to law enforcement officers.
To my knowledge, this plate must be attached to the off-highway vehicle and any rider operating such a vehicle without one is subject to a fine.
Dual-sport motorcycles - a better option
I now buy only street-legal motorcycles. This is the best way I know of to avoid a lot of potential fines.