ATV Florida Forum

PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Paul
Phone: (850) 673 7337 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 19, 2009
 
 
Membership is now available

Madison, Fl. , May 19, 2009:
 
Membership Information
 
As of June 1st 2009, you will only be able to ride the trails & smaller tracks at the Motoplex (this does not apply to the main track - that will remain open to the public), one of two ways.
 
First, will be at our Feature Weekends. The park is fully open to the public on these event weekends.
 
The only other way to ride the trails section and smaller tracks, offered by the Motoplex is by becoming a member.
 
This does not apply to the main motocross track however. The main track will continue to be open to the public, 3 days a week for regular practice.
 
Annual Membership Cost:
$125 per individual membership.
$200 per married couple.
Family membership is $275 for 2 adults and up to 2 under 17 year old kids). Additional minors are $50 per child.
 
Member Benefits:
Members have access to ride the park 325 days per year for free. The motoplex will reserve 40 days per year for feature weekends and XC races.
Members can camp for free anytime except reserved weekends.
Members will be permitted to come early (Wednesday & or Thursday?) on feature weekends.
Members automatically get a 25% discount on feature weekend entry fee.
Members get access to an exclusive gated & grassed private campground.
Hot shower/s will be available to members 24/7
Guests are permitted if accompanied by a member. Guest passes are $15.00 per day.
Members only campground is reserved for the use of the members during feature weekend too.
Members get a 50% discount off the main track practice fees.   
 
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wow this is kinda heavy paul i dont think this will help some of us from down south make it up there i know its not cheap to run a business
croom is still the best deal for me

Economic Suicide.  Sorry, Paul.  Exceptionally bad idea. 

Turbodef

It is a great deal.

First off, I am not trying to compete with Croom. Our place is totally different from croom, some ways much better, some ways not as good. My membership fee covers camping and gives discounts off event weekends.

Let me just say, we are actively encouraging visitors to come on a feature weekend. There is no need to get a membership to come on a feature weekend. The general public is welcome to come on feature weekends, pay the usual $30 entry fee and enjoy tons of events for you & your kids. You can ride all night and have a ton of fun. Our next feature weekend includes a BBQ cookoff & a fireworks show.

If for instance you ride a sport quad, where else can you go pay $30 for 3 days, ride all day and night, have the choice of 3 tracks to ride on, miles of one and two way trails, compete in a drag race, an mx race & a xc race for no additional race fee or whatever, all for less than $30 including camping for all 3 days?

The mud guys are getting the same value to, we have mud trails, creeks, swamps, 4 different mud pits and tons of mudding competitions to watch or participate in, for $30 for the whole weekend too.

Have kids, they can compete in a drag race, a peewee race, an obstacle course race & a tt race. I guarantee your kids will have more fun riding at the motoplex feature weekend, than anywhere else.

If you were coming all the way from the south, I would expect you to come on one of the fun event weekends, where no membership is required. We are not expecting to sell memberships to people that live so far away they can only make the journey a couple of times a year. I would prefer them to come on a feature weekend, just because I know how much fun they are.

I have had a bunch of people sign up already, the memberships are being sold to regulars who want to come and use the facility on non feature weekends. They are all people who regularly come to features, so with the discount we give, the membership really becomes very cheap.

After taking the feature discount into consideration, membership is as low as $23 per person per year (worked out on a family of 4 buying a family membership and coming to 6 features per year). $23 per person per year to come and camp, use the showers and facilities and ride all of our trails, 2 of our tracks, all of our water features, for 325 days a year don't seem like a bad deal.

It's pretty hard to keep an atv park open every week in this State. I am keeping our big track open at least 3 days a week, but the trails are usually pretty dead. I was thinking of just opening up the trails for feature weekends, but the membership idea, gives people a chance to come on their own for very little expense.

Just to reiterate too, no membership is required for feature weekends or to use the main track.

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Digging

No disrespect, but your statement is pretty strong considering you are totally unaware of ANY of the facts or situations that prompted this move. 

I would have said those same exact words.  Only if he were offering everything for free though.  ;)

 Its a great deal for anyone living near the plex.  Some would prefer to take the family camping on non feature weekends to better enjoy the park, as the crowds, dust, noise at night would all be less. I wont join because its a 4 hour drive for me and I dont get the chance to go often enough.
  Paul has done a great job with the park and I am WAY overdue for a trip up to see all the new improvements.  This is Floridas first and ONLY ATV park and anyone that has not been really should make the trip. The Motoplex is a LOT better than those places that are nothing more than money hungry ranch owners opening up a wet pasture for mud/cow pie slinging. Those places charge the same amount and give you very little for your $$.
  Thanks, Paul for all your hard work. :Clap.gif

You are absolutely right on both counts; the comment is strong and I don't know your business considerations.  However, I do know that turning away business for ANY reason (save the person creates a hazard) is not good in the long run.  It's hard to comprehend a policy that sends perfectly good money looking for a different place to ride.  If the 'Plex is open and somebody stops by to check the place out, quads loaded and everybody ready to ride, are you really going to turn them away because they don't have a membership?  It doesn't make dollars or sense.  BTW, I join Chillin in applauding your hard work.  Wish the 'Plex wasn't so far away because I wouldn't mind checking it out.

Whare exactly is this place???

We are in North Florida

Check out our website

www.floridamotoplex.com

Paul and others,  As much as I know you all don't want me there, it just so happens my B-day is in september. So you guesed, I will be making the trip for the weekend. :) ;D

We never said we didn't want you. Be happy to crack open a beer with you snd teach you how to ride that bike of yours  ;)

Hey Paul! great offer, always wanted to go to the plex, but for regular riding weekend but not being a member kills it. Live around 2 and 1/2 hrs away  :banghead.gifand would have liked go riding on a none feature weekend. Don't know anybody to go with riding who will do MX and trails, so my wife and two daughters (non-riders) always go with me, but the idea of a crowded feature weekend doesn't sound too great for them.
Still the membership is great and if I've lived closer, I'll be in. Live near Hardrock MX here in Ocala and I wish they would come with something like this.

Keep the great work and if you could come up with something for people that lives far from plex, I'm sure it's going to be welcome. And those of you that live near the Plex, take advantage of this great deal !!!! :ThumbsUp.gif

Sweet!!!!!!! I cant wait to learn and ride. ;D ;D

You can always come up on the Sunday of a feature weekend. No membership required & it's only $15.00 for the day, and most people have left or are leaving Sunday morning ;)

Theres several people in Ocala that go to the Plex quit a bit. You should stop by our site and hook up with some of us. Follow the link in my sig and go to the forums.   :ThumbsUp.gif

Hey quad32x, thanks for the invitation, once i get my quad running again pretty soon I'll be contacting you to see if I can join you guys on a trip to the plex!!!   :drive.gif :ThumbsUp.gif

Whats wrong with your bike ? I know a guy with a ton of 250r parts.  ;)

Needs new piston (big bore) and and bore the cylinder  :'(

I have a friend that does bores. If you can get the piston I can get the bore done cheap and get the gaskets cheep too.

Is he located here in ocala?, will need somebody to check the cylinder to see if it could be just honed or if I'll need to go to the next bore.

I can measure the bore for you if you know what it should be.

pm sent!