American Motorcyclist 06 2009

JUNE 2009

THE RALLY KING BILL DUTCHER’S LIFE ON TWO WHEELS

EAGLERIDER MEMBER DISCOUNT

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Jeff Ward may be one of the oldest guys out there on the AMA Pro XTRM Supermoto Championship circuit, but there’s no way he’s slowing down.

Here’s Wardy on his way to winning the ’09 opening round in Fontana, Calif.

Cover Photo by James McEntee Navigation Photo by Scott Hoffman

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Snapshots Your Images, Your World Letters You Write, We Read Tigra Tsujikawa Women Motorcyclists: Riding To New Heights Diane Pearson Mother On A Mission

June 2009 Volume 63, Number 6 Published by the American Motorcyclist Association 13515 Yarmouth Dr. Pickerington, OH 43147 (800) AMA-JOIN www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com

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THE LIFE

Go Ride What To Do, Where To Go

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Protecting the Ride Federal Safety Panel Delivers Mixed Message On Lead Ban

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Living It Custom Ace Dave Perewitz On The New Chopper Scene

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Connections EagleRider Member Discount

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The Rally King Americade Rally Founder Bill Dutcher Has Lived Life On Two Wheels

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Heritage Dick Burleson’s ChampionshipWinning 1979 Husqvarna

In The Dark Of Night Congress’ Latest Land Grab Involved Obscure Procedures And No Public Comment

Adrenaline Coy Gibbs On Managing MX And NASCAR Teams

Marketplace Ogio Stand, ISDE T-Shirt, Motion Pro Throttle And More

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Congratulations, Ralph Werner, you’re the winner this month!

Above: Ralph Werner rides in Badlands National Park in North Dakota. Below: 1) Mike Bova, godchild Rachel Marshall and two cool bikes. 2) Donna Gardner took this while riding pillion toward “The Dragon.” 3) Karen George in Moab, Utah. 4) Mike, Parrish and Tracy take a break from carving corners in the north Georgia mountains.

5) Kyle Schriner takes a closer look at a Maico. 6) Daniel Born. 7) Micheal Howe and wife in Canada. 8) Mike McGrew’s bike on historic Route 66 in Illinois. 9) Marietta Getz.

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Left to right, top to bottom: 1) Allan Stern and Susan Scrimshaw. 2) Vincent Morris in Yosemite National Park. 3) Jim Siffring, Drew, Dave, Dan, Mike, Leif and Russ in Utah. 4) The Tama Rigler family at the Delaware Gap on the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border. 5) Doug Pippin on N.C. Route 80. 6) Matthew Murchison, 10, of Connecticut.

7) John Williams of Ohio. 8) Danielle Dunbar (center) and friends, Michigan Cycle Conservation Club Kids Camp.

9) Walk Skupski (sixth from the left) and group from Lakehurst Navel Air Engineering Center in Lakehurst, N.J., visiting Lancaster, Pa. 10) Jeremy Nixon says, “Thanks to the Baker City (Ore.) High School for letting us pitch H [LU[ PU [OL NYHZZ` Ä LSK UL_[ [V [OL [YHJR HUK MVV[IHSS Ä LSK HUK HSSV^PUN \Z [OL HJJLZZ [V [OL ZOV^LYZ HUK such” While in Oregon for the Hell’s Canyon Rally. 11) Eric Thomas. 12) Rick Stuart photo. 13) Kenwood Thayer atop Cooper Hill in Vermont with a beautiful view of New Hampshire. 14) Charles Goman blasts the berms.

15) Adventure-tourer Anne Kinchen of Ohio in Santiago, Chile. 16) Tom Whittles from Arden Hills, Minn., and Cheryl Whittles on a Harley-Aermacchi 125cc Rapido. 17) British motojournalist Paul Blezzard puts an electric motorcycle through its paces. 18) Nicole Radford hangs out with vintage trials riders. 19) Michael Schriebman just couldn’t resist this giant spud. 20) Ron Naslund takes in the mountain views. 21) AMA Board of Directors Chairman Stan Simpson (center) with son Kerry (right) and AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. Kerry had the helmet, donated by Simpson Helmets, decorated after Stan was named “AMA Motorcyclist of the Year.”

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BILL KRESNAK, Government Affairs Editor â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanna be free to ride. We wanna be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man!â&#x20AC;?

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Letters [ ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WORKS As a 17-year member of the AMA, and also a longtime subscriber to the AMA’s 4V;V^ ILULÄ [ 0 ^HZ V]LYQV`LK [V YLHK about the freebie of the AMA Roadside Assistance Program when auto-renewing online.

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[OPURPUN HIV\[ H [OPYK VUL The series of articles on military TV[VYJ`JSPZ[Z ^HZ IV[O PU[LYLZ[PUN HUK ]LY` ^LSS ^YP[[LU 0 YLHK L]LY` VUL JHYLM\SS` HUK completely, and reread a couple as well.

