Fixed the track up some - PICS! Couple more added....

[Dirtcrasher]

I'll have to try uploading the others from my camera to this new PC.....

Anyhow DEEPA and I were ripin it up yesterday, but he forgot to turn on his 300$ helmet cam :(

Oh well, we have some stills that FABIO shot.

Table top:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0128.jpg


This you you annihilate a berm on a 350X :D :

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0142.jpg

You can barely see through the trees but look how compressed my suspension is! Gotta add dirt to the landing:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0136.jpg

And DEEPA on some other jumps:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0120.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0129.jpg

Out of control as usual :D :

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0155.jpg

I guess he's got a bunch of still shots too.... Post em up later

[Louis Mielke]

Super sweet! I gotta bring the 500 up there and really destroy that burm for yah.

[BIGREDGUY]

Sweet shots, too bad about the helmet cam being off!

[83ATC185S]

awesome!, sweet track you have to race on!

[SeaBass8]

Nice pics Steve. That berm pic is a keepah.

[Thorpe]

AWESOME!!! Those pics made my day!

[Dirtcrasher]

Whats funny is I actually "APPEAR" to know what I'm doing, :lol:

My upper shoulders and legs/thighs are KILLING me today. 200lbs of me and allot of 350X!!

We have one "DEATH" jump, If you really hit it, you'll be 10-15' high and 25' or more out. I'm not THAT comfortable just yet but lap after lap, I'll get there.....

The track was about 5 years old and really deteriorating. No lips on jumps, landings were sketchy, but it's all very safe now; Yet still VERY dangerous, you can get in trouble real fast!

Johnny, how did you make out with that bearing?? Your local, I absolutely have to get you here this year!!

[jeffatc250r]

Nice! That is a pretty cool backyard track you got there. Now you just need a sprinkler system to keep the dust down!

[3wheelmecca]

Dang, I gotta get out there and hit them on the Full Suspension 200.
If i ever travel there. Thats pretty cool.

[SWIGIN]

Looks like a nice track, gotta love woods tracks.

[RodKnockRacing]

pretty awesome Dirt Crasher

[the great gazoo]

Nice launch on that first pic, Steve. Looks like you're an old pro! It's nice to see what your track kinda looks like. Deepa, you got some chops too, bro! Nice shots guys!

[the great gazoo]

Where have I been? What's up with you spell out Deeepa coming up with an icon of a cry baby when you post up?? What'ja do Mike?

[MonroeMike]

Nice shots there, the track looks great.

[harryredtrike]

nice riding guys,looks great DC

[fabiodriven]

Bout fricken time you posted these Steve! Deepa didn't turn the fricken camera on? What the hell is wrong with that boy?

[tanks350x]

The pics. don't do it any justice, this track is awesome!! Steve, you out did yourself this time. I can't wait to go back :naughty:

[Dirtcrasher]

^ Thanks Roy....... AND everyone. This track started as thick woods and drawings on paper. 2 Backhoes and TONS of work later and you guys are seeing 25% of it.

You have to type DEEPA in caps or people don't know who your talking about, kind of a PITA and he doesn't come here much since the "PUNISHER" arrived, it took allot of the fun out of the board. Still awaiting the still shots from him - Mike, earth to Mike?? I'll have to call him but I hope he got some more; I was getting awesome air on the table top.

Yeah, it's tough now, you can't rest for 10 seconds and you either jump it on the gas or endo it and thats even scarier!

The whole track is probably on about 1.250 acres and if I had the dirt, I could make it even nastier! It just needed SO much work at this point..............

All set for now though, sooner or later I'll get a couple/few 10/18 wheelers in here with some dirt and I'll make it safe but sick :beer

Glad you made it by today Tank, thanks for the race gas!! :D I always appreciate your help!! I know landscaping "isn't your thing" but you did just fine!

[Silverado]

Great Pictures ! they should be on the front of a magazine or poster or something. I really like the dirt tossing !

[Dirtcrasher]

I agree, the roosts look great in the pics; But we needed rain real bad and got it last night. That willl buy me some track time without pissing anyone off. If you get enough action out there, the dust cloud goes right across the road :lol: I only have one neighbor I have to be aware of, the other guy doesn't care how much I ride............

[riverrat]

Well, I'm jealous. Nice pics.

