Bartow, not that nice anymore !!!

YFZ450-Tampa · July 27, 2005, 11:50:26 PM

A group, of us went to Bartow tonight and we found out that they cut the track almost in half, took over some of the nice jumps and it gets really hard to ride on it, they few jumps they left get really bad, you can't get enough speed, I was really disapointed, ot top of it, one of my friends just got the membership card this Sunday, he left this card home and explaind to the guy, he wouldn't take his time to look on the Sunday's rides to make sure he was sayind the thruth. I asked one of the guys when we where leaving and he said, well thats the way we have it now, ahh on ot top of all this, they raised the fee, humm nice isn't it.
I just hope they get better, or even better, I hope Lionel at Mulberry Motocross Park put some lights, so we don't have to worry about any of this inconvinients.
This is just me, not been a %100 MX rider , I wonder what a MX rider think about

atvaltz · July 28, 2005, 12:08:52 AM

they didnt raise the fee it is still 15 with membership

they cut the track so they can have the sand track out back since it dont hold rain

lol they didnt cut it in half either they took out the sweeper and 2 jumps we havent had any problems clearing any of the jumps out there

the only jump that would be effected by the change is the stepup after the 2 table tops?

i wouldnt say its not good anymore we still seem to like it alot

YFZ450-Tampa · July 28, 2005, 12:23:23 AM

Clear

there is nothing to clear anymore, there are no doubles any more and for your information, they used to charge us (no members) $20, now they charge $25, and less track... nice...
Hey, but this is just me, I wanted to know what do you guys (MX'ers) think about it, since I'm not a MX racer.

ATOMCRF450 · July 28, 2005, 02:38:55 PM

Quote from: YFZ450-Tampa on July 28, 2005, 12:23:23 AM
Clear there is nothing to clear anymore, there are no doubles any more and for your information, they used to charge us (no members) $20, now they charge $25, and less track... nice...
Hey, but this is just me, I wanted to know what do you guys (MX'ers) think about it, since I'm not a MX racer.

I agree with you, and I'm not going back until they change the track. I think it sucks now!

quads_only · July 28, 2005, 05:41:42 PM

We went a couple of weeks ago,And we agree this track was the worst we ever went to. I felt I got ripped off by this track. Definitely not worth the time and money to travel from melbourne. We were told it was a great track but we sure didnt feel that way. we'll stick to any other track. I thought it was just us that felt that way.

YFZ450-Tampa · July 28, 2005, 07:40:43 PM

Hey you went a couple of weeks ago, it was OK back then, now it is worse...

53yfz450 · July 28, 2005, 10:39:12 PM

last time i went you couldnt clear any thing but the 2 tables. the big double sucks because the turn got shortend but thats because of the rain actually its all because of the rain.

but the sweeper was the funnest part of the track.

YFZ450-Tampa · July 28, 2005, 10:43:33 PM

Hey Raptor350, are you riding the YFZ now

I meet rour dad the other day and told me that you have a YFZ now, good deal

53yfz450 · July 28, 2005, 10:44:32 PM

yeah.

where did you meet my dad.

310R_Dude · July 29, 2005, 02:13:16 AM

"Bartow, not nice anymore !!!"

Yeah EXACTLY what he said.

I really didn't notice... Oh thats because I
went to Mulberry MX instead.

Ride1Rob · July 29, 2005, 10:44:14 AM

If this is true it does suck. I finally broke down and got a membership as well

. Had a few friends of mine ride Bithlo about 3 weeks back and kept telling me how much better it was compared to Bartow. These guys are beginner MXers and were basically saying how boring Bartow is compared to Bithlo. I decided to head over and ride Bithlo this past tuesday and that track definitely puts bartow to shame. The jumps are waayyyyyy better, track doesn't rut up nearly as bad, NO breaking bumps AT ALL! Will have to see what SM does, Head over to Mulberry again

, or finally go check out Lakeland (10am to 2pm) $:-\$ on w/e's.

YFZ450-Tampa · July 29, 2005, 06:20:01 PM

I haven't been in Lakeland recently, it wasn't that bad, and now if we compare to Bartow, it is OK and cheaper.

And do you know how much time will take me to get to Birthlo coming from Tampa, it sounds interesting but I guess it is a little too far for me $:-\$

53yfz450 · July 29, 2005, 07:10:53 PM

Quote from: YFZ450-Tampa on July 28, 2005, 10:43:33 PM
Hey Raptor350, are you riding the YFZ now I meet rour dad the other day and told me that you have a YFZ now, good deal

where did you meet my dad.

YFZ450-Tampa · July 29, 2005, 09:37:41 PM

Yep, I met him on Kajill's, I was getting some parts for my quad, I think it was like a week ago.

53yfz450 · July 29, 2005, 09:45:43 PM

oh yeah he was getting me a tie rod.

YFZ450-Tampa · July 29, 2005, 09:49:24 PM

Yep, I remember now, looks like you had a little problem landing on Sunshine speed way rigth ?

53yfz450 · July 29, 2005, 10:20:45 PM

yup.

kevoquad · July 30, 2005, 07:57:24 PM

theres no way im goin back to bartow untill they get that track back in order. what a dissapointment! week after week we show up to ride, not only did the up the price, they cut 1/4 off the track. the best part of the track no doubt!! whats up bartow? do u want to go out of business? we went up to hard rock today and that place is crazy!! some of the best overall terrain in florida. i loved it!!!! we should get a huge ride together and camp out all weekend! wudda do u guys think

YFZ450-Tampa · July 30, 2005, 08:13:39 PM

Well Kevin, Hard Rock is what we can really call a MX track, with real jumps... WOW !!! that's a nice place, with some other tracks for everyone's joy.

400EX · July 30, 2005, 11:20:54 PM

they told me that they upped the prices beacuse of the lights...

Ride1Rob · July 31, 2005, 02:55:08 PM

What part of the track did they cut out? Was it the intermediate track?

Oldracer#23 · July 31, 2005, 09:33:17 PM

They cut out the big sweeper on the SW end of the track. I agree with Luis and Kevin on this one. The track fees for non-members went up to $25. I wouldn't mind paying that if they did a better job with keeping the track in good condition. It seems that everytime I go out there, the track gets worse and worse.