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STREET COVER Carol Ann Schmidt is not what many think of as a “typical motorcyclist,” but she’s as hardcore as they come. Learn more about her and others starting on page 38.

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DIRT COVER How many university administrators ride dirt?

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I’m a recent AMA member and new motorcycle rider at large and wanted to share some of my joy in the picturesque Each month, a lucky AMA member wins a Bike State of Ohio.

Bandit gift card worth $100. Didn’t win? No I love exploring parks and experiencing worries. You can still take advantage of your the ride. Seeing parks via motorcycle 10% AMA member discount at BikeBandit.com. adds a whole new pleasure to my life. My 2012 Suzuki Boulevard S40 (affectionately named “Firefly”) is doing wonderfully as my first motorcycle, and I love finding places to blend nature and her together.

Here are two pictures from June 2014 when I visited Cox Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio, a very pleasant run from my home in West Chester.

Ohio is filled with parks, backroads and pristine farmlands that make riding extremely enjoyable, and I can’t believe it took me so long to finally get my motorcycle endorsement.

Thank you AMA for advocating our rights as motorcycle riders.

Katrine (“Katy”) Austin West Chester, Ohio

RIDER ACCESS Interesting article by Jim Witters in the July issue (“We Don’t Want You Here”). I have learned at my current stage of life that if one community does not want motorcycle riders, simply go somewhere else. That is never more relevant than when spending one’s money on vacation.

I recently returned from an eight-day ride around eastern Quebec where I found motorcycles to be universally accepted.

In the Charlevoix region in particular, the Department of Tourism has gone one step further. Wherever motorcyclists are

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welcome in hotels, bed and breakfasts, restaurants or other places of interest, they have placed a “motorcycle” sign. If you plan on riding in Charlevoix, and I can personally recommend it highly, look out for this sign.

We have used the phrase in racing for decades, “support those that support the sport.” Now it is time to have a similar level of support in other areas of motorcycling for communities that want us and our business.

Peter Starr Santa Monica, Calif.

WHAT A RIDE! During the Friday of Bike Week, my wife and I joined a Gypsy Tour out of Weirs Beach that traveled around the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. It was the first time in many years that we made it up to Bike Week. This ride was wonderful.

I did not get the name of the leader, but hopefully somewhere in the records you have it, because he needs a pat on the

back. There was a police escort getting us out to the back roads and then he was on his own and did a great job. We covered some wonderful roads and will be back next year.

Spencer Riley, Tyngsboro, Mass.

Thanks for the note, Spencer. According to the always-helpful Jennifer at the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association, that would be Laconia resident Fred McVey. For more information on one of the best road-riding events in motorcycling, see www.laconiamcweek.com and start making those plans for June 13-21, 2015.

SHARING THE BLAME I’d like to respond to the letter of the month in the August American Motorcyclist magazine by Cambell Whitford (“Be Careful Out There”).

I don’t totally disagree with what he is saying about “crotch rockets,” but I think he is seriously downplaying the effects “slightly loud” pipes have on the nonriding public.

A crotch rocket flies by and is never seen again, usually, and they are only experienced by the people that see them directly. Loud pipes can be heard for a long way, which is part of the “loud pipes saves lives” mind set. The kids who ride crotch rockets usually only ride for a few years and move on. Guys who ride cruisers ride them for the rest of their lives. A kid on a crotch rocket takes some pride in his ability to handle his bike and although this seems to be changing for the better, most of the guys who ride bikes with loud pipes seem to be more into the image and party that goes with the bike.

I read that only 10 percent of the population old enough to have one has a motorcycle endorsement on their license.

This 10 percent of the population can’t keep [ticking] off the other 90 percent and believe that there aren’t going to be any repercussions.

Rodney Aiken Vernon, Conn.

Thanks for your thoughts, Rodney. No matter what we ride, if riders flaunt traffic laws and noise ordinances, that sets a bad example for all motorcyclists in the eyes of the public.

GETTING BACK IN THE GAME Evidently, the guy driving the pick-up didn’t see my bright yellow motorcycle, nor the twin headlights, nor the matching bright yellow helmet as he pulled out right

in front of me. After three surgeries, two weeks in the hospital and more weeks at home recuperating, the decision of whether or not to ride again is likely months away.

However, it occurred to me that an in-depth article on how to re-enter motorcycling after an accident would be useful to the motorcycling community.

During this inactive time, muscles lose their strength. Flexibility of movement deteriorates. Although in my case there will be physical therapy rehabilitation, it will be general in nature aimed at accomplishing daily living activities. But what motorcycle-specific exercises/ conditioning suggestions exist?

Perhaps someone from the medical profession or top road race or motocross teams could pen such an article for American Motorcyclist magazine geared toward road riders. How do their riders recover after an accident?

Thanks for the great magazine. I look forward to its arrival each month.

Doug Bottomley Kalamazoo, Mich.

Sound Off! A roundup of recent comments on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/americanmotorcyclist On ethanol…

Scott Davis: They must be on the corn lobby’s payroll. Even the USDA says that E10 is a failure and only puts money in the pockets of the corn lobby and gas companies.

On advice for new riders…

Roadtrash Byrd: Join the AMA and get involved!

There will be plenty of others to help you become the best rider you can be. And you will help to guarantee that there will be motorcycling for future generations.

Mike Iriarte: Just wear your gear. It’s not worth your life just to show off some muscle.

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Chelle Thumper Don: Ride with your eyes. Look where you want to go. Your bike will follow.

On lane-splitting detractors…

Ivan Downdat Roadbefore: Car drivers being distracted is no excuse for eliminating lane splitting. Punish and shame distracted drivers. Leave good drivers and legal lane splitters alone.

Charlotte Dawn: If you haven’t been lane splitting in California, you should. It is far safer than you think and much better than illegally riding on the shoulder when you are experiencing heat stroke.

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Contributions From AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Now that we’ve finished up with another successful AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, it is a good time to reflect on the history of the event as it has evolved into a consistently performing fundraiser for the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

If you’ve ever attended the event or read the articles in this magazine, you often

By Bruce Moffat encounter the phrase “the proceeds of AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days support the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.” But what does that mean, exactly? And how much money are we talking about?

Before we dig into the numbers, the short answer is that the event is vital to the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation and the Hall of Fame. The funds raised by the AMA are a significant portion of the Hall of Fame’s operational budget. It’s also important to recognize that the Hall of Fame itself is staffed by the AMA and that the event is mostly supported by the efforts of dozens of AMA staffers, whose time and effort is donated by the AMA to make AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days run efficiently.

The event started in 1990 as Heritage Homecoming and was held on the Ohio University campus in Athens, Ohio. Attendance that year was about 3,500. By 1995, it was known as AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days and had moved to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. This allowed vintage racing to be added.

By the end of the 1990s, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days had become a must-attend destination for tens of thousands of motorcyclists. The event also was responsible for a big part of the $1.8 million that the AMA had contributed to the AMHF in the decade since the museum’s opening in 1990.

In the next decade, those contributions grew significantly, with most of that growth occuring after 2007, according to financial reports audited by the accounting firm Plante Moran. Since 2008, this biggest annual fundraiser for the Hall of Fame has raised an average of $246,586 a year vs. an average of $106,141 from 2000 through 2007. From 2000 through 2013, contributions to the Hall of Fame from AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days topped $2.3 million.

This is in addition to other financial support that the AMA has provided to the AMHF. As for staff hours, these accumulate all year long because as soon as we wrap up one AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, we start planning the next one. Thousands of staff hours are invested operationally to plan throughout the year leading up to the event.

On the six days before, during and after the 2014 event, 46 AMA staff, 31 volunteers and 98 contracted workers logged more than 2,100 hours. This does not include the operational staff provided

by Mid-Ohio or the track’s contracted help.

In addition, numerous AMA clubs and partners pitch in. For 2014, this included event announcer Tom White, who donates his time; manufacturer demo fleets; bike show participants; hundreds of swap meet vendors; WERA for organizing the road-racing activities; Don May and Trials Inc., for supporting the trials; Mandi Mastin and her family for laying out and scoring the harescrambles; Baja MX, Log Road MX, Action Sports Promotions, Christian M/C and Dayton M/C in motocross; and the Roadracing World Action Fund and AMA Pro Racing for providing air modules for track safety—to name just a few.

And of course, there are the event’s biggest sponsors: BikeBandit.com, Indian Motorcycle, Federal Motorcycle Transport, Smarter Fuel Future, AIMExpo, Moto Armory and Sam’s Club.

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There are other Hall of Fame events and programs that the AMA sponsors and manages, as well. Numerous hours are donated from the communications, creative, public relations and accounting departments that support the annual Hall of Fame raffle bike fundraiser, the Breakfast At Daytona event and, of course, the annual induction ceremony. Without the contributions of time from the AMA, the AMHF would need to hire additional staff or outsource these functions, which would be unsunstainable given the Hall of Fame’s existing contributions and sponsorships.

Since moving to Pickerington, Ohio, the Hall of Fame has experienced up and down years. This has resulted in an operational shortfall of more than $1.2 million. Without financial contributions and donated staff time from the AMA, plus the support from the motorcycling community, the situation for the Hall of Fame would be precarious. That said, the future is looking bright the last four years, with revenue increasing over $100,000.

We have done this by restructuring staffing, more efficient management and increasing the contributions from AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days as detailed above.

We’ve also significantly improved the Hall of Fame induction ceremony itself, moving it from a tent in the AMA parking lot. For a first-hand look at this gala event, we invite you to attend this Oct. 17 in Orlando, Fla. For details, see www.motorcyclemuseum.org.

Earlier this year, the AMA Board of Directors made a strategic commitment to the long-term success of the Hall of Fame. Going forward, we continue to research ways of increasing donations as well as creating more funding programs.

The AMA, as the parent of the AMHF, has played a vital role in the history as well as the financial wellbeing of the AMHF and Hall of Fame. Celebrating and perpetuating motorcycling’s heritage by honoring the careers of those who have defined what we are today is critical to our mission to protect and promote motorcycling for this and future generations.

Bruce Moffat is the CFO of the AMA.

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COMPLAINT FORCES CHP TO REMOVE LANE-SPLITTING GUIDELINES A single complaint from a Sacramento man has forced the California Highway Patrol and other state government agencies to remove information from their websites that was intended to help motorcyclists safely execute the allowed lane-splitting maneuver.

Kenneth Mandler, a longtime state employee who now conducts training sessions on how to get a state job, petitioned the California Office of Administrative Law in 2013, claiming the CHP created an “underground regulation” by formulating and distributing guidelines for safe lane splitting.

Lane splitting, also called lane filtering, is the practice of riding a motorcycle or scooter between lanes of stopped or slowly moving traffic.

The practice has been permitted in California for decades and no statute prohibits it. No other state allows the maneuver.

The CHP posted its guidelines with the intention of helping motorcyclists and motorists understand safe practices and to discourage unsafe lane splitting.

“Some have interpreted the recently published Motorcycle Lane Splitting Guidelines as rules, laws or regulations that could or would be enforced by the department,” according to a CHP statement. “The guidelines were never intended for this purpose and were prepared simply as common sense traffic safety tips and to raise public awareness.”

The Office of Administrative Law noted that CHP Commissioner J. A. Farrow certified that his department would not “issue, use, enforce, or attempt to enforce the public education information.”

The OAL determined that posting the guidelines on the website was “issuing” them.

“By forcing the California Highway Patrol to remove its guidelines, Mr. Mandler and the Office of Administrative Law are denying the public vital safety information,” says Nick Haris, AMA western states representative and a member of the California Motorcyclist Safety Program Advisory Committee, which reviewed the guidelines.

“Lane splitting is still allowed, and motorcyclists are still using this longrecognized riding technique to relieve traffic congestion and improve safety,”

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Haris says. “But now, neither riders nor motorists have a place to turn for authoritative guidelines on the practice.

“The AMA is asking the OAL to reverse this decision and permit the CHP to continue offering these important safety guidelines.”

The AMA supports the continued use of safe lane splitting in California and the implementation of lane-splitting laws in other states, coupled with extensive rider and driver education programs.

Denny Kobza, of the Bay Area Riders’ Forum and a member of the CMSP and

The AMA has posted the CHP’s guidelines at www.americanmotorcyclist.com. You can find them linked in the online version of this article by searching “CHP” on the AMA website.

