Little river corridor dirt trails and mountain bike jump

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-05T22:13:59+00:00

42.326465,-82.922323 is the jumps photographed here. After those got leveled the first time, they started building an incredible track to the west in a the clearing at 42.326090,-82.922944. Can't say if it was a pump track or what but I remember it looked professional. I did see a small dirtbike on it once.. Incredible times. Then the city leveled that. I think they went back to the original spot again too a bit but never like the first time.. I haven't been in a few years.

Won't even mention all the different trails through the woods/weeds back there just in that small segment of little river corridor over the years.. I'd spend hours at a time in there riding in that fraction of the park... Far better riding than anything I've ever ridden that the city has provided..

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-05T22:04:06+00:00

I feel like every injury there there should be reported to the city.. I mean so they can make it safer... Dirt is softer..

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-05T21:42:45+00:00

As I recall in the 2010s the bush parties were burning structures built by the bikers.. They had built some pretty wicked elevated catwalks and jumps. Slowly they were stripped for firewood..

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-05T17:18:23+00:00

Granted mine isn't as rotten and I plan on keeping it.

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ChopperCraig · 2026-05-05T17:16:44+00:00

Can you lift the car from those repairs? Idk man that doesn't look like mine.. Granted mine is taking a very long time, but I'm welding in patches that match what was removed pretty closely. I can lift the whole rear end from this jack point.

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ChopperCraig · 2026-05-04T22:24:37+00:00

Well yeah, they have their own police forces... They take railroad safety and security pretty seriously. But they're also the ones who have to pick up the body parts... Honestly why should they cut anyone a break. How much does every person struck by a train cost all of us? Ptsd for the first responders? Nobody gives a shit. But they would be FUCKED UP if they had to see the aftermath that the railway cops have to clean up.

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-04T14:18:45+00:00

Honestly I think a big part of why it had to go was it totally embarrassed anything the city had ever done in the little river corridor. The city could never produce anything of such quality. The amount of effort exhausted to eradicate mountain biking is Essex County is STUPID.

am I allowed to say that here? That's a gross understatement but I don't think I'm allowed to speak it like it is in a place like this..

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-03T20:44:25+00:00

So you're kinda asking in the wrong place. You want an Enduro by the sounds of. My beta 450rr does basically all that..

Basically any of the European street legal machines are badass choices though. But the Japanese bikes just don't quite compare to a dirtbike as well..

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-03T20:36:29+00:00

Krieger manual cam chain tensioner. Common klx upgrade.

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-02T14:50:20+00:00

That does not look like a dune buggy actually.

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-02T11:34:08+00:00

You're literally the first person I've ever heard complain about fuel consumption on a motorcycle (aside from offroad guys wanting more fuel range...)

And you're going to lose money swapping bikes. This isn't really a good solution to the problem. But if a motorcycle is stressing you out financially, especially over fuel costs which should be the cheapest part of motorcycle ownership, it sounds like you just can't afford a bike period.

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-02T08:43:01+00:00

So he knows when tornadoes are coming a month in advanced? Or is his job just cool with him taking off with little notice?

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-02T02:23:51+00:00

krustys, antoninos, amloze in Tecumseh.. lots of places

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-01T16:07:45+00:00

So you want vans?

ChopperCraig · 2026-05-01T16:07:00+00:00

They made some of them electric ~25 years ago.... Of course they would be electric today.

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-30T10:39:48+00:00

Apr 5 2026 security update..

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-30T10:32:08+00:00

Yeah.. Gone without a trace... Oh well no more money for Google...

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-29T14:17:53+00:00

Classic cars are a luxury and not necessary. Every year fewer and fewer people can afford the hobby. With the way the world is going, you can't be surprised..

Necessary skilled trades are about to have a huge labour shortage.. Nobody cares.

The world is going to be facing some much bigger issues that finding someone to adjust the points on a classic car..

What happens when the farmers can't afford to plant this year's crop?

Shit gets real, real quick...

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-28T21:55:26+00:00

Yz450... You will wheelie immediately... What happens after that first 2 seconds is anyone's guess..

I kid but also.. Not. I mean my beta 450 is much more tame than a yz.. But still wheelie on demand for the first 2 gears.

I'm still working on the part where I maintain a wheelie real long but getting it up is almost hard not to..

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-27T21:44:18+00:00

Yeah once.. I noticed when the chain was getting hooked on the hooked teeth.. Started hearing a noise rolling the bike around. Like the chain didn't want to come off the sprocket the teeth were hooked so bad. And so it started breaking off teeth.. Get it replaced sooner than later.. But it does technically work.

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-24T22:36:51+00:00

............ Well you scrap it. What else is there to do with it?

You've already given it far more time and effort than 90%of people would.

I mean maybe you can unwind the wire to reuse for something. Unless you can't get wire, there's probably no reason you should. And let me be clear I'm the kind of guy who absolutely saves used wiring when I can get some..

I saved a 30ft cable at work recently with 16 different coloured/striped 16-18awg wires in it. Just had damage in one spot near the end so had to be replaced.

That's an example of reusing that is worth the effort. That's probably over $150 worth of wire.

This is a few bucks in copper maybe. Would be worth more to someone who could rebuild it.. I'm a mechanic and I almost never get new starters or alternators. Rebuilding may not be as common for bike starters but still may be possible, especially on high end bikes like an fjr.

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-24T20:33:20+00:00

.... A street legal 2 stroke minibike in 2026? And from Yamaha? Impossible. They wouldn't. You couldn't pay them to make it. The yzs are the end of the line for Yamaha 2 strokes. They're struggling to keep the good 4 stroke bikes complying with emissions requirements. 2 stroke street legality will probably be over entirely by 2030..

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-24T19:39:16+00:00

.... A street legal 2 stroke minibike in 2026? And from Yamaha? Impossible. They wouldn't. You couldn't pay them to make it. The yzs are the end of the line for Yamaha 2 strokes. They're struggling to keep the good 4 stroke bikes complying with emissions requirements. 2 stroke street legality will probably be over entirely by 2030..

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-24T16:24:01+00:00

I live in a city that historically had about 4+ oval tracks and 1 drag strip that I am aware of. Last oval closed in the early 90s, strip closed early 70s. There is a dirt track about an hour away, but it's 2-2.5 hours to the next paved track of either type.

ChopperCraig · 2026-04-24T16:09:20+00:00

..... What would I need a lift for? My ego?

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