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Tracy Nabstedt AMA No. 685875 Concord, N.H. Thanks for the kind words, Bill. To your and Tracy’s point about Capt. Kraft’s attire while posing for our photographer’s camera, we felt that it was clear that he was posing on, and not riding aboard, the motorcycle, ZV ^L MLS[ H[[PYL [OH[ TVYL JSLHYS` YLÅ LJ[LK his personality was appropriate for the ZL[[PUN ;OLYL»Z H Ä UL SPUL MVY Z\YL I\[ V\Y general rule at American Motorcyclist is that if the bike is shown to be in motion and ridden, appropriate gear, including a helmet, is a must.

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causes that the AMA stands for, are great. ;OL (WYPS PZZ\L ^P[O +H]L )HYY PU WHY[PJ\SHY OHZ YLHSS` TV[P]H[LK TL 0 OHK H IPRL ^YLJR PU]VS]PUN H WPJR\W [Y\JR VU 5V] 4` SV^LY SLM[ SLN OHK [V IL HTW\[H[LK ILSV^ [OL RULL HUK 0»]L ILLU JVU[LTWSH[PUN PM 0 ^V\SK L]LY YPKL HNHPU ;OHURM\SS` T` ZHML[` NLHY ^HZ HSS on, for it shredded my left boot, where [OL TVZ[ KHTHNL ^HZ KVUL ;OL IPRL H

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Noel Hash AMA No. 1036420 Dublin, Va. MAKING A DIFFERENCE >OH[ THRLZ +H]L )HYY [PJR& ;V IL PU +H]L»Z WYLZLUJL `V\ X\PJRS` Ä UK `V\YZLSM experiencing one of the strongest personal constitutions imaginable. My hunch is that Barr would say his faith is the source of his strength.

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Eric Sondeen AMA No. 222837 Boulder, Colo.

GREAT DIRECTIONS Congratulations on the new format!

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Scott Mulvania Commander, United States Naval Attache AMA No. 393793 :VĂ&#x201E;H )\SNHYPH SHARE THE TRAIL Here in Northwest Oregon, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ridden in the Tillamook State Forest since I was a kid.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been proud of how everyone shares the trails. I have had people on OVYZLIHJR Ă&#x2026;HN \Z KV^U ^OPSL YPKPUN and while I was worried that they might give us grief, all they have ever wanted were directions and recommendations of where they should visit. And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always stopped our engines and allowed the horses to passâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;good PR, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say.

I have had mostly positive experiences here, as many user groups have more in common than not. Campers, hunters, Ă&#x201E;ZOLYTLU MV\Y ^OLLSLYZ X\HKZ HUK motorcycles all out for a sunny day and green leaves! Sure, when OHVs go by, the silence is interrupted, but that only lasts a moment. There is more solitude than disturbance, and that is because it is a large area, and that is whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary.

Start cramming people into small spaces and watch friction increase. Not to mention, OLH]` \ZL LX\HSZ OLH]` ^LHY¡Q\Z[ ^OH[ our critics would like to see.

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forest. No one can â&#x20AC;&#x153;walk the Earthâ&#x20AC;? without leaving tracks, and that includes elk and deer.

Ron Collins (4( 5V Cornelius, Ore. A GREAT RIDE FOR A NEW PASSENGER 0U ZWYPUN T` TVT 1V`JL JHTL out to visit me in Parker, Colo. from Ormond Beach, Fla. I convinced her to take a bike ride in the mountains with me. My NPYSMYPLUKÂťZ NLHY Ă&#x201E;[ OLY WLYMLJ[S` We started off in the neighborhood riding slowly, and through my Honda Gold Wingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intercom, I explained a little about lean angles, inertia, clean air and dirty air and staying in line with my torso in the turn. I told her if at any time she wanted to stop VY NV OVTL Q\Z[ SL[ TL RUV^ >OLU ZOL was ready, we ventured out on our ride to the mountains, and we stopped at Coney Island in Bailey for lunch.

After our lunch, I asked Mom how she felt, and she said she was having a blast. She said she had a much better understanding of what â&#x20AC;&#x153;all those ridersâ&#x20AC;?

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth a million dollars to me!

WHAT ABOUT TOURING STORIES? I have been a member of the AMA for six years, and I appreciate all you do for motorcyclists. However, I do have a complaint about your publication. It is very slick. I like that. However, it has gone from a publication in which I had some interest to one in which I have little interest. I have no PU[LYLZ[ PU YHJPUN VY VMM YVHK HJ[P]P[PLZ (UK although I do like the fact that you show pictures of members and give updates on new rules and regulations, my interests are PU [V\YPUN 0 LUQV`LK [OL [V\YPUN HY[PJSLZ [OH[ you previously published on occasion, but they seem to be gone.