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the CA Mission 12 Committee, says he is extremely disappointed that the CHP was forced to take down the guidelines.

“It is very disturbing that one person can affect three years of hard work,” Kobza says. “We put a lot of hard work into those guidelines, because lane splitting is a safer way to go than waiting for a motorist to make a mistake.”

Kobza says he has full faith in the California Highway Patrol’s continued advocacy for motorcycle safety, and he hopes the guidelines can be reposted to state government websites soon.

CDC TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS MANDATORY HELMET LAWS Agency Should Focus On Disease Control

James Gathany, CDC

The Community Preventive Services Task Force of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended universal mandatory motorcycle helmet laws.

Task force members made the recommendation after observing that

states with universal helmet requirements for motorcyclists reported fewer fatalities than states without universal helmet laws.

Simply reviewing those numbers does not provide a solid basis for such a sweeping recommendation, says Wayne Allard, AMA’s vice president for government relations.

To assess the role of helmet laws in preventing serious injury or death in crashes, CDC task force members should have first identified the fatal injury in each crash, then determined whether use of a helmet would have prevented that injury or reduced its effect, thereby saving the life of the motorcyclist.

The task force cites no such analysis and offers no evidence that the use of a helmet would

“Correlation does not imply causation. Instead of trying to draw conclusions from this type of observation, the CDC task force could have better spent its time and resources searching for cures for infectious diseases.”

— Wayne Allard, AMA’s vice president for government relations.

have lessened or eliminated the fatal injuries in a significant number of crashes.

“Correlation does not imply causation,” Allard says. “Instead of drawing conclusions from these observations, the CDC should spend its resources searching for cures for infectious diseases.”

The AMA contends that the safety community can better use its resources on rider education and motorist awareness/ distracted-driver programs.

BLM ISSUES DECISION TO AMEND MONTICELLO TRAVEL PLAN Office worked with San Juan County representatives to further support motorized recreation and tourism in the area.

The travel plan amendments will enhance motorized recreation opportunities and visitor experiences in San Juan County by reducing highway safety conflicts and improving access and parking at popular cultural sites, according to a statement from the BLM. Wildlife needs also were considered, with planned construction timed to avoid nesting and breeding periods for migratory birds and other animals.

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Agency Adds Five Routes To Utah OHV Trail System

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management Monticello (Utah) Field Office announced its decision in June to approve motorized use of five travel routes under the Monticello Travel Management Plan.

The five approved routes—Blanding to Bulldog, Jacob’s Chair, Nokai Dome, River House and Woodenshoe—add to more than 2,800 miles of trail currently open and available for OHV use on lands managed by the Monticello Field Office in southeastern Utah.

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Two of seven current county commissioners voted in favor of a resolution asking the state to open Tiger Bay to motorized use. The city of Daytona Beach also supports the move.

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For more than a year, Gimbert has led the loosely organized group of motorcyclists, ATV riders and Jeep drivers who want to use some of the 27,000-acre forest tract situated between Daytona Beach and DeLand, Fla. His election to the Soil & Water board puts Gimbert in line for a seat on the statewide Tiger Bay State Forest Policy Advisory Board, where he hopes to win support from hunters, equestrians and other potential trail users.

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An ongoing investigation in Massachusetts has resulted in settlements with the state and $57.4 million in refunds to more than 150,000 policyholders from companies that were overcharging for motorcycle insurance.

Attorney General Martha Coakley says the companies were charging insurance rates based on the new value of the motorcycles, rather than the Massachusetts Attorney depreciated value.

General Martha Coakley The investigation began when the owner of a 1999 Harley Davidson Road King Classic filed a complaint. In each year from 2003 to 2008, the motorcyclist’s insurance company had calculated

premiums for his motorcycle as if it were brand new, resulting in more than $1,500 in overcharges, Coakley’s office says in a press release.

The Attorney General’s office found the practice to be widespread. So far, the state has reached settlements with 19 insurance companies.

The most recent settlement is with Commerce Insurance Co., which agreed to refund $14.6 million to more than 40,000 policyholders. The refunds will average about $365.

Commerce also agreed to pay $325,000 to the commonwealth.

The Massachusetts investigation focuses on policies that include comprehensive, collision, and/or limited collision coverage for a motorcycle during certain time periods, typically between 2002 and 2010.

HOUSE BILL WOULD REQUIRE MORE VOLUNTEERS IN FORESTS Law Would Address $500 Million Maintenance Backlog

A bipartisan bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would require the U.S. Forest Service to publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in trail maintenance.

U.S. Reps. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.) introduced the National Forest System Trails Stewardship Act of 2014 (H.R. 4886) in June.

“During a time of shrinking budgets, it is important that federal agencies and the constituents they serve work together to ensure that all Americans can access public lands for diverse uses,” says Wayne Allard, AMA vice president of government relations.

“This bill would urge the Forest Service to partner with off-highway-vehicle enthusiasts to help reduce the $500 million maintenance backlog on USFS land.”

In addition to increasing the use of volunteers, the act would require the

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Secretary of Agriculture to examine ways to effectively use fire crews for maintenance operations when the crews are not needed elsewhere.

H.R. 4886 has broad support U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) among trail users, including the American Horse Council, the American Outdoor Association, and the Wilderness Society.

The bill was referred to the U.S. Rep. Tim Walz House Agriculture (D-Minn.) and Natural Resources Committees.

Up to the Carolina Thunder of Gaston County (S.C.) Motorcycle Club for its support of the Webb Street School. Club members visit the school for children with intellectual disabilities, eat lunch with the students, play basketball with them and give them a chance to sit on a motorcycle. The club has raised about $15,000 for the school during the past three years.

Down to the San Francisco motorcyclist who stopped to quarrel with a TV reporter who recorded the rider exiting the freeway via an entrance ramp.

Not only was the rider’s illegal riding broadcast to millions, so was the fact that he was riding without insurance and he had his bike impounded.

Up to the Colorado Department of Transportation for its “Ride Wise” program that encourages older motorcyclists to take safety courses.

The campaign showcases real Colorado riders, each with more than 30 years of experience on their saddles, who rely on safety training to hone the skills needed to ride safely. The “Ride Wise” campaign targets older, male riders who have hundreds of miles on their bikes, yet little to no hours of formal training in their riding histories.

Down to Siri, the voice in Apple’s iPhone, for issuing a warning to users searching for motorcycle dealerships.

Jensen Beeler of Oakland, Calif., posted a screenshot, which showed his inquiry and Siri’s response: “Now, you be careful on that thing.”

S TATEWAT CH ILLINOIS Senate Bill 2808, known as the Freedom from Location Surveillance Act, would prohibit law enforcement agencies from obtaining location information pertaining to a person or his or her effects without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause to believe that the person whose location information is sought has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime or the effect is evidence of a crime. Any probable cause order would be limited to 60 days, unless renewed by a judge. Sponsored by Sen. Daniel K. Biss (D-Skokie), the bill passed the state House and Senate unanimously and was sent to Gov. Pat Quinn for his signature.

MISSOURI Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law H.B. 1735, which allows Missouri dealers, distributors and manufacturers to sell on Sunday motorcycles, trikes, and motorized vehicles customarily sold by power sport Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon dealers. Such sales had been prohibited by state law.

ENDURO RIDERS TRY TO REOPEN NEW JERSEY TRAILS AMA Staff Members Assist Effort

The East Coast Enduro Association is trying to convince the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to reopen user-made trails in the state’s forests and allow motorized recreation.

The AMA is helping the enduro club gather and present evidence that the DEP once recognized the trails and issued permits for enduro events that used them.

DEP’s current policy restricts enduro and other events to blacktop, gravel and sand and woods roads, with off-road travel limited to existing fire cuts.

“There are science-based processes used in national and other states’ forests to differentiate sustainable from non-sustainable historic trails,” says Steve Salisbury, AMA’s off-road government affairs manager. “They are relevant in New Jersey and should have been part of the discussion all along.”

Danielle Fowles, AMA’s grassroots coordinator, is also assisting the ECEA. NEW JERSEY The General Assembly voted 78-0 in favor of A. 2316, which would prohibit establishing checkpoints limited to certain types of vehicles. The measure moved to the state Senate, where it was referred to the Transportation Committee.

NEW YORK State lawmakers passed a measure in June that allows the city of New York to lower its default speed limit to 25 mph from 30 mph as part of an overall

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Western States Get New Single-Track Trails After Years Of Delay

By Jim Witters

The trails being built in Arizona’s Kelly Canyon, just south of Flagstaff, are the first new single-track trails in the state since 2005, according to Jeff Prince, offhighway-vehicle program coordinator for the state parks department.

In neighboring Colorado, the Summit County Off Road Riders are working on a 21-mile single-track system on Tenderfoot Mountain under the authority of the U.S. Forest Service.

In Washington State, 10 miles of new single track will be part of nearly 60 miles of off-highway vehicle trails in the Yacolt Burn State Forest.

The construction signals victories for the single-track enthusiasts in those areas, who had been lamenting trails closures year after year.

Mike Ames, president of the Jones Creek Trail Riders Association in southwest Washington, says members of his club and the Pistons Wild Motorsports club spent seven years seeking permission to begin work.

“This will be the first legal single track in southwest Washington in decades,” Ames says.

Barrett Brown, a member of the Oregon Motorcycle Riders Association and

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developer of the ST240 single-track trailcutting machine, is encouraged by all the new projects.

“What has gotten things going is the awakening of the motorcycle enthusiasts to what has been happening to their trails,” Brown says. “They looked up one day and realized that this is not our sport any more.”

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Merdith C. “Cam” Lockwood, executive officer of the U.S. Forest Service’s Trails Unlimited program, says the National Environmental Policy Act curtailed the creation of new single-track trails on federal lands.

“But it’s not all about the agencies’ desire to reduce single track,” he says.

“It’s about sustainability, maintainability

and manageability. The agencies can’t take care of what they have, and [some of] the OHV public still continue to make themselves look bad in the way they conduct themselves while recreating on public land.”

In addition, Lockwood says, “Much of the original single track has been expanded because of the explosion of all-terrain vehicles and utility-task vehicles.”

“Every year, on National Trails Day, we kept showing up. Normally, all the work on those days is on non-motorized trails. But, finally, last year, we got them to do work on a motorized trail, and 312 people showed up.”

— Warren Williams, president of the Coconino Trail Riders

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COCONINO TRAIL RIDERS The two-wheeldrive Rokon has proven to be a useful tool for maintaining single-track trail.

The Forest Service and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management favored wider trails, reasoning that they “could be enjoyed by everybody,” including ATVs and side by sides, Brown says.

The result: “Linear motocross tracks that are only fun if you ride fast,” according to Brown. “Single-track is more fun per mile.”

The gradual shift to wider tracks led to problems.

“There were more crashes, more headons and more injuries,” Brown says. “The answer is more trail and a proper inventory of trails that meets the needs of the community.”

New Direction

Brown and other off-highway motorcycle riders believe part of the solution is to expand the number of singletrack trails and stop “blowing out all the trails into avenues.”

Prince says another piece of the puzzle is ongoing cooperation among all types of trail users.

“We have great cooperation among the various trail users around Flagstaff, including hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders and the off-highway motorcyclists,” Prince says. “One trailbuilding day drew about 300 volunteers.”

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Warren Williams, president of the Coconino Trail Riders, is proud of his club’s volunteer efforts and is convinced that the Kelly Canyon single-track trail is a result.

“Every year, on National Trails Day, we kept showing up,” he says. “Normally, all the work on those days is on nonmotorized trails. But, finally, last year, we

got them to do work on a motorized trail, and 312 people showed up.”

The turnout this year fell to 97, he says, but the volunteers demonstrated to officials that the demand exists for more motorized trails and, specifically, more single-track.

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In Washington, Ames and his group are building trails with a Morrison Trailblazer bought several years ago at a governmentsurplus sale.

The Yacolt Burn State Forest project includes 10 miles of single-track trail, 18 miles of double-track trail for ATVs and 30.5 miles of four-wheeldrive trail.

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a $300,000 grant for the Kelly Canyon project and another $300,000 for a second single-track project “down the mountain,” Prince says.

