Ok I have gear, I have a ride, Void has gear and a ride. Now..where to go? North is good...Longmont to ft Collins hopefully. Whats the deal with imi? I'm a rookie ...am I ok there? Woot I'm excited!
Ok I have gear, I have a ride, Void has gear and a ride. Now..where to go? North is good...Longmont to ft Collins hopefully. Whats the deal with imi? I'm a rookie ...am I ok there? Woot I'm excited!
First, the only person you have anything to prove to is yourself. Second, you can watch life with your nose pressed up against the glass. Or you can swing the doors open and step inside.
Are you looking for track riding or trail riding? I have mucho experience on the trails, not so much on tracks.
--Dave
2013 Honda VFR 1200F
2014 Honda VFR800-SOLD
2007 Honda VFR800-SOLD
2004 Kawasaki KLX300R
All depends on what you are riding........Originally Posted by cdbouncer
Ok I have gear, I have a ride, Void has gear and a ride. Now..where to go? North is good...Longmont to ft Collins hopefully. Whats the deal with imi? I'm a rookie ...am I ok there? Woot I'm excited!
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IMI might be nice. You can generally go run loops on the newbie track without much interference. I think the dirt is $15?
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burthod and watkins are pretty fun as well. burthod has several tracks set up as well as 150 total acres to ride wherever. watkins has 2 main tracks, both pretty fun but they have more sand out there which can be slick to newer riders. you can check them both out, $15 a day as well.
I went through the same process last year. I would ride IMI until your ready for the main track. Then switch to berthoud or Watkins. The mains there much better.
Let me know if you ever want to ride.
Joe
Owner and General Manager - Fun Center Cycles in Durango, CO
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plated or not?
A group might be going up the foothills around buckhorn tomorrow afternoon.
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I picked up a little ttr125L ...it's my first trip into the dirt world so it's perfect and little and light. No plates. Want to learn some stuff then hit some trails..nothing serious right away. Will probably check out imi and those 150 acres at the berthoud track.
First, the only person you have anything to prove to is yourself. Second, you can watch life with your nose pressed up against the glass. Or you can swing the doors open and step inside.
guaranteed to have a good time
1998 VFR800 Interceptor - resurrected and custom tail http://vfrworld.com/forums/5th-gener...98-vfr800.html
1999 DR650SE
Re: New to dirt...
Oh hellyea! That was fun!I haven't had that much fun the first time I tried something since... well, you don't need to know that.
So - it's on. I'm totally so happy I decided to give dirt a try!!!
Now - is there a website for the berthoud track? IMI track? I'm too lazy to go look.
Also - EASY trails? Close would be nice since we have jobs but we think an easy trail - one I can't fall off a mountain on - would be fun. An out & back or a loop or something.
And: Forest service land? We can play in designated areas right?
Anybody have any good info sources (or want to be my info source)?! This is FUN!
Last edited by cdbouncer; Sun Jul 10th, 2011 at 01:30 PM.
First, the only person you have anything to prove to is yourself. Second, you can watch life with your nose pressed up against the glass. Or you can swing the doors open and step inside.
Forest land will require OHV registration and the muffler is aftermarket so it must have a spark arrestor.
To burthoud... and sorry its 160 acres lol
http://www.vdrmx.com/directions.html
To erie or IMI...
http://imimotorsports.com/index.php?page=tracks
Thanks!!
Picked up a trailer this afternoon...looks like the dirt life is in full swing!
Too bad I gotta work...I'm ready to go again!
OH - I need a new rear tire.. who do you recommend in the longmont/loveland area?
First, the only person you have anything to prove to is yourself. Second, you can watch life with your nose pressed up against the glass. Or you can swing the doors open and step inside.
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Northern CO trail riders
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1999 DR650SE
I've got a membership to Watkins, and I really enjoy it out there. The intermediate track is a bit more ballsy than IMI's intermediate, and the pro track is pretty sweet. They also have the open area to just go fuck around and do whatever. I'm glad I spent a bunch of time there learning my bike. Now when I'm on the trails, I'm quite comfortable.
I'm working on building a site for exactly this purpose. www.codirt.com. Still under construction, but there are plenty of ideas up there.
2008 Honda CBR600RR - Graffiti
2002 Yamaha WR250F
Glad to see someone else getting the bug!
As far as tracks go, I liked Watkins for my first couple of times out. I felt the intermediate track was a good place to learn, and I have always had luck in the afternoon with it being pretty empty. They don't have a good open riding area like berthoud though.
Once I moved to the main tracks, I really like IMI. I think (and anyone feel free to correct me or disagree) that it is a very good place to get comfortable on the full size tracks. It is very forgiving but fun, there is only one jump that I have to roll over. You can hit everything else at whatever speed you feel comfortable at.
Have fun!
Burthoud is cool but we have a sorted historyheres a good forum with links to all the co db stuff as well as other resources.
Www.thumpertalk.com
Also feel free to pm me if you have any questions.
TTR is definitely underpowered if you wanna hit the trails ..
i got frustrated taking on the big hills :-(
Have fun wherever you decide to ride.
PS If you ever travel down south here in the springs i can take you to the easy trails. Ill have to dust off the bike since its been a while after i got to riding on the street but the dirt still is my first love :-)
Last edited by TwistyRydr; Wed Jul 13th, 2011 at 07:15 AM.
I am currently having a blast figuring this whole thing out. It's become obvious that I like mud..whodathought?!
Saturday or Sunday sounds like we're gonna check out the backside (non track area I think) of Berthoud. But someday soon I wannt "go" somewhere.
First, the only person you have anything to prove to is yourself. Second, you can watch life with your nose pressed up against the glass. Or you can swing the doors open and step inside.
I would say that Watkins would be the best place to learn! Their intermediate track is really great, except for the fact that the don"t water it. That has all ways been my favorite track because of how close it is.
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7:319/0319
watkins is pretty fun but the fact that they dont water the intermediate track sucks. it can be really sandy on the turns...
Yeah, no water on the intermediate trail at Watkins, does suck. But at the same time, it's good terrain to learn to get used to. I haven't been there since April, but it was pretty torn up compared to the previous year. I hope they did a little maintenance on it.
2008 Honda CBR600RR - Graffiti
2002 Yamaha WR250F
ok...what is watkins? Is this the one down on C470?
First, the only person you have anything to prove to is yourself. Second, you can watch life with your nose pressed up against the glass. Or you can swing the doors open and step inside.
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