[tanks350x]

No problem Steve, any time.. I wish that I would've brought my camera.. Next time, next time. I was just glad that the Speedway was open, or I wouln't have been able to get the fuel.. It's too bad that it's so expensive

[jeffatc250r]

Steve-O Next time you have a work day let me know. Id be more than happy to come down, help out, drink beer and B-S. Im sure in the midst of all that we can take a few laps with the wheelers. I remember you sayin something about evil trees that need slayin, I know a guy that does just that.

[Dirtcrasher]

Couple more similar shots, you can tell what jump is my favorite :D

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0124.jpg

I had to add more to this landing, I was hitting so hard that I nearly need dentures after the landing :lol: I was bottoming COMPLETELY on this one!

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0123.jpg

Same jump, it needs a couple buckets of dirt.......

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/IMG_0148.jpg

I guess Mike didn't get any still shots either...... Glad Fabiodriven came by or none of it would have been captured!!

[junit]

Were is the track looks like a blast

[NINJA]

Looks awesome Steve! Great pics! I wish I didn't live on the other side of the country, I'd be over there tearin' that track up.

[Shorty]

All I can say is WOW...lol

[Dirtcrasher]

Steve-O Next time you have a work day let me know. Id be more than happy to come down, help out, drink beer and B-S. Im sure in the midst of all that we can take a few laps with the wheelers. I remember you sayin something about evil trees that need slayin, I know a guy that does just that.

Thanks bud! You guys - ALL OF YOU LOCAL GUYS!! are welcome down here..... We haven't got together enough in the last year or so, we gotta get back in the groove!!

Jeff, I finally just used the backhoe to take down the bigger pines, you know how shallow the roots are! Then I snapped them in half with the Backhoe :D and trimmed it with my 24V sawzall, :lol: All I need to do Is clear some land behind me for a nice ATC70 flat track..... (Not that I can get a 70 to run anyhow.... I've been useless to Plastikos, I gotta give him a yell back)


Were is the track looks like a blast

Thanks bud and everyone for the words :beer

The track is right in my backyard. I walk about 25' from my deck and I'm on the outer ring of the track :naughty:

This is the machine that makes it all happen, a 10,000$ 1982 John Deere 500C and worth every dime. "Runs like a deer!!" The only downside is that with older Hoes, you can't see the bucket very well, Dam hoes....... All the new machines have glass all around.

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/002.jpg

You guys still haven't seen pics from the "Big air jump" or the "Jump of death" and the gigantic berm right out by the road that always turns heads :lol: We'll get them in next time.

I'm not done yet, we need a row of "whoops" and some other double jumps that everyone can manage without getting hurt. Maybe some woodchips may help keep the dust down too, so I may look into that; Lots of guys just wanna get rid of them. I always have to find stuff locally or it's just too much to deliver the stuff paying for the driver and fuel.

[200XMichigan]

That track looks awesome. You could make a trail sprinkler with an old 50 gallon drum (or bigger), yard trailer, valve and drill some holes in a copper pipe. Turn the valve and go, water the trail every once in a while and it will keep the dust down.

[tanks350x]

Awesome pics. I'm uploading a vid of the full track as we speak, so everyone can see the full layout :naughty:

[Dirtcrasher]

That track looks awesome. You could make a trail sprinkler with an old 50 gallon drum (or bigger), yard trailer, valve and drill some holes in a copper pipe. Turn the valve and go, water the trail every once in a while and it will keep the dust down.

Thats a great idea! I'd just toss it on some pneumatic tires and drill a bunch of small holes in it, using the 250SX and trailer hitch to tug it along..... Probably wouldn't take much to get it wetted down some; I still think woodchips may help.

Get that vid up Roy!! :w00t:

[350Xccelerator]

Great shots man.

[tri-Z ripper]

great pictures nice track

[tri-Z ripper]

glad i was shooting a ton of skeet and pistols or i would be extremely jealous. Nice track, hope you guys catch a ride with me this summer.

[200XMichigan]

Seems like the wood chips would get flung off the track and you would have to keep raking them back on. Just a thought. Plus they are a weird traction surface. If you put some leave on in fall and ride over them they will break down real quick and make the dirt richer so it will hold better. I did it on a trail by me. It took a couple years for to soil to really get black but I only did it as I was riding along.

[fabiodriven]

C'mon Roy...

