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We profile six women who are leading the charge in off-road racing. Plus: finding arm-pump relief, a member wins a Yamaha Super Ténéré and vintage racing heats up.
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I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Malvone’s article on his 90-day trip around the United States (June 2014). The most insightful comment in the article for me was the following and I quote Mr. Malvone: “I had to slow down and take the time to appreciate and engage in conversations with people. After many years in a rushed corporate environment, I developed little patience for long conversations.”
I wonder how many of us can relate to Mr. Malvone’s insightful observation? It fits me to a tee. Motorcycling is a great way to slow life down and enjoy your surroundings, both the beauty of the landscapes and the people.
Thanks Chris and Linda for your insightful and inspiring article.
Doug Randol
Fort Wayne, Ind.
COMMON VOICE
It seems that non-ethanol premium gas is slowly disappearing. For years, my riding buddies and I met at a convenience store of a particular chain. We would fuel up and go riding. That chain recently switched to ethanolblended premium. We have found another chain that carries non-ethanol premium, and have switched to its stores.
I filled out online customer comment forms with both chains. I thanked the chain that carries non-ethanol premium and said that I would fuel all of my vehicles at its stores from now on. I explained to the other chain that it is losing the business of riders who will not use ethanol-blended fuel.
What I did may not make much difference, but I wonder if it would make a difference if we all flooded the fuel
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MINDING YOUR LANE
In the June issue, the MSF response to selecting a position within a lane neglects to point out another very important consideration.
If you are in the center or right side of the lane, the driver of the car behind you is less likely to perceive that you are there, and will be looking “past” you or “through” you. If you place yourself directly into his line of sight, hopefully he will recognize that you are there and increase his following distance.
In other countries, of course, the other side of the oil stripe may be more desirable.
Additionally, the statement regarding
A roundup of recent comments on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/americanmotorcyclist
Answering the question, if you could have only one motorcycle, what would it be?
Owen Riess: “A Yamaha PW50 so I could teach a kid to love riding as much as I do!”
On the soundtrack that plays in your head when you ride…
Walter Lucken III: “‘Iron Horse’ by Motorhead”
Norm Ehrke: “‘Cracklin’ Rosie’ by Neil Diamond. Don’t ask me why because I don’t have a clue.”
the oil stripe “…that’s usually only a factor at stoplights” could only have come from somebody who has never ridden in a densely populated metropolitan area.
Paul Snyder Lawndale, Calif.
ENJOYING THE VIEW
Long Island is a beautiful place to ride, with a history dating back to before it was the United States. The North Fork’s back roads are dotted with world-class wineries, farms, welcoming villages and hamlets, good, inexpensive restaurants, cafes and roadside stands.
This photo is of Horton’s Point Light House, Southold, N.Y., on the shore of Long Island Sound. It was commissioned in 1790 by George Washington and built in 1857.
Mike Hellmann Coram, N.Y.
EARNING ACCESS
“Following the Money Trail” (April 2014) was great. It gave the exact information and examples that will help me and my club, the Merrimack Valley Trail Riders, as we tackle trail bike advocacy in New Hampshire.
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I’d like to pass along some background and status on Ride the Wilds, the local effort mentioned in the sidebar of the article.
The bad news is that dirt bike access to the trail network is greatly restricted at this point, due primarily to landowner discomfort with bike use. The good news is we’ve had productive discussions with those spearheading the Wilds about opening up more routes to us.
There is political and community support for bikes on Ride the Wilds because we bring money and the goal of the Wilds is to create an “economic factory” for northern New Hampshire. There are promising anecdotes and real indicators that economic success will come: Ride the Wilds just opened last year, yet a 13 percent increase came in county meals and lodging tax for the June to September 2013 fiscal quarter vs. 2012.
Our goal is unrestricted bike access to Ride the Wilds, though the network may still be a niche attraction, as many trails double as graded access and logging roads suited best to dual sport, adventure bike and family rides.
Those of us who want easternstyle single track see more promise in
IN MEMORIAM
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer and drag racing legend Russ Collins passed away May 12, 2014. He was 74. Collins was one of the leading motorcycle drag racers and drag bike builders of the 1960s and 1970s. His dual- and triple-engine motorcycles marked the apex of the outrageous drag racing motorcycle designs of the era. Collins also was one of the greatest
Jericho Mountain State (OHRV) Park, the eastern anchor of Ride the Wilds. Jericho has little single track currently, but MVTR’s trail boss and the state have mapped more routes to be constructed. Additionally, a 300-acre portion of
drag racers in history. He was the first motorcyclist to break the 7-second barrier in the quarter-mile, and in 1977, he set a record that would stand for 11 years.
Collins continued to race motorcycles until the early 1980s when he turned to drag racing Top-Fuel cars.
Russ Collins was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.
the park is available for single track development. It’s possible a highmileage, serpentine network will result.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Threats Defeated, But Many Remain
By Wayne Allard
Thanks to active AMA members, we keep adding successes at the federal and state levels.
Our mission is easy to understand: to promote the motorcycle lifestyle and protect the future motorcycling. Our issues may not be so easy.
Hard work and determination do make a difference, eventually bringing success. Although more work remains to defeat E15 fuel, AMA members have helped ensure that safe engine fuels are still available on the market and that fuels are properly labeled so that motorcycle riders can make the right choices at the fuel pump.
AMA members also are helping us:
• Beat discriminatory law enforcement practices, such as motorcycle-only checkpoints;
• Reduce distracted driving on our highways;
• Provide for certified road guards, so traffic flow can be managed by a motorcyclist during charity rides and other processions, and
• Make our roads safer for riders.
Ethanol in fuel
There has been an attempt by the federal government to saturate the fuel market with ethanol blends that exceed 10 percent by volume, such as E15.
If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had increased its Renewable Fuel Standard, more of the higher fuel blends would have been forced onto the market, possibly reducing the availability of ethanol fuel blends of E10 or less.
This raised concerns as to whether motorcyclists, all-terrain-vehicle riders and operators of other small engines could even find safe fuel at stations.
The AMA has been fighting E15 mandates that would limit choices at the filling station, so that you, the rider, can fill up with a fuel that will not damage your engine or void the warranty on your motorcycle or ATV.
Today, gasoline with no ethanol has become difficult to find in many areas. So the AMA has been fighting — so far, successfully — at the federal level to lower the RFS mandates, which could possibly slow the expansion of E15 into the marketplace.
The AMA was successful in holding down subsidies for blender pumps until labeling issues and pumping issues can be resolved. Our main concern is ensuring safe fuels that meet labeling requirements and the protection of our engines and engine warranties.
Motorcycle-only checkpoints
AMA members have been working hard to pass legislation at the state and national levels to end motorcycle-only checkpoints. Legislation has been pending in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent funding of these discriminatory checkpoints, but there has been no action on the bill.
Legislation was introduced this spring by members from both political parties in the U.S. Senate to complement the companion bipartisan bill in the U.S. House. This is a significant accomplishment and increases our chances of passing the bill into law.
Several states, including California, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, and Virginia recently enacted legislation that bans motorcycle-only or singlevehicle-type checkpoints. New Hampshire enacted legislation that bans the acceptance of federal funds to conduct motorcycle-only checkpoints. Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are currently considering bills. We expect to see other states follow.
Distracted driving
Concerns about distracted driving are being raised all over the country. The AMA has been successfully working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to discourage distracted driving, through awareness campaigns on our highways and legislation that increases penalties for distracted drivers who cause crashes.
Within the past few years, in nearly every state, new legislation has been introduced to address some facet of distracted or inattentive driving. The AMA supports legislation that includes enhanced penalty options to be determined by the courts.
This year, at the state level, AMA members are joining in the battle against distracted driving in Illinois, New York and California through their support of legislation with enhanced penalties. We have concerns about the type of
legislation introduced in Hawaii and New Jersey and are encouraging those bills to be improved through amendment.
Road Guards
States also are looking more seriously at laws that would allow civilian road guards to direct traffic during permitted activities, such as a charity run.
The road guard program promises safer events, while relieving sworn law enforcement officers of the responsibility for traffic control.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has amended its rules by adding a new chapter to implement the provisions of the motorcycle road guard certificate law. Illinois has enacted similar legislation. Similar bills are pending in Washington state and Ohio.
Other issues
These topics represent just a small sampling of the many street (and offhighway) issues the AMA Government Relations Department in Washington, D.C., Pickerington, Ohio, and California are working on every day.
For example, we are looking forward to working with motorcycle activists as a new transportation bill advances. The AMA is communicating with a number of rider groups and bill drafters to address the many concerns of members.
Our success would not be possible without your AMA membership and engagement on these challenging issues. Thanks to your support, we are anticipating continued success in our efforts to protect your freedom to ride.
Wayne Allard is the AMA’s vice president of government relations
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IMRE SZAUTER: DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOMS
Longtime Rights Advocate Retires From AMA By
Since 2001, Imre Szauter has been a key figure in the AMA’s Government Relations Department, focusing on issues that affect the street riding community. In July, Szauter is leaving the AMA for the bounty of retirement, and while the association will miss him, we’re pleased to extend a heartfelt, “job well done” to one of the hardest-working and capable champions of motorcyclists’ rights. Before he left, we sat down with Szauter for some perspective on his career.
Talk a little about cooperation— between state groups, between local clubs, between the AMA and smaller organizations.
Cooperation is critical to getting change to happen. State legislators look for a community speaking with one voice. It’s necessary to be on the same side of an issue—to be on the right side of an issue—and to work together to achieve the solution to a problem.
When you speak to a legislator, it’s also
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important to be polite, concise and factual. Don’t just address problems, but present solutions.
Personal visits are best, even if you don’t always get to meet the actual lawmaker. Don’t ever discount a meeting with a legislative aide. Not only can they have an impact on current policy, but some of those legislative aides go on to become legislators themselves, or to have important roles as regulators.
What is necessary to improve rider advocacy?
We must get younger riders involved. The AMA and SMROs [state motorcycle rights organizations] need young blood. We need to make it more attractive for younger folks to take the longer view and not just focus on the immediate fun of motorcycling. As a whole, we are a group of aging activists, and it’s important to create an environment where young people want to get involved in advocating for their riding freedoms.
Young people have a lot of energy to contribute, as well as knowledge, particularly in the area of communication and the use of new technologies. Social media is the latest frontier when it comes to spreading the word. Young people who live with this technology every day understand how to do that.
This is also where leadership comes into play. Leading well means sharing responsibility, not just assigning jobs. We need to give younger riders more responsibility to identify issues, set the agenda and make decisions.
What motorcycling issue is most important to you?
Something that is very important to me is ITS—intelligent transportation systems. ITS is on the horizon now. It encompasses the infrastructure, the vehicle, and the control systems. Data privacy issues come into play. I would hate to see motorcycles excluded because they are so unique that they can’t accommodate the technology that is required by ITS.
Also, I’m concerned about systems that take control away from the operator. Adaptive cruise control, for example, that applies the brakes to slow a vehicle in certain situations might work fine in a fourwheeled vehicle, but that absolutely won’t work on a motorcycle. We need to make sure that lawmakers and regulators are educated on these issues so they make the right decisions.
What steered you toward a career in motorcyclist rights issues?
I started riding motorcycles in the 1970s, and I took my first safety course in the military while stationed in California. It was necessary to pass a safety course to be allowed to ride on base.
I became aware of the AMA in 1990 and I joined in 1992. I then started to realize that while I had been experiencing the fun of motorcycling, that I could do more with respect to advocacy.
Then in 1994 I became a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Instructor. Many of my fellow instructors were involved with ABATE of Ohio and the AMA. One was Terry Lee Cook. Terry was an MSF instructor and worked in the AMA Government Relations Department. Terry gave me a lot of good information, and when an opportunity opened up at the AMA in 2001, I decided to leave my technology career and pursue the position with the AMA.
What is necessary for the AMA and the SMROs to work well together?
To understand where we each can bring value to the relationship. The AMA
can provide the big picture—the 50-state view—but as the AMA representative, I can’t do what the SMROs can do in their state capitals. What I can do is inform them about what’s being done at the international and federal levels and what’s working and what’s not in other states.
We also need to foster a belief in the riding community that it’s important to support motorcycling advocacy organizations on every level. Be a member of your SMRO, but at the same time be a member of the AMA and the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, because these organizations are necessary to protect motorcycling freedoms and speak with that common voice that is so important.
What are the biggest successes that the AMA has had on the rights front during your years with the association?
Delivering the message on rider education has been a core issue for me. A big part of that is protecting and encouraging the funding of rider education programs. One of my most satisfying victories is when those who are in a position to raid rider education funds say, “Have your people stop calling us. Have your people stop visiting. We get the message. We’ll back off.”
Traffic-actuated signals are a good example of a practical issue that may seem small but has much larger implications. I believe there are 16 states that now have passed some type of legislation to accommodate riders who are stuck at a traffic signal that won’t change. Here again, it’s education—going to the legislator, who probably isn’t a rider, and explaining that we’re not looking to run red lights. We just want the freedom to treat that signal as a stop sign when it fails to work properly.
Another issue is HOV [highoccupancy vehicle] lanes. By federal law, motorcyclists have a right to use HOV lanes. We supported an AMA member who was improperly ticketed in New York City. She kept up her fight and ultimately forced the hand of the New York City Department of Transportation to change its rules.
Parking access has been important. While there are few public roadways that exclude motorcycles, there’s a lot of recent history of public and private lots that don’t allow motorcycles. Change requires hard work, facts and persistence.
All of these issues, however small, have a ripple effect, and that’s the real potential here. People must be motivated to protect what they already have. A freedom not exercised is a freedom lost. People are motivated when they see success come from hard work. Then they are in a better position to have successes of their own.
CALIFORNIA MAY TEST COMPETITION BIKES FOR EMISSIONS
How Do Red-Sticker Motorcycles Compare to Green Sticker?
The California Air Resources Board is setting up procedures for testing emissions of off-highway motorcycles, with the goal of establishing standards for competition machines—so-called “red sticker” vehicles.
In California, off-highway motorcycles are classified based on their compliance with emissions standards. The emissions compliant green-sticker vehicles can be operated more frequently and in more areas than the untested red-sticker vehicles.
Working with the AMA and the Motorcycle Industry Council, CARB researchers are working out details on the size and composition of the test fleet and the selection of independent, third-party observers.
“We’re pleased CARB is willing to work with independent observers as they collect data that may guide future policy,” says AMA Western States Representative Nick Haris. “The AMA will stay involved in this process and represent our members’ interests with respect to red- and greensticker regulations.”
CARB staff members proposed standards for red-sticker and greensticker motorcycles in July 2013. The board adopted the green-sticker recommendation, but postponed adoption of the red-sticker standards until more information was available.
The red-sticker standards proposed in 2013 were 1 gram during the diurnal evaporative test and 1.9 grams per mile for the exhaust emissions. The evaporative test measures the loss of fuel to evaporation through tanks and hoses.
Cassandra Lopina, a CARB air pollution specialist, said no exhaust data are available from MIC for the redsticker motorcycles. But testing by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency showed certified competition motorcycles with two-stroke engines produced 54 grams of exhaust emissions per mile, and fourstroke engines produced 2.4 grams.
Lopina and her colleagues say the 2.4 grams is very close to the 1.9-gramsper-mile standard the green-sticker motorcycles are required to meet.
CARB researchers suspect that many red-sticker bikes may already meet the green-sticker standard or be close enough that minor adjustments would bring them into compliance.
For example, they say, the Yamaha WR450F was a red-sticker bike one year and a green-sticker bike the next.
Emissions testing is one of two approaches CARB researchers are pursuing. The other is a survey of motorcycle owners to gather information about how the bikes are modified and how and where they are ridden.
Michael Benjamin, chief of CARB’s Monitoring and Laboratory Division, says the procedure is the same used by CARB for passenger cars and includes a request for maintenance records.
The research team needs to understand the real-world conditions these bikes operate in, as well as data about “broken in” machines, he says. The surveys also will help ensure that the motorcycles tested for emissions are representative of the motorcycles already in use.
Lopina says the CARB study could benefit riders, as well as the rest of the state’s residents.
“Getting the green sticker increases the available riding areas,” Lopina says. “We have to weigh the air quality benefits and the cost effectiveness.”
The CARB staff is scheduled to update the board in November.
