You're visiting family in Orlando - Where do you go ride?

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7/26/2023 3:48am
AngryBear wrote:
just responding to your 0.5 rating.  the only clay ive seen is what is on the vet track.  the main track is deep natural sand.  it's...

just responding to your 0.5 rating.  the only clay ive seen is what is on the vet track.  the main track is deep natural sand.  it's def not cheap, but the operation, ecsp flaggers, compared to say pax, is night and day different in my experience. pax is fun, but is much more dangerous.

Deep natural sand on main track? Clearly you didn’t ride there much before it became Motobros. Had you, you would know that the main track is full of clay that was brought in. The rollers are about the only thing that’s natural on the main track.

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I think we’re full In Florida, just don’t bother coming!

 

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Just watched a video of the new Orlando Mx track…. Looks like all clay…. Very disappointing for me..I get the maintenance benefits of clay but why not just make some of the big jumps clay based? IMO the clay/hard pack, big jump tracks chase away many old school/vet riders into hare scrambles/ enduros. I like jumps just as much as anyone but nothing gets you in a fitness base like a rough sand track. Unreal, I have a better sand track in upstate NY than we do in South East Florida… 

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7/26/2023 6:34am
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I visit a friend in florida every winter. here is my thoughts lol   moto bros is worth the drive IMO. 15 minutes on track 1...

I visit a friend in florida every winter. here is my thoughts lol

 

moto bros is worth the drive IMO. 15 minutes on track 1, 15 min break, 15 min in track 2, 15 min break, repeat. 

Tampa has really gotten their dirt to be some of the best. 

Dade is, well dade. Great but practice days can be a shit show

They completely fucked orlando. 

Lazy springs, nice if you live close. visit once or twice a year at most

Spyder, owners a dildo. Spyder 2.0 will be the same bullshit 

Sunshine - north florida, jasper area but absolutely awesome 

Miami Mx - shit 

Moto bros Punta gorda, not open but should be solid

Bostwick is a good track 

North Florida mx - decent 

okefenokee mx park- FL/GA border, just make the drive. you will be smiling for weeks 

GPF - 110% worth the drive 

 

Closed tracks 

- 74

- Mesa

- Skytop 

- Soon Spyder 

- sandlot/FTT

- bartow 

TahoeVetMX wrote:

Any idea why Mesa closed and did not just sell it?

Mesa is the same owner at Miami. Sold mesa to a developer 

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7/26/2023 6:37am
bpaderta wrote:
Are people in Florida sick of riding in the sand? Orlando was a great track, I cant figure out why they would bring in all that...

Are people in Florida sick of riding in the sand? Orlando was a great track, I cant figure out why they would bring in all that clay. 

They got the clay from a stadium or something being built in orlando. I believe they got the dirt for free.

 

They should have left the sand track, which was 110% awesome and used that clay to build that front track into something great and have two tracks plus saturday night racing. 

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7/26/2023 6:38am
Renner153 wrote:
It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not...

It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not worth the time/money. You just won’t be happy.

Hey Renner, you probably have more insight on florida moto than most. Any chance of orlando ever going back to sand?

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7/26/2023 7:43am Edited Date/Time 7/26/2023 7:45am
ripper69 wrote:

Mesa is the same owner at Miami. Sold mesa to a developer 

Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week. 
 

Edit: Laz does own both Miami and Mesa. The sold to a developer part I’m referring to.  There are like 5 different owners of the Mesa complex. Laz only has what the track is on. Not much can be developed on it. 

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7/26/2023 8:22am

Florida used to have so many good public tracks.. does sc have the best tracks now days?

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7/26/2023 8:31am

Bithlo/OCR was first ruined by clay back around 1999. Before that it was an actual sand track and was killer.

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7/26/2023 9:03am
Renner153 wrote:
It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not...

It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not worth the time/money. You just won’t be happy.

ripper69 wrote:

Hey Renner, you probably have more insight on florida moto than most. Any chance of orlando ever going back to sand?

It will go back to sand on its own eventually, unless they dump more clay. Which is probably what they are going for, a sand clay mix to make it a better training track for Loretta's.

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7/26/2023 1:52pm
Renner153 wrote:
It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not...

It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not worth the time/money. You just won’t be happy.

ripper69 wrote:

Hey Renner, you probably have more insight on florida moto than most. Any chance of orlando ever going back to sand?

JLM#144 wrote:
It will go back to sand on its own eventually, unless they dump more clay. Which is probably what they are going for, a sand clay...

It will go back to sand on its own eventually, unless they dump more clay. Which is probably what they are going for, a sand clay mix to make it a better training track for Loretta's.

Not when they are not tilling it deep. they have over 12 inch base of clay and tilling 3-4 inches isnt going to bring the sand up

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7/26/2023 1:55pm Edited Date/Time 7/26/2023 1:58pm
ripper69 wrote:

Mesa is the same owner at Miami. Sold mesa to a developer 

ge217 wrote:
Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week.    Edit: Laz does own both...

Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week. 
 

Edit: Laz does own both Miami and Mesa. The sold to a developer part I’m referring to.  There are like 5 different owners of the Mesa complex. Laz only has what the track is on. Not much can be developed on it. 

Mesa PS.png?VersionId=ZQ2xeKmtUkJCrnot true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres

 Mesa PS 2.png?VersionId=C31CoUwDmI.LxPB.la

 First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner, mesa mx. The second image is Sunbiz Mesa Mx owner info which is solely Laz

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7/26/2023 2:19pm
ripper69 wrote:

Mesa is the same owner at Miami. Sold mesa to a developer 

ge217 wrote:
Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week.    Edit: Laz does own both...

Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week. 
 

Edit: Laz does own both Miami and Mesa. The sold to a developer part I’m referring to.  There are like 5 different owners of the Mesa complex. Laz only has what the track is on. Not much can be developed on it. 

ripper69 wrote:
not true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres    First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner...

Mesa PS.png?VersionId=ZQ2xeKmtUkJCrnot true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres

 Mesa PS 2.png?VersionId=C31CoUwDmI.LxPB.la

 First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner, mesa mx. The second image is Sunbiz Mesa Mx owner info which is solely Laz

Hope Mesa stays open and even improves.   I feel that Motobros did a great job of showing what is possible and by all accounts they are one of the best tracks in the U.S. now.  

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7/26/2023 3:21pm
Renner153 wrote:
It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not...

It sounds to me like you should just not bother with bringing bike and gear. Everything is either too far, it sucks, too expensive, closed, not worth the time/money. You just won’t be happy.

ripper69 wrote:

Hey Renner, you probably have more insight on florida moto than most. Any chance of orlando ever going back to sand?

I haven’t talked to Dean about it yet. But I think they were just able to get some dirt and wanted to try and bring in more business. From what it sounds like, the turnouts were getting a bit low so they put clay on it to maybe attract new riders. I think eventually it will go back to sand. But again, I haven’t talked to them, nor have I been there. 

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7/26/2023 4:08pm Edited Date/Time 7/26/2023 4:27pm
ripper69 wrote:
not true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres    First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner...

Mesa PS.png?VersionId=ZQ2xeKmtUkJCrnot true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres

 Mesa PS 2.png?VersionId=C31CoUwDmI.LxPB.la

 First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner, mesa mx. The second image is Sunbiz Mesa Mx owner info which is solely Laz

Laz only owns number 3. The church, that is in partial 4 put a fence up (black line) to make it harder for Laz to enter the property. The torquiest line is the old entrance road. The pink line is the newest entrance. The actual road coming in is a county road, however it stops at the churches fence (black line). Obviously they can’t fence the county road. They did fence the other side of road, that is their property line blocking the original entrance road to the track that was one their property. The land owner of plot 2 let Mesa (Laz) use the corner of his property to have an entrance still. The owner of partial 1 doesn’t do anything with his land, just like the owner of number 2. Number 2 was for sale about a year ago, but no buyer.

When Mesa first opened in 1999/2000, it was a whole complex. Then one day the owners all had a disagreement. About 15 years later is opened up again. This person had number 3 and 4. Laz only purchased 3 and then 4 went to the church. If you’ve ever been to Mesa, you’d know Laz only has what the track sits on. Why there aren’t many races held there, very limited parking for rigs.
 

 

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7/26/2023 5:56pm
ripper69 wrote:
not true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres    First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner...

Mesa PS.png?VersionId=ZQ2xeKmtUkJCrnot true man. its public info. The track parcel is 17.68 acres

 Mesa PS 2.png?VersionId=C31CoUwDmI.LxPB.la

 First image shows the track and the parcel size along with one owner, mesa mx. The second image is Sunbiz Mesa Mx owner info which is solely Laz

ge217 wrote:
Laz only owns number 3. The church, that is in partial 4 put a fence up (black line) to make it harder for Laz to enter...

Laz only owns number 3. The church, that is in partial 4 put a fence up (black line) to make it harder for Laz to enter the property. The torquiest line is the old entrance road. The pink line is the newest entrance. The actual road coming in is a county road, however it stops at the churches fence (black line). Obviously they can’t fence the county road. They did fence the other side of road, that is their property line blocking the original entrance road to the track that was one their property. The land owner of plot 2 let Mesa (Laz) use the corner of his property to have an entrance still. The owner of partial 1 doesn’t do anything with his land, just like the owner of number 2. Number 2 was for sale about a year ago, but no buyer.

When Mesa first opened in 1999/2000, it was a whole complex. Then one day the owners all had a disagreement. About 15 years later is opened up again. This person had number 3 and 4. Laz only purchased 3 and then 4 went to the church. If you’ve ever been to Mesa, you’d know Laz only has what the track sits on. Why there aren’t many races held there, very limited parking for rigs.
 

 

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Well, if they wanted to sell it for a reasonable price I am sure myself or others would love to turn it into a training compound!  lol   I hope it stays a track one way or another!

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7/26/2023 6:42pm
oceantrav wrote:

I think we’re full In Florida, just don’t bother coming!

 

Decent chance I’ve lived there longer than you but alright goober 

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ge217 wrote:
Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week.    Edit: Laz does own both...

Considering I live 5 min from Mesa. Pretty sure that’s false info. Some people where out there riding last week. 
 

Edit: Laz does own both Miami and Mesa. The sold to a developer part I’m referring to.  There are like 5 different owners of the Mesa complex. Laz only has what the track is on. Not much can be developed on it. 

So… there is a chance the track will still operate? 

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7/27/2023 12:09pm
sandman768 wrote:

So… there is a chance the track will still operate? 

I hope. There were some people riding there recently, just one day. Other than that, no activity that I’ve seen or heard. I have heard after summer may open back up. That’s just hearsay though.

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7/27/2023 1:46pm
sandman768 wrote:

So… there is a chance the track will still operate? 

ge217 wrote:
I hope. There were some people riding there recently, just one day. Other than that, no activity that I’ve seen or heard. I have heard after...

I hope. There were some people riding there recently, just one day. Other than that, no activity that I’ve seen or heard. I have heard after summer may open back up. That’s just hearsay though.

Been hearing similar rumors about 74. can only hope both have merit but seems like they never do in regards to tracks closing..

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