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Only $10 for all 2026 SX, MX, and SMX series.
Edit: they LET me ride tracks and “prepped”trails since it was my first time. The website lists a tracks and trails pack as an additional $20. I literally lifted three small tree off the path and had to create my own lines due to over growth for the trails.
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You do not go wide open on a mine field. It doesn't look safer but actually it is, since a crash in 3rd gear makes less damage than in 4th gear.
4 stroke takes 99% of the blame regarding serious injuries but track prep has its fair share too in my opinion.
So if they dont prepp it, they lose riders and need to take out a higher cost.
Only thing as several has mentioned, water is key. And if it is a softer track, maybe if they could have fixed some really bad jump faces.
Well that's some interesting math. So paying a million $ for the land, 1/4 mil for tractors and implements, paying for building the track (which is an enormous task), ensuring a water source, building bathrooms and facilities, paying for insurance and lawyers, marketing and promotion, putting up with everybody's crap, and spending almost every day keeping the thing going is......
Half.
And prepping it the day that logan_140 goes is the other half. Rrrrriiiiiggghhhhhttttt.
Be grateful somebody has enough love for the sport to even bother having a track. There is 0 money in that game. Nobody is ripping you off bro.
Right now I pay $20 - $30 for a prepped track.
Give me a damn break, I know everyone likes to be a hero on the internet but this is just ridiculous. OP is totally right to be pissed, I would be to. When the local tracks around here have a water truck break down they take $5-$10 off the entry price, as they should because the track sucks. If you don’t provide what’s advertised then that’s wrong, period, end of story.
If you want to complain about the things that go into running a track, then don't run a track. It's that simple.
There are maybe a handful of regional tracks that make enough profit for it to be a legitimate business. Most tracks are run by old guys who got too old to compete, moto-parents trying to make Johnny's dream come true, or former pros that want to stay connected to the sport.
You get outside of California and it's a whole different world.
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I don't care about being a better rider by riding a rougher track, I a am not going pro. I just want to have fun. And a fully prepped track is a hell of a lot more fun that a non-prepped track
I've forked over money at the gate to show up to a track that is in shit condition and not ripped at all. I hardly go back to this track now and when I do, I insist that I check out the track first and if it's prepped I'll come back to the gate to pay and ride. I've gotten some real nasty looks from the gate people... haha
If I want to ride in terrible conditions I can just go hit up the desert tracks or single track near my house
As some other guys said, I'll never be a Pro so riding beat up crap isn't fun, nor is it safe. I am on my second personal track, and I have some idea how much work and $$$ it takes to prep a track properly. Mike Sexton and Zeb Armstrong in NorCal are two of the best at it from what I've seen. as is Corky at the Oatfield (or wherever he goes). Even those guys have off days when prep isn't great. Usually a water issue when that happens.
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Let's see after all those expenses are added up, if you are doing all that work yourself and not paying someone else, you end making about $5 an hour.
You have no idea dude.
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