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MavSmith
10/4/2017 4:15am
10/4/2017 4:15am
Hi guys
Been doing a little research about MX trip to Belgium this winter 24th-30th December.
Does anyone know if the tracks are open the xmas week?
Also do we need a licence for practice days in Holland? I read somewhere we do but then I have been over years previous and I don't recall needing one? (I was only 15 so had no clue what was going on lol)
Any tips about where to ride etc would be good also!
Tracks we want to visit are, Lommel, Honda Park, Dunkirk, Valkenswaard.
Thanks, Mav.
Been doing a little research about MX trip to Belgium this winter 24th-30th December.
Does anyone know if the tracks are open the xmas week?
Also do we need a licence for practice days in Holland? I read somewhere we do but then I have been over years previous and I don't recall needing one? (I was only 15 so had no clue what was going on lol)
Any tips about where to ride etc would be good also!
Tracks we want to visit are, Lommel, Honda Park, Dunkirk, Valkenswaard.
Thanks, Mav.
for Holland you need https://mijn.knmv.nl/Default.aspx?pid=337
licence that was like 60 euros for year.
Mid winter conditions vary so much that all tracks can be closed or open.
Dunkirk has been pretty much always open.
Valkenswaard im not sure if its anymore open for practice.
Eersel, Wielewaal, Eindhoven(Veldhoven) good add to your list.
Been staying Zilwermeer where you can rent house pretty cheap and tracks are less than hour away any direction
but Dunkirk. Tracks you can find from mxbrothers maps.
Definitely don't want to spoil the idea though: Belgian tracks don't require a licence, but Dutch tracks do, it's called a KNMV District Licence. They go by calender year, so if your going the last week of the year you will sadly be buying a licence that is only valid for one week. They cost 60 euros (I think) and allow you to ride anywhere in The Netherlands.
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Being rough and difficult is no issue for us, we are more worried about not being able to ride.
I once rode Lommel when it was completely under water and it was just me and Herlings, the track didn't shut then so I am fairly positive it shouldn't shut if it rains again - to a certain extent of course.
Year ago was one week that only Lommel was open.. you could get around with
bike but some did try quad and sidecars and got stuck after couple corners..
If its raining just go Dunkirk or find another time to make trip.
You can also leave home cheap chains and alum sprockets when sand is wet.
Valkenswaard you cant practice in wintertime. And sadly Lierop has closed there doors this summer in July..
If you want more info, just ask of ask a few weeks or days before How the weather is. I can tell you where to go in Holland if you want.
tek14 already said a lot of right things. You indeed need a KNMV License to ride in Holland (click the link in his post).
Valkenswaard will be closed in December. It's only open during summertime (till the end of October).
I would suggest these tracks in Holland:
Budel http://www.motorclubbudel.nl/
Veldhoven http://delandsard.nl/
Eersel (2 tracks right next to each other) http://www.mccdekempen.nl/
Reusel (can't really have much water though) https://www.mcwielewaal.nl/
Berghem http://www.srmv-berghem.nl/
http://www.mxbrothers.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/tr…
And of course spanked Herlings at Lommel
Cannot get any time off in the summer and also all the tracks where we are close in the winter so we figured sand would be the place to be in the wet!
Pit Row
In 2001 I went to the Lierop GP. That was the day Chad Reed won the 250 class. But the 500 class was won by Smets. I'm pretty sure it was the final moto of the day and a bunch of fans (including me) ran onto the start straight after the race, near the podium. Everyone was going crazy for Smets and I remember the fans had a Smets song that they started singing together. I thought it was the coolest thing! I just remember all these people singing "Joel, Joel!!!" and then there were actual lyrics that followed.
Anyway, I'm curious if any of the Belgians on vital know/remember the song and could post the lyrics (in Flemish), or better yet, a video of fans singing it.
at the race it was different. It almost reminded me of some of the soccer (football) chants you hear in Europe.
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