STATEWATCH
INDIANA
Effective Jan. 1, 2015, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds will be divided into two categories. Class A includes cycles with engines larger than 50cc. Class A riders must pass a motorcycle exam, possess an operator’s credential with an endorsement, and carry insurance. Class B covers vehicles with engines of 50cc or less. Class B riders must pass a special exam and obtain a state-issued identification card with a moped endorsement. The rider must be 15-years old or older and may not carry a passenger or ride faster than 35 mph. Vehicles in each class must be registered with the state and have license plates.
MISSOURI
The Missouri House approved legislation in late April to lift the state’s motorcycle helmet mandate for riders 21-years old and older. The bill moved to the state Senate for consideration. Current law requires everyone riding a motorcycle to wear a helmet.
SOUTH CAROLINA
House Bill 3231, sponsored by Rep. Todd Atwater (R-Lexington), provides that the state Department of Transportation shall not discriminate against motorcycles, motorcycle operators, or motorcycle passengers when it formulates transportation policy, promulgates regulations, allocates funds, and plans, designs, constructs, equips, operates, and maintains a transportation facility. It also provides that transportation facilities must make reasonable accommodations for motorcycle parking. Gov. Nikki Haley signed the legislation on April 7 and it took effect immediately.
COLORADO COUNTIES ASSERT CONTROL OF ROADWAYS
Seek To Halt BLM Closing Of Historic Routes
Two Colorado counties passed resolutions in April asserting claim to control historic roads that pass through federal lands.
Garfield County and Mesa County officials acted in response to a draft resource management plan filed by the Grand Junction Field Office of the U. S. Bureau of Land Management that includes a proposal to close some roads.
County officials in Colorado are concerned that roads might be closed that emergency services use for access to remote areas.
Joining the counties in opposition to the proposed road closings are all-terrainvehicle enthusiast groups, sportsmen and guide services.
County officials say that many roads within their jurisdictions existed before Colorado became a state in 1876. They are relying on federal Revised Statute 2477 for their legal claim to control.
R.S. 2477 was repealed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, with a clause to protect rights established prior to the repeal.
WASHINGTON
Faced with a lawsuit from two environmental groups, Okanogan County’s commissioners voted to repeal two ordinances that granted ATVs access to more than 600 miles of roads. The lawsuit alleged that the county failed to follow the law when the access was granted. The county did not conduct an environmental impact review under the State Environmental Policy Act or schedule a public hearing. Washington state law allows ATV access on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or lower. The county commissioners plan to conduct the environmental review, schedule a public hearing, and then reconsider ATV access.
Also, House Bill 2325, sponsored by Rep. Matt Shea (R-Greenacres), would provide incentive for the use of motorcycles to reduce greenhouse gases and wear and tear on state roadways by exempting motorcycles from paying the motor vehicle weight fee.
CALIFORNIA DESERT RIDERS GET BIG WIN Court Ruling Could Reopen Closed Areas Of Glamis Dunes
A federal judge ruled against the environmentalist group Center for Biological Diversity in April, opening the way for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to begin implementation of its 2013 management plan for the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area in Southeastern California.
The closures were implemented more than 10 years ago.
AMA District 37 intervened in the case on behalf of the estimated 200,000 riders who use the area for recreation.
Many riders call the 167,000-acre area Glamis, for the town within its boundaries.
More than 26,000 acres of the ISDRA is designated as Wilderness, with no vehicle access.
The 2013 BLM plan would permit some riding on about 127,000 acres, while continuing closures in a new critical-habitat designation for the Peirson’s milk-vetch.
Under the judge’s ruling, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must devise a recovery plan for the milk-vetch by 2019, unless the agency determines that a recovery plan would not promote conservation of the species.
WISCONSIN
Assembly Bill 124, sponsored by Assemblyman Garey D. Bies (R-Sister Bay), tightens inattentive driving laws by prohibiting a motor vehicle operator from being engaged or occupied with an activity, other than driving the vehicle, that interferes with the person’s ability to drive the vehicle safely. The bill modifies violations for reception of television broadcasts by expanding the prohibition to include devices for visually displaying fluctuating video images that are visible to the vehicle operator. Finally, AB124 prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while operating or being in a position to observe any electronic device located within the vehicle that is activated and that is providing entertainment by visual means, regardless of whether the device interferes with the safe driving of the vehicle. Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill (now 2013 Wisconsin Act 350) on April 23; it takes effect Aug. 1.
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On-Highway Issue Survey 2014
Every two years, the AMA’s Government Relations Department surveys the association’s members to assist in establishing government relations policies and priorities. This month, members are asked to share their views about on-highway issues. It is important for us to know how you ride and what you consider to be the important issues in motorcycling so we can do the best job of setting AMA government relations priorities. Please take a few minutes to complete and return this survey by Aug. 31. (If you don’t want to deface your copy of American Motorcyclist, feel free to make a photocopy of the survey, complete the survey online or download a PDF copy at www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com/issues/survey.)
1. Are you a current AMA member?
1.1 q Yes
1.2 q No
2. What is your ZIP code?
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
3. What is your age?
3.1
4. What is the last grade or class you completed in school? (Check one box only.)
4.1 q Grade 8 or less
4.2 q Some high school
4.3 q High school graduate
4.4 q Some college
4.5 q College graduate
4.6 q Post-graduate
5. What was your total household income last year? (Check one box only.)
5.1 q Less than $20,000
5.2 q $20,000-$24,999
5.3 q $25,000-$34,999
5.4 q $35,000-$49,999
5.5 q $50,000-$74,999
5.6 q $75,000-$99,999
5.7 q $100,000-$124,999
5.8 q $125,000-$149,999
5.9 q More than $150,000
6. What is your political party affiliation? (Check one box only.)
6.1 q Democratic
6.2 q Republican
6.3 q Libertarian
6.4 q Other (minor party, independent, etc.)
6.5 q Not registered to vote
7. How many of the following motorized vehicles do you currently own?
7.1 ___ Two-wheeled street motorcycles
7.2 ___ Three-wheeled street motorcycles (trike, Cam-Am Spyder, sidecar-equipped)
7.3 ___ Off-highway motorcycles
7.4 ___ ATVs
7.5 ___ Dual-sport motorcycles
7.6 ___ ROHVs (side-by-sides)
8. How many street miles did you ride in the last 12 months? (Check one box only.)
8.1 q 0-1,999
8.2 q 2,000-4,999
8.3 q 5,000-9,999
8.4 q 10,000-14,999
8.5 q 15,000 or more
9. In the column on the left below, check the displacement of the street motorcycle you ride the most. (Check one box only.) 9.1 q
q
10. In question 9 above, in the column at the right, indicate the displacement of the next bike you plan to buy as your main street or road bike. (Check one box only.)
11. If your state does not require you to wear a helmet, please check the answer that accurately describes how often you wear a helmet. (If your state requires you to wear a helmet, go on to question 10.) (Check one box only.)
11.1 q 100% of the time
11.2 q More than 90% of the time
11.3 q 75%-90% of the time
11.4 q 50%-74% of the time
11.5 q 25%-49% of the time
11.6 q 0%-24% of the time
12. What percentage of your total riding does each of the following represent? (Your answers should total 100%.)
12.1 __% Commuting less than 50 miles per round trip
12.2 __% Commuting more than 50 miles per round trip
12.3 __% Pleasure riding, less than 50 miles per trip
12.4 __% Pleasure riding, more than 50 miles per trip
12.5 __% Organized events such as tours, poker runs, etc.
12.6 __% Longer rides/pleasure touring (two or more days)
13. What is an acceptable annual fee (distributed across motorcycle registration, operator license/permit fees and operator license renewals) to fund rider education in your state? (Check one box only.)
13.1 q $0
13.2 q $1-$3
13.3 q $4-$6
13.4 q $7-$10
13.5 q $11-$20
14. Check the box for each response that applies to you.
14.1 q I have completed a novice rider education program
14.2 q I have completed an experienced rider education program
14.3 q I have other formal rider training
14.4 q I have no formal rider training
15. Check all of the advocacy activities in which you participated during the past year.
15.1 q Testified at a public hearing
15.2 q Attended a public hearing but didn’t testify
15.3 q Sent a letter to a politician or a government agency
15.4 q Made a phone call to a politician or government agency
15.5 q Wrote a letter to the editor or otherwise commented through the press
15.6 q Used e-mail to communicate with riders or to send messages to a politician or a government agency
15.7 q Involvement in party politics or a campaign
15.8 q Used an AMA alert to contact a politician or government agency
15.9 q Used social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to communicate with riders or to contact a politician or government agency
15.10 q Didn’t participate in any of these activities
16. Other than your AMA membership, which of the following motorcycle groups do you support or belong to? (Check all that apply.)
16.1 q “Marque Club” (BMWMOA, H.O.G., GWRRA, etc.)
16.2 q State Motorcyclists’ Rights Organization (ABATE, etc.). (Which state?) ________________
16.4 q AMA-chartered club or district
16.5 q Attorney-sponsored rider group (NCOM, AIM, etc.)
16.6 q Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF)
On-Highway Issue Survey 2014 (continued)
17. How do you feel about mandatory helmet laws for all riders? (Check one box only.)
17.1 q Strongly favor
17.2 q Favor
17.3 q No opinion
17.4 q Oppose
17.5 q Strongly oppose
18. How do you feel about the allocation of AMA resources to preserve voluntary helmet use for adult motorcyclists? (Check one box only.)
18.1 q Strongly favor
18.2 q Favor
18.3 q No opinion
18.4 q Oppose
18.5 q Strongly oppose
19. How do you feel about incorporating economic conditions, such as requirements for additional insurance for riders, into laws that would permit voluntary helmet use for adult riders? (Check one box only.)
19.1 q Strongly favor
19.2 q Favor
19.3 q No opinion
19.4 q Oppose
19.5 q Strongly oppose
20. Of the following issues, check the box on the left of the one you feel was the most important issue that motorcyclists faced during the past two years. (Check one box only.)
20.1 q
21. In question 20 above, please check the box to the right for each issue you are not familiar with. (Check all that apply.)
22. Of the following issues, check the box on the left of the one on which you think the AMA spent the most time. (Check one box only.)
24. Would you support mandatory rider education for: YES NO
24.1 q 24.2 q All first-time motorcycle license applicants, regardless of age
24.3 q 24.4 q Riders under age 18
24.5 q 24.6 q Riders under age 21
24.7 q 24.8 q All riders
24.9 q 24.10 q I don’t support mandatory rider education
25. Do you believe that excessive motorcycle sound creates a problem for motorcycling? (Check one box only.)
25.1 q Yes
25.2 q No
25.3 q Don’t know/no opinion
26. Which method of addressing motorcycle exhaust sound is appropriate? (Check one box only.)
26.1 q Enforcement of current state sound laws
26.2 q Adoption of AMA-endorsed SAE J2825 recommended practice at state level
26.3 q Adoption of U.S. EPA labeling requirement at state level
26.4 q I don’t support any sound law change or enforcement effort
27. Which of the following terms best describes your opinion of the AMA’s Government Relations Department? (Check one box only.)
27.1 q Highly effective
27.2 q Moderately effective
27.3 q Not very effective
27.4 q Ineffective
28. Did you contribute financially to the AMA’s government relations efforts (Defender membership, AMPAC, etc.)? (Check all that apply.)
28.1 q 2012
28.2 q 2013
28.3 q Didn’t contribute
29. Is your motorcycle (or the one you ride the most) equipped with ABS (antilock brake system)? (Check one box.)
29.1 q Yes
29.2 q No
29.3 q Don’t know
30. When considering your next motorcycle purchase, would the availability of ABS influence your decision? (Check one box only.)
30.1 q Yes. I would consider a motorcycle with ABS as standard equipment
30.2 q Yes. I would consider a motorcycle with ABS as optional equipment
30.3 q No. ABS availability would not influence my purchasing decision
30.4 q I don’t want a motorcycle equipped with ABS
30.5 q I don’t have an opinion about motorcycles equipped with ABS
Completed surveys should be mailed to:
American Motorcyclist Association
Attn: Highway Survey 13515 Yarmouth Dr. Pickerington, OH 43147
Optional AMA Number
Name Address
Address
City_________________ State_______ ZIP Code
Daytime Telephone
23. In Question 22 above, please check the box to the right for the one issue on which you feel the AMA should have spent the most time. (Check one box only.)
AMA action alerts can be sent to the following email address
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INDIAN EXTRAVAGANZA
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Celebrating Classic Brand
Indian Motorcycle (“Motocycle” to history buffs who recall the original company) is one of America’s enduring classic marques. From land-speed legend Burt Munro to crosscountry pioneer Erwin “Cannon Ball” Baker to board-track racing superstar Shrimp Burns to the Indian Wrecking Crew, history is full of AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famers who helped make Indian motorcycles famous.
From July 11 to 13, these heroes, and many more, will be celebrated at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle. Held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, the event is one of the summer’s highlights, bringing together vintage motorcycling fans of all ages to race, ride, learn, ogle, buy and sell and simply enjoy the country’s biggest vintage motorcycling bash.
Returning as title sponsor this year is BikeBandit.com, the country’s leading online source for the parts you need to fix up your motorcycles—new or old. BikeBandit.com founder and CEO Ken Wahlster says the company is thrilled to be a part of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days.
“Keeping vintage bikes running well and looking good takes some of the most dedication you
LAP FOR HISTORY
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“We’ve been lucky to establish BikeBandit.com as the web’s most trusted resource for motorcycle parts, accessories and gear, and vintage bike enthusiasts have become some of our most loyal customers, so supporting this event was a natural partnership for us. We hope to see all our customers out at the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days this year!”
BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, is a fundraiser for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame museum. The annual celebration features all types of classic motorcycles and honors the riders who made them famous. Activities include the AMA Racing Vintage Grand Championship, featuring national championship road racing, motocross, harescrambles, trials and dirt track, along with North America’s largest motorcycle swap meet and, of course, vintage bike shows and awards.
Want to experience the world-class road race course at Mid-Ohio without competing in the vintage road race program? Sign up for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Lap for History. You’ll enjoy a leisurely tour of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course grounds from a vantage point that most fans never get to see. Best of all, you’ll do it on your own motorcycle. To participate, sign up at the false grid/riding staging area. A tax-deductible $10 donation to the Hall of Fame is required to join the ride. Specific times will depend on the race program and will be available at signup. A riders’ meeting, held at the staging area prior to the lap, is mandatory, as are a helmet, long pants and closedtoe shoes.
In the interest of safety and the integrity of the road race course, bikes must be operationally sound and have no leaks whatsoever.
AMA VINTAGE NATIONALS
Take all of the excitement of motorcycle racing and combine it with none of the pressure. Add in a relatively low cost of entry, some really cool classic bikes and some even cooler fellow racers, and what you have is vintage competition. And there’s no better place to get involved than BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle.
Now in its fifth year, the AMA Vintage Grand Championship includes national championship, vintage competition in motocross, harescrambles, road racing, trials and dirt track. In motocross, harescrambles and dirt track, the event is one round of the national series for those disciplines. In road racing and trials, the event serves as the singular AMA Grand Championship event, awarding AMA national No. 1 plates to the winning competitors in each class.
In addition, the highest pointsearning racer in select off-road classes is awarded the AMA OffRoad Grand Championship and the top rider in road racing and dirt track is named the AMA Track Racing Grand Champion.
This is a family-friendly event, so bring the kids. Riders 12 and older can compete in motocross, offroad and dirt-track events. (Riders must be 14 or older to compete on a motorcycle 251cc or larger, and youth riders are not permitted in the dirt-track Brakeless class.)
Finally, these racing events— like all the other activities at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days—are a fundraiser for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Entry fees are donated to the Hall of Fame to preserve and promote motorcycling’s heritage for future generations.
Vintage Motorcycle Days photos: Yve Assad
RIDE WITH CRAIG VETTER
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Craig Vetter is a longtime proponent of the efficiency of motorcycling. His personal high-mileage bike is designed to go a long way on a small amount of fuel, and he’s ready to put it to the test—against you, if you’re game.
On Friday, July 11, Vetter will host the Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge, designed to
push the energy-conserving limits of even the most fuel-efficient motorcycles. Competitors will ride their motorcycles under real-world conditions while attempting to consume the least amount of fuel.
Gasoline-, diesel- and electricpowered bikes all compete to determine which technology works best under real-world conditions.
Class structures, schedule information and award details are available at www.craigvetter.com.
