Hi

Im new to motocross and dont really have a clue tbh.

Where would be the best place to learn in the herts area?

Thanks, Pete

 

Hi there, If your still getting to grips with the bike etc prob best to go to some were like Flackwell to start off with ( I still ride there quite abit), its challenging enough for the gd riders but isnt to overly hard to learn on .... Some of the other track listed e.g Essex / Ashdown & Elsworth may be a bit much to start off with....

nearest tracks to you that i know of would be as follows...



Flackwell Heath – High Wycombe
Exit J4 on the M40, follow signs for skis slope
07921 452825
Open Saturdays, Every other Sunday and Wednesdays

Elsworth Motoparc - Cambridge
Brockley Road, Elsworth, CB3 8PR
Contact: 01480 831152
web: www.elsworthmotoparc.co.uk
Open: 10am - 4pm Wednesdays and most Weekends
Description: Refreshments (Sundays), Spares and Flush Toilets
One-mile supercross-type motocross circuit prepared for the British Championship standard. Track has jumps,tabletops, doubles/trebles, step-up jump and skijump. Varied corners with both flat and burmed edges. Soil is hardpack clay/soil. Has Good medical resource i.e St Johns Ambulance.
Price: Over 100cc £25 Up to 100cc £23


Ashdown practice track is situated off the A417 between Blewbury and Streatley, take the track signposted to 'The Downs' which is opposite Halfpenny Lane and the Cholsey road. Follow this track which turns into the Fair Mile and as the ground opens up the course is on the right through the gate.

Open every Sunday.

Phone: 01235 850108 or 850144.
Full Track £20, Intermediate track £15, Kids Track £7.50
All prices include use of a jetwash!


Washbrook Farm Motocross Track
Washbrook Farm Motocross Track, Doddington, Cambridgeshire, PE15 0TY
One mile from Doddington on B1093, near March, 18 miles from Peterborough.
Tel 01354 740442
Mob 07889 684601 (John)
Web http://www.washbrookfarmmx.co.uk
email washbrookmx@btopenworld.com


ESSEX MX

 

Thanks for that rossco great info. Do they have days for complete begginers/numptys?

 

Flackwells open on Wednesday during the week (as long as the weathers half decent) And as im sure you can imagine its alot quiter than on the w.ends so that would be an ideal time for you to go an get some practise in..... All the jumps are rollable & the kids use the same track so its gd for starting out on just take it at your own pace and dont try going to quick until youve got the hang of the bike & are comfident with the track.... I take it youve got all the safety gear etc ?
I will prob be up there sat i think..




Also you can look hear http://forums.mxtrax.co.uk/ plenty of gd info to be had as well as bike & spares for sale an track info etc etc........

What years this cr 125 youve got then?

 

I bought a 99 one alloy beam frame one, vertex piston, race pipe etc. Looks very good, till I get on it .

I might give wednesday a go if I can wangle a day off

 

Cool... im off on the 16th which happens to be a wed so ill more than likely b going so may see ya up there...

 

Been out on it today, what a beast! might have to sell it. How can a 125 be so damn fast!

 

U can always change the gearing to give it less accelaration but im sure you will soon get use to it.... Were did you ride just ova some feilds some were, i take it you didnt go to flackwell?

 

i love ashdown! dats da track where i first started!

 

No theres a home made track in watford. All legal, would never just go across fields etc.

Yeah you might be right mate, the last owner went a tooth down on the front and a couple of teeth up on the rear. Just wheelies or wheel spins till about 4th gear!

 

How olds the back tyre lol ? just thought of some were else really gd for you to learn

http://www.whaddon4x4mx.co.uk/motocross.html

They arnt open very often but they have an open day at the end of the month , you get to use the mx track which is pretty flat & they have a 4x4 course which is closed to the 4x4's on these days, and its massive theres feilds an feilds to ride round to gain confidence etc.... Maybe taking my m8 whos never lifted his leg ova a bike because he wants to learn to ride...

 

new rear tyre, I think its because the grounnd was quite loose.

If you want details of where we went, we were the only ones and would be perfect for a beginner! quite flat as well.

 

Yer if you dont mind m8, there are hardly any places to free ride these days and i have been looking for alternative place to get my m8 started off... I did once hear of a place in watford were a few people rode but there was apparently trouble with travelor type people turning up an making off with peoples bike etc I take it theres nothing like that? Have you known of the place / used it for long ?

 

Its on toll pits lane mate, and ive not used it long so could well be as you say. Next to the fishiung lake? No one was there when we went and it was great.

 

Ok m8 cool ill have to look into that place........

 

We parked at the concrete bollards next to the fishing lake, but u then have to walk the bikes 100 yards down the road and turn left into the woods which opens out onto a track.

If you find out its one that gets pikeys up there let me know please.

 

The guy that mentioned to me about a place in watford to free ride & about the unsavory characters turning up i havent seen for prob 2 plus years.... apparently these kids would keep pestering people for a go on there bikes an then just shoot off , the other trick was to stand on a remote corner of the feild wait for people to be come, then jump out the bush stop you / knock you off then make off with the bike...
May not even be the same place but just be mindfull..