[tanks350x]

My computer is very slow uploading vids. but here you go John, yes, It just finished... This is Fabiodriven on my X
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/th_DCstrack.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/?action=view&current=DCstrack.flv)

[tanks350x]

The vid. isn't that great but, you get the idea of how the track is layed out. The camera is mounted on my headlights

[Dirtcrasher]

Although the last minute and a half are useless, the rest of the video shows the whole track!! :D Too bad FABIO whimped out on the double jump!! :lol: You can just see him steer around it about 3/4 of the way around......

It's a great vid of every turn and jump :beer

I don't blame him though, it can be a bit sketchy and I'm not sure if he had his helmet on or not.

Thanks for posting that Roy!! It's only gonna get better from here on out kids :naughty:

[tanks350x]

That vid. was shot before the track was even finished.. I don't think that John had his helmet on either. Plus he wasn't even on his own machine

[tanks350x]

Here are some more pics. from yesterday the 15th
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay001.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay002.jpg
brrcuda ripping it up
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay003.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay004.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay005.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay006.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay008.jpg

[tanks350x]

Got plenty more :lol:
heres Deepa
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay009.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay011.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay012.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay014.jpg
Heres a few of me
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay013.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay015.jpg

[tanks350x]

a few more
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay017.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay020.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay021.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay022.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay023.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay024.jpg
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay025.jpg

[tanks350x]

I have some video but, I can't seem to access it through my photo bucket account :shens:

[whyzee]

Dam DC, that is just awesome. what a beautiful spot ya got there

[tanks350x]

DC has a vid. clip of brrcuda jumping over me also. I hope he posts it up :naughty:

[tri-Z ripper]

Man this sucks, ive been trying too get a ride together with no luck! I guess i'm not in the loop! nice pics guys. i have some from my solo ride! but they suck just pics of the muddy trike!

[MorganHonda200!]

nice shots of action

[tanks350x]

Yo DC, you going to upload some of that footage?

[fabiodriven]

Roy, I didn't even know that thing was recording! Yeah, I'm no Joe Motocross and you were right on both counts. I didn't have a helmet on and I don't ride other people's machines like I would ride my own.

I wish I could have come by last weekend. I'll see you guys soon!

[Dirtcrasher]

Yo DC, you going to upload some of that footage?

Roy, I just got the card installed on the PC that day. I do not know how to edit it down to a smaller size. I have to take the time to figure it out and then we'll have some good footage.

Also, the more I thought about it, I can already hear the complaints about how dangerous that was, blah blah blah. I'm not sure if I'll post it here but I'll get it on You Tube somehow and give you guys a link :beer:

What we see as harmless others see as............................................. You know what I mean.

Johnny, your always welcome here :D

[brrcuda]

I distinctly remember somebody doin some one hander jumps. got any pics???????

Freakin still sore. Havent riden like that in like 6 months.

[tanks350x]

Roy, I just got the card installed on the PC that day. I do not know how to edit it down to a smaller size. I have to take the time to figure it out and then we'll have some good footage.

Also, the more I thought about it, I can already hear the complaints about how dangerous that was, blah blah blah. I'm not sure if I'll post it here but I'll get it on You Tube somehow and give you guys a link :beer:

What we see as harmless others see as............................................. You know what I mean.

Johnny, your always welcome here :D
I wasn't scared at all :lol: but I know what you mean, totally

[tanks350x]

I just figured out how to access my vids. on Bucket :w00t: The only problem is, it's going to take forever to upload them :shens: Come to find out, you cant use the bulk uploader to do videos...

[tanks350x]

Heres my first vid. of the 15th. it took almost 3 hours to upload it!!! I hate my computer!!!!!!
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/th_today5-14-10008.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/?action=view&current=today5-14-10008.flv)

[Dirtcrasher]

^ That video made me smile!! Thats been lacking lately......

Paul, I'll get the pics up soon.

[fabiodriven]

Dammit! I should have gotten my arse over there!

[tanks350x]

Here is another vid.
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/th_steveshousemay028.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/?action=view&current=steveshousemay028.flv)

[tanks350x]

Here's a backwards view
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/th_today5-14-10010.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/?action=view&current=today5-14-10010.flv)
It makes it easy to do this when you start the upload, then go to work :lol:

[tanks350x]

Here you go Paul, the only one that I have
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/steveshousemay019-1.jpg

[inv3ctiv3]

Damn that looks like so much fun! I have ridden tracks but never with other trikers and not on a friends property!

