dirt bikes - where to ride?
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Staples is an awsome track, but as far as practice goes, indoor in the winter blows... its very small, and you need to call before hand, like a day or 2 and register. Sometimes they cancel on youthe day before... My fav indoor place is the sandbox in Wisconsin. Its a bad ass track. they do summer and winter indoors. Its a far drive, but is very worth it...
As for summer spots there is jamestown, brrp, i know of a few trials that are private that we built, dl has a track that is harder to find. If anyone wants more info on any of these or a year round riding partner give me a call, 7013610955
Also if you need work done on your bike, i will do it far cheaper than any dealer. I will even pick it up and return it if thats an issue.
My bike is currently in the house til i get the stator replaced. I am trying to get it done ASAP!! I am geared up for indoor... If anyone is interested i am trying to get a group/team going for Enduros/Harescrambles thats just out there to have fun. I am converting a full size bus into a camper/toy hauler we will be using.
Also, the west central dirt riders are based out of the Umotors in Fergus Falls. I will post up a link to the site as soon as i find it again. Great group of guys. They are all in it for the sport and the fun.
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West Central Dirt Riders site: http://fergusdirt.googlepages.com/ Nothing special but helps out to know whats going on in the area.
This is the event lit i plan on hitting this summer. Hopefully a few more riders wanna join me...
2009 D23 Offroad Schedule
26-Apr Team Hare Scrambles* Brainerd, MN
03-May Hare Scrambles Monticello, MN
10-May Hare Scrambles Arkansaw, WI
17-May 16 & 17th TrailRide Theilman
31-May Enduro Huntersville
07-Jun Hare Scrambles Millville
14-Jun Enduro Akley West
21-Jun Enduro Stone Lake, WI
28-Jun Hare Scrambles Hill City
12-Jul Hare Scrambles Stone Lake, WI
26-Jul Enduro Mora
09-Aug Enduro Akeley EaST
16-Aug Trail Ride Akeley
23-Aug Enduro Duquette, MN
30-Aug Hare Scrambles Bruno
13-Sep 9/12 & 13 Trail Rides Theilman
20-Sep Hare Scrambles Trollhaugen, WI
27-Sep 9/26 & 27 Trail Ride Huntersville
27-Sep Hare Scrambles Crosby Mn Crosby, MN
04-Oct Team Hare Scrambles* Hill City
11-Oct Hare Scrambles Mazeppa
18-Oct Team Hare Scrambles* Arkansaw, WI
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well, bad news on the riding area. we didnt get the permit...
Randy Norgren (neighbor of the pit, and occasional guest at Ottertail County Jail) managed to create enough havoc at the township board meetings to stop approval of the noise variance permit for the use of the gravel pit. After that, we haven’t pursued other riding areas, so we haven’t had meetings.
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ya, its gettin harder and harder to get places to ride because of ignorant people that know nothing about the sport. It doesnt help that a lot of the freestyle kids wreck the image of what the AMA is all about... Not all dirtbikers are wild and care free. most of us actually take care of our riding spots so we can keep them around...
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just hope on your bike and go ride somewhere lol you dont always need a track to go and ride... just riding around go out in the country or some shit lol... ya like they where saying the Sandbox is a pretty sweet track thow... but ya i live in like the middle of now where so i can just get up and go on my bikes... and it helps me and my buddy are building a track out on his farm so... that should give us something to do in the summer besides the random shit we find to ride on
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sounds pretty sweet. ya i dont really make it to any tracks... i dont race i was going to but i would freak if some one hit my bike or some shit lol. ya just kinda ride where ever i end up. and its kinda nice me and my buddy are building a track at his place so that will be nice. Its a lot of Fing work thow
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you kinda gotta not care bout the bike lol. my last bike before i quit riding was a 05 yz250f and i threw her over a berm the first race and i didnt care haha FYI unless you are pro homemade tracks suck balls. i have rode so many they are horrible unless you have 200 plus thousand dollars of equipment and some nice landscape. unless ur not into jumps and high berms and stuff
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gsrEK;254356 wrote:
you kinda gotta not care bout the bike lol. my last bike before i quit riding was a 05 yz250f and i threw her over a berm the first race and i didnt care haha FYI unless you are pro homemade tracks suck balls. i have rode so many they are horrible unless you have 200 plus thousand dollars of equipment and some nice landscape. unless ur not into jumps and high berms and stuffI used to have a kick ass track that was homebuilt with huge hils, a single tabletop with a tunnel underneath, and some decent berms.
And we threw together another pretty sweet one in 2 weekends that included a buried van and a 6 ft tractor tire to drive over. But I consider myself pretty handy with a skidsteer....
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ha, ya, homemade tracks can suck, but they can rock too. the single track stuff we have set up north of fargo on a budies land is pretty bad ass, old cars the you have to ride over, trails right on the edge of the river, tight trails, trees, some wide open stuff, a 40 foot stretch of just logs, its intense. thats where i go for practice. good mix of everything.
And ya, in this sport you have to not care about breaking parts on the bike... i have an 08 KX450F that totals around 10 grand, between that my KLX110, and gear, tools, spare parts, i got about 15k into my shit, and when i break stuff, i go get a new part or pull one out of the trailer. Spare parts laying around are good
Plus you gotta remember, they are DIRTBIKES, haha they are built to be thrown around and thrashed on. they arent made to be pretty. haha -
glad to see some activity on this thread. I'm going to have to get some directions from you guys when spring gets here.
Bummer to read about the denial in the Fergus area.
It would be nice to have alternative places to ride and get some seat time, particularly on weekends, since brrp rarely has open weekends for practice. I've had a membership there for a few years, except for last year, when I didn't get out on my kx250 at all (damn torn hamstring).
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harwood39;254408 wrote:
ha, ya, homemade tracks can suck, but they can rock too. the single track stuff we have set up north of fargo on a budies land is pretty bad ass, old cars the you have to ride over, trails right on the edge of the river, tight trails, trees, some wide open stuff, a 40 foot stretch of just logs, its intense. thats where i go for practice. good mix of everything.And ya, in this sport you have to not care about breaking parts on the bike... i have an 08 KX450F that totals around 10 grand, between that my KLX110, and gear, tools, spare parts, i got about 15k into my shit, and when i break stuff, i go get a new part or pull one out of the trailer. Spare parts laying around are good
Plus you gotta remember, they are DIRTBIKES, haha they are built to be thrown around and thrashed on. they arent made to be pretty. hahanot like im dumb or something. i started riding at 7 and quit when i was 16 and got into cars. i have raced at almost every motorcross track in the tri-state region from here at BRRP to millville where they race the outdoor national. my last 2 new bikes i had were a 03 yz250f and then an 05, but y have a 450 to "trail" ride?
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i grew up on 250 2ts so i wanted the same power and class. Plus i like the power and speed. Great for open free riding too. I almost wish i had another 2t also for woods due to the little bit lighter weight, but i love the torque of the 450 4t. Im just a big bike fan. lites are ok but just dont have enough power under me. JW but have you ever had a big bike wide open under you? its insane! Bader now owns my supermoto and ask him how he likes the 426 power.
I do admit, i never use the full power on a track with my 450, but in the woods i go all out on it. When im at our practice area i catually find myself looking for more in a couple of the more open spots. I dont ride tracks much anyways.
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