St. louis metro area Riders

[cmskms]

Hey looking for riding buddies in the area, the bigger the group the more fun it always is. also always looking for new places to go riding! also we're going to Wa****a Hills near Farmington this weekend 08/23/08. Good time. Hit me up!


06 Suzuki LTR450(mine)
Highly modded Suzuki LT80(my sons)

[Loeryder]

Do you have directions to the riding area?
I have never heard of it.

I might be game on the 23rd depending on time and distance from St L.

[cmskms]

Take 55 south to Hwy 67
approximately 3.5 miles south of Farmington on Hwy 67 to Hwy H.
Right on Hwy H 3/4mile to Hwy AA
Right on Hwy AA 6 miles to Thomas Road
Left on Thomas Road to the bottom of hill
Look for signs...
http://wa****aoffroadtrails.com/contact.html

[airmobile101]

You best have an aftermarket skid plate on your swingarm if you plan on riding those trails. Kinda reminds me of Elephant State park!!!;)

[HmF300ex]

Ye I would come but my 300 is lowered with NO skid plates lol

[cmskms]

I've got a skid plate, but theres still lots of area to ride without one. The track is huge and alot of fun,

[HmF300ex]

I'll see if I can meet you up there, if not maybe some other time

[cmskms]

Its cool, Maybe we'll see ya

[cmskms]

Hey i'm taking vacation days on Sept. 17, 18, and 19th. So if anyone wants to go riding let me know! I'm up for going anywhere just so long as its within 2 or 3 hours of me.

[airmobile101]

Yea, I might be able to do one of those days. Im off also,but the wife isnt,so that leaves me being Mr.Mom . I let yea know for sure when she gets home.;)

[cmskms]

Thats cool. Yea i know how that goes. I have an almost 7 year old. Hopefully some other people will be able to go too. Also i'm looking at going these next few weekends too. Not sure bout this upcoming one but the next two after that.

[airmobile101]

Hey, is there any places to ride up around Highland?

[cmskms]

Any thing thats close to me is all dirt bike only! Which freakin sucks! Theres a place about an hour and ten minutes north of me called south fork dirt riders in Taylorville, il. Supposed to be pretty good, its at www.southforkdirtriders.com. Everything else in illinois is either couple hours north or south of me.

[airmobile101]

Originally posted by cmskms
Any thing thats close to me is all dirt bike only! Which freakin sucks! Theres a place about an hour and ten minutes north of me called south fork dirt riders in Taylorville, il. Supposed to be pretty good, its at www.southforkdirtriders.com. Everything else in illinois is either couple hours north or south of me.
Yea, I was trying to meet yea so you didnt have to drive so damn far. We can do St.Joe??? Or ,I can get some info from my buddie that lives in Troy about his place called Coyote Trails. Think its in Cauterville(if I spelled that correct).

[cmskms]

Ive been to Coyote trails before. Its in Coulterville. I haven't been there in a while. But i heard the owners got a divorce and split the land up, making the riding area about half the size. So you might want to call down there first to make sure!! But it was fun the last time i went, but if it rains too much i won't want to go there cause it gets nasty muddy. St. joes is cool with me, i can make it there in less than 2 hours

[airmobile101]

Or, there is Wa****a trails. Thats Just south of Farmington, MO. I think it like $10.00 during the week. They have a crap load of trails and a MX track. But, you best have a heavy duty skid plate on that LTR of your's if we run the trails.;)

[airmobile101]

W-A-S-H-I-T-A TRAILS

[cmskms]

Yea i've been to Wash_ita trails a couple times. I love the mx track, the trails that i went on were a pain in the ars. but i only did a couple of them and said screw it and just went back on the track. i do have a skid plate though. But i'm up for going to wherever.

[cmskms]

Gonna try making it to St. joes this weekend if theres no rain. Probly the 13th. if not the weekend after that for sure. If anyones interested

[cmskms]

Hey anyone, going riding this wed. thurs. or friday. i can do any of the days. Also going riding at st. joes this saturday and gonna camp there that night. then gonna drive right down the road and ride at wash.ita off road park on sunday.