The department also bought two Rokon Trail-Breakers to haul equipment to the work sites, and Prince budgeted about $100,000 of parks department funding for the purchase of an ST240 trail-cutting machine that he hopes to buy in 2015.

The Kelly Canyon project consists of 90 miles of trails in three loops, with some portions shared with double-track vehicles, Williams says.

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Roger Pattison from Taos Ski Valley, N.M., is the newest member of the AMA Board of Directors. He represents individual members in the Southwest Region.

Pattison was elected to the board by a special election to replace longtime director Art More, whose term had expired. Pattison began serving in March. His term ends in February 2017.

“AMA members, the board of directors and staff appreciate Art’s long service and deep commitment to the association,” said AMA Board Chair Maggie McNally-Bradshaw. “We’re also pleased to welcome Roger to our ranks, and we’re looking forward to his contributions going forward.”

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FULL ROSTER OF U.S. ISDE TEAM ANNOUNCED Gold Medal Hopefuls Heading To Argentina

The AMA has announced the full contingent of U.S. riders who will compete at the 88th International Six Days Enduro, Nov. 3-8, in San Juan, Argentina.

Including the previously announced World Trophy Team of Mike Brown, Thad Duvall, Charlie Mullins, Zach Osborne, Taylor Robert and Kailub Russell is a full roster of 31 gold-medal hopefuls on the Junior Trophy Team, the Women’s Trophy Team and six club teams.

“The U.S. teams will arrive in Argentina ready to race for a world title,” says U.S. ISDE Team Manager Antti Kallonen, who also directs the KTM off-road racing teams in North American competition. “All riders will be focused, determined and prepared for this prestigious event.”

The Junior Trophy Team fields four riders younger than 23 years old. It includes factory FMF/KTM rider Steward Baylor from Belton, S.C.; his brother

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Grant Baylor, backed by KTM, also from Belton; Trevor Bolinger, backed by Honda, from Morganton, N.C.; and Justin Jones, backed by KTM, from Norco, Calif.

The Women’s Trophy Team fields three female riders. It includes Sarah Baldwin from Suffolk, Va.; Rachel Gutish from Terre Haute, Ind.; and Mandi Mastin from Whitehouse, Ohio. All women team riders are backed by KTM. The Wellard Team will once again field one of the strongest club teams.

It includes national-caliber riders Chris Bach, backed by JCR Honda, from Crown Point, Ind.; Andrew Delong, a member of the factory Husqvarna Off-Road Team, from Morgantown, Pa.; and Gary Sutherlin, backed by KTM, from Hesperia, Calif.

The U.S. ISDE team has designated a Senior Team of veterans. This year, the Senior Team includes Team Elizabeth Scott riders Jeff Fredette from Beecher, Ill.;

Paul Krause from Irvine, Calif.; and Brian Storrie from Providence Village, Texas.

Team Beta USA also should do well. It includes Nicholas Burson from Ridgecrest, Calif.; Cory Buttrick from Logan, Ohio; and Justin Sode from Zanesville, Ohio.

U.S. riders also will race on Team Missouri Mudders (A.J. Lehr, Kyle McDonal and Cody Schafer); Team GoFasters.com (Travis Coy, Alex Dorsey and Joshua Knight); and Team Tony Agonis (Benjamin Kelley, John Kelley and Michael Pillar).

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AmericAn motorcyclist: Hunter, what was key to winning this award?

Hunter edWards: Staying consistent all week long. That was the biggest thing and what helped me get the two championships and stay in the top five.

Making every main and not having to transfer through a semi really helped. That of course gives you a chance for a better start in the main and lets you focus more on the main.

Tristan Avery [who crashed mid-week and was unable to continue] was my toughest competition. He challenged me whenever we were on the track together. aM: When did you feel like you were in contention for the aMa Horizon award?

He: Right from the beginning when I won the first 450 Mod main event in the Monday short-track. That win right at

the beginning was where I got all my confidence.

Last year at the Dirt Track Grand Championships, in the 251-500 DTX class, I got third overall and then in the 450 Modified and Open Singles, I had top 10s.

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My dad works on my bikes, and [engine builder] Ron Hamp and Race Tech suspension have helped us more than anything else to make my bikes good. aM: He:

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I’ve been racing since I was 4 years old. It’s always been dirt track. My dad used to race dirt track way back, and he taught me just about everything I know.

The local tracks are Western Reserve Motorcycle Club near Salem, Ohio, and the races at Ashland County Fairgrounds. aM: He:

What pro riders do you look up to?

Henry Wiles. He’s helped push me to where I am now, and all the advice and coaching he has given me have really helped. He’s one of the guys who doesn’t give up. Whether it’s a good day or a bad day, he always gives it his all. He inspires me to stay in dirt track and to be part of the future of dirt-track racing. aM: He:

“I kept thinking, ‘My career is short; so what do I have to do to get better?’ Some people wrote me off, but I never did. I just kept plugging away and trying to get better, and I was able to do that.”

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Yamaha’s JeremY martin

It should be no surprise that Jeremy Martin aspired to become a professional motocross racer. Father John Martin was an enduro champion and his older brother Alex had already forged the path to the pro MX ranks.

Plus, Jeremy’s parents own the Millville, Minn., Spring Creek track that has long hosted AMA Pro Motocross events.

In Jeremy’s first full season as a pro last year, he captured MX Rookie of the Year honors. While his 2014 AMA Supercross season did not begin well, he finished strong, winning the prestigious Las Vegas finale before going on a tear in the Lucas Oil Motocross Championships.—Jim Kimball AmericAn motorcyclist: Jeremy, your summer started out great didn’t it?

Jeremy martin: Yeah, it has started out really good. I got my first Supercross win

in Las Vegas, and it was great to end the series on a good note. So I’ve been just trying to carry all that momentum from Las Vegas into motocross. I raced the

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am: you mentioned Supercross. you came in with high expectations, but things didn’t go well—until the end.

Jm: I really struggled at the beginning of Supercross, and was truly at rock bottom. Here I was supposed to be a championship contender and I didn’t even qualify for the first two rounds.

So I sat back and evaluated my situation. I kept thinking, “My career is short, so what do I have to do to get better?” Some people wrote me off, but I never did. I just kept plugging away and trying to get better.

We changed some things on the bike that made me much more comfortable, which helped tremendously. I was also able to fix a few things off the bike that helped me as well. Just all around, it was a good progression. am: then at the initial ama motocross rounds you simply dominated, way ahead of the rest of the pack.

Jm: It was pretty cool to have such a big gap on those guys, and to win by decent margins. But like you have seen, the other guys are just going to keep getting better, and closer. I think you will continue to see some new faces up front soon, guys who have been racing, but are just getting better. But I know that I’m going to be there every weekend, and going for the win. You know, I really don’t worry about the other guys. I just go out and do the best that I can for myself. am: What would you say is your greatest strength as a racer?

Jm: I think that my greatest strength is learning about myself. I found that out during Supercross. I know what works for me, and I know what makes me tick.

Maybe you could say my biggest strength is that I always want to improve. I feel like as a person that you are never good enough. Even if I win the moto, I try to see where I could be a little bit faster. It’s all the little things that you can do that help you, and as I said I just focus on myself.

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outdoors last year and already feel pretty comfortable. We also have a new bike that is faster, and altogether just better. I have done pretty well so far, and feel that I am where I expected to be—and I just want to keep improving.

Spring Creek SeeS Moto FirStS Eli Tomac, Jeremy Martin Claim Top Spots

holeshot, gave up the lead to JGRMX’s Justin Brayton, then regained it with Dungey close behind. Dungey fell again as the pair made their way through lapped traffic while Roczen was unable to recover completely from a poor start.

Roczen held onto his points lead, 367 to Dungey’s 343, while Honda’s Trey Canard remains in third with 302 points.

In the 250 Class, Martin scored his first win of the season, extending his points lead and claiming his first professional win at his parents’ facility.

In the first moto, Martin had to work his way around Valli Motorsports Yamaha’s Christophe Pourcel, who took the holeshot, and GEICO Honda’s Justin Bogle. In the second moto, Martin overcame a sixth-place start to finish second behind Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Cooper Webb.

Martin has a 43-point lead in the 250 Class standings over Webb, 341 to 298.

Kawasaki’s Blake Baggett is third, 56 points behind Martin.

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The AMA Pro Motocross Championship returned to Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, Minn., July 19 for the eighth round of the 2014 season.

GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac captured his first career 450 class win and Yamalube/Star Racing Yamaha’s Jeremy Martin claimed victory for the first time at the facility owned and operated by his parents.

Tomac’s win made him the 2014 series’ fourth winner in the premier class, a feat he achieved despite missing the opening four rounds due to injury. Tomac was joined on the podium by Red Bull KTM riders Ryan Dungey, who went 3-2 on the day, and Ken Roczen, who went 2-4.

In the first moto, Dungey scored the holeshot before falling, handing Roczen the lead. After a multi-lap battle, Tomac emerged out front and motored to a 16-second win, while Dungey remounted to hold onto third behind Roczen.

In the second moto, Tomac took the

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Three Northeast riders stacked a Pacific Northwest podium at Grays Harbor Raceway in the July 20 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship main event in Elma, Wash.

Winner Jared Mees (Pennsylvania), runner-up Bryan Smith (Michigan) and third-place finisher Jake Johnson (New Jersey) all conducted stellar performances despite being thousands of miles from home.

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battle for the overall championship with nine races remaining.

Johnson, on a Harley-Davidson, started from fourth on the grid to close out the podium with a third-place finish.

Johnson now sits third in the overall point standings and the two-time champion is having his strongest season since 2011.

In Pro Singles competition, Jarod Vanderkooi’s 0.970-second win on his Honda was his first career Pro Singles victory. He is eighth in points. Davis Fisher, also on a Honda, finished second at Grays Harbor and shares the points lead with Kyle Johnson. Ryan Wells, on another Honda, finished third at the event and is third in points, just one point behind Fisher and Johnson, who each have 99.

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Billy Janniro Charges Closer To FiFTh TiTle Veteran Wins At Ventura

with Austin Novratil second. Bast and Nicol were eliminated.

In the second semi final, Ruml stunned Janniro, the crowd and perhaps everyone by taking the early lead. With the win in hand, however, Ruml entered the final turn with too much speed, and Janniro took full advantage to move inside for the win.

Ruml recovered for second, and Castro and Blair were eliminated.

The final saw the champion up against three young rivals. Manzares elected the outside starting spot. Janniro chose gate three. Ruml took gate two, leaving Novratil

on the pole.

Janniro made a perfect start and led Manzares and Ruml into the first turn and around the back straightaway. The speed was sensational but the positions did not change as Janniro took the win.

Janniro took an 8-point lead over Ruml going into the third round at Industry Hills, Calif., on Aug. 9.

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The AMA Speedway National Championship Series reached the season’s halfway mark with Billy Janniro scoring another victory at Ventura Raceway, Calif., on June 28.

A large crowd witnessed some fast and exciting racing on the fifth-mile banked oval, the biggest track used in the series. While he won, Janniro did not dominate to the degree he did in the previous round, with emerging young riders pushing him the entire event.

These include 17-year-old Max Ruml and 20-year-old Gino Manzares, who had flown in on a break from his British league season to compete.

In typical speedway fashion, action started early. In the opening heat, 16-yearold Broc Nicol held pace with Manzares, while 55-year-old local Eddie Castro was close to Janniro in the third heat.

In heat five, Castro pulled off a stunning outside pass on Northern California multi-time champion Bart Bast, and the eighth heat was closely watched as it brought together Janniro and Manzares. Janniro led home his 2013 teammate at the FIM Speedway World Cup. Heat 13 treated fans to a jaw-dropping race between Janniro and Nicol, with the 16-year old trying an outside pass on the defending champion. Janniro’s experience saw him to a fourth win on the night and a perfect 11 wins from 11 rides in the series.

The first semi final saw Manzares win

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2005 KTM 950 ADVENTURE Donated in Memory Of Industry Leader

The late Rod Bush helped establish and grow KTM North America and served as company president from 1987 until his death in 2005.

This 2005 KTM 950 Adventure was a gift to Bush from the company on Bush’s 50th birthday. It illustrates just how important Bush was to the KTM family.