[Dirtcrasher]

Here ya go, ME 1st :D

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0389.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0379.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0384.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0392.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/S4300012.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/S4300013.jpg

[Dirtcrasher]

more:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/S4300008.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/S4300018.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0387.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0381.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/Dirtcrasher/101_0373.jpg

[tanks350x]

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/th_steveshousemay027.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/?action=view&current=steveshousemay027.flv)
Mike and Paul again

[tanks350x]

I think that this is the last one I have,,, Mike
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/th_steveshousemay026.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/?action=view&current=steveshousemay026.flv)

[Dirtcrasher]

Roy, that last pic of you on the table top, you like like a Genie flying on a magic carpet :lol:

Someone needs to photoshop a carpet under you!

[honda250sx]

Roy, that last pic of you on the table top, you like like a Genie flying on a magic carpet :lol:

Someone needs to photoshop a carpet under you!

LOL. Niiiice. Looks like alot of fun.

[tri-Z ripper]

Dam looks like you have some pretty sweet jumps on that track of yours!

[brrcuda]

awesome.........................

[tanks350x]

More video please DC

[Xpress]

Who's gunna be the first to backflip? :)

[Dirtcrasher]

Who's gonna be the first to back flip? :)

I'll build the jump for it :D but I won't be doing it :lol:

I have enough on my 40yo plate now anyhow!!

I need a few 18 wheelers to make this track sick as hell!! :beer:

[Dammit!]

Does your camera not have an option to use a faster shutter speed? A sports setting maybe? Faster shutter = less blur.

If that's not an option, if you track the machines with the camera, the bike will be in focus and the background will be blurred instead (which actually looks really cool).

[Chillian]

Nice track there DC. I can't imagine how many hours you put on the deere making it.. Alot of work there.. Great pics and vids looking forward to seeing more.. Thanx guys for the great thread.

[Dirtcrasher]

^Thanks bud :)

Probably thousands of hours.......... It all started with a chain saw, drawing on paper and pulling stumps out with my truck :lol: Wheel barrels, pick axes, shovels were all I had for a couple years. Then a POS Dynahoe and now the Deere which has been great (knock on wood......)

I enjoy keeping it up to date but believe it or not, dirt is expensive. They want about 250-400$ for 1 load and thats barely half a table top once it settles down..........

I just wish I could keep the dust down more, maybe wood chips would help.

[Chillian]

I know what you mean been working on mine for awhile now. Same as you sounds like. But i sold my farmall 460 utility with a backhoe(still kicking myself) Made such a diffrence on stump pulling. Currently my town is doing the culverts and need a place to dump all that dirt.. yay me.. lol.. I have hundreds of hours in already and good it is painstakingly slow. BUt looking forward to finsihing using a little 4210 deere now a compact great little tractor but makes stumping much harder. Miss my farmall.. But love your setup.. it's great and i can see how much work there is there.. Keep the vids coming love em..

[tanks350x]

Does your camera not have an option to use a faster shutter speed? A sports setting maybe? Faster shutter = less blur.

If that's not an option, if you track the machines with the camera, the bike will be in focus and the background will be blurred instead (which actually looks really cool).

The camera that took all the blury shots is mine, It's a SAMSUNG Digimax 430, which is around 8-10 years old. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an option to change the shutter speed, or sports setting. shens The only way you can change the shutter speed is, if you set it up for night time pics, and that still limits the shutter speed to only 1.5 seconds. I just think that it's time for a newer one

[wonderboy]

Try changing your picture taking technique. Are you aiming for a fixed spot on the track and then clicking the shutter when a machine is in the viewfinder? This is what it looks like to me since the moving three wheeler is blurred but the background is crisp.

Try this: follow the three wheeler with the camera and then click the picture when it is in the spot you want. You'll get a better chance of having a clear shot of the machine, and a blurred out background (which looks cool). Sorry if I sound like captain obvious here, but sometimes simple things bear repeating.

[tanks350x]

Bump! going to buy a new camera today..

[Buster Brown]

My 6yr. old said "awesome" sitting on my lap as I scrolled through your pics. The feeling is mutual to say the least! Nice track and air shots!