[cmskms]

We're going riding this weekend Oct. 11-12. anyone up for it let me know

[Aarons 01 400EX]

I haven't been to coyote creek since I had my 440. I usually go riding at a buddies property just north of I-70 near Troy, IL. If you are driving down 70 toward Troy, you can see the trails.

[cmskms]

Yea thats real close to me. I'm in Highland. If you need some people to ride with out there let me know!:D

[Jwarren879]

I'm from Granite City and would be up for some trail riding anywhere local (within a couple hour drive).

[MORAPTOR700]

I know this kind of a old topic but I would be interested in meeting some of you guys over at St. Joe State Park some time. The last time i went riding there was back in 1986 the day I got my drivers license. Anyway I have moved to the Bloomsdale, MO area south of Festus and would like to go riding sometime with some people. I just purchased a used 2007 Raptor 700SE with about 8hrs on it. It hadn't even had its first old change. That guy had it for 2 yrs and I found it on craiglist in Barnhart. Anyway let me know I and if things work out would like to go riding. See Ya!!

[Aarons 01 400EX]

I was at St. Joe's this past weekend. We had a group of 11. I think I was the only yellow Honda that i saw out there.

[cmskms]

Good chance we're going to Little Egypt this weekend, good time there. Lots of good trails and a fun mx track.

[Aarons 01 400EX]

Doesn't it cost a ridiculous amount of money to go to LEOR? I thought I saw/heard $20 for a DNR sticker then another $20 for a one day pass. I wouldn't mind going, but too expensive for me. I would like to go back to coulterville. I haven't been there in atleast 5 years now.

[cmskms]

It didn't cost us that much when we went last fall. It was like 12 or 13 dollars. They didn't even ask about a dnr sticker.
I do have a dnr sticer and it was like 11 dollars.

Now we went to SouthFork Offroad in taylorville last weekend and they did ask about the sticker. But no one even looked at our quad/dirtbikes all weekend. So I'd say the only way you'd need one is if a conservation officer was out there. Which is highly unlikely.

Little egypt is a great time though.

I haven't been to coulterville in a real long time either

[Aarons 01 400EX]

I'd love to go, but I'm waiting on a chain/sprocket set to get here. How far is the drive from your house in Highland?

[cmskms]

Thats cool. I know all about waiting impatiently on parts!

Little egypt is about 1hour&45minutes from me.

Let me know when your ready to ride!

[Aarons 01 400EX]

I'm always ready! Its just that life part getting in the way! lol I have a 4.5 month old, so he takes up most of my time. This is my first year with my summers off so i will be riding a lot more.

[cmskms]

Oh I hear that. I have a 7year old son, and he's getting to where we can go to more places to ride now. Though we tend to lean toward places that have mx tracks. But I try to get the occasional adult ride in whenever I can.

[HmF300ex]

Sup everyone, im going to St.Joes the first weekend in June(5, 6 & 7) anyone who wants to meet up pm me, ive prolly got some friends coming so it will prolly be a large group.

If anyones down there im riding a black 300ex with no headlights and hmf pipes, be riding with a red 450r, red rincon 660, red crf250r and a red 400ex

[Aarons 01 400EX]

You are going to spend all three days riding?

[HmF300ex]

Originally posted by Aarons 01 400EX
You are going to spend all three days riding?

Leaving friday, getting there around 6, setting up camper and going riding then if we have time, riding all day sat. a lil in the morning on sunday and leaving

[cmskms]

Going to Badlands in Attica, indiana this friday and saturday the 22nd and 23rd. Not bringing little kids, so it will be a real good time. If anyone wants to go hit me up. Then after we get back from there, heading out sunday for a couple days to either little egypt or lincoln trail. This will be kid friendly as i'm bringing my son. Later, Chris

[Aarons 01 400EX]

Originally posted by cmskms
Going to Badlands in Attica, indiana this friday and saturday the 22nd and 23rd. Not bringing little kids, so it will be a real good time. If anyone wants to go hit me up. Then after we get back from there, heading out sunday for a couple days to either little egypt or lincoln trail. This will be kid friendly as i'm bringing my son. Later, Chris

How far of a drive is the Badlands in Indy? And where is Lincoln trail?

[cmskms]

Badlands is about a 3 hour drive from highland.
Lincoln trail motorsports is in Casey, il. Which is just east of effingham. It has a website.