It was personally presented to him by KTM CEO and Managing Director Stefan Pierer, who flew from Austria to KTM America in Ohio for the occasion.

The bike represents the commitment that KTM—traditionally a dirt-oriented brand—was making to the street market.

Its introduction also helped accelerate the growth of the adventure bike concept in America, which was perfectly suited to the mix of long days in the saddle,

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rugged terrain and occasional two-track trail that defined the genre.

The KTM 950 Adventure features a twin-cylinder, four-stroke, 942cc engine, a six-speed transmission and a 5.81-gallon fuel tank. The bike weighs 436.5 pounds dry and retailed for $13,898 in 2005.

This particular machine is emblazoned with the words “Spirits of Leadership” in tribute to Bush’s integrity and leadership skills.

Bush’s history with the KTM brand dates to 1976, when he started working for Penton Imports as a sales representative. Penton motorcycles ultimately became the bikes known as KTMs today.

In 1978, Bush left Penton Imports to

help form KTM America (later KTM North America) with Jack Lehto. In 1987, Bush took the position of KTM North America president when the company was selling about 2,500 motorcycles a year.

KTM North America sold approximately 28,000 units annually and had 140 employees in 2005, when Bush passed away. By that time, Bush also had been elected as a partner and one of three managing directors of KTM Group.

Rod Bush was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2012.

This bike is on loan to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame from Bush’s wife Cherie. You can see it, along with many of the other machines that have shaped the history of American motorcycling, at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, Ohio.

Photos Jeff Guciardo

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Hall of Famer

STEVE WISE: THE ORIGINAL SUPERBIKER Steve Wise will go down in history as one of the most multi-talented riders in the history of motorcycle racing. Wise earned the distinction of becoming the only rider in history to win AMA Motocross, AMA Supercross and AMA Superbike nationals. The Texan further proved his all-around talent by earning a podium result in the AMA Grand National Championship when he took third, in his very first Grand National Dirt Track appearance, at the Houston Astrodome TT National in 1982.

In addition, Wise twice won the popular ABC Wide World of Sports Superbikers competition in the early 1980s, an event that featured the top motorcycle racers in the world from all disciplines.

ABC’s Superbikers was a predecessor to supermoto, which flourished in Europe and later attained AMA national status in 2003. Wise’s versatility helped him earn the prestigious AMA Pro Athlete of the Year Award in 1982.

Gary Steven Wise was born in McAllen, Texas, on June 2, 1957. Steve’s father, Gary, was an avid motorcycle enthusiast and took young Steve to local races from an early age. In the late 1960s, Wise was a spectator at one of the first motocross races in America, held in Conroe, Texas.

“I remember as a young kid sitting by this jump and watching Sylvan Geboers and John DeSoto flying over this jump. I was thrilled,” Wise recalls. His father bought Steve a Honda SL90 and he began tearing up the hills surrounding McAllen. Wise’s father, a successful real estate broker, loved the sport so much that he opened a Honda dealership.

Wise became the Texas State Motocross Champion in 1974 and beat national stars such as Gary Jones and Jimmy Weinert en route to the title.

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suggested that young Wise was ready to tackle the nationals. When he turned 17, Wise traveled with his father to a few nationals and earned top-10 finishes.

Wise got a big break in 1975 when Steve Stackable recommended the young Texan to Kawasaki. In 1975, Wise tallied two top-10 finishes in the four-race AMA Supercross Series and went on to score a handful of top-10 finishes in the 125 nationals, including a second in San Antonio, his first AMA national podium appearance.

Wise began the 1976 season with Kawasaki, but unhappy with the bike, he decided to leave the team mid-season. A few weeks after leaving Kawasaki, Wise took his first AMA national victory aboard a Jim Strait-tuned Honda CR125 at the national in Keysers Ridge, Md. Wise ended the 1976 season ranked fourth in AMA 125 Motocross.

Wise did well enough on a privateer Honda in 1977 that Honda signed him to a factory ride in 1978.

With Honda, Wise earned his highest national motocross ranking of third in the AMA 250 National Motocross Championship in 1980, along the way winning the Red Bud 250cc National in Buchanan, Mich.

Ultimately, Wise proved to be a leading contender in both motocross and Supercross, but injury and untimely bike failures kept him from winning the national championship he coveted. However, a special made-for-television race would dramatically change Wise’s racing career.

In the late 1970s, ABC’s Wide World of Sports was the highest-rated sports show in America. Racing promoter Gavin Trippe pitched ABC the idea of a motorcycle competition bringing together the best riders from all forms of racing and the Superbikers was born.

Wise raced in the first Wide World of Sports Superbikers competition in 1979, but the bike he rode was not competitive.

“Honda asked me if I wanted to race in the Superbikers again in 1980 and I told them ‘Sure, but give me a competitive bike,’” Wise recalls. “And boy did they ever. The bike had a special factory engine. It could run 140 mph and had powerful disc brakes. It was great.”

Wise won the Superbikers race in 1980 and 1981 against two of the most talented fields of riders ever assembled and he instantly became one of the best-known motorcycle racers in America and in Europe, where Superbikers was also aired.

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Winner’s Name Pulled At AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days

Rarely does 20 bucks buy so much bike.

Bob Hines of Piggot, Ark., bought five raffle tickets for the annual AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame raffle bike earlier this year. On Sunday, July 13, at BikeBandit.com AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, featuring Indian Motorcycle, it paid off big time.

Hines’ winning ticket for the 1947 Indian Chief was drawn by Grand Marshal Bill Tuman, a member of the legendary Indian Motorcycles Wrecking Crew. Grand Marshal Bobby Hill, the other surviving member of the crew, also attended the drawing.

Hines wasn’t able to attend this event this year, but he and his wife Sharon were excited to see the bike in person the following week at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame on the AMA campus in Pickerington, Ohio.

“I always get tickets for the bike,” he says. “I see the ads in the magazine, and I get a guilt complex, I guess.”

Hines, who joined the AMA at Americade in 2008, says he didn’t expect to win.

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Honda was so impressed by Wise’s ability on Superbikers, he was asked if he would like to try road racing a Superbike.

Wise made a spectacular debut. He led the AMA Formula One point standings for most of the season and was nipped by veteran Mike Baldwin by just three points for the championship.

Wise was recognized for his success in all forms of AMA competition when he was named 1982 AMA Pro Athlete of the Year.

In 1983, Wise would earn a permanent place in American motorcycle racing lore by winning the Mid-Ohio round of the AMA Superbike Series. He became the only motocross winner to cross over to road racing and win a national. Earlier that season, Wise earned a podium finish in the Daytona 200.

Just when things seemed to be falling into place, Wise was injured in a highspeed crash at Road America. He returned from the injury a month and a half later and crashed hard again at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, Calif. He was badly hurt once again. The injuries were taking a toll and while he was in the hospital after the Laguna crash, Wise decided to retire.

Steve Wise was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2001.

“It came as a complete shock when we won,” he says. “I was reading some papers in the den, and Sharon heard the message,” he adds. “When she came back into the room and I saw the look on her face, I thought somebody died. I was pretty relieved when I heard we won the bike.”

The Indian isn’t completely out of reach, however. Hines opted for the cash option rather than the bike, so it remains in the Hall of Fame’s collection and may return as a future raffle bike.

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Photos D. Scott Barber: Rob Andrew Photography; Shaun “Noodle” Pryor: Randy Coleman Photography; Carol Ann Schmidt: Dave Schmidt; Amanda Marie Knapp, Ph.D.: Marlayna Demond

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egative motorcyclist stereotypes range from the image of a leather-clad hoodlum in a Hollywood film to an unlicensed teen doing wheelies in rushhour traffic to guys on dirt bikes blasting through the woods with no regard for staying on the trail.

As with most stereotypes, many negative portrayals of motorcyclists are based on a single bad actor—or even outright fiction. As we know, the vast majority of riders are responsible, safe and productive members of society. After all, those bikes (unfortunately) don’t purchase themselves.

For many whose views are shaped by unfounded stereotypes, these “unlikely riders” draw gasps of surprise and raised eyebrows. Let’s meet a few true representatives of the motorcycle lifestyle.

MARLENA GOVAARS HR BUSINESS PARTNER San Jose, Calif.

• Years riding a motorcycle: 1.5 • First motorcycle: BMW F650CS—great bike, but uses belt drive, which doesn’t work in the dirt/ gravel • Current motorcycle: BMW G650GS, basically the same as my first bike, but with chain drive and spoke wheels AM What got you started riding motorcycles?

MG I’m a 45-year-old, 100-percent single mom to one lovely elementary-schoolaged daughter. My boyfriend of 18 months is an avid motorcyclist who introduced me to the concept of adventure motorcycling.

Very quickly, I started feeling the tug— riding pillion just didn’t seem nearly as fun as getting my own bike! But I always had an excuse. Bob, my boyfriend, asked me one day: “What’s stopping you from getting your license?” I started making noises about the cost of classes ... and wondered if I was coordinated enough.

Bob crossed his arms, looked at me, smiling, and systematically let me negate every one of my own objections. He let me come to my own conclusion—and literally the next day I enrolled in classes!

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What is your favorite ride?

MG Anything paved, if it’s twisty; and anything dirt, so long as it has lots of whoops!

AM What is the best memory you associate with motorcycling?

MG As a kid, my dad rode a Honda 350, often with me or my brother riding pillion.

He was a staid engineer, and didn’t fit the image of a guy who rides motorcycles.

We wore safety yellow, open-faced Bell helmets, and I can still remember how I loved the smell of it while I strapped it on.

As a kid, riding pillion was the closest I could imagine coming to flying, and I really loved the feel of the wind in my hair, even

if it led to painful tangles! I learned to shift gears riding in front of my dad, wearing flip-flops in the ’70s—skinned the top of my left foot! He did all his own mechanical work, and sometimes we worked together, like bleeding brakes or changing oil. I didn’t always get along with my father, so these are some of my only warm memories of him.

AM What is the image of motorcyclists among the general public?

MG I think the old stereotype is that a motorcyclist is a rebel. I believe this has softened into people who ride bikes are “adventurous.” But definitely there is a streak of prejudice, that bikers can be reckless.

How can motorcyclists improve their image?

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MG In the relatively short time I’ve been riding, I’ve been impressed with the caliber of people who choose to ride bikes. It’s a great community.

AM What practical benefits do you personally get from riding?

MG My bike gets roughly 60 mpg, so I can argue I’m being ecologically correct. But, to be perfectly candid, I just enjoy feeling fully connected to my environment and the movement of riding. It’s a different set of skills than driving a car, for sure. I also love that my daughter sees me taking part in an activity that currently still leans toward being male

dominated. She sees me being strong, skilled, taking time for something that genuinely gives me pleasure, bucking the idea that someone told me I couldn’t do something—and am doing it anyway!

AM Have you ever taught someone else how to ride? What did you learn from that experience?

MG No! I took a fabulous course, and learned too much from it. I highly recommend taking the time, effort and expending the money on a real class.

AM How can we get more people on motorcycles?

MG My perception is that the trend is growing already. I see bikers all over Silicon Valley—fuel efficiency, the ability to ride in carpool lanes, and the fun are all obvious influencing factors locally. I’d never heard of adventure riding before I met my boyfriend, and now that I’m in tune to enduro bikes, I’m seeing them everywhere. Another thing I’ve noticed at the OHV parks is a large number of parents taking their kids out in the dirt.

This is solid, high-quality time for parents to spend with their kids, imparting skills and knowledge, and giving those kids confidence that will serve them the rest of their lives.

AM Talk about a time when you encountered pre-conceived notions because you ride.

MG I work in human resources at a tech company and generally show up in a skirt, heels and manicured nails. Folks are really surprised when they see my dusty adventure boots and enduro helmet in my cubicle. I had one fairly senior level manager get very excited having seen my riding gear at the office. He was tickled when I showed him pictures of me riding in the Rockies. He’s always been cordial with me, but I actually think he’s more interested in me as a person now that he has a fuller idea of who I am.

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AM How can motorcyclists improve their image?

