Places to ride

[cubfan1968]

I got an idea. What if we all get together a create a travel guide for great places to ride around the country. It gets old for me riding the same places all the time. I'd really like to take a road trip and experience some other great vintage friendly riding areas.

Rod Whitman
1972 6 Day (Rider)
1972 6 Day (Project)

[cubfan1968]

My favorite place is just across the river in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The 200 acres of trails border the Missouri River. The trails are anywhere from tight wooded areas to a few places where you can really get on it. You need to pay a membership fee of $15 per year to the group that maintains the trails. For more information see //www.rivervalleytrailriders.com

Rod Whitman
1972 6 Day (Rider)
1972 6 Day (Project)

[lksseven]

Great idea, Rod.

Gruber ORV, east of Muskogee, OK about 6 miles - about 50 minutes southeast of Tulsa  (northeast Oklahoma) on Highway 10, sitting on the edge of Fort Gibson Lake.   500+ acres of dedicated trails, woods, some country roads, elevation changes a couple hundred feet.   Much of it is very rocky, but the trails are well defined and well traveled.         vintage friendly?  I wouldn't exactly call it that, although it's good riding if you take it easy through some of the rough stuff on your way to other areas that are a little easier on old shocks and joints.

Larry Seale
I choose to ride

[Steve Minor]

Ever seen this site?....How about a cross county route (literally)?

http://www.transamtrail.com/

[Rain Man]

Hi Rod,  We have 3500 miles of approved State sponsered trails up here in Vacationland (ME.)  A lot of the ATV clubs have discontinued rail road beds which are flat and straight, very Fast and vintage friendly.  There are a lot of technical trails off the main trails.
  Southern Maine ...  well there may be a house or developement built the next time you try to ride through
 
 


Raymond
 Down East Pentons

[tmc3c]

South Carolina has several goverment trail systems here.One in Charleston ,one in Sumpter and three here in the Upstate Greenville.Pay $5:00 and ride all day.Check out //www.scohv.org

Thomas Carmichael


1970 125 Six Day
1976 250 Hare Scrambler

[Dobber]

Hi guy's I'm back too. I've neglected beimg around a while. My favorite 2 places are the Sam houston National Forest in New Waverly (North of Houston) & Rio Bravo mx park off of beltway 8 & East Mount Houston road. The national forest is just 5 dollars all day. There is about a minimum of 80 miles of trails, & that is if you stay on the marked trails. I hope the info helps.

Shaun (Dobber)

73 Jackpiner

[cubfan1968]

Way to keep this goin' guys. I'd sure like to hear from the guys around Missouri and Kansas. Heard theres some pretty good trails down there. Also anyone rode that Hatfield and McCoy area down in West Virginia?

Rod Whitman
1972 6 Day (Rider)
1972 6 Day (Project)

[Jeff D]

I've ridden 5 Reunion Rides in Arkansas and the trails down there were fantastic every time...but you'll have to get someone from the Razorback Riders or Arkansas Dirt Riders to fill you in on what places are legal to ride and all that other stuff.
Right around Kansas City there's not a whole lot to offer.  Nearest to me is Perry Lake which has been ruined by ATV over-use.  Don't waste your time.
Deepwater, about an hour and a half south of KC, is pretty decent, but also suffers from ATV over-use, but it's free.  You can find enough to do there for a couple of hours.
Finger Lakes, a few miles north of Columbia, MO, has a modern mx track plus many miles of trails.  There is a daily use fee there, I believe (it is a state park) and on the weekends it can be crowded, but there are camping areas for overnight stays.  It gets a lot of use and there are several hare scrambles and mx's there during the year, but it is a decent place to ride.  More fun on a modern bike in many areas, I'm sure, but you could ride vintage if you kept it to a sane level.  Enough good riding to make a day of it.
Over south of Saint Louis is Park Hills where the 5th and 6th Reunion Rides were held.  Plenty of good riding there, also, and (I believe) a daily use fee.  The rangers there are first rate and very helpful.  Some of the trails suffer from over-use (whooped out, etc) but it's a good place to ride.  The Missouri Mudders are the hometown club there and host an AMA national enduro, an AMA national hare scrambles, and a big charity run there every year.
Best news for me locally is the prospect of a new riding area opening up in Blackjack, MO, about 95 miles south anda bit east of Kansas City.  The Blackjack Enduro circuit ran an enduro there this year and there is a Hillbilly GP series run there early next year.  Lots of virgin trails to be cut, plenty already there, plus a HUGE parking area and ever HUGER grass track area.  At the enduro I'll bet it was close to 3 miles of grass track special test using up every square inch of a monster pasture and what must have been miles and miles of yellow Moose racing ribbons.  Watch the Blackjack Enduro Circuit (BJEC) website for more info on this area.  I can't wait!

Jeff DeBell

[tmc3c]

Rod, A riding buddy of mine has riden Hatfield/Mccoy and loves it! He says it is hard on tires though due to it being rocky.He says you can ride your bike into town a fill up at the gas pump and there is a group that puts on a weekend ride with a place to sleep and food also.When I see him again I will pick his brain for more info.



Thomas Carmichael


1970 125 Six Day
1976 250 Hare Scrambler

[Mick Milakovic]

I've heard that Michigan has a well developed ORV trail system.  Bob or Young Ted?

[Young Ted]

Mick - There is an open invitation I've made before about riding in Michigan. The marked trail system requires the DNR $16.25 sticker that is good for the year, starting in April. Add a license plate and the riding is almost unlimited, as two tracks are then open. We have no problem covering up to 200 miles in a day, if so desired.

Young Ted

[Paul Danik]

Mick,
   I joined in with a group this past spring and ventured to Mich. to ride with Young Ted, we sure had a wonderful time.  The trail system that they have is fantastic. Here is the link to their website  //www.cycleconservationclub.org/  
Paul

[cubfan1968]

How about on the left coast. My cousin (who got me interested in Pentons in the first place) tells me the "Green Sticker" plays havoc on riding the older bikes. Anybody out there to give some insight on this?

Rod Whitman
1972 6 Day (Rider)
1972 6 Day (Project)