Borgo Santa Maria - Latina

The track at Borgo Santa Maria near Latina is run by Motoclub Lazio Racing, described on the club's own profile as a non-profit association specialising in off-road riding and motocross. The directory tracks.mxcenter.it lists the circuit at 1100 metres, category 3, homologated by FMI and UISP, and names clay and sand as the ground. According to that listing it opens on Saturday afternoons and on Sundays, and the directory explicitly advises calling the operator before you set off because the hours can change. Listed facilities are a bar, a cold shower and 220-volt outlets; there is no hot shower and no floodlighting. Alongside the motocross and supercross layout the club profile names a motocross school and on-site mechanical support; the venue sits on Strada Macchia Grande. Our record marks this one as tight and technical. Over a good kilometre that means frequent direction changes and short connections where you keep re-setting the bike instead of holding one line for long. That is where you first notice a machine that will not hold a tight line and runs wider than the radius you picked. Top of our cause list for that is too little rear ride height: with the rear sitting low the steering goes lazy, so raise the rear (or drop the front) to make the front end bite earlier.