SP It’s tough to say. The stigma of bikers has been the same so long in the general public. I think the best thing we can do is stay active in our communities and work with local charities to show the softer side of bikers. We bikers have to keep in mind as we go through towns, or pass a car on the highway with kids going on vacation, that kids love to see us—a pack of 30 to 50 bikes, riding in formation, the vibration, the sound, the look. We change those kids. That’s how bikers are born. It moves their souls. As such, we’re role models in a way and don`t even know it sometimes.

So making sure we give them something to look up to, sometimes just that wave, or head nod, or honk of the horn—you share the gift with one more child and open the world of bikes to them!

AM What practical benefits do you personally get from riding?

SP I save tons of money on gas. My favorite thing about my bike though, is the ability to stop anyplace, like near a river, near a bridge, and take a picture, or soak in the smells, feel the warm sun—things never possible inside your “cage!”

Shaun “noodle” Pryor Regional DistRibution CenteR ManageR Moore, Okla.

• Years riding a motorcycle: 18 • First motorcycle: Kawasaki KX 250 • Current motorcycle: 2003 Honda Shadow Sabre AM What got you started riding motorcycles?

SP My grandmother rode bikes in the ’60s in Chicago and taught me to ride when I was young. She told me it was all about freedom—and was she ever right!

What is your favorite ride?

State Route 66 from Edmond to Tulsa, Okla.

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AM What is the best memory you associate with motorcycling?

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SP Shortly after the tornado in Moore, Okla., last year, several of my friends who are also residents in Moore got on our bikes and rode through the streets when they were clear. We all rode with American flags and just rode, waving, honking our horns, and offering help to others in town. The kids sitting on the bikes, taking pictures, smiling and forgetting for just those few minutes we all lost everything. I just wanted to show everyone we were all still here and Moore would go on. I spent most of that ride with tears in my eyes, but it meant a lot to me. There wasn`t much left of it, but it was home. It was very special.

AM What is the image of motorcyclists among the general public?

SP We’re loud and obnoxious riders, who make noise and trouble everywhere we go.

AM Have you ever taught someone else how to ride? What did you learn from that experience?

SP Yes. I learned that we, as bikers, have a responsibility to each other to a degree.

When someone wants to be imparted with the knowledge on how to ride, you feel compelled to teach [him or her]. You find you’re sharing something bigger than yourself when you see them shift for the first time, or make their first turn at speed. The face they make in that moment reminds you why you ride. Sharing that feeling with someone else who’s never felt it before really means a lot! It’s humbling.

AM How can we get more people on motorcycles?

SP We have to change the perception people have about bikes. So many times, you hear people give the speech that bikes are dangerous, and, more often than not, they have a story of someone they knew that was killed or badly injured in a crash. It’s [about] changing the culture, the negative connotation that so often comes with motorcycles. And getting more people speaking about the feeling of being free, and loving the ride.

AM Talk about a time when you encountered pre-conceived notions because you ride.

SP I find myself spending more time explaining why I ride, why I wear patches,

and what kind of things I do on the weekends, more than I do talking about my bike and where I ride to. I had a younger male customer I`ve known for years who saw my bike sitting outside the facility and came inside and mentioned how nice the bike was, and asked who it belonged to. At the same time, I walked around the corner in my leathers, heading out, and, with a gasp he said, “I never took you for one of those guys!”

Which of course was the segue into a 20-minute conversation about me being a biker, and whether everything he saw on [the TV show] “Sons of Anarchy” was true. When I have surprise visits from the higher-ups at the corporate office, and they see the bike and see my gear sitting in my office, they have a million questions, all from what they see on TV. My employees, to this day, part the seas when I walk out to talk to them and haven’t had a chance to get all my gear off. In some ways, it’s almost like living a double life.

And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

CAROL ANN SCHMIDT RETAIL MANAGEMENT Ridgefield, Conn.

• Years riding a motorcycle: 10 • First motorcycle: Yamaha TTR90 • Current motorcycles: 2014 CRF250L, 2007 KTM 144SX, 2011 Honda Ruckus, 2003 CRF150F, 1978 Honda Z50, 1972 Honda Trail 70

among the general public?

CAS In the Northeast, I think that motorcycling is accepted. There’s a large amount of riders, and when we ride, people ask us about our bikes. Our Ruckuses really draw a crowd—they are pretty modified and look kind of wild.

Although, one time when I was out on my Ruckus, I had a lady follow me back to my neighborhood and got pretty upset that I was riding an “unregistered” motorcycle (scooters under 49 cc’s don’t need to be registered in Connecticut).

AM How can motorcyclists improve their image?

CAS We need to continue to support the people who support our sport, such as the AMA and members of Congress who support riding rights. More people need to realize that motorcycling is a great familyoriented sport.

AM What practical benefits do you personally get from riding?

CAS What’s not to love? Besides the fact that I completely love being on two wheels, it’s also a great way to make new friends, unwind from a crazy day, and not to mention it’s much more fun to ride somewhere than drive my car. Working and restoring bikes is also another aspect

of motorcycles that I enjoy. I’m always on the lookout for a basket case bike that needs a restoration. My favorites are old Honda mini bikes.

AM How can we get more people on motorcycles?

CAS For starters, we need to save our open space. A lot of legal riding areas are being shut down, and, when those close, there’s nowhere to ride. Dirt bikes are a great way to get into riding—they are small, cheap and easy to maintain. If we save our riding areas, more people will want to pick up a dirt bike, and they’re going to want to scratch that itch and get on the road.

AM Talk about a time when you encountered pre-conceived notions because you ride.

CAS Pretty much everyone I meet is surprised to learn that I have seven motorcycles and ride almost every day.

My work nametag has “Moto” written on it, as it’s a nickname a coworker gave me. More than once, I’ve had a customer ask me about the name behind “Moto.” It always turns into a 15-minute conversation about motorcycling, which is pretty fantastic.

AM What got you started riding motorcycles?

CAS My father. He bought that TTR90 in spring 2004, and I was hooked. I rode every day in my backyard.

What is your favorite ride?

I started in the dirt, and my true love is still motocross, but I love the street—my supermoto is too much fun!

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AM What is the best memory you associate with motorcycling?

CAS Spending time with friends and family and meeting new people. It’s taken me to some amazing places. I’ve ridden with (multi-time AMA championshipwinning motocross racers) Doug Henry and John Dowd, which was pretty awesome. I’ve been racing the Stimilon Motocross Challenge for several years, which is always a good time, and my favorite event of the year. I also love attending the AMA outdoor rounds. I’ve been to Unadilla, Southwick and Broome Tioga. Watching the races, being with my dad, and smelling the race gas.

What is the image of motorcyclists Dave Schmidt

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Mountains in a rural town called Mount Storm, W.Va.—population less than 900.

Just up the road a bit in Davis, off State Route 93, is where the Grand National Cross Country Series got its start—home of the Blackwater 100. This is where I grew up riding and without question was one of my favorite places to ride—a dirt bike rider’s dream. While laws prevent us from riding there now, I will never forget the experience I had riding some of the toughest terrain nestled within the most breathtaking landscapes you can imagine.

Marlayna Demond

AM What is the best memory you associate with motorcycling?

AK The incredible thing about motorcycling is that it can bring communities of people together. Some of my best memories began early on a Sunday morning, not at church, but gathering down at the “holler” with anywhere between 10 and 50 locals, all revved up and ready to hit the dirt.

We would head out with no real plan or destination in mind, but, wherever we went, it would take all day until the sun went down. Other than having some good old-fashioned fun, the only certainty was that we would come back covered in mud from head-to-toe, exhausted but happy.

The greatest thing about these ventures was that everyone helped each other out and many good friendships were forged.

AmAndA mArie KnApp, ph.d.

AssistAnt Vice ProVost, Academic standards and Policy Administration — University of Maryland, Baltimore county Columbia, Md. • Years riding a motorcycle: nearly 30 • First motorcycle: Honda 70 • Current motorcycle: KTM 300 XCW AM What got you started riding motorcycles?

AK From the time I can remember, I was surrounded by motorcycles and fourwheelers. When I was about 6 years old, my dad bought me a Honda 70, and I remember spending hours making figure eights in a big field behind our house. As the years quickly passed, I moved up to

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a YZ125, then a CR250. In middle school and high school, I would spend every free hour getting lost in the woods, slugging through thick coalmine mud, climbing hills, battling rocks and holding on for dear life to keep up with my dad and his buddies.

I was an only child growing up, and my dad never took it easy on me, especially when it came to riding—he always challenged me to face fear head on and never let me use the fact that I was a girl as an excuse, even though I was usually the only girl out there. Learning to ride and keep up with the guys taught me lifelong lessons that I still value today and truly believe have helped me to become successful in both my professional and personal life.

What is your favorite ride?

In many ways, I was very fortunate to grow up in the foothills of the Appalachian AM AK

AM What is the image of motorcyclists among the general public?

AK In my opinion, this is a very difficult question to answer, because it really depends on the region or area where you live. As I mentioned before, I grew up in a rural town where the motorcycle and four-wheeler population just might have outnumbered the people. However, where I live now, in Howard County, Md., “frequently cited for its affluence, quality of life, and excellent schools,” the perception of motorcyclists is not positive.

While I agree that Howard County is “One of the Best Places to Live,” according to CNN/Money Magazine, it is lacking in motorcycle friendliness. Sadly, the image of motorcyclists in places like Howard County has been tainted by things like unsanctioned and illegal street racing that readily gain news media coverage, painting an unbalanced picture of the motorcycling culture.

AM How can motorcyclists improve their image?

AK As a dirt bike rider, we tend to tell our wildest and craziest stories with little thought about the image that we might be portraying—I know I am guilty of this myself. However, one of the things that I think we could do a better job at is talking

more about the positive aspects such as the time and effort we invested in being a responsible rider, making sure we had the right equipment and safest gear.

What made me think of this is that I recently read an outstanding article on the Rocky Mountain ATV Blog that described 33 Reasons Your Kids Should Do Motocross. Topping the list of reasons are things like providing non-violent entertainment, reinforcing good health and positive relationships, teaching the value of a strong work ethic, playing fair, working as a team, obeying the rules and taking personal responsibility. While the article was geared for why kids should ride, the information was applicable to all ages. These are the kinds of stories that we should be sharing if we truly want to impact the motorcycling image in a positive way.

who races together, stays together,” but all joking aside there is something quite special about spending an entire weekend together on two wheels—not sitting in the house, not playing video games or watching TV—just having fun together!

AM How can we get more people on motorcycles?

Ak Work with our local government to create more opportunities and manage costs.

This is an interesting question with lots of opportunities. As someone who has made a career out of working with policy, this is an area where we must focus our attention.

For instance, we must continue to push for legislation that is based on facts and not misperceptions. We must be advocates for our sport who demonstrate

AM What practical benefits do you personally get from riding?

Ak Stress release, health and fitness, family time, sense of self.

As a mother of three, a busy professional who has a full-time and parttime career, [and one who] volunteers in the community, serves as a Girl Scout Leader and just finished a Ph.D. program, there is nothing more rewarding and stressrelieving than hitting the trails and/or a track. When I am riding, it is the only time that I can block out the chaos around me and focus on myself.

AM Have you ever taught someone else how to ride? What did you learn from that experience?

Ak At 34, when I restarted my motocross career after a nearly 15-year break, I was presented with the challenge/opportunity of teaching my husband, who had never ridden motocross a day in his life, and my three children, Gracie, 10, Riley, 7, and Mason, 5. If I wanted to ride, it would have to be a family activity—it’s not like I could just leave them behind!

In any case, now that our garage is filled with two-wheeled, two-stroke machines, I find that teaching my family to ride brings back a lot of great memories from my dad teaching me. I also find that working as a family team (we call ourselves the KTM Knapps) has brought a great deal of joy and bonded us in ways that we didn’t anticipate. My father-in-law always jokes with us saying, “a family

respect for the environment and take motorcycling safety seriously.

On a different note, I would like to see more girls and women in the sport.

I recently went to an event and joined my mother, who is in her 50s and also a motocross rider. It was organized by Kelsey Green from Happy Ramblers called “Girls Just Wanna Ride” and I thought it was just exceptional! There were about 70 girls and women of all ages, all backgrounds and all skill levels who went from station to station learning everything from bike maintenance to starting gates to fitness drills to agility training. The format provided a great opportunity to get out and ride in an encouraging environment where building confidence and having fun was the first priority.