DEATH DEFYING
It bills itself as America’s Original Extreme Motorcycle Thrill Show. The American Motor Drome Wall of Death is a major attraction in the infield—for good reason. The team of Charlie Ransom, Wahl E. Walker, Jeremiah Lightning and Dallas Dan wow the crowds with a vertical stunt show on vintage motorcycles. They also perfectly capture the authentic spirit and appreciation for the past that has come to represent BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle.
A VINTAGE DREAMER’S PARADISE
Choppers. Dirt bikes. Standards. The type of bike being built doesn’t matter. All bike builders are dreamers.
If your dreams have been dashed by a broken or missing obscure part—or maybe you’re just looking for some new inspiration—you need to experience the swap meet at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle.
Everything vintage under the sun seems to come alive in the swap meet, including old bikes, old bike parts, vintage gear, and more. Just imagine acres upon acres of old motorcycle glory—as far as the eye can see.
Already have plenty of old bike parts? Consider signing up as a swap meet vendor and taking advantage of free onsite primitive camping. Spaces fill up fast, but you can complete an application at www.amavintagemotorcycledays.com > Vendor and Swap Meet Info.
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photos: Yve Assad, Craig Vetter photo: Brad Wenner
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ASHLAND DINNER RIDE & VINTAGE DIRT TRACK
The Ashland Dinner Ride and vintage dirt-track race at the Ashland County Fairgrounds is authentically vintage.
A short ride from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the evening includes dinner and a round of vintage dirt track, enjoyed from the fairgrounds’ grandstand. Watching from its well-worn seats as vintage flat trackers round the oval is a step back in time.
The ride leaves Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $35. Buy your tickets, which include dinner and the race, at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame or AMA membership tent.
BIKE SHOWS AND RIDES
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AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, is a living bike show, with classic bikes at every turn.
Many of the best of the best, however, are featured at two dedicated bike shows: the AMA All Years Bike Show and the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Bike Show.
The AMA All Years Bike Show will follow Friday’s Lap for History. Lap for History participants can stage bikes for the show at the Hall of Fame tent after the lap. Judging (1-2:30 p.m.) will be people’s choice and will include American, European, Japanese and British categories. Registration is a $5 donation.
AMA VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE DAYS SCHEDULE
A fundraiser for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, celebrates our motorcycling heritage like no other event. Activities include vintage racing, a massive swap meet, bike shows, stunt shows, motorcycle demo rides, seminars on a number of topics by noted motorcycling experts and much more.
Below is the 2014 schedule. (The schedule is subject to change, and can do so up until the date of the event.)
GENERAL SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JULY 11
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Event registration (Gate 3) 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
• Mid-Ohio gate hours/ticket sales
8 a.m. – Noon
• AMA Swap Meet registration at Swap Meet Central (Continued from Thursday) 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• AMA Swap Meet
• Motorcycle demo rides in upper paddock
• American Motor Drome Wall of Death in infield
• Vendor Midway in infield
• Classic and Club Corral displays in infield Motorcycle Hall of Fame Tent:
8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• “Show Off Your Ride” All-Years Bike Show registration
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Ashland Dinner Ride registration
• Hall of Fame collections display
• Hall of Fame gift shop
• Raffle bike ticket sales
• Indian Motorcycles: Marque of the Year display 1 p.m.
• “Show Off Your Ride” All-Years Bike Show judging 3 p.m.
• “Show Off Your Ride” All-Years Bike Show awards
AMA Membership Tent:
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Ashland Dinner Ride registration
• Used Bike Corral
• Event merchandise
False Grid:
8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Lap for History registration 11:30 a.m.
• Lap for History staging and riders’ meeting 12:15 p.m.
Saturday’s AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Bike Show will feature restored or original vintage motorcycles outside the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame tent. Registration opens at 8 a.m., with professional judging starting at 12 p.m. Registration is a $10 donation. The show features American, British, European and Japanese models from the early 1900s through 1989. A class exclusively for Indian motorcycles will be provided.
• Lap for History
SATURDAY, JULY 12
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Event registration (Gate 3)
7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
• Mid-Ohio gate hours/ticket sales
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• AMA Swap Meet
• Motorcycle demo rides in upper paddock
Jen Muecke
Jeff Guciardo
• American Motor Drome Wall of Death in infield
• Vendor Midway in infield
• Classic and Club Corral displays in infield
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Tent:
8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Bike Show registration
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Ashland Dinner Ride registration
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Hall of Fame collections display
• Hall of Fame gift shop
• Raffle bike ticket sales
• Indian Motorcycles: Marque of the Year display
Noon – 2 p.m.
• AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Bike Show judging
3 p.m.
• AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Bike Show awards
AMA Membership Tent:
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Ashland Dinner Ride registration
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Used Bike Corral
• Event merchandise
False Grid:
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
• Lap for History registration
10:30 a.m.
• Lap for History staging and riders’ meeting 11:15 a.m.
• Lap for History
7 a.m. – Noon
SUNDAY, JULY 13
• Event registration (Gate 3)
7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Mid-Ohio gate hours/ticket sales
7:30 a.m.
• Christian Motorcyclists Association worship service at motocross grandstand
8 – 9:30 a.m.
• Fourth Annual AMA Life Member Breakfast
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• AMA Swap Meet
• Motorcycle Skills Challenge
• Motorcycle demo rides in upper paddock
• American Motor Drome Wall of Death
• Vendor Midway in infield
• Classic and Club Corral displays in infield
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Tent:
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Hall of Fame collections display
• Hall of Fame gift shop
• Raffle bike ticket sales
• Indian Motorcycles: Marque of the Year display
11 a.m.
• Annual Hall of Fame raffle bike drawing
AMA Membership Tent:
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Used Bike Corral
• Event merchandise
False Grid:
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
• Lap for History registration 10:30 a.m.
• Lap for History staging and riders’ meeting
11:15 a.m.
• Lap for History
COMPETITION EVENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 11
• Vetter Vintage Days Fuel Economy Challenge
• Vintage road racing
• Vintage, post-vintage harescrambles
SATURDAY, JULY 12
• Vintage road racing
• Vintage motocross
• Vintage flat track (Ashland County Fairgrounds)
SUNDAY, JULY 13
• Vintage road racing
• Post-vintage motocross
• Vintage trials
• AMA Vintage Grand Champion Presentations
MEMBER WINS YAMAHA SUPER TÉNÉRÉ IN 2013 MEMBERSHIP SWEEPSTAKES
Now That’s An Incentive!
Ron Fluke of Trinity, Ala., says he is an AMA member to support motorcycling advocacy. He learned this spring, however, that renewing his membership can pay off in unexpected ways.
Fluke’s AMA membership won him one of the most versatile motorcycles ever made: a brand new Yamaha Super Ténéré, courtesy of Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. AMA members who joined or renewed in 2013 got a chance to win the Super Ténéré. In addition, riders in the 2013 AMA Yamaha Super Ténéré National Adventure Riding Series earned additional entries in the sweepstakes.
“I’m looking forward to throwing a leg over a modern motorcycle,” says Fluke, who picked up his bike at Allsport Powersports in Decatur, Ala. “I have a lot of vintage bikes, an old Bultaco 250 Astro, an old 700cc Yamaha and a Yamaha XS 650 that I’m making into a street tracker, but I’ve never ridden a modern bike.”
David Docktor, motorcycle marketing manager of Yamaha’s Motorsports Group, says, “We’re pleased that the Ténéré is being awarded to Ron, who is an obvious enthusiast, and who appreciates Yamaha motorcycles old and new.”
The Yamaha Super Ténéré, known as
the ultimate transcontinental adventurer, is even better for 2014 with a more powerful inline twin, electronic cruise control, dual drive modes, traction control, anti-lock brakes, an adjustable seat and more.
New and renewing AMA members are already earning a chance to win a Yamaha Super Ténéré next year, and those who are participating in the AMA Yamaha Super Ténéré National Adventure Riding Series are improving their odds as well. Join them by visiting www.americanmotorcyclist.com > Join the AMA or by riding an adventure ride near you. For the schedule, see www. americanmotorcyclist.com > Riding > Yamaha Adventure Riding.
‘WHY WE RIDE’ PACKS HOUSE IN DAYTONA
AMA members and others enjoyed the Daytona Bike Week premiere of the acclaimed motorcycling documentary “Why We Ride” in March. The large crowd was inspired by the AMA Hazel Kolb Brighter Image Award-winning film, which celebrates all that is great about motorcycling. If you haven’t seen “Why We Ride,” and you love motorcycles, you owe it to yourself to catch a showing near you. For listings, see www.whyweride.com.
L-R: Bryan H. Carroll, producer/director; Rob Dingman, AMA president/CEO; Walter Zuck, executive producer; James Walker, producer
Ask The MSF NOVICE ROADS
Q: My wife is a new rider. She’s taken the Basic RiderCourse and has her license. She has only ridden about 500 miles. What type of roads would you recommend for gaining valuable experience this year and for developing good riding habits?
A: It’s great that your wife learned to ride in a formal class. The next step is for her to practice on lightly traveled, relatively flat roads with a variety of gentle to moderate curves where she can refine basic mental strategies (Search, Evaluate, Execute) and basic operating procedures (clutch control, upshifting/downshifting, braking, turning and cornering).
When she’s comfortable with her motorcycle, the next step is to venture out into moderate traffic and higher-speed roads, and add some hills and tighter curves into the mix. This will help her build hazard-assessment strategies, including dealing with multiple hazards and identifying escape routes, and will provide practice of more complex techniques such as emergency braking and swerving, starting out on an uphill slope, and
choosing the best line through curves. During these early miles, she should keep speeds conservative, and keep a largerthan-usual space cushion all around her to allow for mistakes. In her non-riding time, she could take some online instruction like what’s available on the MSF’s website.
You can be part of your wife’s continuing education. Assuming you are an experienced and safe rider, you and your wife can take a two-person “group ride” with you leading, and play “follow the leader” by having your wife mimic your maneuvers. Let her lead occassionally so you can better evaluate her progress.
Remind your wife that the biggest hazard she will face is a car driver looking “through” her and violating her rightof-way, primarily at intersections and driveways, and that this hazard exists even on slow-speed neighborhood roads.
Jeff Kardas
AMA Member Tested
BILT TRINITY BOOTS, SEDICI GLOVES
MSRP: Boots: $139.99; gloves: $59.99
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By Danielle Jennings
Living in Tucson, Ariz., where spring temperatures hover around 95 degrees, the BILT Trinity boots for women hold their own. They are all leather and waterproof— really waterproof. After riding through what I can best describe as a monsoon, my feet were still perfectly dry.
Regarding styling, the boots look good with jeans. Gear change patches on the top of the boots prevent scuffs from upshifting, which keeps the boots looking new.
Although it did take me about a week to adjust to a thicker boot, after a week of riding, the boots broke in and were comfortable, flexible and supportive enough to wear to work or at an all-day event. They are very well made and come with a 5-year guarantee.
for morning rides when the average temperature was between 45 and 55 degrees. They provided great wind and cold protection, while allowing for an easy grip on the handlebars.
A gauntlet liner can be pulled out to cover the sleeve of a jacket or shirt, or tucked back into the wrist of the glove. This is another versatile feature of the glove and extends its comfortable use range.
While these gloves worked very well during cooler temperatures, they were not ideal later in the day when temperatures hovered in the mid-90s. The same lack of ventilation that keeps your hands warm in the mornings and dry in the wet will allow them to sweat in the afternoons. These are a great cooler or wet weather glove, but I don’t recommend them as your only pair for summer riding.—
The boots offered good protection. Although their all-leather construction will allow your feet to get a bit hot, this is no worse than a typical leather boot.
I also tested the Sedici Massimo Gloves. These gloves were excellent
Danielle Jennings
AMA Member Tested
MOTORCYCLE STIRRUPS
MSRP: $200
Info: www.motorcyclestirrups.com
Motorcycle Stirrups are what you think they are—stirrups for motorcycles. Used in place of highway pegs, they are intended to ease leg strain on long rides.
By Rich Haggan
When the stirrups arrived, I was surprised at the lack of mounting instructions or even a link to the company’s online instructional videos. The only info in the box was a business-sized card with graphic depicting the correct and incorrect way to use them. They are a simple product and bolt in place of standard highway pegs, but providing more detailed instructions would be nice. The stirrups do require pivoting mounts (cheap, clamp-only mounts are not going to work). These can be purchased at any retailer that sells parts for cruiser-type motorcycles. I already had highway pegs installed so this was a non-issue for me. Consider using non-permanent threadlocking fluid (such as “blue” Loctite). Not only did the mounting bolts loosen, the screws holding on the upper leather covers came out somewhere on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. (The manufacturer’s installation video didn’t suggest using any thread-locking products).
Luckily, I had a long ride planned—a trip to Austin, Texas, to watch the MotoGP races at the Circuit of the Americas—to test the stirrups.
They are comfortable and provide a very relaxing leg position when compared to foot pegs. If you have an abundance of inseam like I do, be careful on how low you mount them. I rode a fan lap at COTA, and turn one now has a little piece of the left stirrup embedded in it for posterity. I tweaked the adjustment a little and actually found them even more relaxed. While the stirrups aren’t my personal style, and installation support is lacking, they are an American-made product that delivers what it promises: increased onhighway comfort. If they appeal to you, and you enjoy time on the open road, they are worth a look.—Rich Haggan
AMA CAMPUS HOSTS SECURITY EXERCISE
Ohio State Highway Patrol Team Escorts ‘Dignitaries’
Call it doing our civic duty. The AMA recently allowed the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame facility to be used for an Ohio State Highway Patrol Office of Investigative Services training exercise.
The Dignitary Security Training Program places team members in simulated scenarios at locations in the Columbus, Ohio, area that visiting VIPs may visit. The Office of Investigative Services hosted a pair of “VIP dignitaries” and their security escorts on April 4.
When the dignitaries and their security details arrived, AMA government affairs manager Imre Szauter conducted a tour of the Hall of Fame. Then the security teams whisked the dignitaries away.
STUDENT CREATES SAFE DRIVING VIDEO
Senior Project Emphasizes Awareness
Cody Redman, a senior at Teays Valley High School in Ashville, Ohio, created a video public service announcement and staged an in-school assembly as part of his senior project.
Drawing on the resources of the AMA and his family’s experience riding motorcycles, Redman put together a video in which a distracted driver crashed into a motorcycle and pedestrians outside the school.
During the April 30 school assembly, Redman brought together local and state authorities, as well as Imre Szauter, AMA government affairs manager.
The group encouraged training and safe riding for students who plan to ride motorcycles, while asking the other students to always watch out for motorcycles.
Redman’s mentor for the project was Teresa Carper, director of the Safe Community Program in Pickaway County.
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STEVE MCQUEEN’S INDIAN MOTORCYCLE
1904 Indian Commemorates Milestones
This 1904 Indian motorcycle was once owned by iconic American actor and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Steve McQueen. Historian Butch Baer purchased the bike and later donated it to the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation.
In 1994, the Hall of Fame presented the vintage motorcycle to the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme in celebration of the FIM’s 90th anniversary. It was a fitting gift, considering the Indian motorcycle’s model year matched the year the FIM was established. In addition, McQueen himself had a keen
interest in international competition, holding an FIM license in 1964 when he competed in the International Six Days Trials on the same team as Bud and Dave Ekins.
In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the AMA, the bike returned to the AMA campus in 2014, where it will be on display for Hall of Fame visitors to enjoy.
The Indian single, relatively unchanged its first few years of production, was produced in 1901 by company founders George Hendee and Oscar Hedstrom. The bike displaced 13 cubic inches and featured a mechanical exhaust valve and
an atmospheric intake. Its single-speed transmission delivered its approximately 1.75 horsepower to the rear wheel via a chain drive.
This motorcycle is model No. 75 out of a reported 586 Indian singles that were distributed to dealers in 1904. It was restored by Bollenbach Engineering in Chicago, Ill., and Essex Motorsports in Chester, Conn.
This bike will be on display July 11-13 at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Get your tickets now at www.midohio.com.
To learn more about the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame collection and the Hall of Famers who made the Indian famous, see www.motorcyclemuseum.org.
The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio, features the people and machines that have defined the sport, lifestyle and business of motorcycling in America. The Hall of Fame is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that receives support from the AMA and from the motorcycling community. For info and directions, visit www. motorcyclemuseum.org, or call (614) 856-2222.
