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Dr_B · Veteran Member

Florida phosphate mines

ttboof · Super Guru

By the title the riding spot is in an old mine ?

Looks like a good place to poke around on the ttr

Good tracks and a few steep bits

-- Edited by ttboof on Saturday 14th of January 2017 12:42:58 AM

Dr_B · Veteran Member

It's the only place you'll find hill climbs in florida

It was a phosphate mine in the early 1900 then later turned into an offroad park

The go pro I used doesn't show how steep some of the drops are

Some of them drop 30+ft

This is also where ricky carmichael trained

ttboof · Super Guru

Thanks fir the info

Looks and sounds like a good spot to ride

TTRfan · Super Guru

What an awesome playground!

TerryK · Super Guru

looks like fun, nice to see other riders videos

Cheers Terry

Dr_B · Veteran Member

I would of posted videos of my first ride but there were a lot of embarrassing stalls and false neutrals

My old bike was a 30 year old xr80r which engine breaking slowed it down more than its actual brakes it also only weighed 150lbs so I did quite the upgrade

I'm still getting used to things like holding in clutch when using back brake (drums never locked the tire)

A clutch you actually have to let off slowly

Not falling when turning slow

And overall just moving the weight of the bike