AM

Talk about a time when you

encountered pre-conceived notions because you ride.

Ak One of my favorite stories is about an encounter I had with a neighbor a few blocks away. For years, I have passed the same set of houses on my way home, but one day after work I noticed that the neighbor had a dirt bike loaded in a trailer on the back of the car. I was in a bit of shock since I had never seen a dirt bike in the entire town of Columbia, Md., before, let alone one just up the street from me.

So, I slowed down as I passed by the house, but didn’t see anyone outside. So I went to the end of the street, and, still in amazement, decided to turn around and drive by the house again.

I admittedly did this a few times, until I finally spotted someone. I stopped my car, and, in a full business suit and high heels, walked up to the neighbor, who I had never met before, and asked if that was his bike.

He reluctantly answered me but seemed annoyed.

The conversation was a bit awkward in the beginning. But after I explained my interest in his dirt bike, and we talked for about 45 minutes he laughed and said, “Heck, I thought you were someone from the community association and were going to give me a ticket or something.”

Now that I know my neighbor, Jim, and we have joked about this day on many occasions, I realize that this was a situation based on a pre-conceived notion.

Because of the way I dressed and the type of community we live in, Jim was surprised by my story to say the least!

Of course, that neighbor that I didn’t know for years is now someone I call my friend. Isn’t that what motocross is all about anyway?

Regarding my professional life, not many people knew about my outside hobby of racing until I came to work with a broken toe after clocking a tree with my foot on a tight turn during an ECEA harescrambles.

Now that the story is out, I hear the same thing over and over each time that someone learns that I race: “No way. I can’t picture that!” When I ask them why, it almost always has something to do with the way that I dress or the position I am in, my title or that I have a Ph.D., as if these things define who I am or put me in a box of who I can be.

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• Years riding a motorcycle: 25 • First motorcycle: 1982 Suzuki GS550 Katana • Current motorcycle: 2004 BMW R1150GS Adventure; 2004 KTM 625 SXC “Adventure” What got you started riding motorcycles?

AM

DSB My dad was a member of the San Diego Mountain Rescue Team and would take my brother and me along to their training [sessions]. He had a little Honda Trail 90 that he would always bring along, and I would ride it around the campground and around a vacant lot in our neighborhood.

AM

What is your favorite ride?

DSB My favorite road is CalienteBodfish Road up near Kernville, Calif.

It’s super twisty and narrow, like a guy in a helicopter with a giant roll of asphalt underneath flew along the hills and valleys and laid out a rollercoaster of a road.

My favorite trail is the trail to Mike’s Sky Ranch in Baja, because I know that fun, beer and camaraderie are at the end of the trail.

AM What is the best memory you associate with motorcycling?

DSB There are so many, it’s really tough.

Overall, it is a 10-day trip I took with my friend Devin. We rode throughout the desert Southwest—Scottsdale, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, through the wilderness to Bullhead City, Ariz., to Death Valley and then to Kernville, Calif. It was an amazing ride with a great friend, and we got to see some of the most amazing scenery the Southwest has to offer.

AM What is the image of motorcyclists among the general public?

DSB Unfortunately, I think the general image is either of riders flying through traffic or riders with straight pipes creating a racket. Those of us who ride (relatively) conservatively don’t really get noticed in a bad way.

AM How can motorcyclists improve their image?

DSB By not riding like clowns on public roads. Save it for the track. And by not using overly loud exhausts. Also, by talking to people. I love taking the time to talk with people about riding and doing my best to correct misconceptions and stereotypes about riders. I do anything I

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can to positively raise people’s awareness of riders.

AM What practical benefits do you personally get from riding?

DSB Obviously, free parking and reduced fuel consumption are nice, as is lane splitting [in California]. However, the best benefit of riding is meeting other riders. In general, people who ride motorcycles tend to be more interesting and full of life than those who don’t ride. I have met many interesting people and seen so many new perspectives on the world through meeting other riders, particularly those from other countries.

AM Have you ever taught someone else how to ride? What did you learn from that experience?

Not yet. I will teach my daughter to ride, along with taking the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course, when the time is right. I can’t wait! That said, a lot of my friends are newer riders, and I offer them pointers now and then.

DSB

AM How can we get more people on motorcycles?

DSB By highlighting all of the practical benefits as well as the “spiritual.”

Shattering preconceived negative images will get more people on bikes. It’s all about raising positive awareness.

AM Talk about a time when you encountered pre-conceived notions because you ride.

DSB Almost every week, I hear someone exclaim, “What? You rode here? In a suit?

Where’s your gear?”

My job takes me throughout Southern California. Generally speaking, if I am going anywhere Fresno or south, I ride.

When I get where I’m going, I pull out my briefcase, fix my hair and stuff my riding gear in my panniers. Unless I’m going to court, I take my helmet with me. That’s what usually starts the conversation.

One time, I had an 8:30 a.m. appearance in Ventura, which is about a three-hour ride, so I left home at 5:15 a.m. When I got to court, I realized I had left my dress shoes at home, so I had to appear in my riding boots! That turned out to be a fun conversation with the judge in front of a packed courtroom. He admired the fact that I had ridden all the way to court. Now I wear BMW boots that look enough like dress shoes that I don’t have to change them.

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D. SCOTT BARBER ATTORNEY San Diego, Calif.

A few of the hundreds of AMA-sanctioned events this month, detailed on the following pages.

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One of the top events on the riding schedule in the AMA Premier Touring Series is the Golden Aspen Rally in Mescalero, N.M., Sept.

17-21. Ideal fall temperatures, great roads and good company combine to make this rally a standout.

Info: www.motorcyclerally.com.

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The steel-shoe crowd heads to Calistoga, Calif., for the Calistoga Half Mile on Sept.

27 as part of the AMA Pro Flat Track Championship.

Info: amaproracing.com.

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13-14, at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, N.J. Info: www.amaproracing.com.

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Want some fast-moving excitement? Check out the action in the AMA Pro Hillclimb Championship Sept. 21 in Spring Grove, Pa., Sept. 28 in Freemansburg, Pa., and Oct. 12 at the Devil’s Staircase in Oregonia, Ohio. Info: www.amaproracing.com.

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The next exciting round of the Kenda AMA National Enduro Championship Series, is Sept. 14 in Matthews, Ind., hosted by the Muddobbers.

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Check out one of the wildest sports on two wheels when the Amsoil AMA Grand National Cross Country Series arrives in New Berlin, N.Y., on Sept. 6-7 and Central City, Pa. on Sept. 2021. For the full schedule, see page 49.

COMING UP Mark your calendars now! The 2014 AMA National Convention is coming together for Oct. 16-19 in Orlando, Fla. Taking place amid the grand hoopla of the AIMExpo, which will reveal a smorgasbord of motorcycle-related product, the AMA National Convention will include the AMA member meeting and business member meeting, motorcyclerelated seminars, the 2014 AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and much more! Follow along with us at #AIMExpo_AMA to get the latest updates on activities, contests, and promotions. Info: www.motorcyclemuseum.org.

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SEPTEMBER EVENTS ALABAMA RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN SEP 21: LEEDS: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 6656891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG CALIFORNIA RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 27: BUCK MEADOWS: 2 DAY EVENT, FAMILY OFF-ROAD ADVENTURES, (209) 649-3633, FAMILYOFFROADADVENTURES. COM SEP 27: DOWNIEVILLE: NEVADA COUNTY WOODS RIDERS, INC., WOODSRIDERS.ORG

MOTOCROSS SEP 21: NEWBERRY: UNLIMITED SPORTS MX INC, UNLIMITEDSPORTSMX.COM SEP 28: REDDICK: UNLIMITED SPORTS MX INC, UNLIMITEDSPORTSMX.COM GEORGIA RECREATIONAL ROAD RALLY SEP 20: TUCKER: TEAM STRANGE AIRHEADS, TEAMSTRANGE.COM COMPETITION

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SEP 13: RAYNOLDS: RPM SPORTS, (205) 699-8857, RPMSPORTSONLINE.COM

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SEP 14: REYNOLDS: RPM SPORTS, (205) 699-8857, RPMSPORTSONLINE.COM

DESERT SCRAMBLES SEP 27: (Includes ATVs) BARSTOW: 2 DAY EVENT, SUNLAND SHAMROCKS, (818) 767-4594

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SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) OTTAWA: VARIETY RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (815) 434-3669, VARIETYRIDERS.COM

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1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

SPEEDWAY SEP 12: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM SEP 19: AUBURN: FAST FRIDAYS SPEEDWAY, (530) 878-7223, FASTFRIDAYS.COM TTS SEP 13: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) LODI: LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (209) 3687182, LODICYCLEBOWL.COM COLORADO RECREATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDE SEP 5: BUENA VISTA: EXIT TOURS M/C, (719) 207-1189, COLORADO2DAY.COM DUAL SPORT-OFF ROAD SEP 7: SOUTH FORK: SIDEWINDERS M/C, (210) 861-4993, COLORADO600.ORG ROAD RUN SEP 5: BOULDER: MOTOMARATHON ASSOCIATION, (303) 641-1062, MOTOMARATHON.COM COMPETITION MOTOCROSS SEP 14: DACONO: IMI MOTORSPORTS INC, (303) 833-4949, IMIMOTORSPORTS.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 14: CANON CITY: ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRIALS ASSN, (719) 395-8505, ROCKYMOUNTAINTRIALS. ORG FLORIDA HARESCRAMBLES

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SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION, (817) 246-1127, ASRARACING.COM TTS SEP 1: (Includes ATVs) NEOGA: CENTRAL ILLINOIS M/C, (217) 2467154, AMADISTRICT17.COM INDIANA RECREATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDE SEP 13: COLUMBUS: 2 DAY EVENT, STONEY LONESOME M/C, (317) 3715530, STONEYLONESOMEMC.COM DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 13: COLUMBUS: 2 DAY EVENT, STONEY LONESOME M/C, (317) 3715530, STONEYLONESOMEMC.COM ROAD RUN SEP 14: COLUMBIA CITY: OLD FORT MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (260) 248-8061 COMPETITION SEP 6: (Includes ATVs) CAYUGA: PLEASURE RIDERS MC, (217) 2472216, PLEASURERIDERS.NET SEP 7: (Includes ATVs) CAYUGA: PLEASURE RIDERS MC, (217) 2472216, PLEASURERIDERS.NET HARESCRAMBLES SEP 13: (Includes ATVs) TBA: MID AMERICA XC RACING, (317) 418-6084 SEP 28: COLUMBUS: STONEY LONESOME M/C, (812) 342-4411, STONEYLONESOMEMC.COM MOTOCROSS SEP 7: (Includes ATVs) PARIS CROSSING: HOOSIER HILLTOPPERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (812) 8731178, HOOSIERHILLTOPPERSMX. COM SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) LAOTTO: G & S RACING, (260) 637-5416, GANDSRACING.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 20: COLUMBUS: STONEY LONESOME M/C, (812) 342-4411, STONEYLONESOMEMC.COM SEP 21: COLUMBUS: STONEY LONESOME M/C, (812) 342-4411, STONEYLONESOMEMC.COM IOWA COMPETITION

SEP 7: MASON: CROSSROADS MX AND OFF-ROAD PARK, LLC, (618) 686-2769, CROSSROADSMX.COM

SEP 14: ANAMOSA: MIDWEST HILLCLIMBERS ASSOCIATION, (319) 489-2361, ANAMOSAHILLCLIMB. COM

SEP 13: (ATV only) ALTON: SPLINTER CREEK DIRT RIDERS INC, (618) 3724355, SPLINTERCREEK.COM SEP 14: ALTON: SPLINTER CREEK DIRT RIDERS INC, (618) 372-4355, SPLINTERCREEK.COM SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) GALESBURG: GALESBURG MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (309) 3441714, GALESBURGMC.COM SEP 14: CASEY: LINCOLN TRAIL MOTOSPORTS, (217) 932-2041, LINCOLNTRAILMOTOSPORTS.COM SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) BYRON: MOTOSPORTS ENTERPRISES LTD, (815) 234-2271, MOTOBYRON.COM ROAD RACE SEP 28: SOUTH BELOIT: AMERICAN