Photos Jeff Guciardo
Hall of Famers
THE INDIAN WRECKING CREW
2014 AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Grand Marshals
In the early 1950s, three underdog riders were winning AMA Grand Nationals against their better-funded factory rivals out of Europe and Milwaukee. Whether it was the Springfield Mile, the Charity Newsies or Daytona, Bill Tuman, Bobby Hill and Ernie Beckman were racing their Indian motorcycles to the top step of the podium.
Known as the “Indian Wrecking Crew,” Tuman, Hill and Beckman made an indelible mark on the history books and solidified Indian Motocycle’s reputation as one of early racing’s greatest marques.
Tuman and Hill will be on hand July 11-13 at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, where they will be honored as grand marshals of the event. Beckman, who won three AMA Grand National events in his career, including the last AMA Grand National race won on an Indian, died in October 1999.
For fans of dirt track, Indian motorcycles and the sport in general, this will be a rare and exciting opportunity to hear first-hand some of the most legendary stories in racing.
Bill Tuman
Bill Tuman was the last single-day winner of the AMA Grand National Championship at the Springfield Mile in 1953 before the AMA Grand National Championship Series was created in 1954. Tuman won a total of five AMA Grand Nationals during his professional racing career that spanned 1947 to 1955.
Born in Rockford, Ill., on Aug. 3, 1921, Tuman didn’t begin racing until he was 25 years old. He
race, Tuman was hooked on the sport. His first race bike was a hopped-up Army surplus Indian motorcycle.
Tuman turned pro in 1947. His first professional race was at Daytona Beach, Fla. He earned podium finishes in 1948 and ’49, before taking his first national win in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sept. 17, 1950. One month later he captured his second national win in Reading, Pa.
In 1953, Tuman earned the biggest win of his career at Springfield, Ill., becoming the newly crowned national
Bobby Hill
Bobby Hill was AMA National Champion in 1951 and 1952 by virtue of his victories on the Springfield Mile. Hill won a total of 12 AMA Nationals during his professional racing career, which spanned the years 1947 to 1959.
Hill, born in Triadelphia, W. Va., on July 8, 1922, began as a novice in 1940 and quickly moved up the ladder. Like many racers of his time, Hill’s racing career was put on hold during World War II. After the war, he nearly won his first professional race, the 1947 Daytona 200.
Despite coming so close to winning his first National, Hill had to wait nearly a year and a half before finally getting his first win in Atlanta on Aug. 8, 1948, and even then he had to share the victory. In one of the most memorable races ever, Hill and Billy Huber crossed the line in a dead heat and both were declared winners— the only time that has ever happened in AMA racing history.
After winning the national title in 1951 and 1952, Hill finally earned a victory in the Daytona 200 in 1954 on his eighth attempt. That victory, aboard a BSA, earned Hill the honor of winning the first-ever race that was part of the newly formed AMA Grand National Championship Series race.
Hill continued to race until 1959. By that time he was 37 and didn’t feel as competitive as he once
Ernie Beckman
Ernie Beckman was born on May 31, 1923, in Battle Creek, Mich. Motorcycles were not a part of Beckman’s life until World War II. After the war, Beckman started racing and in 1949, he turned pro. His first finish at an AMA national was fourth at the half-mile dirt track in Shreveport, La., that October.
On Aug. 5, 1951, Beckman won his first National, the 8-mile championship at Williams Grove, Pa. Beckman dominated that event for the next two years.
Beckman was one of the most consistent performers on the national circuit in the early 1950s. From 1949 to 1957, Beckman earned 10 podium finishes and only finished outside of the top 10 six times. Beckman will also be remembered as the last rider to win an AMA Grand National race on an Indian—his Aug. 2, 1953, victory at Williams Grove, Pa.
Beckman retired from racing after the 1957 season. He owned a motorcycle
shop in his hometown of Battle Creek before taking a position with LincolnMercury, building prototype cars that where shown at auto shows across the country. Ernie Beckman married his wife Marjorie in 1947 and was inducted in the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.
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COMIN’ ’round the MOUNTAIN
Touring Mount Rainier
STORY AND PHOTOS BY PHIL BUONPASTORE
Mount Rainier is the tallest mountain in Washington State. On a clear day, the mountain can be seen as far away as Olympic National Park, and even from Portland, Ore. This amazingly massive and starkly beautiful slate gray glacier-covered granite mountain is also an active volcano. It dominates the landscape and is an obvious “must ride” in the Pacific Northwest.
Three separately numbered roads form four entrances/ exits that surround Mount Rainier National Park, and these are State Routes 410, 706 and 123. State Route 410 connects the park’s northern and eastern ends, and is the only road of three that travels through two park boundaries. The others have their terminus inside the park.
All three roads converge near the center of the park where stellar views of the mountain are many. They are close to roads that lead to the Sunrise and Paradise locations that offer lodging, restaurants, hiking, and some of the best views of Mount Rainier. These three roads are connected by U.S. 12 to the south or State Route 7 to the west outside the park boundaries, so loop rides that encompass any or all of the three roads can be easily planned.
State Route 410, alternatively called the Mather Memorial Parkway, passes through the cozy small town of Enumclaw, Wash., located about 45 miles southeast of Seattle, and is officially designated as a scenic highway.
The 40-mile ride from Enumclaw into the park and up to Mount Rainier begins as a sedate two-lane highway through a forested area, passing through Federation Forest State Park, the aptly named town of Greenway, and along the White River, gaining altitude until it reaches dizzying heights as the road crests near the Cayuse Pass. Roadside pullouts along the way offer spectacular views of a snowcovered Mount Rainier.
Park for approximately 30 miles.
Continuing on State Route 410 leads to the radical curves and even greater heights of the Chinook Pass, a road that will give you vertigo by simply glancing over the steep drops and into the deep valleys just over the low rock wall on the right-hand side of the lane. Along the way, the road passes the Tipsoo Lake area, where year-round glaciers yield stunning “Christmas in July” snow-covered landscapes and plateau views well into the summer. Parking areas located here make it a good place for a break and a stop for photographs.
State Route 410 continues to the eastern border of the national park, where a very pretty ride down the mountain connects to Washington’s U.S. 12 on the way to Yakima, allowing access to the park from points east and transitioning through forest and into high desert topography along the way.
From the Olympia/Tacoma areas, another superb route for a visit to the mountain begins on Washington State Route 7 just south of Tacoma, where the road parallels the western side of Mount Rainier National
As you ride south, Mount Rainier stands alone, a giant in the eastern sky. On a clear day the changing surroundings of the rural highway offer a variety of settings for stunning views of the great and beautiful mountain rising in the distance. The road alternates between easy twists and turns and long straightaways through small communities—just enough variation to keep it interesting.
State Route 7 leads to State Route 706, and the western access point of the park known as the Nisqually Entrance, east of the small community of Elbe. A wellknown tourist location, the town greets its visitors with the multi-colored train cars of the Hobo Inn, a local landmark and lodging location that uses converted cabooses for lodge rooms. The nearby quaint Elbe Evangelical Lutheran Church was built by German immigrants in 1906, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It still displays its original 4-foot tall iron cross topping the 46-foot steeple, its original bell, and its original alter and pew.
The Elbe Train Depot, which was built in 1904 to serve local saw mills and shingle
companies, is now a visitor's center, with a gift shop and ticket station for the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. While in town, take advantage of the availability of fuel to fill your tank because once inside the park, fuel is not available.
State Route 706 becomes Paradise Road/Steven’s Canyon Road inside the park boundaries. Here the road winds its way through old-growth pine forest up to the area known as Paradise, with still more spectacular views of Mount Rainier. Paradise offers lodging, restaurants and hiking trails, if you want to get off the bike for a stretch of the legs. State Route 706 eventually connects to State Route 123 then State Route 410 to Mount Rainier’s eastern side.
For loop rides in and around Mount Rainier National Park, both State Route 7 and U.S. 12 serve as excellent connector roads, allowing shorter or longer day rides and overnight stays.
Outside the park and south of State Route 706, the popular scenic drive of State Route 7 continues true to picturesque form past the Alder Lake and the dam of the same name. Here, a roadside scenic pullout offers a view of a bald eagle’s nest where the eagles return yearly. Traffic in the area can be heavy, so watch out for stopped cars and pedestrians that can be located just around a curve.
At the small town of Morton, State Route 7 ends at U.S. 12, an east-west highway that runs from Interstate 5 south of Centralia to Yakima. Going east connects State Route 7 to State Route 123, the southern entrance into Mount Rainier National Park.
For a short and very pretty diversion from the day’s mountain riding, go west on U.S. 12 for several miles to the DeGoede Bulb Farm and Gardens, where if you visit before the annual harvest (which is in September and October), the fields of tulips in full bloom are a riot of reds, yellows and orange, and serve as a stark contrast to the forest green and foothill
Go West — Safely
For those accustomed to riding in urban areas, gas stations, food and lodging are fairly easy to come by, and you may have the tendency to take for granted that a traveler-friendly business will be around the next bend. This is often not the case in less-populated areas of the western United States, and it holds true for the Pacific Northwest, as well, where stops for food and fuel can be few and far between.
While the area around Mount Rainier National Park has many towns along its perimeter, distances through the park can total into the hundreds of miles with few opportunities to get fuel, so it is a good idea to keep a close eye on the gas gauge and to fill the bike when opportunities present themselves, especially when the fuel capacity in your ride is 5 gallons or less.
If you’re planning a few days stay in the area, be aware that lodging in and around national parks is often booked months in advance during the summer tourist season.
Also, roads into and around Mount Rainier National Park are seasonal, and are generally open from approximately May to October, depending on the amount of snowfall and repair requirements of the roads in any given year. Check the Washington State Department of Transportation website for road conditions and open/close dates.
mountains that surround them. Passing cars stop and the families get out to buy flowers, take photographs, or simply walk through the fields to be surrounded by the natural beauty.
While State Route 123 is probably the least challenging of the three roads, it is nonetheless a lovely and serene ride up the mountain, with some nice curves near the junction with State Route 410.
Going left on 410 leads north past the mountain to the beautiful “Sunrise” location, and eventually back to Enumclaw. Going right leads southeast through the wild Cayuse Pass and eventually out of the park to Yakima.
All three of these roads should be included in a planned ride up to and around Mount Rainier. They all offer spectacular scenery, unparalleled mountain views, and opportunities to experience several different topographies in a single day or a several-day ride.
The long days of the Pacific Northwest summer dovetail nicely with a tour around Mount Rainier, as it lets you experience the longer loop rides you’ll want to take. Because it is peak vacation season here during this time, planning rides on weekdays may lessen the amount of traffic and RVs you will encounter on the roads around the park.
Another option is to ride Mount Rainier in late summer, several weeks before the park roads close for the season. Provided you time it right, this can be a real treat, as light snows will often fall on
the peak of Mount Rainier prior to the onset of autumn, offering views of the mountain in all its snow-covered majesty well before the lower elevations are covered. Of course, winter riding gear is recommended for late summer mountain traveling, but touring the park at this time of the year can be an exceptionally beautiful ride.
I have visited the western United States many times over the years, but every time I see the vastness, the sheer beauty and the majesty of Mount Rainier, it humbles my soul and magnifies my spirit. Like so many areas in the country’s west and northwest, words cannot really describe— and photographs cannot truly capture— what seems like an infinite amount of three-dimensional space. Plan a tour of Mount Rainier National Park, and you’ll know just what I mean.
‘WE DON’T WANT YOU HERE’
MOTORCYCLISTS BATTLE DISCRIMINATION, EXCLUSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BY JIM WITTERS
Whether it reveals itself at a New Jersey parking garage or a Florida condominium, in an Arizona desert or a Mississippi forest, an anti-motorcyclist sentiment pervades the nation.
Environmentalists want motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles off public lands.
Neighbors try to restrict the use of private property by off-highway vehicle riders.
Garage operators ban motorcycles because of liability concerns.
Gated communities force motorcyclists to park off-site, citing excessive noise.
Whether they are aimed at street or dirt riders, these attitudes and actions affect all motorcyclists.
“Simply put, most of the non-riding public doesn’t differentiate between on- and off-highway motorcyclists,” says Imre Szauter, AMA’s government affairs manager for street issues. “Regardless of the type of machine, excessive motorcycle sound leads to a ‘No Motorcycles’ policy on- and off-highway.
“Legislative and administrative restrictions are often accompanied by stepped-up enforcement,” Szauter adds, “placing all riders under heightened law enforcement scrutiny.”
Pushing back against prejudices may appear daunting. But if motorcyclists don’t fight discriminatory practices, governments and anti-motorcycle groups will continue to chalk up wins that further
restrict the right to ride.
While the issue invokes combative language, the AMA has found that a reasonable, measured and cooperative approach often can diffuse an otherwise tense situation.
“Riders working proactively and collaboratively with local, state and federal lawmakers, agencies and those in the private sector that make policy decisions may be able reverse current restrictions and bans and prevent future discriminatory actions against both riding communities,” Szauter says.
And the AMA stands ready to help when it can.
Here are a few cases that illustrate a variety of issues and outcomes.
Community Restrictions
Larraine Best, an AMA member, suffered a spinal injury in a diving accident 11 years ago, leaving her unable to walk without crutches.
So, in 2010, when she began thinking of buying a motorcycle for transportation, she petitioned the Summit Towers Condominium Association, Inc., in Broward County, Fla., for permission to use one of her assigned garage spaces for her trike.
Best, who commutes between her Florida condo and her Manhattan apartment, believed her case warranted an exception to the condo’s “no motorcycles” policy due to her disability. After all, the condo board had begun to allow scooters onto the property.
“It is hard to have a car in New York City, and the trike is easier to ride and park,” Best says. “It provides me independence and gives me the chance to get out and meet people and enjoy life.”
A year passed, with no formal response from the condominium board, Best says.
“They would tell me they were checking with their lawyers,” she says.
But things heated up when she bought her Honda Goldwing trike in September 2011. The board told her she had to park the motorcycle in a public lot outside the condo property.
The decision meant that Best had to make her way up a slope and get herself and her crutches through a manual gate
before walking the remaining distance to her door.
“I am very vulnerable,” she says. “And I was having to walk about 80 yards from the parking lot to my door.”
So, Best took her case to Broward County’s Equal Opportunity Officer, who filed a complaint on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The complaint argued that the federal Fair Housing Act guarantees Best the right to a “reasonable accommodation’’—an exception to the condo rules—to provide her with an “equal opportunity to use and enjoy” her home.
The condo management claimed a ruling in favor of Best “would be nothing less than a clear abuse of the system and
a mockery to the disabled individuals across this state who actual(ly) do suffer from discriminatory acts.”
In a mediated settlement, Best won the right to use one of her two parking spaces in the condo garage for her trike. But the condo association got the right to lease her second space to another resident.
“I have to be content with what I’ve got,” Best says. “It is a better arrangement for me. I don’t have to park in the public lot outside the community perimeter.
“But it is a very old-fashioned approach, with all the [aging] Baby Boomers in Florida,” she says. “Motorcycles are out all the time.”
Parking Garage Ban
AMA member Larry Eichenbaum is one of many motorcyclists stymied by the “No Motorcycles” policy at parking garages.
Eichenbaum commutes daily to New York City from New Jersey, using the ferry at Port Imperial, N.J.
Before SP Plus Corp. (SP+) took over management of the Port Imperial parking operations, Eichenbaum was able to park his motorcycle in the garage.
Suddenly, he and other motorcyclists were banned from using the garage, ostensibly because of liability concerns with the control gates.
As SP+ explained the situation, sensors embedded in the concrete “are tuned to the high-metal mass of a car” and “cannot reliably detect the smaller metal mass of
Larraine Best has ridden her trike across the United States and Canada, but was denied access to her condo’s parking space.
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some motorcycles.”
The garage operators say that they fear a gate could close unexpectedly, injuring a motorcyclist. And, since the gate manufacturers mark their equipment “No Motorcycles,” the garage operators wish to avoid greater liability.
Eichenbaum contacted the AMA.
“Through a series of phone calls and letters, both Mr. Eichenbaum and the AMA were able to convince SP+ to make accommodations at Port Imperial for motorcyclists,” Szauter says.
Brian Collins, director of management accounts at SP+, stated in a letter to the AMA that a designated motorcycle parking area would be established that does not require motorcyclists to pass through the control gates.
