I had heard the Soo Line was boring as well thats why I most likely wont be using it as a week vacation trip but Thought it would be a good central point to ride and cover some new ground. I have never riden any where in Mn before so realy anything is good. Wisconsin is too far for me but im only 1 person so if that is where it winds up being than so-be it. As far as utility riders not being able to keep up, That depends on the rider. My main ridding budy has had only sport machines in the past but just got rid of his Raptor and got a Grizz. He would be real hard to out run and would be handy to have along for a tow truck. Anouther person I often ride with has a Sportsman and he is just plain nutz on that thing. I dont know if either of these two could make it or not but if they did they would definatly not slow us down. Anouther thought would be to have the fast and slow riders split up and go in two groups so no one has to wate for the slow pokes. Then if someone got stuck and there was no ute around to pull them out it would be just a matter of time till one showed up.

 

Count me In!!!!! Need to get the Predator out for a good leg stretching. Will depend on what weekend it falls on , due to the wife working every other weekend. Going to have a radar run this weekend should get the cobwebs out of the machine. Keep this thread running and nail down a date and I'll try to make it.

 

i would think about a trip to wisconsin..........i wont ride in minnesota............iron river is good......open 26 is a good play area along the trails........maybe ill have 2 sport quads and 2 utilities by then

 

Let me know when and where and I'll try and make it. Might be able to get some friends talked into it also.

 

Im interested.
Ive been to alot of the trails, in mn, either on bikes or quads, and i think nemadji is a good pick, and the gilbert pit is one of my favorite places. Black river falls, in wisc would be another good pick. I ride a utility.

 

the two separate packs thing was what I was thinking too. I really dont think the utes could keep up, sometimes they can and sometimes they can't. With the two packs thing, any utes that want to come but not push their skill ability won't have to worry about going too fast. My stepdad, although he is a ways into thirties, couldn't keep up and he's a crazy **** (on a 425 utility). Wide open he could but any jumps or anything it was pretty bad. Where the sports could easily clear, he'd try to jump and almost get bucked right off his quad. Alright so I'm thinking central minnesota or something??? not really sure. MINNRIDER why can't you ride in Minnesota????????? And I'd also like to throw a month out there so we can begin narrowing down a weekend. I think month along with a relative location should be decided as soon as possible. I know I started early but I'd still like to get a base idea down of roughly what month, so I can start telling people when and where.

I think our options for locations that we've thought about are:
1. Gilbert ORV area
2. Nemadji state forest
3. Soo line trail (some people said was too boring, but others didn't care)
4. Danbury
5. Black River Falls (IN WISCONSIN)

MONTHS:
A. Late March
B. Early April
C. Late April
D. Early May
E. Late May
F. Early June
G. Late June
H. Early July
I. Late July
J. Early August
K. Late August

If you guys want to toss in a vote for which locations, like I have listed above except in the order of which you'd like. And same for months go ahead. If you have any locations to add just put them in your list.

 

Keep in mind that some of those areas are closed until May. I haven't looked at the new regulations to find out when the trails open this year, but that will be a big deciding factor of when and where.

Certain times will work better for me since I will be conducting several safety training courses throughout the state this spring. None are scheduled as of yet, so I am still able to plan around a weekend.

As far as where I would like to go, the Gilbert area wouldn't be bad, even though I'm not a fan of the red clay. Nemadji has been a fun ride each time I have been there, but encountered 20 horses the last time there. Where ever we go, I want to be able to let the DS stretch it's legs. So, personally, I like the idea of the 2 separate groups if we all congregate in one area.

Knowing how PreddyFast and myself ride, I doubt if any ute's could keep up.

 

alright cool. about how many miles is that gilbert area ride?

 

I believe it's about 1600 acres. People I have talked to have said that you can ride all day without seeing the same trail twice.

 

I'm leaning more towards Danbury right now, everyone seems to be from southern minnesota, Iowa, or South Dakota, and Gilbert is WAY far north. Jep do you think you could make it to a Danbury run? I don't want to exclude you cuz you were one of the first people to post. If we needed to we could set up two rides, one in Danbury and the other in Gilbert or something. What about all of you SD and Iowa people, do you guys think you could make it to Danbury?. Now that I think about it I think I've ridden the Danbury trails but I'm not sure.