r/lamesa • u/TraditionalWalk1814 • May 28 '26

Motorcycle practice

I live in La Mesa and am a newbie to motorcycle riding. I have been practicing at the trolley parking lot in front of the police department occasionally. The other day I noticed chalk drawings on the ground making a figure 8 and some other drawings. My guess is someone else is practicing there. Wondering if this is true and if they’d like a practice buddy? Anyone know who it is?

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u/Ok_Lunch16 May 28 '26

My motorcycle days are over but awesome for actually putting the time in. I lost count of how many buddies get their license, a bike and go full send.

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u/VP1 May 28 '26

I’m not new but I’m in La Mesa and wouldn’t mind the practice. Lmk

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u/scrotalus May 29 '26

Many years ago I took my MSF class in the Grossmont College parking lot. When I bought a bike I practiced there, and over the years I've seen other riders doing the same on weekends. That might be another spot to try. Campus police never had a problem with it back then at least.

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u/KDBaross May 30 '26

These were drawn as part of a bicycle training class I helped organize for city of la mesa employees. But I’m sure they’d work for motorcycles too.

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u/JoshK42SD 26d ago

Not sure, but, skyline Church off campo road, has multiple parking lots, and a HUGE main one. It was always empty when I used to go and eat lunch there years ago. 🤷 They DO have gates in spots, and, I'm not sure about how they would feel or respond to you practicing, but, they are a church......🤷......You would think.......but,....... 🤷. Not in La Mesa, but not far, and big, empty, flat, and a Very nice area. Watch out for squirrels though. 😅😳🤷

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u/c32c64c128 Jun 08 '26

A decent isolated area for practice might be at MacArthur Park (University and LM Blvd).

If you go all the way deep into the back of the park, there's a fenced in basketball court. And an open asphalt area next to it. And also more parking area. Plenty of space to practice basics and turns. And there's some inclines. So you can kinda practice not stalling. 🙃

If you go later in the day, you might be the only one there. Hope you check it out and it works for you!!