Hello to everyone. Although I dont ride ATV's I have for many years in the past. Can somebody please help my girlfriend has bought her son a new dirt bike a TTR125 and wants to take him riding I myself am also a beginer on an XR400 were hoping to find some really long easy trails to learn on any help would be great we live in Glendora CA.

 

Johnson Valley, Stoddard Valley, Rasor rd would be a place to start. I saw your other post about El Mirage, I have not been there reciently. I dunno if it's muddy or not.

There are no facilities in Johnson, but plenty of flat trails to get used to a bike on.

Stoddard is kinda rocky. I "believe" that there are bathrooms near Outlet center drive. If not you can cruise over to one of many restaurants or gas stations near there. The Slash-X has good food but pricey.

Rasor has no facilities and is farther away. It has more sand (which is softer than rocks if you fall)

The regular site that we send folks to is down. Try a search using "Stoddard Valley" "Slash-X" "Johnson Valley" "Rasor rd" and "Barstow BLM".


HTH

 

http://www.all-offroad.com/DirtBikes...ing_Areas.html

http://www.ca.blm.gov/caso/ohv.html

Can't get the Bokasmo site anymore!

 

Not sure were Glendora Ca is but there is some AWSOME sand dunes 150 miles east of san diego ca on interstate 8 called IMPERIAL DUNES ever thing from rookies to the dare devil go there for great riding. People go there from all over the country to ride cause the dunes change almost every time you go and it's sands dunes as far as you can see all around you. If you have head lights they have the best night riding you will ever ride . Its like $15 for the weekend and that includes camping. Just hop on interstate 8 toward YUMA and about 20 miles before YUMA you'll see it cant miss it. hope it helps. have fun be safe and happy holidays[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Oh your talkin about GLAMIS the sand toy capitol of the world.
To firemedic85;
Saw your post about El Mirage. Personally I don't like El Mirage, however its a good place for people of all ages to learn at.
There are permanent out houses there. Just find one and park near it for the wife. I like the ones all the way up on the road going in. It a nice view of the lake and out of everyones dust windy or not.

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Enjoy.

 

My daugher (almost 8) and I usually go to the western most edge of the Stoddard Wells area. The best access is from Dale Evans Road off the I-15. (Off the exit turn right, then immediate left into staging area.) There are loads of nice trails, from flat, hard packed power line easements that go on for miles, to steep, rocky hills, and everything in between. My 8 year old and her 3 year old cousin love it. We just went yesterday, and with a few exceptions, most of the trails that come off the staging area are all hard packed dirt. They are fairly wide, not many run off ditches, and some have lots of whoop de dos. One edge of the area borders on an ostrich farm, so we usually take the kids to visit the birds while we're there. The only drag is that there are no facilities. The closest are about 7 miles away on the I-15. From Glendora it'll take you about 1.5 to 2 hours to get there. There's a construction site at the freeway interchange and sometimes they leave a porta potty outside the gates. But it's usually easier to find a remote tree or bush.