| The Brushy Mountain Motor Sports Park can be | | | | were still peppered with large mud holes from the |
| found in Alexander County, North Carolina. This park | | | | early spring rain and my riding partners behind me will |
| is friendly to ATV riders, Motorcycle riders, and UTV | | | | agree that I made sure they wore as much of it as I |
| riders and has been in business for several years. | | | | could spray on them if they got too close to my |
| Most of the trails are marked one way which keeps | | | | ATV. |
| riders from playing chicken head-on which is very | | | | Further up the trails, the conditions quickly changed |
| nice. Motorcycle riders who are looking for tight trails | | | | from Beginner level to white and orange DANGER |
| are sure to feel at home here because they have | | | | signs around every turn. Steep hill climbs combined |
| many trails designated just for them. | | | | with very rocky terrain put my new ride to the test |
| This park was chosen for it rave reviews online, and | | | | and I quickly engaged the four wheel drive. It |
| because we needed an honest to goodness proving | | | | seemed to be powering along pretty well right up |
| ground for the new Linhai-Yamaha 400 4x4 ATV. | | | | until I came around a blind uphill turn where another |
| We quickly unloaded and went over to the sign in | | | | rider was stuck right in the middle of the trail. |
| station to pay the fee and sign the liability waivers | | | | You must understand that this section of the trail |
| that I like to call the "Not our fault if you get hurt or | | | | was not a place to stop because of the degree of |
| die" papers. The attendants quickly came over to | | | | incline, and my Linhai ATV once stopped on the |
| check out our brand new Linhai Big Horn ATV, and to | | | | mountainside, stalled, then started rolling rapidly down |
| make sure we had all the proper safety equipment | | | | the hill despite the brakes being fully applied. I jumped |
| like helmets, riding boots, and gloves. | | | | off just in time before is rolled right off the side and |
| Now that the formalities were out of the way, a | | | | continued until a tree stopped it 20 feet off the trail. |
| push of a button later the engine started with a | | | | After several hours we got it back on the trail and I |
| throaty growl and I pointed the brand new ATV that | | | | cursed myself for being too cheap to add on the |
| had never seen mud before up the mountain trail. | | | | winch option. I was really excited when it cranked |
| The trail started off with a couple jumps and quick | | | | back up with one push of the button, and the only |
| turns up a moderate incline, but it was plenty wide | | | | damage was the left rear plastic fender was broken |
| enough not to feel threatened very much. The trails | | | | and the rear metal rack was bent pretty bad. |