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Hi!
Having spent a year in FL and a handful of years in the Midwest, my next journey is taking me to NJ.
I was interested to find out what the riding is like up there.
What tracks are worth going to within a 3-4 hour driving distance from Tinton Falls?
How long is the riding season and where does everyone go in winter?
Cheers/ Fred
Having spent a year in FL and a handful of years in the Midwest, my next journey is taking me to NJ.
I was interested to find out what the riding is like up there.
What tracks are worth going to within a 3-4 hour driving distance from Tinton Falls?
How long is the riding season and where does everyone go in winter?
Cheers/ Fred
We’re not moving until late September but will return to this thread and take you up on that offer
Not open year round but within 2 hrs North you have Walden which was just had a huge track overhaul and is rarely open but a great track. Holiday Mountain which is a crazy sand track literally built into the side of a ski slope and has some fun elevation changes that will be like nothing you have probably ridden in FL or possibly the midwest depending where in Midwest you are from. also about 2 hrs is Orange County Fair MX (OCFMX).
If you are willing to travel about 3.75 to 4 hrs you can keep going into Mass and you will have about another 4 tracks; 508 Int'l , MX23, Cor mx, and Crow Hill. Upstate NY about 3.5 hrs is Diamond back.
I live in CT and although we have Zero public Mx tracks in the entire state, all around us in every direction there are tracks so I have at least 15 tracks within a day trip driving distance.
The Shop
There are two sand pits pretty close to you.
Weather sucks from late December to early March, but otherwise, I love living and ride here. I just do maintenance stuff and take a break in the winter. Budds Creek and Tomahawk are far enough south you can ride there with some thick gloves. Sand pits are also decent if it's a mild winter. Basically, if you are tough, and really want to ride, you can get it done almost year round.
This thread definitely strikes a chord with me too!
The wife and I are tentatively/potentially planning to travel out to northeastern Maryland for an extended summer stay with our son & his wife’s family and I was wondering about MX tracks in that region as well!
We’ll be staying with them in Port Deposit Md and I was planning to take the MX bike & a dual sport hoping to do some fun riding while there!
I know that’s in close proximity to Delaware, New Jersey & Pennsylvania and was hoping there was some good moto to be enjoyed!
And for what its worth, planning to bring the XC mountainbike and hoping there is some good singletrack cross country MTB riding within close proximity too?!
I’m looking forward to riding some new tracks and seeing some of the incredible historic sites in that part of the country!
There isn’t much history here in the land of the redneck (Oklahoma, my home state and where I’ve lived every day of my 56 years!) thats much older than the mid-late 1800/early 1900’s so I’m looking forward to seeing some of the colonial, pre-civil & civil war era history in that part of our country!
Vital insight is always good and always appreciated!
We’ll be staying in Cecil county Md which is the very northeast corner of Maryland! I know Delaware & Pennsylvania are only a short quick drive away!
I’m making a list of all these tracks & MTB trails and I will definitely check em out! 😎✅👍
If you want to ride local outlaw trails and pits, and possibly some private tracks/trails, you can hit me up and I'll show you around. The closest public MX tracks were already mentioned with the exception of Pagoda (in Birdsboro, PA) and The Landing (in Easton, MD).
There's definitely a few sand pits but I don't know the majority of them and haven't ridden in any of the good ones. If you have a plated dirt bike there's a shit ton of single-track riding as well. NJ honestly is not bad and I'm from Kentucky so definitely not a local.
I ride the sand during the week, never even seen a cop.
Pit Row
I can't believe how spoiled I was living in Sweden with 5 tracks within an hour drive from my house and I refused to drive much further than that. Here in the US, a 2 hour drive is just for the "local" track. Last summer I drove for 3 days just to try some tracks in So Cal
Looking forward to some sand tracks again
I’m really looking forward to the summer and trying out some of the MX in this region of the good ol’ US of A!
All of the info in this thread is very helpful/useful to me as well and I’ll definitely try to catch up with you Vital guys when I get out there and I’m able to head for the MX tracks & MTB trails!
Thanks to Freddyfred for making the original inquiry and to all the fella’s that posted the great info! 😎👍❗️
Get in good with some locals and you'll learn about the myriad of sand pits near the shore and in South Jerz. If you can avoid any run-ins with the authorities, it's some of the most fun you'll ever have on a dirt bike. And if you don't know how to ride sand, you soon will learn!
I've ridden tracks in more than 30 states and even with the recent location switch of Englishtown from the old race track to what used to be the practice track, I would still rate the facility in the top 10% of tracks in the country.
Rode Field of Dreams recently too for the first time and they are doing some great stuff over there as well (pricey though). Nice sandy mix that can take rain very well.
Sounds like you're up for longer drives too, which opens your moto world up A LOT. Great PA tracks, as has already been mentioned. Old NY main stays like Binghamton and Walden Playboys, New England tracks and racing are top class, Budds Creek is epic... the list goes on.
Enjoy and welcome to the land of pork roll, Wawa and more municipalities than any single human could possibly comprehend!
We visited NJ 3 weeks ago for the first time in my life, for my wife's job interview, and experienced Wawa and getting your gas filled up by an attendant. I can't believe you're not allowed to pump your own gas!
How do you do when you want to fill a jerry can with 3 parts 110 and 2 parts 93!?
Hang on, can you actually find 110 at a pump or will I have to buy VP?
No 110 anywhere near me...that's for sure. I generally do Av gas if I need high octane for my two-stroke. There are VP vendors around but I'm sure others on here will have more info than I can provide on that point.
If you do need a specific amount for premix at the pump for your can, just tell the attendant very directly what you need. Most will let you handle the pumping on your own, but there's the occasional zealot who takes things a little too serious. Just don't let him get all "Jersey" on you (you'll know what that means soon enough).
For filling cans, you're allowed to do the filling yourself; just put the can on the ground before filling. I usually give the attendant a nod, they still insist on picking the fuel grade for you though and then hand you the nozzle to fill. It is the same with bikes.
Pagoda
Etown
Snake Creek
Walden
Hurricane Hills
enjoy
Try pork roll (or taylor ham depending on who youre asking) while youre here. Dont ask whats in it or how its made. Just eat it with egg and cheese on a hard roll and be happy. And get it at an actual deli (wawa’s great, but you gotta go for the real deal when it comes to that).
Am I about to fall in love with yet another local food?
I already fell in love with the Chicago dog when living there, deep fried cheese curds of Wisconsin and good Cuban sandwiches in South Florida. Not to leave out all the authentic Asian food in Sydney or baked goods of Sweden arghhhh!
Moving around gets harder and harder for all the local foods and beers I now can't consume anymore
Definitely not something you want to eat every day.
There is a ton of food options to like about NJ. It is one of the state's more redeeming qualities. You'll have a near inexhaustible number of pizzerias that are all better than the best pizzeria you had at any of your other locations.
There's actually a pretty stellar BBQ place not far from Tinton Falls as well called Jersey Shore Barbeque. I can vouch for the Point Pleasant location, I've never gone to the East Brunswick location.
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