Originally Posted by
DMC707
well, hello fellow aggie! When i lived in Stillwater, we used to ride at a motocross oriented area called The 500 south of town a little bit - this was 93/94 time frame - i heard they were working on McMurtry, but myself and the rest of the gang that hung out at Coopers bikeshop slogged it out in the rutted up moto trails
i will try McMurtry next time i am there, i keep an annual pass to ride my enduro bike (motorized) at the 500 to this day and i think i just need to pay a small tariff to add McMurtry use to it. But between Thunderbird, Draper and Hefner trails (Hefner is my favorite, but is also the shortest ) i dont venture much out of the metro unless its a vacation to CO or something
sounds like a trip to Turkey Mountain would be worthwhile , plus i hear good things about the NW Arkansas area- Bentonville and thereabouts.
Last trip to Turkey Mountain for me was for a downhill race in 1997 - do they still do that? Geez---19 years
The 500. Is that different than Cooperland? I feel like it is. I've been to one or the other (or hell, maybe both) in college, but don't really remember. I was the 'poor friend' but had a garage of around $40,000 in quads/bikes for guys. My best friend was also raced dirtbikes awhile and has some family from back in the day who were in the sport (do the names Daft or Atchison ring any bells?).
I'd definitely recommend McMurtry. I intend on planning a day trip out there with some friends but things keep coming up.
I guy I work with (racer) just gave me a little catalog of NW Arkansas trails and a friend of mine rode one of their Epic trails a couple years ago. Looks like an awesome weekend trip or something. Beautiful place. One of these days...
Downhill race at Turkey? I don't think so, but I'm not a very good source for that. The one "downhill" part did not fare well with last spring's torrential downpours. Damn near a suicide wish now.
Go Pokes!