Meanwhile, the control gate manufacturers show no indication of making their products safer for motorcyclists.
“I haven’t seen any progress within the traffic gate manufacturing industry to accommodate motorcyclists,” Szauter says. “It’s far cheaper and easier for them to print and apply a decal that reads ‘No pedestrians, bicycles or motorcycles’ and
apply it to the controller cabinet than to remedy safety and liability concerns.”
Campus Groups Cooperate
While SP+ plans to set aside spaces in a surface lot for motorcyclists, such as Eichenbaum, The Ohio State University responded to motorcyclists’ concerns by incorporating bike parking into their designs for new garages.
The accommodation is the result of efforts years ago by a small group of faculty members who ride their motorcycles to work and a discussion with an AMA representative.
Sarah Blouch is president of CampusParc, the firm that manages the university’s parking lots and garages and was executive director of Transportation & Parking Services at the school when the group raised its concerns.
“We had a near miss in one of our garages,” Blouch says. “Motorcycles sometimes trip the loops (that trigger the gates), but not always. We couldn’t take the chance that a motorcycle rider would get hit in the head with a gate. So we had to put motorcycle parking outside.”
Bryan Dunlap, an OSU Unix systems
ABOVE: The Lane Avenue garage at Ohio State was built to accommodate motorcycle parking.
BELOW: The entrance ramp to West Lane Garage was retrofitted to accommodate motorcycle parking.
administrator and an AMA member, says a loosely organized group of about eight motorcyclists approached the school administration seeking to reverse the ban on motorcycles in the campus garages.
“They told us that the gates were unsafe, but we had been riding around the gates for years to park in motorcycle spaces in the garages,” Dunlap says. “And the surface lots they directed us to had the same kinds of gates we had to go through. We tried to make a case, but they were concerned about liability. And people become very paranoid when they think they are going to get sued.”
CampusParc did set aside more surface parking for motorcycles, but Dunlap says the riders wanted their bikes to be out of the weather and out of the path of students changing classes.
“At the time, we didn’t think we had done any good,” Dunlap says. “It was very disheartening.”
What Dunlap and the rest of the group did not know was that their concerns stuck with Blouch, and, as CampusParc began developing plans for new facilities, motorcycle parking was included.
“In the building phase, it is very easy to accommodate motorcycle parking,” Blouch says. “We just told the architect to design it into the project.”
Today, the newer campus garages have motorcycle-only spaces and motorcycle lanes for ingress and egress that do not require passing through a control gate.
“We like happy people,” Blouch says. “If you approach things from a ‘how-can-wemake-that-work’ angle instead of ‘we’ve never done it that way,’ it is much easier.”
Bryan Dunlap and Sarah Blouch say cooperation and planning can ensure all needs are met.
Jeff Guciardo
Off-Road Obstacles
Fighting Discrimination On Public Lands
Anti-OHV activists pose the biggest threat to off-road access, according to Steve Salisbury, AMA government affairs manager for off-road issues.
Those groups can be environmentalists who want riders off public lands entirely or government entities and neighbors who object to the dust and the sound of offroad vehicles.
The AMA counters the opposition by educating riders about responsible offroad riding and by providing fact-based arguments favoring access.
The AMA supports responsible recreational access to public lands for the use of off-highway vehicles, including off-highway motorcycles, dual-sport motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.
And the AMA believes professional land managers should oversee that access to meet the needs of participants and to protect the land.
Private Land Frustrations
The 160 acres of farmland in Woodstock, Conn., has been in Mark Reynolds’ family for more than 200 years, and Reynolds and his friends have been riding dirt bikes along the trails on that land for more than 40 years.
Occasionally during the past 20 years, friends and promoters have urged Reynolds to stage some sort of event.
And recently Reynolds decided to give it a try. He picked a weekend in November to stage a harescrambles race, figuring that the cooler weather would keep the neighbors inside with their windows closed, minimizing the impact of any dust and noise generated by the event.
But when Reynolds applied for an event permit, the neighbors were the ones kicking up dust and making noise.
From the simple request to stage one event a year, the townspeople conjured up images of a new motocross track, concerts and consumption of large amounts of alcohol.
“I tried to tell them that you see cornfields and orchards today, and the day after the event, there will still be cornfields and orchards,” Reynolds says.
Wealthy nearby landowners brought in sound experts. And, when they learned the town has no noise ordinance, they invoked the state statutes.
Reynolds’ opponents also claimed the harescrambles would disturb land where orchards once stood, hurling latent pesticides into the atmosphere.
Several nearby residential developments were built on former
orchard land, with no one raising the latent pesticide concern.
An AMA Life Member, Reynolds called for help.
Salisbury investigated the legalities, offered Reynolds some advice and wrote a letter of support to the Woodstock planning and zoning officer.
But the task of battling his well-funded opponents proved too much for Reynolds.
“It became evident that it was going to cost me thousands of dollars to fight this, with an uncertain outcome,” he says. “And we did not want to be stamped as contaminated land.”
The local zoning board denied
Mark Reynolds has been denied permission to use his family farm for an annual harescrambles event.
Reynolds’ request for the event permit.
“It’s frustrating,” he says. “You pay all this money in taxes for all those years, and you still can’t use your land the way you want. It’s disappointing.”
Meanwhile, Reynolds, his friends and family continue to ride the existing trails.
Public Land Victories
Sometimes, all it takes is a little logic.
For example, in 2011, the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona reversed its unwritten policy and began to allow street-legal motorcycles and allterrain vehicles on certain roads.
After being alerted by AMA member Keith Dishong that street-legal
James P. Jones
motorcycles were barred from three public access roads, while trucks and other street-legal vehicles were allowed, AMA Western States Representative Nick Haris and Brian Hawthorne, then with the BlueRibbon Coalition, contacted officials at the refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Haris pointed out that the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan allows street-legal vehicles to use three access roads, so there was no reason to bar street-legal motorcycles and ATVs from those routes.
After investigating, refuge officials agreed.
But the victories are not usually so easy.
After the Rattlesnake Bay ATV Trails in DeSoto National Forest in Mississippi closed in 2003, local dirt bike and ATV riders and clubs began lobbying federal officials to reopen them.
Fred Pittman, president of the Mississippi Hi-Point Enduro Riders, joined the battle early on.
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, extensive work was needed to repair the trails. The rehabilitation, along with clearing the trail of downed trees, was completed in 2007, Pittman explains.
“Working closely with the former district recreation assistant, my associates and I performed a significant amount of needed rehab/construction work which had been, for some reason, left out of the contracted rehab project,” he says. “Over a period of several months, we got the trail ready to be reopened.”
The enduro riders received authorization to stage an event at Rattlesnake Bay in 2008, and the district ranger planned to officially reopen the trails after the event, Pittman says.
The ranger’s plan called for a fee structure to generate funds for trail construction and maintenance.
That is when everyone discovered a provision that required the Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee to approve any new fee structure in the federal lands within its jurisdiction.
The problem wasn’t the fee. The problem was getting the committee to meet. Scheduling meetings, then obtaining a quorum, proved difficult.
Working on the problem from another angle was AMA member Dale Tallman Jr. Frustrated with the lack of progress by the Forest Service, Tallman called the AMA.
Salisbury assessed the situation, recognizing that a unified voice was needed for the groups using the trails.
He helped coalesce the disparate clubs into the Friends of Rattlesnake Bay and began talks with the federal officials.
On Feb. 27, the Forest Service’s Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee unanimously approved the proposal to implement a fee structure and reopen the trails.
Pittman remains optimistic, but cautious. He has been put off too long, and his trust has eroded.
“Presently, I do not know what the specific plans are for a reopening date,” Pittman says.
The Forest Service’s official statement on such matters: “At this time, decisions about which routes and areas are open to motor vehicle use are made by Forest Service line officers at the local level, based on appropriate sitespecific environmental analysis, public involvement, and coordination with state, county, local, and tribal governments. Designations may be revised as needed to meet changing conditions.”
State And Federal Legislation
In addition to those individual skirmishes, bigger battles are being waged at the state and national levels to protect the right to ride.
The AMA Government Relations Department continually monitors the Federal Register and other sources to spot efforts to close or restrict access to public lands. And
the association submits comments, writes letters and testifies before Congress as part of its efforts to keep land open for responsible use.
The AMA is monitoring 1,036 bills on the state level for still-active 2013 legislation and 1,126 bills for 2014, including dozens that affect access for motorcyclists.
A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate and a similar bill in the U.S. House would protect riders’ rights to ride freely on the nation’s highways by prohibiting use of federal funding for motorcycle-only checkpoints.
And the soaring success of the HatfieldMcCoy Trails system in West Virginia has sparked interest from several other states, prompting them to help resolve the liability concerns of the private landowners who would allow dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles to traverse their properties.
Eight states have active bills that would resolve liability issues for private landowners who want to allow trails on their property. New Hampshire recently passed landowner liability legislation.
Meanwhile, South Carolina passed a law that requires the state Department of Transportation to make reasonable accommodations for motorcycle parking at transportation facilities and prohibits the agency from discriminating against motorcyclists in policies and regulations.
Other states, including Maryland and Rhode Island, require motorcycle parking at or near all public buildings.
Such laws are not usually the result of legislative benevolence. They result from grassroots involvement, expert guidance and the power of a unified block of voters.
The AMA encourages activism at the local level whenever access is denied to motorcycles and their riders.
“While there isn’t a simple, single answer to overcoming public or private property discrimination against motorcyclists, local involvement is where all solutions begin,” Szauter says.
GET INVOLVED
Advocacy starts at the grassroots level, and volunteering your time can make a big difference in protecting the future of motorcycling.
The AMA wants your help. If we all pitch in, a little effort on everyone’s part will go a long way toward preserving our freedom to ride.
How much you do is up to you, but there are many ways you can contribute. For ideas, see www.americanmotorcyclist.com > Rights > Get Involved.
If you have any questions, would like information, or need guidance on getting started, don’t hesitate to contact our grassroots team by sending an e-mail to grassroots@ama-cycle. org. The AMA is here to help.
A few of the hundreds of AMA-sanctioned events this month, detailed on the following pages.
1
Mark your calendar now for July 11-13 for the 2014 BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Tens of thousands of enthusiasts attend this AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame fundraising event each summer. Highlights include the nation’s largest motorcycle swap meet, vintage racing, demo rides and more. For more info on AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, see page 20 or visit www.amavintagemotorcycledays.com.
4
July marks the halfway point in the battle for supremacy in the AMA Pro Racing Motocross National Championship Series. Check out the action July 5 in Buchanan, Mich.; July 12 in Mechanicsville, Md.; July 19 in Millville, Minn. and July 26 in Washougal, Wash. for the full schedule, see page 50.
2
The half-mile dirt track at the Ashland County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Ohio, will be the home for some great vintage racing action on July 12. It’s part of the excitement of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days. Info: www.amavintagemotorcycledays.com.
3
If you’re looking for some fun on your dual-sport machine, take part in the 30th annual Michael R. Burlingham Memorial Six Days of Michigan, July 1926, in Newberry and Indian River, Mich. This is one of the events in the AMA Husqvarna National Dual-Sport Series. Info: www.cycleconservationclub.org.
5
For an event you don’t want to miss, head off to the 2014 RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel Annual Touring Weekend, July 17-20, in Snowshoe, W.Va. It’s a national touring rally that is part of the AMA Premier Touring Series. Info: www. roadrunner.travel/events/ touring-weekend/
COMING UP
Motorcycles don’t get any faster than this: The Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials will be held Aug. 23-28 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Info: www.bonnevillespeedtrials.com.
