Where to ride near Winston Salem NC

[Steve3589]

Like to know where my son can ride that is near Winston Salem? He is six so dont need a place that is extreme!!! Just something better than our yard!

[chud]

Hanes Mall blvd. killed a good place to ride. Outside of the track at East Bend I dont know of anyplace near W-S where the general public can ride. Do you have friends or family living in a rural area? Sometimes the powerline right-of-ways will have trails.

[Steve3589]

We been to East Bend to watch them race but didnt know about he outside track, will have to check it out. I might know some people with a lot of land just never thought about it, will ask to see if they will let us ride on it.

There looks to be some place couple hours from here that look pretty good, I need to start looking at bikes for myself!! What do you ride?? I'm on the heavy side, 220 and 5'10. Never rode a bike before, what would you recommend?

[chud]

Uwharrie has ohv trails, but they are closed until spring. There is also Brushy Mountain Motorsports in Taylorsville. There are 2 or 3 ohv areas in the mountains, but it's just more convenient to have a local place to learn basic riding skills. Once you and your son get comfortable on your bikes, there is TNT motorsports park and Carolina Adventure World just south of Charlotte in SC.

I ride an 04 CR125, my sons have an 02 CR80, 99 PW80, 89LT80. We live in NW W-S and are fortunate enough to live adjacent to a landowner that lets us ride.

I love the old Honda XR trail bikes. You might be able to find a XR250 or 350.
If you have money for a new bike, look into Yamahas full size TTR lineup or Hondas CRF-F models. They also have the WR and X trail bikes.

Since you are a beginner and your son is a beginner, you are gonna want a bike that is not bothered by put ting along w/ your son.

[Ekholm]

This web site has a pretty good listing of the MX tracks, just click on North Carolina and it will give you a list of all the tracks, locations, web sites and, phone numbers.
Good luck!!!!

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[Steve3589]

Thanks Ekholm, there is a track in Pilot Mountain and that is only about 15 minutes from me!

Chud, you ever been there?? It is called CGRMX TRACK, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[chud]

I heard about it, but we have not been there yet. That is the guy from Cycle goodies.