Hi all, i would like to say Hello and to say why i am here.
I have loved the idea of an Alta way back in the very early days, just an awesome idea right from the get go, I do like a bike thats very different from the rest (Aprilia MXV ex-owner!) and was waiting patiently over here in the U.K. for when they finally started to send them over, everything about the bike ticked my boxes and it was a waiting game from then on, only to be absolutely gutted they went out of business....I really was heartbroken to say the very least, I still can not quite believe its all gone....but with finding this forum and keeping a close eye on everyone who helps keep the Alta going, and the general good feeling this place brings I am back in the game for one!.
Another reason why I would like to have one, is for the last two years over here i volunteered my time to take over and run a local motocross track in the area, after the owner sadly had several strokes, so i offered to help and take over running it and get it back into shape and get the place how it should be, and i am proud to say i did just that!, was so much fun ( not to mention long hours and time!) to maintain and prep the tracks and help people to learn to ride, and generally help familys be together and enjoy riding, the work was never ending and track prep was everyday as the facility was open 7 days a week!.
Sadly the landowners wanted the land back and after fighting for it for a year i had to move out, never been so sad in my life as it was a dream place for me as i ride and loved doing what i did there, yes even cleaning the toilet blocks!.
So, when the time was up i bought all the tractors and bowsers, all the impliments I used on the track, and everything and anything from them and set my mind to find somewhere else here to make my own track, this has been a massive task as Moto in the U.K. is not really looked at in a good light, and everyone will moan about noise or dust or traffic or or or......the complaints i received when running the old track was every month, very sad...but its a small rock to make noise on!.
I am pleased to say i have finally found somewhere and my offer was accepted!, hope to move in there near October and build throught the winter, its a huge project and i am only one man but i will do it!.
Now, back to why i am here, I fell in love with the whole idea of an Alta even before the old track was closed down, Kurt Nichol was training at my track for the British Vets racing in 2018 and we got on very well and with Kurt riding and winning on an Alta it cemented my want even more!.
Now, my new facility i am going to build and run will be a "Electric track" meaning i am going to focus and promote electric bikes....yes, i know what your thinking and yes it is a risk, but if no one show's people and explains to people all about electric and the future then how will people become more positive about it all?, I want to be able to run a track with electric bikes, I know they are not main stream, or available for full sized bikes in mass numbers, but for the kids they are and thats my first track i am going to build, as they have options of say the Husky / KTM-E and Ossets etc, when the old track closed my 50cc-65cc riders were 50/50 gas/E!...so my plan is to get them a track built so they can come and have some E-Fun!.
This will be great in both the promotion of electric and also for the whole scene of motocross, no noise means happy neighbours and i dont think it will have the negative stereotype we seem to suffer from here. I will even provide charging points and offer help/advice. Also I believe it will help with the local Council to provide a place (that we have lost in the area) for family's / riders to be back doing what they love, and also the green/ anti-pollution groups too, I know it will be small groups at first, thats more than fine with me, I am not doing all this for money i am doing all this to show that Electric is the future no matter what and just how awesome it all can be, again if no one is willing to show people and open their minds to E-Bikes then how will they learn and want to be a part of it all.
I am 100% committed to make this all happen... and this website and posts & general whole community that i have been checking in on everyday for the last few years has really helped me in going down this path to do this over here. I have even sold my own home to fund this!, thats how much i want to make it work.
I have been learning and reading so much i feel even though Alta has gone, I am confident enough to buy a bike and have it sent over here and use it, if something happens it happens....but i want to be on an electric bike and show what it can do from the start of my venture.
So, I am hoping that someone will post up a good bike for sale and one of the main things i need is some major help in getting it here, its a big ask but I dont know of any other way to do it, with the members being so helpful for each other and the trust shown here its something that i would be very grateful for indeed. Its the shipping and import taxes that will put the price over the top i think, Not keen on all that!. If i could find a cost effective way of doing it then great, a bike thats for sale in the E.U. would be a whole lot easier, and in the U.K. would be amazing, but the prices would be steep and then back to the USA we go.
I have been offered two 2017 MX bikes stock, one new one very low hours but at £12000 (for the new one) its just too much with everything else i am trying to do and pay for.
I would really like a MXR as late as possible, Something from a forum member or a known bike would be great. I do keep a very close eye on the for sale section!.
I am sorry for the very long first post, i can imagine your all busy people. I just wanted to explain my cause & hope someone might be able to help me get my first Alta.
Very well done on creating a place for people who embrace the future, and some who are trying to keep it going and take it further!....really, its fantastic.
Danny #76.
