Toy Dirt Bike Tracks

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Anybody ever make these anymore? What dirt is the best? Probably moon sand lol
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Racer_Twentynine 12/21/2013 8:07am
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2 options

1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible.

2 is blankets and couch pillows.

there was a post on here a while back someone was trying to get funding to make a modular type plastic set but i dont know if he ever got all the funding he needed.
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MR. X 12/21/2013 8:11am
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Racer_Twentynine wrote:
2 options 1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible. 2...
2 options

1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible.

2 is blankets and couch pillows.

there was a post on here a while back someone was trying to get funding to make a modular type plastic set but i dont know if he ever got all the funding he needed.
What is this "outside" that you speak of ?
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txgoon 12/21/2013 8:20am
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Racer_Twentynine wrote:
2 options 1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible. 2...
2 options

1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible.

2 is blankets and couch pillows.

there was a post on here a while back someone was trying to get funding to make a modular type plastic set but i dont know if he ever got all the funding he needed.
I know but it's black hard concrete dirt around my house so just wondering if sand or clay is good. There are some plastics but I like playing little ruts and kickers.
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pitbike502 12/21/2013 8:40am
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if you search he site, there was a thread last year with some mind blowing detailed work on toy dirt bike tracks. worth checking out

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Racer_Twentynine 12/21/2013 8:47am
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Racer_Twentynine wrote:
2 options 1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible. 2...
2 options

1 is called outside. i spent a good part of my youth there and try to go back there as much as possible.

2 is blankets and couch pillows.

there was a post on here a while back someone was trying to get funding to make a modular type plastic set but i dont know if he ever got all the funding he needed.
MR. X wrote:
What is this "outside" that you speak of ?
chances are you have already been there but were so involved with a smart phone you missed it.
it happen to me a few times.
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mx 219 12/23/2013 10:48am
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I was in the attic and I ran across this thing... Since I saw this thread the other day I figured i would post a pic. My mom probably made this for my brothers and I about 20 years ago. She also made me a Red Bud track but it didnt have any jumps or hills, just the track outline.


The track use to be completely outlined and there were start gates too, but it got a lot of use when we were younger.


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dl117 12/23/2013 11:12am
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My old man made one for my son out of foam he glued up and used a hot knife to carve out the track I believe, it has ruts in the corners and he then air brushed it and made tuff blocks and a working starting gate out of paperclips......pretty cool when you are retired and can screw around like that.
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mx757 12/23/2013 11:26am
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I always thought it would be cool to build one out of play doh or something.It would get the tracks in it and you could scoop up some ruts and berms and stuff, and after a few days it will harden up so you don't have to re-build it
Moens_Andy 12/23/2013 11:28am
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dl117 wrote:
My old man made one for my son out of foam he glued up and used a hot knife to carve out the track I believe...
My old man made one for my son out of foam he glued up and used a hot knife to carve out the track I believe, it has ruts in the corners and he then air brushed it and made tuff blocks and a working starting gate out of paperclips......pretty cool when you are retired and can screw around like that.
pretty worthless without the pics bro show us the goodies ;D
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Tracktor 12/23/2013 11:56am
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It's rainy here so after watching Justin Hill on Moto5 my boys converted their old train table to a sand track. They were able to sneak the sand in the house in 5 gallon buckets. Wife wasn't happy. Now the hard part is keeping the cats from shitting in it.............
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dl117 12/23/2013 12:48pm
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Moens_Andy wrote:
pretty worthless without the pics bro show us the goodies ;D
when i go to pops place for christmas I will try to remember to get some pics
Moens_Andy 12/23/2013 1:51pm
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Moens_Andy wrote:
pretty worthless without the pics bro show us the goodies ;D
dl117 wrote:
when i go to pops place for christmas I will try to remember to get some pics
thnx , I'm kinda interested on how he made that starting gate :D
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EZZA 95B 12/23/2013 2:22pm
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When I was little, I had the perfect blanket and would use all the socks I could get my hands on, do the layout of the track and put the blanket over the top. For tabletops, I would stack 3 or 4 VCR cassette tapes and put socks in front and behind them for sweet takeoffs and landings... Made some killer SX tracks!
The bikes I had were smaller than the die-cast/plastic ones of today and I had some little rubber dudes that fit them perfect.
Those were the days.Smile
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bartoner 12/23/2013 4:57pm
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bartoner wrote:
ordered this one thru this link for my son for xmas....came on saturday, looks pretty cool so far...

http://www.kmart.com/mxs-race-track-playset/p-004W003386268000P
peelout wrote:
just went and picked it up at the Kmart here, thanks again for the heads up my nephew is going to love it!
glad you found it! i dont have any kmarts near me, and that was the only place that seemed to carry it...so I had to order it...i havent took it outta the box yet...but it looks super cool!

i plan on converting his train table that he dont use into a mx table..

