my new practice track....

[maxakerman77]

here is my new practice track, took us a day to build.

the holeshot...

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out of the first turn...30 ft double into burm

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out of second berm.....whoops(big ones!)

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out of third berm 45 ft triple then a curve...

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out of curve 2 25 ft doubles...

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25 ft step down to a 6th sweeper...

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have to go to the races post the rest tonight around 11 illinois time...

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the 6 ft sweeper.....

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6ft tall 55ft uphill(step up) triple.....

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the speed bump after the triple....

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and now the last row leading back into the first turn....

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everything on the track is taller then 4 feet, except the jumps in the last pic and the whoops. they look so small cause the tree's are so big,

[Brapp]

That's awesome bro.. it's nice having your own practice track! Here's my playground... it's over a mile long. You can only see half of it in this pic.

[Brapp]

Ya see it a bit better here.

[YZdRtRyDr125]

i was in my backyard today thinking of a design for one. its not gonna be too great but i was thinking.....a few doubles and tables(tables for my little brother), maybe a triple, possibly a stepup thing, whoops, some berms and some other things here and there.

[maxakerman77]

all though i havent rode mine do to my broken leg, it is nice having a practice track, all the pic look small but if there was a bike it would be huge. hey brapp where at in kentucky are you? we should get together and shread sometime.

[OneLastRegret]

sweet maxakerman77 and brapp. brapp, i plan on taking a road trip soon to do some riding south, where are some good tracks to go to in kentucky?


maxakerman77, name is max right?

[Brapp]

I'd defiently check out Ballance Motox in Bowling Green. That track has to be one of the best in the state, if not the best. Theirs a bunch of nice tracks though.. they're just scattered all over the state.

Ballance site - www.ballancemotox.com

And go to.. www.danielboonemx.com and then go to Championship series.. and it has a map of Kentucky with all the locations of the tracks, and their websites,

[maxakerman77]

Originally posted by OneLastRegret
sweet maxakerman77, name is max right?

indeed it tis.

[OneLastRegret]

thanks much brapp. i'll add you to my buddylist. we'll have to ride when i'm out sometime.

[suzukirider99]

i hate you guys...... i want a practice track....

[FMX-Freek]

sweet track max, i thought u didnt brake ur leg, it was sprained or sumthin? later

[motorider228]

Originally posted by FMX-Freek
sweet track max, i thought u didnt brake ur leg, it was sprained or sumthin? later

yeah thats what i thought too......hmm maybe im mistaken

[Dobe539]

Originally posted by suzukirider99
i hate you guys...... i want a practice track....

why, so you could look at it?

psh. those tracks are pretty ghetto dude.

not to be mean, but i mean your not gonna get that much faster by riding those. sure its good to be on a bike, but i would rather put my time and hard work at a real track.

you will only get your lines on the track, and wont be able to adapt to others etc.

but i guess if you dont race to much and just like playin around its great.

dont get me wrong i love playing around also, but if it was me i wouldnt have a track in my back yard unless i had a tractor with a great layout, or somone helping me build it, and have many other riders ride it.

but not for a pit bike track that thing would own.

[MXjunk127]

actually much is to be gained from these gheto tracks. If you are on the bigginer to novice level.

[maxakerman77]

Originally posted by motorider228
yeah thats what i thought too......hmm maybe im mistaken

at first the doc told me it was broke, then it was sprained, and now they called back and its broke.

dobe-my track doesnt look to thrilling in pictures, 1. it looks small cause the trees are so big, and 2. it is full of out of the corner jumps and many 2 line sections. everytime someone rides u improve a little you just dont know it. around here all the track our statium mx tracks and everything is so tight. sorry my track is "ghetto" because its in the woods, i figured it would be something new and a fun time. and plus the fact of me being 14 doesnt exactly allow me to go to a track whenever i want. but now the traack being(closest part) 50 ft from my house i can ride whenever, not only learning by what im riding i am learning by who i ride with (a-b class riders). i am not trying to cause a fight i just wanted to state an opinion and tell you what i had to work with.

one last regret, where you located in illinios?????

[Brapp]

My track is ghetto, but it has made me faster. Last year I sucked wang, and now I'm a half decent rider. Since I built that track I have improved greatly. You don't have to ride the same lines, you can mix it up and ride the track however you want. I've had the track since the end of last summer and I'm still finding different ways to connect things, and I have hundreds of laps in on that thing. It may not look like much, but everytime I ride it, it's changing. It's a rough track, it's got rocks, huge bumps, hard pack, soft, and all types of different things. These are the things that will make you faster. Real tracks are groomed and perfect. Only during races do they get rough. That's why everytime I go out on my ghetto practice track, I push it. If you aren't goofing around, you learn how to push yourself to become faster, if that's what you want. It doesn't take a real track to make you fast. Lot's of fast guys came from the farm, where they just layed out little courses in fields and practiced flat turns all day until they made ruts and berms with the bike. I'm not saying your going to get to the professional level from just that, but it does help quite a bit.