KENTUCKY RECREATIONAL BIKE SHOW SEP 6: BURLINGTON: 2 DAY EVENT, CLASSIC BRITISH MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (513) 378-2959 DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 6: CADIZ: 2 DAY EVENT, K T RIDERS, (270) 350-1325, LBL200.COM ROAD RALLY

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SEP 27: (Includes ATVs) CLAY CITY: MID AMERICA XC RACING, (317) 418-6084, THEMAXC.COM

SEP 6: NEWAYGO: BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, (231) 652-5225, BIGAIRMOTOCROSS.COM

SEP 12: FRANKFORT: BLUEGRASS BEEMERS, (859) 583-0205, BLUEGRASSBEEMERS.ORG

MARYLAND

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SEP 6: (Includes ATVs) PECATONICA: PRO SHOW INC, (815) 275-6686, STATELINEMX.COM

SEP 12: WOODSTOCK: WOODSTOCK RACING LLC, (815) 337-3511, WOODSTOCKMX.COM

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RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN SEP 21: WEST FRIENDSHIP: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG COMPETITION MOTOCROSS SEP 13: MECHANICSVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS ASSOCIATION, (301) 475-2000, BUDDSCREEK.COM SEP 27: MECHANICSVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS ASSOCIATION, (301) 475-2000, BUDDSCREEK.COM MASSACHUSETTS RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 14: TOLLAND: BERKSHIRE TRAIL RIDERS ASSOCIATION, (860) 993-4462, MUDSLIGNER.ORG COMPETITION HILLCLIMB SEP 28: (Includes ATVs) MONSON: QUABOAG RIDERS INC, (413) 2670332, MONSONMONSTER.COM MICHIGAN RECREATIONAL BIKE SHOW SEP 14: MILFORD: METRO TRIUMPH RIDERS, (586) 944-7456, METROTRIUMPHRIDERS.COM POKER RUN SEP 20: WATERFORD: PORTLAND TRAIL RIDERS, (248) 674-3175 SEP 28: CRUMP: TRI-CITY TRAVELERS MC ROAD RUN SEP 7: MARTIN: MARCH OF DIMESMI, (800) 968-3463 COMPETITION DRAG RACES SEP 19: (Includes ATVs) BRIDGTON: MUSKEGON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (231) 733-9856, MUSKEGONMOTORCYCLECLUB. COM SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) BRIDGTON: MUSKEGON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (231) 733-9856, MUSKEGONMOTORCYCLECLUB. COM 1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

SEP 7: NEWAYGO: BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, (231) 652-5225, BIGAIRMOTOCROSS.COM SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) CADILLAC: CADILLAC MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (231) 884-3729, CADILLACMC. COM SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) PORTLAND: PORTLAND TRAIL RIDERS, (517) 647-7045, PORTLANDTRAILRIDERS. COM SEP 14: BRONSON: LOG ROAD MX, (419) 212-0838, LOGROADMX.COM SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) BUCHANAN: REDBUD RECREATION, INC., (269) 695-6405, REDBUDMX.COM SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) BUCHANAN: REDBUD RECREATION, INC., (269) 695-6405, REDBUDMX.COM SEP 21: MIDLAND: POLKA DOTS M/C, (989) 832-8284, POLKADOTSMC.NET SEP 27: NEWAYGO: BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, (231) 652-5225, BIGAIRMOTOCROSS.COM SEP 28: NEWAYGO: BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, (231) 652-5225, BIGAIRMOTOCROSS.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 7: METAMORA: MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (248) 634-2184, MOTATRIALS.COM SEP 14: WHITMORE LAKE: MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (517) 849-9231, MOTATRIALS.COM SEP 27: VERMONTVILLE: MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (616) 821-6920, MOTATRIALS.COM SEP 28: VERMONTVILLE: MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (616) 821-6920, MOTATRIALS.COM SHORT TRACK SEP 13: OWOSSO: 2 DAY EVENT, OWOSSO KART SPEEDWAY, (810) 691-5781, OWOSSOKARTSPEEDWAY.COM MINNESOTA RECREATIONAL ADVENTURE RIDE SEP 27: DANBURY: NORSEMEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (612) 5541083, NORSEMANMC.ORG TRAIL RIDE - RECREATIONAL SEP 6: THEILMAN: 2 DAY EVENT, GOLDEN EAGLES CYCLE CLUB, GOLDENEAGLES.ORG SEP 27: MENAHGA: 2 DAY

SEPTEMBER EVENTS EVENT, TWIN CITIES TRAIL RIDERS, TCTRAILRIDERS.ORG COMPETITION 1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) CAMBRIDGE: NORSEMEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (612) 616-9053 SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) NEW ULM: FLYING DUTCHMEN CYCLE CLUB, (507) 354-2306, FLYINGDUTCHMEN MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) NEW ULM: FLYING DUTCHMEN CYCLE CLUB, (507) 354-2306, FLYINGDUTCHMEN MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM HARESCRAMBLES SEP 14: MILLVILLE: HI-WINDERS, (507) 753-2779, SPRINGCREEKMX.COM

ASSOCIATION, (775) 750-1923 HARE & HOUND SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) YERINGTON: 2 DAY EVENT, GET-XTR-EME, (805) 2365866, GET-XTR-EME.COM NEW HAMPSHIRE COMPETITION HILLCLIMB SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) ROXBURY: NEW ENGLAND HILLCLIMB ASSOCIATION, (508) 254-2961, NEWENGLANDHILLCLIMBERS.COM ROAD RACE SEP 1: LOUDON: UNITED STATES CLASSIC RACING ASSOCIATION, (413) 498-4433, RACE-USCRA.COM NEW JERSEY

MOTOCROSS

COMPETITION

SEP 1: KELLOGG: MOTOKAZIE INC, (952) 244-9996, MOTOKAZIE.COM

ROAD RACE

SEP 1: BROOK PARK: BERM BENDERS RACEWAY, (320) 679-2582, BERMBENDERS.COM SEP 7: BROOKSTON: ECHO VALLEY MOTOCROSS PARK, (218) 348-4754, ECHOVALLEYMOTOCROSS.COM SEP 7: MILLVILLE: HI-WINDERS, (507) 753-2779, SPRINGCREEKMX.COM SEP 21: KELLOGG: MOTOKAZIE INC, (952) 244-9996, MOTOKAZIE.COM SEP 28: (Includes ATVs) CAMBRIDGE: RTW RACE PROMOTIONS, (218) 8942826, MOTOCITYRACEWAY.COM SEP 28: MILLVILLE: HI-WINDERS, (507) 753-2779, SPRINGCREEKMX.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 6: NEW ULM: UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (507) 351-8879, UMTA.ORG SEP 7: NEW ULM: UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (507) 351-8879, UMTA.ORG MISSOURI RECREATIONAL ROAD RALLY SEP 3: BRANSON: ROAD RIDERS FOR JESUS, (417) 335-4700, ROADRIDERFORJESUS.ORG COMPETITION MOTOCROSS SEP 28: OLD APPLETON: SKY HIGH MX LLC, (573) 768-9289, SKYHIGHMX.COM

SEP 6: MILLVILLE: 2 DAY EVENT, AMERICAN SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION, (817) 246-1127, ASARACING.COM NEW MEXICO RECREATIONAL ROAD RALLY SEP 17: MESCALERO: CP6 SOLUTIONS, LLC., (575) 973-4977, MOTORCYCLERALLY.COM COMPETITION HARESCRAMBLES SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) GALLUP: 2 DAY EVENT, AERODYNE PROMOTIONS, LLC/ GAS-IT OFF ROAD RACING, (505) 250-7270, NMDRC.COM ROAD RACE SEP 21: ALBUQUERQUE: SANDIA MOTORCYCLE ROADRACING, INC., (800) 647-5028, SMRI-RACING.ORG NEW YORK RECREATIONAL DICE RUN SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) KNAPP CREEK: KNAPP CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, (715) 372-4523, KNAPPCREEKFIRE.COM DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 14: FAIRVILLE: WAYNE COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (315) 331-4764, WAYNECOUNTYMC.COM FIELD MEET

RECREATIONAL

SEP 20: BALDWIN: 2 DAY EVENT, QUEENSBORO MC, (646) 789-5750, QUEENSBOROMC.COM

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POKER RUN

SEP 12: RENO: DUST DEVILS MC/ CHAPTER 36, (775) 224-0361, DUSTDEVILSMC.COM

SEP 7: CARMEL: LOST WHEELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, LOSTWHEELS. COM

SEP 21: WELLS: WE RIDE LLC, (775) 934-5060

ROAD RUN

NEVADA

DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 12: RENO: DUST DEVILS MC/ CHAPTER 36, (775) 224-0361, DUSTDEVILSMC.COM DUAL SPORT-OFF ROAD SEP 4: (Includes ATVs) WELLS : WE RIDE LLC, (775) 934-5060, GNATSASS.NET ROAD RUN SEP 28: LAS VEGAS: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG COMPETITION ENDURO SEP 27: TOULON: 2 DAY EVENT, WESTERN STATES RACING

SEP 13: BROOKLYN: BIKERS OF BROOKLYN, (917) 385-0867, BIKERSOFBROOKLYN.COM ROAD RALLY SEP 12: FINGER LAKES: 2 DAY EVENT, AMERICADE, (518) 798-7888, ROLLINGTHRUAMERICADE.COM TRAIL RIDE - RECREATIONAL SEP 7: EAST QUOGUE: LONG ISLAND RECREATIONAL TRAILS CONSERVANCY, (631) 928-1153, LIRTC.ORG SEP 13: WARWICK: TRI-STATE MC LTD, (845) 783-3557 COMPETITION CROSS COUNTRY SEP 6: (Includes ATVs) NEW BERLIN: 2

DAY EVENT, RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, (304) 284-0084, GNCCRACING.COM MOTOCROSS SEP 7: (Includes ATVs) AUBURN: FROZEN OCEAN MOTOCROSS INC, (315) 784-5466, FROZEN-OCEAN.COM SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) MODENA: AK FARMS, (845) 549-3992, AKMXFARMS. COM SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) MAPLEVIEW: SMX ASSOCIATES LLC, (315) 480-7733, MOTOMASTERS.COM SEP 21: RICHFORD: BROOME TIOGA SPORTS CENTER INC, (607) 849-4438, BROOME-TIOGA.COM SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) WALLKILL: WALDEN MX, (845) 895-2537, WALDENMX.COM SEP 28: RICHFORD: BROOME TIOGA SPORTS CENTER INC, (607) 849-4438, BROOME-TIOGA.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 7: ALMA: DISTRICT 4 TRIALS COMMITTEE, (716) 372-4576, DISTRICT4TRIALS.COM SUPERMOTO SEP 13: CUDDEBACKVILLE: SUPER MOTO EAST COAST, (646) 670-1103, FIMNASMC.COM SHORT TRACK SEP 13: (Includes ATVs) PORT CRANE: SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, (607) 6932634, SQUAREDEALRIDERS.COM SEP 27: (Includes ATVs) PORT CRANE: SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, (607) 6932634, SQUAREDEALRIDERS.COM NORTH CAROLINA RECREATIONAL SCHOOLS - ROAD SEP 8: PISGAH FOREST: 2 DAY EVENT, MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 637-0947, MOTOMARK1.COM SEP 20: WILKESBORO: MOTOMARK1, LLC, (919) 637-0947, MOTOMARK1.COM COMPETITION MOTOCROSS SEP 7: (Includes ATVs) SANFORD: DEVILS RIDGE MX, (919) 776-1767, DEVILSRIDGEMOTOX.COM SEP 14: ELIZABETH CITY: ELIZABETH CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (757) 7548008, ECMX.COM OHIO RECREATIONAL ROAD RUN SEP 13: NAPOLEON: OHIO CHAPTER MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDATION, (419) 534-3600, MARCHOFDIMES.COM/OHIO ROAD RALLY SEP 20: LOGAN : 2 DAY EVENT, BUCKEYE DUAL SPORTERS COMPETITION HILLCLIMB SEP 13: (Includes ATVs) WATERFORD: PIONEER MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (740) 678-0082, PIONEERMOTORCYCLECLUB.COM SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) WATERFORD: PIONEER MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (740) 678-0082, PIONEERMOTORCYCLECLUB.COM MOTOCROSS

