Flat Track · 2 min read
Flat Track: Why Surface Consistency Is The Whole Job
A flat track looks like the easiest build on the list. It's the one where the surface has to be most consistent, every lap, all day.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Co-Founder & Lead Operator
Adam Thurrowgood
Adam has spent 25+ years behind the controls and the handlebars. He designs every Full Throttle Earthworks track himself, from the rider's seat as much as the operator's — around the land, the bikes and the people riding them.
No templates and no copy-paste layouts. If a section doesn't feel right on the bike, it doesn't stay in the ground.
He writes about track building, flow, terrain and what actually changes when you ride what you build.
Writes about
- Track building
- Full Throttle Flow
- Property and land
- Hard enduro and enduro
- Rider progression
Articles By Adam
Hard Enduro & Enduro · 2 min read
Hard Enduro: Building With What The Country Already Gave You
Enduro is the one discipline where the land does most of the design. The job is reading it, linking it, and grading the difficulty honestly.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
SxS & UTV · 2 min read
SxS And UTV Tracks: Four Wheels Change The Whole Layout
Running a side-by-side on a motocross track is fun for about two laps. Building for four wheels properly means rethinking width, camber and braking.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Supercross & Arenacross · 2 min read
Supercross And Arenacross Builds Aren't Small Motocross Tracks
Stadium-style riding changes almost everything about how a build gets thought through — footprint, rhythm, surface and how long it has to last.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Motocross · 2 min read
Why A Track Can Look Unreal From The Drone And Feel Wrong To Ride
Big berms and clean faces photograph beautifully. None of that tells you whether the lap works at the speed you actually ride.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Rider Progression · 2 min read
Building For 50cc Kids Through To 450 Riders
Most family tracks have to work for a five-year-old and a grown adult on the same afternoon. That's a design problem, not a compromise.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Track Repairs & Redesigns · 2 min read
New Build Or Rebuild: How To Tell What Your Track Needs
Clubs and property owners often spend years maintaining a layout that was never going to work. Here's how to work out which side of the line you're on.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Property & Land · 2 min read
Buying Land To Build A Motocross Track On
Choosing the right block is cheaper than fixing the wrong one. These are the things worth checking while you can still walk away.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Private Tracks · 2 min read
How Much Land Do You Need For A Private Motocross Track?
Acreage is the question everyone asks first. It's also the question that matters least until we know what the ground is doing.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Full Throttle Flow · 2 min read
What Makes A Motocross Track Flow?
Flow isn't a look. It's what happens when every corner sets up the next one and you stop thinking about the track and start riding it.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Builds & Behind the Scenes · 4 min read
Mount Isa Motocross Club Track Rebuild
Full Throttle Earthworks rolled the dozer into Mount Isa to rebuild the club circuit from the base up — documented day by day, on the ground, in real red dirt.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Full Throttle Flow · 2 min read
How To Design A Motocross Corner That Flows
Most corners fail for the same three reasons. Here is how we set radius, camber and exit line so a corner returns the speed riders bring into it.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Builds & Behind the Scenes · 2 min read
Why We Build With A CAT D5 And A Dirt Bike
Every Full Throttle track gets ridden before it gets signed off. Here is why the bike is as much a build tool as the dozer.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Australia Route Updates · 2 min read
Taking A Dozer To The Outback
Remote clubs get overlooked because the logistics are hard. Here is how we plan outback builds so distance stops being the reason a track never gets fixed.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Rider Progression · 2 min read
How To Size A Jump For A Seven Year Old
Face angle, table length and landing forgiveness do the work. Get them right and juniors ride flat out with a huge margin for error.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Track Building · 2 min read
Building For Australian Rain, Not Perfect Days
Drainage is invisible until it is the only thing that matters. Design the water out before the first blade goes down.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Builds & Behind the Scenes · 2 min read
The Rider Who Runs The Levers
Every Full Throttle track is personally designed by a rider. That is the whole business model, not a marketing line.
Adam Thurrowgood ·
Co-Founder & Lead Operator
Adam Thurrowgood
25+ years behind the controls and the handlebars. Adam designs every Full Throttle track himself.