I have loved the idea of an Alta way back in the very early days, just an awesome idea right from the get go, I do like a bike thats very different from the rest (Aprilia MXV ex-owner!) and was waiting patiently over here in the U.K. for when they finally started to send them over, everything about the bike ticked my boxes and it was a waiting game from then on, only to be absolutely gutted they went out of business....I really was heartbroken to say the very least, I still can not quite believe its all gone....but with finding this forum and keeping a close eye on everyone who helps keep the Alta going, and the general good feeling this place brings I am back in the game for one!.
Another reason why I would like to have one, is for the last two years over here i volunteered my time to take over and run a local motocross track in the area, after the owner sadly had several strokes, so i offered to help and take over running it and get it back into shape and get the place how it should be, and i am proud to say i did just that!, was so much fun ( not to mention long hours and time!) to maintain and prep the tracks and help people to learn to ride, and generally help familys be together and enjoy riding, the work was never ending and track prep was everyday as the facility was open 7 days a week!.
Sadly the landowners wanted the land back and after fighting for it for a year i had to move out, never been so sad in my life as it was a dream place for me as i ride and loved doing what i did there, yes even cleaning the toilet blocks!.
So, when the time was up i bought all the tractors and bowsers, all the impliments I used on the track, and everything and anything from them and set my mind to find somewhere else here to make my own track, this has been a massive task as Moto in the U.K. is not really looked at in a good light, and everyone will moan about noise or dust or traffic or or or......the complaints i received when running the old track was every month, very sad...but its a small rock to make noise on!.
I am pleased to say i have finally found somewhere and my offer was accepted!, hope to move in there near October and build throught the winter, its a huge project and i am only one man but i will do it!.
Now, back to why i am here, I fell in love with the whole idea of an Alta even before the old track was closed down, Kurt Nichol was training at my track for the British Vets racing in 2018 and we got on very well and with Kurt riding and winning on an Alta it cemented my want even more!.
Now, my new facility i am going to build and run will be a "Electric track" meaning i am going to focus and promote electric bikes....yes, i know what your thinking and yes it is a risk, but if no one show's people and explains to people all about electric and the future then how will people become more positive about it all?, I want to be able to run a track with electric bikes, I know they are not main stream, or available for full sized bikes in mass numbers, but for the kids they are and thats my first track i am going to build, as they have options of say the Husky / KTM-E and Ossets etc, when the old track closed my 50cc-65cc riders were 50/50 gas/E!...so my plan is to get them a track built so they can come and have some E-Fun!.
This will be great in both the promotion of electric and also for the whole scene of motocross, no noise means happy neighbours and i dont think it will have the negative stereotype we seem to suffer from here. I will even provide charging points and offer help/advice. Also I believe it will help with the local Council to provide a place (that we have lost in the area) for family's / riders to be back doing what they love, and also the green/ anti-pollution groups too, I know it will be small groups at first, thats more than fine with me, I am not doing all this for money i am doing all this to show that Electric is the future no matter what and just how awesome it all can be, again if no one is willing to show people and open their minds to E-Bikes then how will they learn and want to be a part of it all.
I am 100% committed to make this all happen... and this website and posts & general whole community that i have been checking in on everyday for the last few years has really helped me in going down this path to do this over here. I have even sold my own home to fund this!, thats how much i want to make it work.
I have been learning and reading so much i feel even though Alta has gone, I am confident enough to buy a bike and have it sent over here and use it, if something happens it happens....but i want to be on an electric bike and show what it can do from the start of my venture.
So, I am hoping that someone will post up a good bike for sale and one of the main things i need is some major help in getting it here, its a big ask but I dont know of any other way to do it, with the members being so helpful for each other and the trust shown here its something that i would be very grateful for indeed. Its the shipping and import taxes that will put the price over the top i think, Not keen on all that!. If i could find a cost effective way of doing it then great, a bike thats for sale in the E.U. would be a whole lot easier, and in the U.K. would be amazing, but the prices would be steep and then back to the USA we go.
I have been offered two 2017 MX bikes stock, one new one very low hours but at £12000 (for the new one) its just too much with everything else i am trying to do and pay for.
I would really like a MXR as late as possible, Something from a forum member or a known bike would be great. I do keep a very close eye on the for sale section!.
I am sorry for the very long first post, i can imagine your all busy people. I just wanted to explain my cause & hope someone might be able to help me get my first Alta.
Very well done on creating a place for people who embrace the future, and some who are trying to keep it going and take it further!....really, its fantastic.
Danny #76.
Enclosed a picture from the track and a Quantya dirtbike, what we used first.