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SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) SUGAR GROVE: CENTRAL OHIO COMPETITION RIDERS INC., (740) 983-3937, COCR MX

SEP 28: KRESGEVILLE: ZINC CITY MC, (570) 992-4214, ZINCCITYMC.ORG

SEP 28: BLANCHESTER: DIRT COUNTRY, (513) 625-7350, DIRTCOUNTRYMX.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 6: LITTLE HOCKING: 2 DAY EVENT, TRIALS INC, (502) 515-6514, TRIALSINC.ORG OKLAHOMA COMPETITION TTS SEP 5: (ATV only) MUSKOGEE: 2 DAY EVENT, SD RACING, (918) 781-3762 OREGON RECREATIONAL DUAL SPORT RIDE SEP 27: DIAMOND LAKE: 2 DAY EVENT, MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ASSOCIATION, (541) 773-7433, OREGONMOTORCYCLE ADVENTURES.COM PENNSYLVANIA RECREATIONAL BIKE SHOW SEP 6: LANSDALE: BLUE COMET MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (267) 2613580, BLUECOMETMC.COM CARNIVAL RUN SEP 7: COLUMBIA: THUNDERBIRD MOTORCYCLE CLUB, INC., (717) 898-0871 FIELD MEET SEP 1: SCHUYLKILL HAVEN: SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (570) 3851460, SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM POKER RUN - OFF-ROAD SEP 6: (Includes ATVs) FAIRMOUNT CITY: REDBANK VALLEY PARK ASSOCIATION, (814) 365-5924, REDBANKPARK.NET SEP 20: TBA: RAUSCH CREEK POWERSPORTS, (570) 682-4600, RAUSCHCREEKRACING.COM POKER RUN SEP 1: SCHUYLKILL HAVEN: SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (570) 3851460, SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY MOTORCYCLECLUB.COM SEP 14: MARIETTA: AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS PA POST CHAPTER

SEP 28: LEBANON: LEBANON VALLEY MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC., (717) 270-9797 ROAD RUN SEP 6: LEESPORT: CLASSIC HARLEY-DAVIDSON, (610) 916-7777, CLASSICHARLEY.COM SEP 14: PHOENIXVILLE: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG SEP 21: LINE LEXINGTON: MOTORCYCLISTS FOR JESUS MINISTRIES, PA CHAPTER, (215) 234-8611, BIKERSUNDAY.COM ROAD RALLY SEP 5: WILLLOW GROVE: 2 DAY EVENT, MOTORCYCLISTS FOR JESUS MINISTRIES, PA CHAPTER, (215) 234-8611, GO2MJM.COM SEP 26: 2 DAY EVENT, AMERICADE, (518) 798-7888, ROLLINGTHRUAMERICADE.COM COMPETITION CROSS COUNTRY SEP 20: (Includes ATVs) CENTRAL CITY: 2 DAY EVENT, RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, (304) 284-0084, GNCCRACING.COM ENDURO SEP 7: BIGLERVILLE: SOUTH PENN ENDURO RIDERS, (717) 265-6055, SOUTHPENNENDURORIDERS.COM SEP 21: MAHONY: VALLEY FORGE TRAIL RIDERS, (610) 476-3747, VFTR.ORG HARESCRAMBLES SEP 13: CLIFFORD: 2 DAY EVENT, METEOR MC, (856) 297-5674, METEORMC.COM SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) TBA: BP PROMOTIONS, (267) 261-0186 SEP 27: JEFFERSON TWP: 2 DAY EVENT, RIDGE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (201) 4565519, ECEA.ORG MOTOCROSS SEP 7: BIRDSBORO: PAGODA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (610) 5823717, PAGODAMC.ORG SEP 7: SEWARD : PLEASURE VALLEY RACEWAY, (814) 539-4114, PVRMX.COM SEP 13: DELMONT: BELLCO INC., (304) 284-0084, RACERPRODUCTIONS.COM

SEP 14: DELMONT: BELLCO INC., (304) 284-0084, RACERPRODUCTIONS.COM SEP 21: THREE SPRINGS: ROCKET RACEWAY, (717) 574-6590, ROCKETRACEWAY.COM SEP 28: DELMONT: BELLCO INC., (304) 284-0084, RACERPRODUCTIONS.COM OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 14: FARRANDSVILLE: DURTY DABBERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (570) 748-9456, DURTYDABBERS. COM SEP 21: MILLERTON: DISTRICT 4 TRIALS COMMITTEE, (570) 549-2297, DISTRICT4TRIALS.COM SHORT TRACK

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SEP 21: FT WORTH : KINGDOM MOTORSPORTS LLC, (817) 5727713, VILLAGECREEKMX.COM

COMPETITION SEP 7: ADAMS: SOUTH EASTERN WISCONSIN ENDURO RIDERS, (262) 930-0358, SEWERMC.ORG

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HARESCRAMBLES

SEP 6: LOUISA: NATION’S CAPITOL NORTON OWNERS GROUP, (540) 309-6668, SMALLCOUNTRY.COM

SEP 21: DRESSER: NORSEMEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (952) 2004978, NORESEMENMC.ORG

COMPETITION

SEP 21: NEKOOSA: RAPID ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC, (715) 4511168, RAPIDSANGELS.COM

GRAND PRIX SEP 21: SPRING GROVE: VIRGINIA COMPETITION HARE SCRAMBLE SERVICES, (757) 365-0347, VCHSS.ORG

SEP 13: (Includes ATVs) HANOVER: TRAIL-WAY SPEEDWAY, (717) 3594310, TRAILWAYSPEEDWAY.COM

SEP 28: SANDY LEVEL: VIRGINIA COMPETITION HARE SCRAMBLE SERVICES, (434) 509-9363, VCHSS. ORG

TTS

MOTOCROSS

SEP 7: (Includes ATVs) PARKESBURG: E PA PISTON POPPERS MC INC, (484) 336-9160 RHODE ISLAND COMPETITION OBSERVED TRIALS SEP 28: EXETER: RHODE ISLAND TRAILS CLUB, (508) 285-6074, RITRIALSCLUB.COM SOUTH CAROLINA COMPETITION MOTOCROSS

SEP 14: (Includes ATVs) WYTHEVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 323-5497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM ROAD RACE SEP 21: ALTON: AMERICAN SPORTBIKE RACING ASSOCIATION, (817) 246-1127, ASRARACING.COM SUPERMOTO SEP 27: ALTON: 2 DAY EVENT, SUPER MOTO EAST COAST, (646) 670-1103, FIMNASMC.COM WASHINGTON

SEP 21: (Includes ATVs) HAMER: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 3235497, VICTORY-SPORTS.COM

SEP 7: (Includes ATVs) BLOUNTVILLE: VICTORY SPORTS INC, (423) 323-5497, VICTORYSPORTS.COM

SEP 7: CARNATION: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION, (828) 665-6891, RIDEFORKIDS.ORG

SEP 7: AMARILLO: BOWERS MX, (806) 671-7010, BOWERSMX.COM SEP 7: ALVORD: RTW RACE PROMOTIONS, (940) 577-2225, OAKHILLMX.COM SEP 14: TYLER: KINGDOM MOTORSPORTS LLC, (903) 8824215, SWANMX.COM SEP 21: MIDLAND: KINGDOM

SEP 14: GRANTSBURG: STRAIGHT ARROW ENDURO RIDERS, (651) 7387433, STRAIGHTARROWS.ORG SEP 14: LAKE MILLS: AZTALAN CYCLE CLUB INC, (414) 265-1582, AZTALANMX.COM SEP 21: TIGERTON: FANTASY MOTO LLC, (920) 419-2863, FANTASYMOTO.COM SEP 27: (Includes ATVs) HILLPOINT: SUGAR MAPLE MX LLC, (608) 3938812, SUGARMAPLEMX.COM SEP 28: (Includes ATVs) HILLPOINT: SUGAR MAPLE MX LLC, (608) 3938812, SUGARMAPLEMX.COM SEP 6: MAUSTON: WISCONSIN OBSERVED TRIALS ASSOCIATION, (319) 624-2003, WISCONSINTRIALS. ORG

ROAD RUN

MOTOCROSS

SEP 13: LAKE MILLS: AZTALAN CYCLE CLUB INC, (414) 265-1582, AZTALANMX.COM

OBSERVED TRIALS

MOTOCROSS

COMPETITION

SEP 7: ARKANSAW: ARKANSAW CREEK CYCLE CLUB INC, (715) 2855679, ARKANSAWMX.COM

POKER RUN - OFF-ROAD

COMPETITION

TEXAS

MOTOCROSS

RECREATIONAL SEP 27: (Includes ATVs) BELFAIR: TACOMA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, (253) 606-0171, TACOMAMC.COM

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All Riders Must Support Each Other To Defend Freedoms

By Adam Schrader It’s not uncommon for one type of motorcyclist to point the finger at other types, blaming them when the non-riding public expresses a negative view about all motorcyclists.

One example is the complaint that sportbike riders and their hoodlum-like behavior give us all a bad name.

No question, the reckless conduct of riders is harmful to our sport’s image and reputation. Many of us have witnessed dangerous behaviors and a variety of other cringe-worthy antics.

However, my opinion diverges from the finger-wagging crowd’s when it comes to singling out a group of problem riders by what they ride—saying those who ride “crotch rockets,” for example, are the problem. Such divisive statements only prevent the support for, and protection of, our sport from reaching its full potential.

The motorcycles in this case are called sportbikes. They are not “crotch rockets,” and the riders who ride them are not “wannabe racers.” The majority of these bikes are ridden with skill and respect by responsible riders, including AMA members.

Singling out irresponsible riders by using dismissive terms for their class of bike only casts guilt by association upon the many responsible riders who ride that style of motorcycle.

It is prejudicial, and it misses the larger problem: They are certainly in the minority.

There are dangerous and obnoxious riders on every type of motorcycle—Vtwin cruisers, standards, dirt bikes, trikes,

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scooters and, yes, sportbikes. I enjoy taking my adventure-tourer down remote seasonal roads away from the public eye, but I know there will be riders on similar bikes who act as poor ambassadors for motorcycling.

When it comes to loud exhausts, I don’t have a problem with anyone’s “slightly tooloud mufflers.” But I do have a problem with riders who can’t use them with restraint.

We can’t afford to throw our hands up in disgust and cast aside all such riders as lost causes. Truly, there will be some individuals who are beyond hope, and who shouldn’t be driving any kind of vehicle on public roads. But most of the rest can get set on the right track.

These riders ride like they do because of immaturity, or because they don’t have the training and knowledge to comprehend the risks they are taking. Or, quite often, because their buddies ride like that.

Maybe they are trying to impress someone, or maintain or achieve a certain image that they have in mind. In a sport that prides itself on freedom and individuality, there are many who will blindly follow a misbehaving crowd right off the cliff.

As a public school teacher, I cannot do my job if I just look at the challenging students and give up on them by complaining about “kids these days.” I don’t have the luxury of hand picking the perfect class. I figure out my audience and adjust my teaching to reach as many of the students as possible in whatever way works best for their learning style.

If we want to reach the problem riders, we

need to reach them by whatever means are necessary, and keep trying.

Here are a few ideas. Ask motorcycle manufacturers to offer complementary oneyear memberships in the AMA or vouchers for MSF courses whenever someone buys a new bike—both would be in the industry’s best interests. Create a program helping dealerships do the same with used motorcycle sales. Offer discounts on safety courses in partnership with state motor vehicle departments when riders register their bikes. Work with professional racers and stunt riders to endorse and appear in a public service advertising campaign about responsible riding in magazines, on retailers’ websites, and on any television networks that cover racing and extreme sports.

Of course, make the government and the general public aware of these efforts to publicize that the majority of riders, the industry and our association are not only respected, upstanding citizens but are actively working to change the bad behavior of a very small minority.

Ideally, getting the irresponsible riders, of all different types of bikes, to join the AMA and become politically aware, responsible advocates for motorcycling would be the best of all possible outcomes. Where others may see lost causes, I see future members.

To do this, we cannot afford to lay blame and divide. Walk over to these riders at the gas station and start a conversation that could bring them on board.

The clock is always ticking down on the next attack on motorcycling. It’s time to focus on the solutions and move forward as one.

Adam Schrader is an AMA member from North Bangor, N.Y.

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