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Kyle978 12/23/2013 5:03pm
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bartoner wrote:
ordered this one thru this link for my son for xmas....came on saturday, looks pretty cool so far...

http://www.kmart.com/mxs-race-track-playset/p-004W003386268000P
peelout wrote:
just went and picked it up at the Kmart here, thanks again for the heads up my nephew is going to love it!
bartoner wrote:
glad you found it! i dont have any kmarts near me, and that was the only place that seemed to carry it...so I had to order...
glad you found it! i dont have any kmarts near me, and that was the only place that seemed to carry it...so I had to order it...i havent took it outta the box yet...but it looks super cool!

i plan on converting his train table that he dont use into a mx table..
Every time I drive by a Kmart I always think "Who the hell goes there any more, and how the hell do they stay open?". I guess people do go there...
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MXD 12/23/2013 5:06pm
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I'm in to model railroading and I make mountains out of a home made cardboard weave covered in plaster paper and then filled in with a material called sculptamold. You could easily make a SX or MX track the same way. In fact, it would be real easy. That might be a cool project some day.
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MXD 12/23/2013 5:09pm
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Like this
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Zesiger 112 12/23/2013 5:25pm
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txgoon wrote:
Anybody ever make these anymore? What dirt is the best? Probably moon sand lol
I would say just like a real mx track, clay would be better than sand. I like the idea of carved painted foam.I would go with dirt, that way kids could re create the track as many times as they want.
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ocscottie 12/23/2013 7:27pm
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bartoner wrote:
ordered this one thru this link for my son for xmas....came on saturday, looks pretty cool so far...

http://www.kmart.com/mxs-race-track-playset/p-004W003386268000P
peelout wrote:
just went and picked it up at the Kmart here, thanks again for the heads up my nephew is going to love it!
Wish i saw this earlier! also want to get it for my nephew. Not in stock up here. Blink
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EZZA 95B 12/23/2013 7:46pm
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Thought I'd see if I could get one for my nephew too... Shocked
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burn1986 12/23/2013 8:35pm
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Bad! It would be cool to find one you could run a Tyco Jeremy McGrath cycle on.
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EZZA 95B 12/23/2013 11:00pm
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There was a guy in RacerX a while back who made a really nice Supercross play set.
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jemcee 12/24/2013 12:48am
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EZZA 95B wrote:
When I was little, I had the perfect blanket and would use all the socks I could get my hands on, do the layout of the...
When I was little, I had the perfect blanket and would use all the socks I could get my hands on, do the layout of the track and put the blanket over the top. For tabletops, I would stack 3 or 4 VCR cassette tapes and put socks in front and behind them for sweet takeoffs and landings... Made some killer SX tracks!
The bikes I had were smaller than the die-cast/plastic ones of today and I had some little rubber dudes that fit them perfect.
Those were the days.Smile
man so did I.. but mine was super old so what ever was inside it would bunch up on it's own accord so I'd throw it on the ground and spend the first few hours searching out the tracks.. Early freeriding I guess haha
but I tell my nephews now that have got those killer little bikes they sell these days I used to use bloody blocks of lego as bikes haha then I had a few other shitty 'bikes' all different sizes some looked like vintage bikes I even had two that were erasers shaped like bikes haha
I was probably playing on that later in my life than I should've been haha
J.Saunders144 12/25/2013 8:14am
12/25/2013 8:14am
A flower box is prime. My mom has 2 on each side of our deck and would let me use one fore mini tracks as a kid. standing the bed was at chest height and about 3ft wide and 7-8ft long. Absolutely epic as a kid and I wish I had some pictures, you guys would need new keyboards from the drool!!!!!!

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