Me and my friends are planning a trip to silverlake next summer some time and its gonna be an 8 hour drive so i wondering a few things before wed drive all that way
is there a website with all the rules and regulations?, like decibel limt etc.
whats the best time to go?
where do you stay at? campground?
again ive never been to the dunes before and if you could direct me to a website or just answer my questions it'd be appreciated

check out www.mi.gov/dnr

then go to the recreation orv section you will find all you need to know.

ok thanks

just a warning on holiday weekends they have a parking voucher system that sucks. If i had to drive a long time id just stay away on holidays.

yah, I think I read something about that on the website bellzbub posted, It also seemed like they are pretty strict on spark arrestors and 94Db, so looks like the stock pipe would have to go on

yeah i want to go there next summer too... i just gotta get my ORV licence....

yeah lucky for me.... its only a two hour drive!!!

on the spark arrester they are mandatory. on the db test they can test but normally don't if you are not super loud. if you go during the week they are a little more forgiving.

best times to go are tues-fri. less crowd and the c.o's are just happy that you are there. i have never been checked for anything other than spark arrester. i have a full yosh rs-3.

alright thanks for the info so if i get a quiet core/spark arrestor i should be good and as far as camping im sure theres plenty of campgrounds around? I'll also be taking my bikes, no quad but i'm sure i'll have fun

bad thing for me is, i can drive 8 hrs and get there, or i can drive 20 min and take a 4 hr ferry ride. ferry is about $250 a round trip with truck and trailer though

I bet you'll spend MORE than that in gas.......sounds like the smarter thing to do to me........

well we went 10 hrs on a tank and a half, but with no trailer.
last time i pulled a trailer, i got 1.5 hrs out of a 1/3 tank if i wasnt flooring it all the time though woulda got a lot better mileage.

yah gas is gonna be a killer although its down to $3.30 here it just needs to keep going down

try this site hope it helps.http://www.riderplanet-usa.com/

thanks for the help guys i'm really looking forward to this now and i got a lot of good reading now too, but where do you guys stay at when you go there? I saw Silver Lake Campground, hows that?