ARIZONA
RECREATIONAL
DUAL SPORT RIDE
JUL 19: FLAGSTAFF: 2 DAY EVENT, COCONINO TRAIL RIDERS, (928) 814-9267, COCONINOTRAILRIDERS. ORG
CALIFORNIA
RECREATIONAL POKER RUN
JUL 12: STOCKTON: STOCKTON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 956-1505, STOCKTONMC.ORG
JUL 19: OAKLAND : OAKLAND MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (510) 537-6222, OAKLANDMC.ORG
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 6: SAN BERNARDINO: FOUR ACES MC, (805) 7956708, FOURACESMC.ORG
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) GORMON: PROSPECTORS MC, (310) 322-3612, AMASOCALMOTOCROSS. COM
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs)
ADELANTO: SPORTS COMMITTEE DISTRICT 37 AMA INC., (760) 220-6575, DISTRICT37AMA.ORG
SPEEDWAY
JUL 4: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM
JUL 9: CITY OF INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY HILLS EXPO CENTER DBA: INDUSTRY RACING, (626) 330-0324, INDUSTRYRACING.COM
JUL 11: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM
JUL 16: CITY OF INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY HILLS EXPO CENTER DBA: INDUSTRY RACING, (626) 330-0324, INDUSTRYRACING.COM
JUL 18: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM
JUL 19: PERRIS: STEVE EVANS SPEEDWAY, (951) 9400134, WWW.PERRISAUTO SPEEDWAY.COM
JUL 23: CITY OF INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY HILLS EXPO CENTER DBA: INDUSTRY RACING, (626) 330-0324, INDUSTRYRACING.COM
JUL 25: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM
JUL 30: CITY OF INDUSTRY: INDUSTRY HILLS EXPO CENTER DBA: INDUSTRY RACING, (626) 330-0324, INDUSTRYRACING.COM
SHORT TRACK
JUL 19: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 368-7182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM
JUL 25: LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 368-7182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM
COLORADO
RECREATIONAL
ADVENTURE RIDE
JUL 27: CRIPPLE CREEK: ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE RIDERS, (719) 482-4789, RMARIDERS.ORG
DUAL SPORT RIDE
JUL 18: SALIDA: EXIT TOURS M/C, (719) 207-1189, COLORADO2DAY.COM
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 13: ALAMOSA: CAT SUPER SPORTS, (719) 5899717, CATSCLASSIC.COM
JUL 13: MILLIKEN: TWO RIVERS RACING LLC, (970) 587-5770
JUL 20: LAKEWOOD: COLORADO MOTORSPORTS
JULY EVENTS
PROMOTIONS LLC, TVMX.NET OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 18: HOWARD: ITS OFFROAD LLC, (719) 942-3372
JUL 27: LAKE GEORGE: ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRIALS ASSN, (719) 395-8505, ROCKYMOUNTAINTRIALS.ORG
DELAWARE
COMPETITION MOTOCROSS
JUL 19: SEAFORD: 2 DAY EVENT, MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS ASSOCIATION, SPEEDCITI.COM
IDAHO
RECREATIONAL FUN RUN
JUL 12: LEWISTON: LEWIS CLARK RIDERS, (208) 7463530, LCRIDERS.NET
ILLINOIS
RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN
JUL 20: ELGIN: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
COMPETITION
1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK
JUL 23: NEOGA: CENTRAL ILLINOIS M/C, (217) 246-7154, AMADISTRICT17.COM
GRAND PRIX
JUL 13: OTTAWA: VARIETY RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (815) 434-3669, VARIETYRIDERS.COM
HILLCLIMB
JUL 26: OREGON: ROCK RIVER RIDERS, (815) 9462183, RRRMC.ORG
MOTOCROSS
JUL 11: WOODSTOCK: WOODSTOCK RACING LLC, (815) 337-3511, WOODSTOCKMX.COM
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) BYRON: MOTOSPORTS ENTERPRISES LTD, (815) 2342271, MOTOBYRON.COM
JUL 20: MASON: CROSSROADS MX AND OFFROAD PARK, LLC, (618) 6862769, CROSSROADSMX.COM
JUL 20: WALNUT: 4P PROMOTIONS INC, (815) 3799534, SUNSETRIDGEMX.COM
SHORT TRACK
JUL 11: GALESBURG: GALESBURG MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (309) 344-1714, GALESBURGMC.COM
TTS
JUL 13: BARTONVILLE: PEORIA MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (309) 635-1662, PEORIATT.NET
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs) ALTON: SPLINTER CREEK DIRT RIDERS INC, (618) 3724355, SPLINTERCREEK.COM
INDIANA
RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT RIDE
JUL 27: MATTHEWS: MUDDOBBERS MC INC, (765) 998-2236, MUDDOBBERSMC.ORG ROAD RUN
JUL 13: SOUTH BEND: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
JUL 13: KOKOMO: MIDNIGHT RIDERS MC, (765) 452-7654
COMPETITION
1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs) GOSHEN : GOSHEN IRON HORSEMEN, (574) 825-3399
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 19: (Includes ATVs) LOGANSPORT: MID AMERICA XC RACING, (317) 418-6084, THEMAXC.COM
MOTOCROSS
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) AKRON: READS RACING, (574) 893-1649, READSRACING.COM
IOWA
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 12: (Includes ATVs) CEDAR RAPIDS: CEDAR VALLEY TRAIL RIDERS INC, (319) 775-0893, CVTR.ORG
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) MONTEZUMA: FV MOTO X, (641) 623-3456, FVMOTOX.COM
KANSAS
RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN
JUL 27: OVERLAND PARK: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
LOUISIANA
RECREATIONAL ROAD RALLY
JUL 8: MONROE: WOMEN ON WHEELS (R), WOMENONWHEELS.ORG
MARYLAND
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 13: MECHANICSVILLE: MX SPORTS, INC., (304) 2840101, MXSPORTS.COM
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs) MECHANICSVILLE: BUDDS CREEK MOTOCROSS PARK, (301) 475-2000, BUDDSCREEK.COM
MASSACHUSETTS COMPETITION HILLCLIMB
JUL 27: (Includes ATVs) GREENFIELD: NEW ENGLAND HILLCLIMB ASSOCIATION, (508) 254-2961, NEWENGLANDHILLCLIMBERS. COM
MICHIGAN
RECREATIONAL
DUAL SPORT-OFF ROAD
JUL 19: NEW BERRY: THE CYCLE CONSERVATION CLUB OF MICHIGAN, (517) 416-0126, CYCLECONSERVATIONCLUB. COM
ROAD RUN
JUL 26: DEFORD: LUCKY THUMB MOTORCYCLE CLUB, INC., (810) 404-2895
ROAD RALLY
JUL 15: WEST BRANCH: OGEMAW HILLS BIKE WEEK, (989) 312-1312, OGEMAWHILLSBIKEWEEK. COM
COMPETITION
1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK
JUL 12: (Includes ATVs) AUBURN: TRI-CITY MOTOR SPEEDWAY, (989) 316-6804, TRICITYRACETRACK.COM
JUL 19: (Includes ATVs) CROSWELL: PORT HURON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, INC., (810) 327-1062, PHMC-USA.COM
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs) BATTLE CREEK: BATTLE CREEK MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (269) 729-9691, BATTLECREEKMOTORCYCLE CLUB.COM
MOTOCROSS
JUL 4: BUCHANAN: REDBUD RECREATION, INC., (269) 6956405, REDBUDMX.COM
JUL 4: BUCHANAN: REDBUD RECREATION, INC., (269) 6956405, REDBUDMX.COM
JUL 5: BUCHANAN: REDBUD RECREATION, INC., (269) 6956405, REDBUDMX.COM
JUL 12: NEWAYGO: BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, (231) 652-5225, BIGAIRMOTOCROSS.COM
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs)
CADILLAC: CADILLAC MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (231) 884-3729, CADILLACMC.COM
JUL 19: BELDING: GRATTAN RACEWAY, (616) 691-7221, GRATTANMX.COM
JUL 20: BELDING: GRATTAN RACEWAY, (616) 691-7221, GRATTANMX.COM
JUL 27: MIDLAND: POLKA DOTS M/C, (989) 832-8284, POLKADOTSMC.NET
SHORT TRACK
JUL 5: OWOSSO: 2 DAY EVENT, OWOSSO KART SPEEDWAY, (810) 691-5781, OWOSSOKARTSPEEDWAY.COM
JUL 9: WEST BRANCH: OGEMAW HILLS BIKE WEEK, (989) 312-1312, OGEMAWHILLSBIKEWEEK.COM
TTS
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs)
AUBURN: TRI-CITY MOTOR SPEEDWAY, (989) 316-6804, TRICITYRACETRACK.COM
JUL 27: (Includes ATVs) DEFORD: LUCKY THUMB MOTORCYCLE CLUB, INC., (810) 404-2895, LUCKYTHUMBMOTORCYCLE CLUB.COM
MINNESOTA
RECREATIONAL
ROAD RUN
JUL 20: VADNAIS HEIGHTS: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
ROAD RALLY
JUL 6: MINNETONKA: TEAM STRANGE AIRHEADS, (678) 2935275, TEAMSTRANGE.COM
COMPETITION
1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK
JUL 27: (Includes ATVs) CAMBRIDGE: NORSEMEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (612) 6169053, NORSEMENMC.ORG ENDURO
JUL 26: SNAKE RIVER FOREST: 2 DAY EVENT, NORSEMEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (612) 3639512, NORSEMENMC.ORG HILLCLIMB
JUL 12: (Includes ATVs) RED WING: INDIANHEAD MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (651) 7641220, INDIANHEADMC.ORG
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs) RED WING: INDIANHEAD MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (651) 7641220, INDIANHEADMC.ORG
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs)
JULY EVENTS
MANKATO: KATO CYCLE CLUB, KATOCYCLECLUB.COM
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 20: KASSON: GOLDEN EAGLES CYCLE CLUB, (507) 273-7400, GOLDENEAGLES.ORG
MOTOCROSS
JUL 4: (Includes ATVs) BROWERVILLE: MOTO CITY RACEWAY & RECREATION INC, (218) 894-2826, MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM
JUL 6: (Includes ATVs) BROWERVILLE: MOTO CITY RACEWAY & RECREATION INC, (218) 894-2826, MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM
JUL 13: BROOK PARK: BERM BENDERS RACEWAY, (320) 6792582, BERMBENDERS.COM
JUL 13: KELLOGG: MOTOKAZIE INC, (952) 244-9996, MOTOKAZIE.COM
JUL 18: MILLVILLE: HIWINDERS, (507) 753-2779, SPRINGCREEKMX.COM
JUL 20: MILLVILLE: HIWINDERS, (507) 753-2779, SPRINGCREEKMX.COM
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) CAMBRIDGE: RTW RACE PROMOTIONS, (218) 894-2826, MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM
JUL 27: BROOKSTON: ECHO VALLEY MOTOCROSS PARK, (218) 348-4754, ECHOVALLEYMOTOCROSS.COM
JUL 27: BROOK PARK: BERM BENDERS RACEWAY, (320) 6792582, BERMBENDERS.COM
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 19: GILBERT: UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (507) 351-8879, UMTA.ORG
JUL 20: GILBERT: UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (507) 351-8879, UMTA.ORG
NEVADA
COMPETITION
DESERT SCRAMBLES
JUL 5: CALIENTE: GROUNDSHAKERS M/C, (702) 236-6482, MRANRACING.COM
NEW JERSEY
RECREATIONAL
ROAD RUN
JUL 26: WAYNE: AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS POST 174, (973) 725-6666
COMPETITION
ROAD RACE
JUL 20: MILLVILLE: AMERICAN SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION, (817) 246-1127, ASRARACING.COM
NEW MEXICO
COMPETITION
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 12: JEMEZ SPRINGS: 2 DAY EVENT, NEW MEXICO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (505) 780-2551, NEWMEXICOTRIALS.COM
ROAD RACE
JUL 13: ALBUQUERQUE: SANDIA MOTORCYCLE ROADRACING, INC., (800) 6475028, SMRI-RACING.ORG
NEW YORK
RECREATIONAL
DICE RUN
JUL 20: SLOATSBERG: SECOND GENERATION MOTORCYCLE ASSOC., (914) 391-7558, SECONDGENERATIONMA.ORG
ROAD RUN
JUL 12: CONGERS: 2 DAY EVENT, RAMAPO MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (845) 300-1247
JUL 13: NEW CITY: BLUE KNIGHTS NY CHAPTER XVIII, (845) 386-2852, BKNYXVIII.ORG
JUL 20: MILTON: IRON RIDERS MC NY, (845) 691-9312, IRONRIDERSMC.COM
JUL 20: DEERFIELD: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
JUL 26: JAMESVILLE: MARCH OF DIMES-CENTRAL NEW YORK DIVISION, (315) 463-0700, BIKERSFORBABIES.ORG
JUL 27: STATEN ISLAND: ROLLING THUNDER 2 NY, ROLLINGTHUNDER2NY.COM
TRAIL RIDE - RECREATIONAL
JUL 20: E QUOGUE: LONG ISLAND RECREATIONAL TRAILS CONSERVANCY, (631) 928-1153, LIRTC.ORG
COMPETITION
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 6: (Includes ATVs) BERKSHIRE: DAN LEONARD MEMORIAL, (607) 227-9628
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) ODESSA: TOMPKINS TRAIL RIDERS, (607) 592-5138, WNYOA.NET
MOTOCROSS
JUL 4: (Includes ATVs) CAROGA LAKE: ROYAL MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, (518) 835-6445, ROYALMOUNTAIN.COM
JUL 5: (Includes ATVs) CAROGA LAKE: ROYAL MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, (518) 835-6445, ROYALMOUNTAIN.COM
JUL 12: RICHFORD: BROOME TIOGA SPORTS CENTER INC, (607) 849-4438, BROOME-TIOGA.COM
JUL 13: RICHFORD: BROOME TIOGA SPORTS CENTER INC, (607) 849-4438, BROOME-TIOGA.COM
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs)
AUBURN: FROZEN OCEAN MOTOCROSS INC, (315) 7845466, FROZEN-OCEAN.COM
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) MAPLEVIEW: SMX ASSOCIATES LLC, (315) 4807733, MOTOMASTERS.COM
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 13: DANSVILLE: DISTRICT 4 TRIALS COMMITTEE, (607) 742-6648, DISTRICT4TRIALS.COM
JUL 27: CUBA: DISTRICT 4 TRIALS COMMITTEE, (716) 968-3025, DISTRICT4TRIALS.COM
SHORT TRACK
JUL 12: (Includes ATVs) PORT CRANE: SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, (607) 693-2634, SQUAREDEALRIDERS.COM
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs) PORT CRANE: SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, (607) 693-2634, SQUAREDEALRIDERS.COM
NORTH CAROLINA
RECREATIONAL
ROAD RALLY
JUL 7: ASHEVILLE: AMERICAN VOYAGER ASSOCIATION, (828) 2543211, ASHEVILLECP.COM
SCHOOLS - ROAD
JUL 12: WILKESBORO: MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 637-0947, MOTOMARK1.COM
JUL 14: PISGAH FOREST: 2 DAY EVENT, MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 637-0947, MOTOMARK1.COM
OHIO
RECREATIONAL
FIELD MEET
JUL 18: HEBRON: THE COLUMBUS FLAMES MC CLUB
POKER RUN
JUL 13: DOVER: ABATE OF OHIO, INC., (740) 269-1213, ABATE.COM
JUL 19: COVINGTON: ABATE OF OHIO, INC., (937) 4173936, ABATE.COM
JUL 26: BRILLIANT: ABATE OF OHIO, INC., (740) 2192716, ABATE.COM
ROAD RUN
JUL 12: MARYSVILLE: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 6656891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
ROAD RALLY
JUL 11: LEXINGTON: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
COMPETITION 1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK
JUL 12: ASHLAND: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
HILLCLIMB
JUL 19: (Includes ATVs) WATERFORD: PIONEER MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (740) 678-0082, PIONEERMOTORCYCLE CLUB.COM
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) WATERFORD: PIONEER MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (740) 678-0082, PIONEERMOTORCYCLE CLUB.COM
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 11: LEXINGTON: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
MOTOCROSS
JUL 12: LEXINGTON: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
JUL 13: LEXINGTON: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
JUL 27: GREENVILLE: TREATY CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (937) 459-0508, TREATYCITYMC.COM
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 13: LEXINGTON: AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
ROAD RACE
JUL 12: LEXINGTON: 2 DAY EVENT, AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION, (614) 856-1900, AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
OKLAHOMA
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 19: PONCA CITY: RPM SPORTS, (205) 699-8857, RPMSPORTSONLINE.COM
JULY EVENTS
OREGON
RECREATIONAL
ROAD RALLY
JUL 15: ASHLAND: INTERNATIONAL NORTON OWNERS ASSOCIATION, (517) 851-7437, INOANORTON.COM
PENNSYLVANIA
RECREATIONAL POKER RUN
JUL 5: ORWIGSBURG: DEER LAKE PA H.O.G. CHAPTER, (570) 366-0143, SCHAEFFERSHD.COM
JUL 6: LEBANON: LEBANON VALLEY MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (717) 270-9797
JUL 13: BUCK: GENTLEMEN MC SPORTSMEN, (717) 284-2270
JUL 13: SCHUYLKILL HAVEN: SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (570) 385-1460, SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM
JUL 20: KRESGEVILLE: ZINC CITY MC, (570) 992-4214
ROAD RUN
JUL 20: YORK: YORK MOTORCYCLE CLUB, YORKMOTORCYCLE.COM
ROAD RALLY
JUL 16: ERIE: ROAR ON THE SHORE, (814) 833-3200
COMPETITION
ENDURO
JUL 27: CROSS FORK: BRANDYWINE ENDURO RIDERS, (610) 883-7607, BER.US
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 19: MAHONY CITY: 2 DAY EVENT, VALLEY FORGE TRAIL RIDERS, (610) 476-3747
MOTOCROSS
JUL 6: CLIFFORD: HURRICANE HILLS MOTORSPORTS LLC, (570) 222-9290, HHMOTOCROSS.COM
JUL 20: BIRDSBORO: PAGODA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (610) 582-3717, PAGODAMC.ORG
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 13: VALLEY VIEW: RAUSCH CREEK POWERSPORTS, (570) 682-4600, RAUSCHCREEKRACING.COM
TENNESSEE
RECREATIONAL
ROAD RUN
JUL 27: OAK RIDGE: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 6656891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 12: (Includes ATVs) BLOUNTVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 323-5497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs) BLOUNTVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 323-5497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM
JUL 29: HURRICANE MILLS: MX SPORTS, INC., (304) 2840101, MXSPORTS.COM
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 4: SEQUATCHIE: SOUTHEASTERN TRIALS RIDERS ASSOCIATION, (423) 942-8688, TRIALSTRAININGCENTER. COM
TEXAS
RECREATIONAL
CONVENTIONS
JUL 8: KERRVILLE: MOTOR MAIDS, INC.
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 13: ALVORD: RTW RACE PROMOTIONS, (940) 5772225, OAKHILLMX.COM
JUL 19: WORTHAM: FREESTONE COUNTY RACEWAY LLC., (713) 9623386, FREESTONEMX.COM
VIRGINIA
COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX
JUL 27: BRISTOL: VIRGINIA COMPETITION HARE SCRAMBLE SERVICES, (276) 669-0981, VCHSS.ORG
MOTOCROSS
JUL 20: (Includes ATVs) WYTHEVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 323-5497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM
WASHINGTON
COMPETITION
MOTOCROSS
JUL 24: WASHOUGAL: 2 DAY EVENT, WASHOUGAL MX PARK, LLC, (360) 601-5347, WASHOUGALMXPARK.COM
WISCONSIN
COMPETITION
HARESCRAMBLES
JUL 13: STONE LAKE: STRAIGHT ARROW ENDURO RIDERS, (651) 738-7433,
STRAIGHTARROWS.ORG
JUL 27: (Includes ATVs) BURNETT: BEAVER CYCLE CLUB, INC., (920) 319-6889, BEAVERCYCLECLUB.COM
MOTOCROSS
JUL 5: (Includes ATVs) CHILTON: GRAVITY PARK USA, (920) 849-7223, GRAVITYPARKUSA.COM
JUL 6: (Includes ATVs) CHILTON: GRAVITY PARK USA, (920) 849-7223, GRAVITYPARKUSA.COM
JUL 13: LAKE MILLS: AZTALAN CYCLE CLUB INC, (414) 265-1582, AZTALANMX.COM
JUL 23: (Includes ATVs) PORTAGE: CMJ RACEWAY LLC, (608) *22-0685, CMJRACEWAY.COM
JUL 26: ARKANSAW: ARKANSAW CREEK CYCLE CLUB INC, (715) 285-5679, ARKANSAWMX.COM
JUL 27: ARKANSAW: ARKANSAW CREEK CYCLE CLUB INC, (715) 285-5679, ARKANSAWMX.COM
OBSERVED TRIALS
JUL 19: BARABOO: WISCONSIN OBSERVED TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (319) 624-2003, WISCONSINTRIALS.ORG
JUL 20: BARABOO: WISCONSIN OBSERVED TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (319) 624-2003, WISCONSINTRIALS.ORG
ROAD RACE
JUL 5: PLYMOUTH: 2 DAY EVENT, AMERICAN SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION, (817) 2461127, ASRARACING.COM
SHORT TRACK
JUL 5: UNITY: RIB MOUNTAIN RIDERS MC, INC., (715) 4700753, RACECWR.COM
JUL 19: (Includes ATVs) LAKE MILLS: AZTALAN CYCLE CLUB INC, (414) 265-1582, AZTALANMX.COM
JUL 26: (Includes ATVs) UNITY: RIB MOUNTAIN RIDERS MC, INC., (715) 4700753, RACECWR.COM
TTS
JUL 12: (Includes ATVs) ARKANSAW: ARKANSAW CREEK CYCLE CLUB INC, (715) 285-5679, ARKANSAWMX.COM
JUL 13: (Includes ATVs) ARKANSAW: ARKANSAW CREEK CYCLE CLUB INC, (715) 285-5679, ARKANSAWMX.COM
HALL OF FAME EXHIBITS AND EVENTS
AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME MOTORCYCLEMUSEUM.ORG
The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame is on the AMA campus in Pickerington, Ohio, and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. Closed: Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Main Hall: AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame: Recognizing those who have made significant contributions to all aspects of motorcycling.
