Tracks in , Kidneys Hurt !
We just put in our two acre Motocross ATV track this weekend . Road it hard today trying to make good lines for my bikes and the track itself. It is going to take allot of run time to get it where we want it , or I want it I should say . :blink:
Even using the Case Loader Back-Hoe tracktor it needs to have like 100 bikes riding on it for a week to get it smoothed down and lines cut into it for the bikes to run smooother on it . It is quite rutty and bumpy right now with only two bikes on it running several hours today . Plus it did not rain like they promised me, so all I could do was my best Ricky Carmicheal impressions in first and second and third gear cutting lines in the dirt . It is too bumpy right now for anything faster . My kidneys actually hurt today, between the Back-Hoe for 7 hours and todays riding three different bikes to check out my work on the track . Tuesday will be a painfull day at work . :biggrin:
I am sooooooo impressed with the Viva 250 dirtbike , what a machine it is. It loved this track today, but it keeps telling me to go faster man go faster . I think its trying to kill me :biggrin:
This bike has adjustable dampeners and ride soft and hard settings on the fork tubes that are hand tunable , even while riding, so it is very nice to have that today . Man I beat myself up , but it was worth every minute. In a month or two this track will come into its own for sure . Made for me and my mate, exactly what we want it to be like. Now thats a cool ride !
Hey, where are all the Moto-Crossers on this forum ? ! ? ! Speak up and post would ya, I feel alone here :helpsmilie:
Well that was our ride today . Nice to have your own custom two acre track indeed . The little ATV67 from Rocketa , thier race model ATV is really nice out here for my Fiance' . And to finally have a good place to use it thats safe and close . Hell, we have an esspresso machine right in the backdoor of the hosue too, so ride up and I will Latte' your motorcycle butts if anyone actually shows up some year to ride our track with us . Give me some notice and you can probably even spend the night , if you bring Prawns to cook !!!!
Cheers, thats my day of riding, I am done, hurting now, ouch, good day , Snortin Norton out
Will get some pics out soon of the track, just too tired tonight for it .
Cheers, Snortin Norton
Rough Draft of track pics
Well here she is , it's a start . Needs lots of work and lots of ride time . Try to have an imagination like me okeedokeee :biggrin:
Here's the Master fo Disaster :biggrin:
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This is the start line towards the first corner , about 250 ft. into a burm left .
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This is looking at turn 1 and the small burm . The tree to the left has three step up jumps , 2 ft. 4 ft. to the right of the tree and an 8 ft. jump on the other side of the Maple tree to the left . If you jump the 8 footer you can eliminate the burm altogether through a split in the road you'll see in my next pic .
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This is looking at the end of turn 1 going into a 100 ft. sweeper turn to the left . Corner of burm is still in photo to the far right .
There is a small tree seperating the track here , inside lane, outside lane, one for the burm side if you want , one for the large jump side .
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This is the start of the sweeper turn .
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This is nearing the end of the sweeper turn , or turn 2 .
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This is looking back down the sweeper , opposite direction .
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This is looking at starting the long backstretch, about 300 ft. plus out to the road , you can really pick up some speed now . Hang left !!!!
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This is corner two looking to left for an alternative direction if you want . I am building up a burm to the right of the little tree to the left . You can switchback at this point and go three directions, backstetch to turn 3 , burm left back toward sweeper, or go straight in the photo back out to the middle of the frontstretch-starting line area .
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This is the alternate direction back out to the start-finish line . Many potential jumps-sites here to enter the track again from this side of my storage shed ????
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This is the backstretch to corner 3 , very flat , tons of speed here, 4th gear stuff . My friends front door is across the road in the pic . I have threatened him now to jump the road and sit in his lap one day if I miss the corner bad :biggrin: You end up in a small 3 ft. culvert for turn 3 and out of the culvert for turn 4 and onto the start finish line in the first pic, about 150 ft . You jump my driveway if you want out of the culvert slightly to the right towards the start-finish line area . Not much to see but lots of speed on both . I wanted some good spots to test out top-end carb work through the gears , although top gear I deam impossible to achieve on this track on any of my bikes except the SUNL 125 XT .
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This is the landing zone from jumps 1,2,3 if you ride the track backwards . No not the bike backwards, the track man ! :biggrin: This is looking at the starting line .
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I know its rough , and you have to have some vision to see what I see too . It is going to take lots of riding and lots of fine tuning . But both will be extremely satisfying doing them . It is kinda overcast when I took pics, but it is very beautifull back here in my woods reguardless . I will put whoop-di-doos in as I see fit later, and some smaller jumps here and there, but try to remember this track is going to be set up for ATV too so I am keeping it somewhat flatter than just bike motocross that jsut has a bunch of jumps and mogals . My gal loves her ATV , so , well, you know :biggrin:
Well there it is , its a start , and my Esspresso machine is never more than 30 seconds away !
Oh and hear is my new Beagle Dog " Baby " , ha ha ha . No I can't conform, I refuse to be normal . :biggrin:
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Cheers out, Snortin Norton aka Mad Maxx