[OneLastRegret]

psh. those tracks are pretty ghetto dude.



who cares. how many people can say they have a track in their backyard. big deal. and the track is a lot more than it looks from just pictures. a lot can be done with it still. he just built that in ONE day. just leave the comment to yourself.


max, you know me, i'm from joliet.

[motorider228]

hey max im sure if you showed side views of the track it would do your track more justice, in other wards the jumps would look bigger if you showed side views because you cant get a real view of anything with straight foreward shots.

[Brapp]

Mine was built in one day aswell... it's a hella lot better than nothing. I don't have any huge jumps right now, but this summer the track is going to get some major improvements..

[maxakerman77]

Originally posted by motorider228
hey max im sure if you showed side views of the track it would do your track more justice, in other wards the jumps would look bigger if you showed side views because you cant get a real view of anything with straight foreward shots.

well the fact of being so many tree's i cant take side shots or it would look like nothing but dirt mounds and trees. im gettin a new camera soon so ill see what i can do to make so pics look nice..

[FMX-Freek]

i gotta come down and ride it, looks cool

[CRFjeff182]

thats sweet man, u guys are lucky to have your own track, i live in the city and my backyard is way to small to have a track

[maxakerman77]

here are so more high profile pics i just made my friend stand in there for size, oh ya hes like 5.6'

the whoopsssss......

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and again..

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and the jump out of the first turn....

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and the 40/45 ft triple....

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and our down hill rythem....ya thats 1motojemr1 through the midwest gang sign, hahaha........

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thats all i have for now the camera died so... ill get more tomoroww.

[motorider228]

i personally think the track looks cool, but watch out for those trees you dont want to end up like sonny bono.

[MXjunk127]

Originally posted by motorider228
i personally think the track looks cool, but watch out for those trees you dont want to end up like sonny bono.

Sorry, but I couldnt save myself from letting out a little laugh there. lol.

yea watch out for those, they hurt.

[maxakerman77]

ya, i know i just made the switch from harescrambles to mx so i know how it feels to hit a tree at a decent rat of speed. and as for the trees we are going to twine straw bales to them so it wont hurt as bad, the pics make it look worse then the tree is, its not really horibly in the way. so u guys like the whoops, there f'in huge!

[k-dub]

Man you have a great set up there. Those whoops look like fun. I would kill 7 hobo's to own that place.......that reminds me.....

[FleshFox132]

that looks like a sweet track, I'm working on one in my backyard too, there's a bunch of hills and tall grass, so there's not a whole lot I can do to photograph it..., it's pretty big and it still needs alot of work...yours looks like it would be a lot of fun and great track to improve your skills on...good luck

[maxakerman77]

i am going to go take a picture every 40 feet and then connor over at mwmx.net is going to make a slideshow video and post a vid of it so you guys can all get the affect of how riding it would be. ill throw a link up when he gets it done and posted.

[1motojemr1]

ya max thats gunna be awesome but hey i get to ride it ne how but o well maybe we can invite a bunch o ppl from fmtx to a mx partay...haha

[maxakerman77]

indeed we will have to u little noob!

[ranga]

im so gealous, come build me a track

[maxakerman77]

haha if u have can get a tractor and pay for my plane ticket i would love to....700$ later i would be at your house.

[CRacer#41]

My Excavator is arriving in 5 weeks i cant wait. I already have a flat track and some serious dirt but when i get the gear to move its on for young and old

[OneLastRegret]

good deal office max.

[maxakerman77]

Originally posted by OneLastRegret
good deal office max.

so, you gonna come up this summer? and what is ur sn? i know it is already on my bl i just wanna know what one is urs, i have like 30 people from this sight on my bl.

[OneLastRegret]

yeah, i'm always up there. i'm out there all the time especially during the summer.


sn is gbulat46

[maxakerman77]

hey all you midwest boys, or maybe if you arent even in the mw go join the forum on www.mwmx.net its a good time although it needs a little boost.

[1motojemr1]

ya max i hope were still ridin on wed ill call ya but ill ttyl cuz i gotta get off the library computer...hahaha peace yall.

[Hans]

man i have to take pics of our track in the woods.

1 mile from me, and the track is really nice now.

ill post pics next week maybe

[maxakerman77]

i just got a new memo card for the camera so i will be taking a bunch of pics for connor to make a slide show vid.

[maxakerman77]

http://fmtx.shread.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30309 there is some pics of me riding the big jump section of the track..

[1motojemr1]

ya max we need to get some practice in fer the race this weekend....kirsten says hi...were in the library.