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Motorcycle Talk => Motorcycle Talk => Topic started by: EM JAY on April 04, 2008, 03:13:29 PM

Title: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: EM JAY on April 04, 2008, 03:13:29 PM
  So I finally got a bike to play on (CRF150) and nowhere to play!!!!!!!!!   :wtf:

Any ideas???? 

I'm like 20min south of Wisconsin, 40min north of Chicago........
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: xb9racer on April 04, 2008, 07:02:07 PM
Good luck. Unless you know some one with private land, it's pretty hard to come by. There is Bong Rec. Area near Burlington WI that , for a fee, has trails. But I think it's just a giant, flat loop.
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: Woofentino Pugrossi on April 05, 2008, 01:48:49 AM
Theres a open mx track in teh rockford area (west side).
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: RCR_531 on April 05, 2008, 02:02:57 AM
There is a couple in Ottawa,IL
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: RSimmons on April 05, 2008, 07:25:11 AM
Don't forget Joliet MX, or Waterman Indoor MX
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: Jan on April 05, 2008, 08:49:23 AM
And there is one by Byron:
http://www.motobyron.com/directions.htm
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: cbr-racer on April 06, 2008, 12:42:17 AM
You can look for rides on this site  :cheers:

http://www.places2ride.com/
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: EM JAY on April 06, 2008, 07:34:30 AM
 Sweet.  Thanks...  Bong is the closest to me, heard it was eh.. so so ..  I'd like to try one in Rockford too, supposta be heading to the Ottawa track on Monday..    Thanks again folks!!
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: Jeff on April 07, 2008, 01:52:08 PM
Bong will wear you out if you ride all the loops.  There are some challenges to it for a novice rider, but nothing crazy.  It's cheap fun on a 150.  A 150 isn't an uber motocross bike anyhow, so I wouldn't try any heavy MX with it, assuming you're over 100lbs.
Title: Re: MX Ridin in the Chicago/Wisconsin area???
Post by: SV88 on April 07, 2008, 10:10:43 PM
We ended up @ Buffalo range today (Ottawa, il).  Rode into a bog and got the bike stuck up to the axels.  EmJay and I took a good 10-15 minutes to heave it out.  Otherwise we had a great time.  The sand track is definately challenging.  Did lots of woods riding and a couple of stream crossings which are alway fun.  Beautiful day and maybe 7 other riders.