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2/29/2012 8:18pm
our local track Kincaid/jodipur motocross park sucks. I am glad we have one, but after the first moto or any time races aren't on this track is hardpack that erodes to sand and is littered with rocks ranging from golfball to fist size. It is really bad in the corners because there is almost no berm or racing line. When I ride it feels like I am on marbles. If you YouTube the track you can see what I mean.
What do you guys in the lower 48 do if you have a track like ours?
What do you guys in the lower 48 do if you have a track like ours?
If you can ride good in the rocks you can ride good most places!
There is nothing you can do about it there.
That track use to have pretty decent dirt in the the 80's and 90's.
Unfortunately, the dozer operators have been digging into the ground when doing track maintenance digging up all the rocks that were underneath the silt and sand. Then the ground pretty much gave out there, everytime they groom there just bringing up more.
The quads are also throwing off any good dirt on the track off the track bringing up the rocks as well.
They have also over the past 6-8 years been bringing in horrible dirt with rocks in it, bed springs, car parts, you name it.
That track is gone there is no saving it.
Go ride Rival Park and save your bike.
It is by far the best maintained track in Alaska that is public.
Keep in touch with me, I will be back in AK for a few weeks come this summer I have a private track at my house there and a few at a friends I can take you and your friends, husband,boyfriend, girlfriend or whatever to ride at.
No one should have to ride that shit hole in Anchorage.
or is that two?
The Shop
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Not that its a good or bad thing necessarily, but it says a lot about the tracks over here compared to typical dirt you find on an Outdoor National circuit.
ya got to keep adding dirt,chips,horse crap..what ever...walk the track and toss rocks..
Im joking Im joking! Getting blasted by golf ball sized rocks is savage.
Pit Row
But, and maybe this is lost on the new generation because of closure of open space riding, my generation grew up on natural terrain tracks...no grooming...no watering...just ride. Maybe instead of trying to improve the track, go race enduros or some other style of bike racing and learn how to deal with everything (rocks, ruts, roots, sand, hard pack, mud, etc.). I'd bet you come back to that track, kick ass, and take names.
I could spend 24 hours picking up rocks out of one corner of my little track...first rain there are more than there were before. The more that I 'scrape'...the more rocks come up!
http://www.qualityweldingservice.com/70screeningbucket.html
2) Rent a screener and a bucket loader, maybe a dump truck. Dig out each section of the track, screen the dirt and put it back in.
If you're not in a position to afford the rental then redo the layout of the track to not use the same ground.
Its not the rideing on rocky tracks, its having your eye taken out/broken nose/broken fingers from the roost.
Is Jolly Rogers still around? The only reason I ever ventured over the mountains to ride that Seattle rock quary was because it was on the Pac-West schedule. Hated that place.
how are you? great i hope!
That aside, I can ride really well offroad. My first bike was a crf450x and I can ride the wheels off that at jims creek from going 80 over 2-3 foot whoops water skipping or blasting trails praying no quad is around the corner. I love riding, but if you have to chose between riding our track blown up or going offloading it is a tough call.
@ S.loyer I went to rival every chance I got. I love the track and the blanchards are great people. I will be trying to go there when they are open. I will definitely keep in touch. Hope to see you this summer.
@everyone the point of my thread was about what people with similar tracks do for bike setup? Also, the track is most similar to the top photo posted. All of the rocks are smooth with out being embedded. It is like riding on large marbles/baseballs not D1.
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