Bike Craft: New-world craftmanship meets oldschool motorcycles.
2 Wheels + Motor, A Fine Art Exhibition: The spirit, excitement and adventure of motorcycling is expressed through fine art.
Founder’s Hall: Honoring the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame’s generous contributors.
July 11-13, Lexington, Ohio: AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Information: www. amavintagemotorcycle days.com.
AMA PRO RACING
AMA PRO FLAT TRACK AMAPRORACING.COM
June 15: Knoxville, Iowa: Knoxville Half Mile
June 28: Lima, Ohio: Lima Half Mile
July 5: Hagerstown, Md.: Hagerstown Half Mile
July 19: Elma, Wash.: Grays Harbor Raceway
Aug. 2: Castle Rock, Wash.: Castle Rock TT
Aug. 5: Rapid City, S.D.: Sturgis Half Mile
Aug. 8: Indianapolis: Indy Mile
Aug. 17: Peoria, Ill.: Peoria TT
Aug. 23: New Kent, Va.: Colonia Downs MIle
Aug. 31: Springfield, Ill.: Springfield Mile II
Sept. 28: Santa Rosa, Calif.: Santa Rosa Mile
Oct. 11: Pomona, Calif.: Flat Track Season Finale
AMA PRO HILLCLIMB AMAPRORACING.COM
June 18: Canaan, N.H.: Ridge Runner/Laconia Bike Week
July 13: West Branch, Mich.: Ogemaw Hills Bike Week
Aug. 3: Muskegon, Mich.: Muskegon MC All-Star Challenge
Sept. 21: Spring Grove, Pa.: White Rose MC
2014 EVENTS
Sept. 28: Freemansburg, Pa.: Bushkill Valley MC
Oct. 12: Oregonia, OH: Dayton MC
LUCAS OIL AMA PRO MOTOCROSS PROMOTOCROSS.COM
June 14: Mount Morris, Pa.: High Point National
June 28: Blountville, Tenn.: Tennessee National
Jul. 5: Buchanan, Mich.: RedBud National
Jul. 12: Mechanicsville, Md.: Budds Creek National
Jul. 19: Millville, Minn: Spring Creek National
Jul. 26: Washougal, Wash.: Washougal National
Aug. 9: New Berlin, N.Y.: Unadila National
Aug. 16: Crawfordsville, Ind.: Indiana National
Aug. 23: Tooele, Utah: Utah National
AMA PRO ROAD RACING AMAPRORACING.COM
June 21-22: Birmingham, Ala.: Barber Motorsports Park
July 19-20: Lexington, Oh.: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Sept. 13-14: Millville, N.J.: New Jersey Motorsports Park
MTN. DEW ATV AMA PRO MOTOCROSS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ATVMOTOCROSS.COM
June 14-15: Nashport, Ohio: Built Ford Tough Briarcliff ATV National, Briarcliff MX
June 28-29: Millville, Minn.: Mtn. Dew Spring Creek ATV National, Spring Creek MX Park
July 12-13: New Berlin, N.Y.: The NYCM Insurance Northeastern ATV National, Unadilla Valley Sports Center
July 26-27: Buchanan, Mich.: Rocky Mountain ATV/MC RedBud ATV National, RedBud MX
Aug. 9-10: Hurrican Mills, Tenn.: Can-Am ATV Dirt Days, Loretta Lynn’s
AMA PRO-AM COMPETITION
June 28-29: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.: Mammoth Moutain, Monster Energy Mammoth Motocross; www.2xpromotions.com
June 29: Blountville, Tenn: Muddy Creek Raceway, Thor United States Mega Series-Pro National Amateur Day; www.victory-sports.com
July 6: Clifford, Pa.: Hurricane Hills MX; www. hhmotocross.com
July 6: Altamont, Tenn.: Fast Farms MX; www.
midsouthrace productions.com
July 6: Buchanan, Mich.: Red Bud Motocross, Pro National Amateur Day; www.redbudmx.com
July 13: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek, Thor United States Mega Series; www. victory-sports.com
July 19-24: Ponca, Okla.: Ponca City MX, Ponca City Amateur Championship (MLA); www.motocrossleagueof america.com
Aug. 10: Crystal Falls, Mich.: Valley Raceway MX; www.valleyracewaymx.com
Aug. 10: Malvern, Ohio: Malvern Motocross, Battle of Ohio; www.omxa.net
Aug. 24: Nashport, Ohio: Briarclif MX, Battle of Ohio; www.omxa.net
Aug. 24: Edgewood, Texas: Buffalo Creek; www. buffalocreekmx.com
Aug. 24: Millville, Minn.: Spring Creek, Viking Clash; www.springcreekmx.com
Aug. 30-31: Millington, Mich.: Baja Acres, Baja Brawl; www.bajaacres.com
Aug. 31: Athelstane, Wis.: Pine Ridge Raceway; www. pineridgeraceway.com
Sept. 7: Seward, Pa.: Pleasure Valley Raceway; www.pvrmx.com
Sept. 7: Mason, Ill.: Crossroads MX, World of Powersports Crossroads Cup; www. crossroadsmx.com
Sept. 13-14: Reynolds, Ga.: Silver Dollar MX, Vurb Classic; www. motocrossleagueof america.com
Sept. 21: New Castle, Del.: Blue DIamond MX, Delaware State Championship; www.bdmxpark.com
Sept. 21: Tigerton, Wis.: Fantasy Moto, Midwest
Mega Series; www. fantasymoto.com
Sept. 20-21: Garwin, Iowa: Oak Ridge MX, Motocross League of America; motocrossleague ofamerica.com
Sept. 28: Dalton, Ga.: Lazy River MX, Thor United States Mega Series; www.victorysports.com
Oct. 5: Englishtown, N.J.: Raceway Park; www.racewaypark.com
Oct. 12: Tallassee, Ala.: Monster Mountain MX Park; www.monstermx.com
Oct. 11-12: Duquoin, Ill.: Indian Hills Motocross, Motocross League of America (MLA); motocrossleague ofamerica.com
Oct. 19: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek, Thor United States Mega Series; www.victory-sports.com
Oct. 26: Buckeye, Ariz.: Arizona Cycle Park, Western Pro-Am; www. arizonacyclepark.com
Nov. 1-2: Pell City, Ala.: Mill Creek MX, Motocross League of America (MLA); motocross leagueofamerica.com
Nov. 23-26: Gainsville, Fla.: Gatorback Cycle Park, Mini Olympics-Supercross; www.unlimitedsportsmx.com
Nov. 27-29: Gainsville, Fla.: Gatorback Cycle Park, Mini Olympics-Motocross; www.unlimitedsportsmx.com
Nov. 30: St. George, Utah: St. George MX; www.stgeorgemxw.com
AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
AMSOIL AMA GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY SERIES GNCCRACING.COM
June 21-22: Snowshoe, W.Va. : AMSOIL Snowshoe
Sept. 6-7: New Berlin, N.Y. : Can-Am Unadilla
Sept. 20-21: TBA, Pa.: CarMate TBA
Oct. 4-5: St. Clairsville, Ohio:
2014 EVENTS
ITP Powerline Park
Oct. 25-26: Crawfordsville, Ind. : AMSOIL Ironman
GEICO AMA ENDUROCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP ENDUROCROSS.COM
June 21: Sacramento, Calif.: Sleep Train Arena
Aug. 23: Atlanta: Gwinnett Center
Oct. 4: Denver, Colo.: National Western Complex
Oct. 11: Salt Lake City, Utah: Energy Solutions Arena
Oct. 18: Everett, Wash.: Comcast Arena
Nov. 15: Boise, Idaho.: Idaho Center
Nov. 22: Ontario, Calif.: Citizen Business Bank Arena
KENDA AMA NATIONAL ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP NATIONALENDURO.COM
June 29: Marquette, Mich.: Nick Zambon, UP Sandstormers; (906) 228-7010, UPSandstormers.com
July 27: Cross Fork, Pa.: Peter Burnett, Brandywine Enduro Riders; (610) 883-7607, BER.us
Aug. 10: Grand Junction, Colo.: Thomas Jundtoft, Bookcliff Rattlers MC; (970) 250-9942, bookcliffrattlersmc. com
Aug. 31: Union, S.C.: Duane Wellington, Greenville Enduro Riders; (864) 908-6109, GreenvilleEnduroRiders.com
Sept. 14: Matthews, Ind.: Doug Spence, Muddobbers; (765) 998-2236, MuddobbersMC.com
AMA EAST HARE SCRAMBLES CHAMPIONSHIP AMARACING.COM
June 14, Youth Bikes & ATV; June 15, Amateur Bikes & ATV: Berwick, Pa.: Duane Fisher, Evansville MX Park; (570) 759-2841, EvansvilleMXPark.com
July 13, Youth & Amateur:
Battle Creek, Mich.: Byron Kibby, Battle Creek Motorcycle Club; (269) 209-8184, BattleCreekMotorcycle Club.com
Aug. 16, Youth; Aug. 17, Amateur: Athens, Ohio: Kevin Brown, Athens Motorcycle Club; (740) 590-3490, AthensMotorcycleClub.com
Sept. 20, Youth; Sept. 21, Amateur: Bartow, Fla.: Keith Finnerty, Central Florida Trail Riders; (407) 774-9090, CFTRiders.com
Oct. 4, Youth; Oct. 5, Amateur: Plainview, Ill.: Ron Whipple, WFO Promotions; (309) 314-3343, WFOPromotions.com
AMA SUPERMOTO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AMARACING.COM
July 5-6: Denver, Colo.: In conjunction with NASCAR event
July 26-27: Salt Lake City, Utah: During Bike Jam at Miller Motorsports Park
Sept. 13-14: Sturgis, S.D.: Downtown street race
AMA WEST HARE SCRAMBLES CHAMPIONSHIP AMARACING.COM
June 14, Youth & C Amateur; June 15, Pro, A & B Amateur: Elkton, Ore.: Jared Achepohl, ETRA, Inc.; (541) 912-8296, ETRA.net
Sept. 6, Youth; Sept. 7, Amateur: Anza, Calif.: Justin Shultz, SoCal MC/Big 6 GP; (949) 981-6776, SoCalMC.com
Oct. 4, Youth; Oct. 5, Amateur: Ridgecrest, Calif.: Chris Cory, Viewfinders MC/ Big 6 GP; (661) 450-8150, ViewfindersMC.com
SRT AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AMARACING.COM
Aug. 23, Amateur and Youth: Caliente, Nev.: Zack Livreri, Silver State Trailblazers; (702) 994-6823, http://sites.google. com/site/silverstatetrail blazers/
Sept. 20, Youth; Sept. 21, Amateur: Yerington, Nev.: Erek Kudla,
High Adventure. No Hassle.
The best routes, roads and twotrack, mapped by local experts. A great challenge with like-minded riders. A full weekend’s activities, with camping, campfires, food and prizes. For more information visit AmericanMotorcyclist.com/Riding
THE ADVENTURE is out there Get comeit
Get-Xtr-Eme; (805) 2365866, Get-Xtr-Eme.com
Oct. 11, Youth; Oct. 12, Amateur: Lucerne Valley, Calif.: Darren Moen, 100s MC; (714) 863-7170, www.100sMC.org
AIRES AMA/NATC MOTOTRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP AMARACING.COM
June 21-22: Tremont, Pa.: Tiffany Tobias, Rausch Creek Powersports; (570) 682-4600, Rausch CreekRacing.com
June 28-29: Sequatchie, Tenn.: Ashley Jackson, South Eastern Trials Riders Association; (423) 9428688, TrialsTraining Center.com
AMA/NATC EAST YOUTH MOTOTRIALS AMARACING.COM
July 4-6: Sequatchie, Tenn.: Ashley Jackson, South Eastern Trials Riders Association; (423) 9428688, TrialsTraining Center.com
AMA/NATC WEST YOUTH MOTOTRIALS
AMARACING.COM
July 18-20: Howard, Colo.: Bill Markham, ITS Offroad; (719) 942-3372, ITSOffroad. com
AMA SPEEDWAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AMARACING.COM
June 28: Ventura, Calif.
Aug. 9: City of Industry, Calif.
Sept. 19: Auburn, Calif.
