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Where Do You Ride A Dirt Bike When You Have No Dirt?

More cities are dealing with off-road vehicles being driven on their streets. But the riders say they're helping the community by keeping young people out of trouble.
A dirt biker "popping a wheelie".

In Atlanta, the buzzing of dirt bikes and ATVs is loudest on Sundays, when a loose group of riders called ATL Bike Life get together.

About 50 of them showed up outside a park in southwest Atlanta, popping wheelies and revving their engines.

Most cities don't allow the off-road vehicles on their streets. But riders like these men take them out anyway, often traveling in large groups and doing stunts.

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