AMA VINTAGE DIRT TRACK AMARACING.COM
June 20: Harpursville, N.Y.: Short Track; Square Deal Riders; (607) 7253069; williamsracing12@ yahoo.com; SquareDealRiders.com
June 21: Harpursville, N.Y.: Short Track; Square Deal Riders; (607) 7253069; williamsracing12@ yahoo.com; SquareDealRiders.com
July 12: Ashland, Ohio: Half Mile; AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days; Ken Saillant, (800) 262-5646; ksaillant@ama-cycle.org;
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATV/MC AMA AMATEUR NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP MXSPORTS.COM
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
July 27-Aug. 2: Hurricane Mills, Tenn.: National Championship, Loretta Lynn’s Ranch
NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
June 21-22: Armagh, Pa: Pleasure Valley Raceway (Youth)
June 28-29: Mount Morris, Pa.: High Point (Amateur)
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
June 14-15: Chatsworth, Ga .: Lazy River (Youth)
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
June 14-15: Mount Carroll, Ill.: MC Motopark (Amateur)
June 21-22: Walnut, Ill.: Sunset Ridge MX (Youth)
SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
June 14-15: Wortham, Texas: Freestone MX (Youth)
June 14-15: Houston, Texas: Three Palms (Amateur)
2014 EVENTS
AmericanMotorcyclist.com
Aug. 9: Indianapolis: Short Track; Mid-America Speedway; (317) 871-4392; info@midamspeedway. com; MidAmSpeedway. com
Aug. 29: Springfield, Ill.: Short Track; Illinois State Fairgrounds; Steve Nace, Steve Nace Racing, (270) 442-7532; www.stevenace racing.com
Sept. 20: Cuddebackville, N.Y.: Short Track; Tri-Sate M/C Ltd.; (845) 566-4956; TriStateClub. com
Sept. 21: Cuddebackville, N.Y.: Short Track; Tri-Sate M/C Ltd.; (845) 566-4956; TriStateClub.com
AMA VINTAGE HARESCRAMBLES AMARACING.COM
July 11: Lexington, Oh.: American Motorcyclist Association, Chuck Weir; (614) 856-1900; American Motorcyclist.com
AMA VINTAGE MOTOCROSS AMARACING.COM
July 11-13: Lexington, Ohio: AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Aug. 3: Walnut, Ill.: Sunset Ridge Motocross, www.sunsetridgemx.com
Aug. 24: Casey, Ill.: Lincoln Trail Motorsports, www. lincolntrailmotorsports. com
Sept. 14: Coldwater, Mich.: Log Road Motocross, www.logroadmx.com
Oct. 4: Greensburg, Ky.: Russell Creek Motocross
Oct. 18: Paoli Peaks, Ind.: Mammoth East, www. podium1motoplex.com
AMA ATV HARE SCRAMBLES CHAMPIONSHIP AMARACING.COM
June 14-15: Berwick, Pa.:
Amateur and Youth , Duane Fisher, Evansville MX Park; (570) 759-2841, evansvillemxpark.com
July 13: Battle Creek, Mich.: Joe Wathen, Battle Creek Motorcycle Club; (269) 729-9691, BattleCreek MotorcycleClub.com
Aug. 16: Athens, Ohio: Kevin Brown, Athens Motorcycle Club; (740) 590-3490, AthensMotorcycle Club.com
Sept. 20: Bartow, Fla.: Keith Finnerty, Central Florida Trail Riders; (407) 774-9090, CFTRiders.com
Oct. 4: Plainview, Ill.: Ron Whipple, WFO Promotions; (309) 314-3343, WFOPromotions.com
MTN.DEW ATV MOTOCROSS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ATVMOTOCROSS.COM
June 14-15: Nashport, Ohio: Ohio National, Briarcliff MX
June 28-29: Millville, Minn.: Spring Creek ATV National, Spring Creek MX Park, Spring Creek
July 12-13: New Berlin, N.Y.: Northeastern ATV National, Unadilla Valley Sports Center
July 26-27: Buchanan, Mich.: RedBud ATV National, RedBud MX
Aug. 9-10: Hurricane Mills, Tenn.: ATV Dirt Days, Loretta Lynn’s
AMA FEATURED SERIES
ALL STAR NATIONAL FLAT TRACK SERIES STEVENACERACING.COM
June 21: Ashland, Ohio: Ashland County Fairgrounds, Half Mile
July 4: Frederick, Md.: Rodney Farris Memorial at the 92nd Annual Barbara Fritchie Classic, Half Mile
Aug. 4: Billings, Mont.: Billings Motorsports Park, Half Mile
Aug. 6: Sturgis, S.D.: Mead Co. Fairgrounds, Half Mile
Aug. 15: Lewistown, Ill.: Spoon River Speedway, Short Track
Aug. 30: Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Short Track
Sept. 20: York, Pa.: York Expo Center Randy Texter Memorial, Half Mile
AMA MRAN NIGHT RACE DESERT SCRAMBLE SERIES MRANRACING.COM
June 28: Pabco Rd., Nev.: Gamblers
July 12: Jean, Nev.: Jackrabbits
July 25-26: Searchlight, Nev.: Bushwackers
BIG 6 AMA WEST COAST GRAND PRIX SERIES BIG6RACING.COM
Sept. 6-7: Anza, Calif.: The Ranch, SoCal GP
Oct. 4-5: Ridgecrest, Calif.: Ridgecrest Fairgrounds, Viewfinders GP
Nov. 1-2: Goran, Calif.: Quail Valley, Prospectors GP
Dec. 6-7: Pala, Calif.: Pala Raceway, Vikings GP
EAST COAST ENDURO RIDERS ENDURO SERIES ECEA.ORG
June 29: Blain, Pa.: Foggy Mountain Enduro, Susquehanna Off Road Riders; (717) 533-2242, sorrmc.com
July 13: Gillett, Pa.: Barbed Wire Enduro, Southern Tier Enduro Riders; (607) 382-8534
July 27: Cross Fork, Pa.: Rattlesnake National Enduro, Brandywine Enduro Riders; (610) 3687332, www.ber.us
Aug. 10: Three Springs, Pa.: Green Marble Enduro, Green Marble
Enduro Riders; (410) 638-9367, greenmarbleenduroriders. org
Aug. 17: Berkshire, N.Y.: Speedsville Enduro, Ithaca Dirt Riders; (607) 657-8248, www.ithacadirtriders.com
Aug. 24: Mauricetown, N.J.: Beehive Enduro, Competition Dirt Riders; (609) 319-7496, competitiondirtriders.org
Sept. 7: Shippensburg, Pa.: Michaux Enduro, South Penn Enduro Riders; (717) 265-6055, southpenn enduroriders.com
Sept. 21: Brandonville, Pa.: Moonshine Enduro, Valley Forge Trail Riders; (484) 948-5361, vftr.org
Nov. 9: Warren Grove, N.J.: Stump Jumper Enduro, Motorcycle Competition Inc.; (609) 5757820, ride-mci.com
Nov. 23: New Lisbon, N.J.: Pine Hill Enduro, Central Jersey Competition Riders; (732) 558-6475, www.cjcrmc.org
EAST COAST ENDURO RIDERS HARESCRAMBLES SERIES ECEA.ORG
June 14-15: GMEW @ Rocket Harescrambles, Green Marble Enduro Riders; (410) 683-9367
June 21-22: Reading Harescrambles, Reading Off Road Riders; (610) 9213592
Jul. 19-20: Anthracite Harescrambles, Valley Forge Trail Riders; (610) 476-3747
Aug. 2-3: Shotgun Harescrambles, High Mountain Dirt Riders; (570) 954-7799
Sept. 13-14: MMC Harescrambles, Meteor
Motorcycle Club; (856) 889-7300
Sept. 27-28: Ridge Harescrambles, Ridge Riders MC; (973) 919-4780
Oct. 4-5: Sahara Sands Harescrambles, Pine Barons Enduro Riders; (609) 654-6300
Oct. 25-26: Ormond Farms Harescrambles, Competition Dirt Riders; (609) 319-7496
Nov. 15-16: Delaware Harescrambles, Delaware Enduro Riders; (302) 834-4411
EAST COAST ENDURO RIDERS DUAL SPORT SERIES
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Oct 12: Pine Grove, Pa.: Rorr Dual Sport, Reading Off Road Riders; (610) 921-3592, rorr.org
Oct. 25-26: Chatsworth,
N.J.: Meteor Dual Sport, Meteor Motorcycle Club; (856) 889-7300, www.meteormc.com
Nov. 1-2: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: TCSMC National Dual Sport, Tri-County Sportsmen MC; (888) 2744469, teamhammer.org
WOMEN’S MOTOCROSS MXSPORTS.COM
June 29: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.: Mammoth Mountain; (559) 761-0887
Aug. 31: Millington, Mich.: Baja Brawl; (989) 871-3356
Oct. 5: Englishtown, N.J.: KROC Raceway Park; (732) 446-7800
Oct. 19: Blountville, Tenn.: Top Gun Showdown; (423) 323-5497
Nov. 29: Gainesville, Fla.: Winter Olympics; (312) 689-3461
AMA AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
AMA DIRT TRACK GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP STEVENACERACING.COM
June 23-26: Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Fairgrounds
AMA HILLCLIMB GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP VALLEYSPRINGHILLCLIMB.COM
Aug. 15-17: Bay City, Wis.: Mike Bronk, Valley Springs Motorcycle Club; (715) 594-3726
KENDA AMA TENNESSEE KNOCKOUT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP
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Aug. 17: Sequatchie, Tenn.
AMA LAND SPEED GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP BONNEVILLESPEEDTRIALS.COM
Aug. 23-28: Wendover, Utah: Bonneville Salt Flats
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: U.S. ROUNDS/WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
FIM ROAD RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND PRIX FIM-LIVE.COM
Aug. 10: Indianapolis: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
FIM ROAD RACING SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIM-LIVE.COM
July 13: Monterey, Calif: Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca
FIM MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS
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Sept. 28: Kegums, Latvia
FIM JUNIOR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIM-LIVE.COM
Aug. 10: Bastogne, Belgium
FIM INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS OF ENDURO FIM-LIVE.COM
June 14-15: Wellston, Ohio, East Qualifier: William Depue Jr., Appalachian Dirt Riders; (740) 384-6379, ADROhio.org
Nov. 3-8: 2014 ISDE: San Juan, Argentina
FIM TRIAL DES NATIONS FIM-LIVE.COM
Sept. 13-14: St. Julia., Andorra
AMA DUAL-SPORT/ ADVENTURE SERIES
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June 21-22: Big Bear City, Calif.: Big Bear Run, Big Bear Trail Riders, Jim Nicholson; (818) 391-3083; www.bigbeartrailriders.com
June 28-29: Fort Rock, Ore.: Fort Rock National Dual Sport, Lobos MC, Billy Toman; (503) 656-5801; www.lobosmc.com
July 19-26: Newberry, Mich.: 30th Annual “Michael R Burlingham Memorial” Six Days of Michigan, Cycle Conservation Club of Michigan, Lewis Shuler; (517) 781-4805; www. cycleconservationclub.org
Aug. 2-3: Walden, Colo.: Moose Run Dual Sport Rally, Front Range Riders, Deborah Nielsen; www. frontrangeriders.com
Aug. 16-17: Tillamook, Ore.: Rat Dog Dual Sport, NW Tour & Trail, Tom Niemela; (503) 681-8881; blackdogdualsport.com
Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Hood River, Ore.: Dual Sport Northwest, Sound Rider!, Tom Mehren; (206) 6509102; www.soundrider.com
Sept. 6-7: Golden Pond, Ky.: Land Between the Lakes 200, KT Riders, Jesse Thomas; (270) 5223703; www.lbl200.com
Sept. 13-14: Columbus, Ind.: Buffaloe 500 D/S Adventure Ride, Stoney Lonesome MC, Nathan Gaskill; (812) 343-9772; stoneylonesomemc.com
Sept. 13-15: Reno, Nev.: Ride Reno 200, Dust Devils MC, Gary Lambert; (775) 224-0361; www.dustdevilsmc.com
2014 EVENTS
Oct. 11-12: McArthur, Ohio: Baby Burr National Dual Sport, Enduro Riders Association, Steve Barber; (614) 582-7821; www.enduroriders.com
Oct. 25-26: Tuckerton, N.J.: Meteor Ride in the Pines, Meteor MC, Jeff Fitzpatrick; (609) 654-5015; www.meteormc.com
Nov. 1-2: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: Hammer Run, TriCounty Sportsmen, Eldin Polhaumas; (888) 274-4469 (856) 785-2754; www.teamhammer.org
Nov. 8-9: Wickenburg, Ariz.: Howlin’ at the Moon, Arizona Trail Riders, Don Hood; (623) 826-1092; www.arizonatrailriders.org
Nov. 28-29: Palmdale, Calif.: LA-Barstow to Vegas, AMA D37 Dual Sport, Paul Flanders; (626) 446-7386; www.district37ama.org
AMA YAMAHA SUPER TÉNÉRÉ NATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDING SERIES AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
June 14-15: Odell, Ore.: Black Dog Adventure Ride, NW Tour & Trail, Tom Niemela; (503) 681-8881; blackdogdualsport.com
Aug. 16-17: Tillamook, Ore.: Rat Dog Dual Sport, NW Tour & Trail, Tom Niemela; (503) 681-8881; blackdogdualsport.com
www.dustdevilsmc.com
Sept. 20-21: Logan, Ohio: Nutcracker 200, Buckeye Dual Sporters, Bill Kaeppner; (740) 380-3050; www.kaeppnerswoods.com
Oct. 25-26: Chatsworth, N.J.: Meteor Ride in the Pines, Meteor MC, Jeff Fitzpatrick; (609) 654-5015; www.meteormc.com
Nov. 1-2: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: Hammer Run, TriCounty Sportsmen, Eldin Polhaumas; (888) 274-4469 (856) 785-2754; www.teamhammer.org
Nov. 8-9: Wickenburg, Ariz.: Howlin’ at the Moon, Arizona Trail Riders, Don Hood; (623) 826-1092; www.arizonatrailriders.org
Nov. 14-16: Hammonton, N.J.: Pine Barrens 500, BMW of Manhattan Motorcycles, Jack O’Connor; 732-714-8874; pinebarrens500.org; info@pinebarrens500.org
Nov. 28-29: Palmdale, Calif.: LA-Barstow to Vegas, AMA D37 Dual Sport, Paul Flanders; (626) 446-7386; www.district37ama.org
AMA PREMIER TOURING SERIES
AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
AMA NATIONAL RALLIES AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
July 11-13: Lexington, Oh.: AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days; AMAVintageMotorcycle Days.com
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Hood River, Ore.: Rally in the Gorge; soundrider.com/rally
NATIONAL GYPSY TOURS AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
June 12-15: Austin, Tex.: Republic of Texas (R.O.T) Rally
June 14-22: Laconia, N.H.: Laconia Motorcycle Week; LaconiaMCWeek.com
June 26-29: Johnstown, Penn.: Thunder in the Valley
July 28-Aug. 3: Tulsa, Okla.: 37th Annual National Bikers Roundup
Aug. 4-10: Sturgis, S.D.: SturgisMotorcycleRally.com
Aug. 28-31: Killington, V.T.: Killington Classic; killington classic.com
AMA SIGNATURE EVENTS AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
March of Dimes Bikers For Babies Rides: Nationwide: www.bikersforbabies.org
Rides For Kids Events: Nationwide: www. rideforkids.org
AMA NATIONAL GRAND TOURS AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
Jan. 1-May 24: Big Money Rally Grand Tour: bigmoneyrally.com; bigmoneyrally@hotmail.com
April 1-Oct. 31: Tour of Honor Grand Tour: tourofhonor.com; regis@ tourofhonor.com
AMA HUSQVARNA NATIONAL DUAL-SPORT SERIES
AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST. COM
June 14-15: Odell, Ore.: Black Dog Adventure Ride, NW Tour & Trail, Tom Niemela; (503) 681-8881;
Sept. 27-28: Buck Meadows, Calif.: Yosemite Dual Sport , Family Off Road Adventures, Lawrence Borgens; (209) 649-3633; www. familyoffroad adventures.com
Sep 27-28: Wabeno, Wis.: Big Woods 200, Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, John Newton; (920) 350-2030; widualsportriders.org
Sept. 5-9: Buena Vista, Colo.: Continental Divide Adv Tour, Exit Tours, Michael Brown; (719) 2071189; www.coloradodual sport.com
Sept. 13-14: Columbus, Ind.: Buffaloe 500 D/S Adventure Ride, Stoney Lonesome MC, Nathan Gaskill; (812) 343-9772; stoneylonesomemc.com
Sept. 13-15: Reno, Nev.: Ride Reno 200, Dust Devils MC, Gary Lambert; (775) 224-0361;
Sept. 17-21: Ruidoso, N.M.: Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally; MotorcycleRally.com
NATIONAL TOURING RALLIES AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
June 8-11: Rapid City, S.D.: Star 2014; ridemsta.com
July 17-24: Snowshoe, W.V.: 2014 Roadrunner Motorcycle Touring & Travel Annual Touring Weekend; http://www.roadrunner. travel/events/touringweekend/.com
March 1-Oct. 31: Team Strange Airheads 30th Anniversary Memory Lane Grand Tour: teamstrange.com/2014/ grandtours; bigmoneyrally@hotmail.com
AMA NATIONAL EXTREME GRAND TOURS AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST.COM
Feb. 2-Dec. 15: USA Four Corners Grand Tour: Southern California Motorcycle Association
TBA: SCMA Three Flags Classic Grand Tour: Southern California Motorcycle Association
2013 Yamaha Super Ténéré
As the proud sponsor of the AMA Yamaha Super Ténéré National Adventure Touring Series, Yamaha is awarding one lucky member a new 2013 Super Ténéré! Riders participating in the series will also be automatically entered.
Employm E nt opportuniti E s
Ever think you might like to work for the AMA? This could be just the opportunity you have been waiting for as the AMA seeks to fill the following positions:
Marketing Director – The AMA is seeking an experienced marketing professional to develop and direct marketing programs and work across a variety of platforms and seek new revenue opportunities. Direct mail, social media and membership marketing experience strongly desired. This position is based at AMA headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio.
Software Developer – The AMA is looking for a versatile .Net developer with the ability to project manage as well as develop technology solutions. Based at the Pickerington, Ohio, office, the .Net developer will participate in the development, testing and support of web- and mobile-based applications. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, experience with DotNetNuke’s Evoq Content CMS and Personify or similar association management software, five-plus years’ experience in product development in web and mobile, and database management and maintenance.
Government Affairs Manager – The AMA is seeking an experienced government relations professional to focus on on-road issues. Excellent written and oral communication skills required. Legislative and/or regulatory experience strongly desired. This position is based in the AMA’s Government Relations Office in Washington, DC.
Please email cover letter, resume and salary requirements to rchaddock@ ama-cycle.org. Equal Opportunity Employer.
No matter what or how you ride, the AMA has a special card for you. Want one? Just let us know by renewing early, or telling us when you renew via our online signup form at AmericanMotorcyclist.com, or calling (800) AMA-JOIN (262-5646).