Hal Shoemaker (4( 5V Gretna, Va. Trip stories arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gone, Hal, just JOHUNLK PU MVJ\Z [V TVYL YLĂ&#x2026;LJ[ V\Y TLTILYZÂť ]PL^Z @V\ÂťSS Z[PSS Ă&#x201E;UK WSLU[` VM [V\YPUN MYVT *HYZVU +HS` YPKPUN 9V\[L with a bud, to members doing adventure riding, to the mother-daughter crossJV\U[Y` [V\Y ^L MLH[\YLK SHZ[ `LHY @V\ÂťSS HSZV Ă&#x201E;UK TPUP [V\YZ ^YP[[LU I` TLTILYZ from time to time in the Connections section and in guest columns. We remain committed to touring stories, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re combining that commitment with our ongoing effort to spotlight the experiences of our valued AMA members.

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Viewpoint I FEEL A DEEP AND PROFOUND GRATITUDE THAT, AS A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN RIDING SINCE I WAS 20 YEARS OLD, THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY LIMITATIONS ON WHAT ANY OF US CAN ACHIEVE.

Women Motorcyclists: Riding to New Heights 9LÅ LJ[PUN 6U ;OL :OH[[LYLK .SHZZ *LPSPUN Lately, I’ve been thinking about the contributions of pioneering women motorcyclists such as the Van Buren sisters, who rode from New York to California in 1916, or Dorothy “Dot” Robinson, who opened the door for women in racing as an enduro competitor and champion in the 1930s-50s. I am inspired by the courage and unyielding resolve of these great women. Not only did they weave together a rich and colorful tapestry of riding experiences, but they also sent a resounding message to the ^VYSK [OH[ ^VTLU OH]L H ZPNUPÄ JHU[ WSHJL in motorcycling.

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These women’s experiences, along with those of countless other riders, make a passionate statement that the “glass ceiling” for female motorcyclists has

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forever been shattered.

Old stereotypes are giving way to a newfound respect for how women are shaping motorcycling’s future. Many women are now at the helm in motorcycle media, manufacturing and racing, and thousands more have formed or joined clubs that are the hallmark of a strong community of women riders.

With the number of women purchasing motorcycles on the rise, manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson and Buell are taking note. This year, they are the premier sponsor of the AMA’s International Women and Motorcycling Conference. HarleyDavidson is also actively marketing to women with events such as “International Female Ride Day,” now in its third year.

More than 20,000 women are already members of the AMA, and with more and more of us discovering the thrill of motorcycling, membership is increasing each year.

When I ride with other women, I feel an undeniable bond that comes from open acceptance, encouragement and sharing of experience.

I feel the camaraderie that unites us in an era when the door is open for

by Tigra Tsujikawa each of us to shape our own destiny as motorcyclists. And I feel a deep and profound gratitude that, as a woman who has been riding since I was 20 years old, there are no longer any limitations on what any of us can achieve.

In August, women—and men—from all walks of life will gather in Keystone, Colo., in the heart of the majestic Rocky 4V\U[HPUZ MVY [OL Ä M[O (4( 0U[LYUH[PVUHS Women and Motorcycling Conference. The theme, “Riding to New Heights,” could not be more appropriate—on every level. In addition to a host of great seminars, demo rides, and some of the most spectacular motorcycling roads this country has to offer, the conference will provide the VWWVY[\UP[` [V YLÅ LJ[ VU V\Y WLYZVUHS “future course.”Check it out at www.

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For all of us—from the novice rider ^OV PZ LTIHYRPUN VU OLY Ä YZ[ ZVSV outing, to the seasoned veteran who has ridden thousands of miles on several continents—the road ahead is wide open.

Tigra Tsujikawa is the AMA’s marketing and special events manager.

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Normally, that headline would not be news. But in the wake of a federal law that unintentionally blocked youth-model off-road motorcycles and ATVs from being sold because of lead concerns in children’s small toys, things aren’t exactly normal in the kid’s dirtbike world.

In fact, with a federal ban by the Consumer Product Safety Commission against the sale of motorcycles and ATVs to children 12 and under, it was technically illegal at presstime to sell dirtbikes to kids. (See “No And Yes—Sort Of,” on the following page).

Yes, it’s a ridiculous, unintended consequence

of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. And on a warm afternoon in March at Malcolm Smith Motorsports in Riverside, Calif., the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer took a stand—and sold three youth motorcycles and an ATV despite the ban, one of them to AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Jeff Ward (sitting, far left), and others to artist and race team owner Troy Lee and Glen Helen MX track owner Bud Feldkamp.

Smith, a racer who was made famous by the landmark movie On Any Sunday and now owns a large, multi-line dealership, decided to sell youth machines despite the ban after a woman wanted to buy a kid’s bike and he was forced to say, “no.”

“At that point,” Smith said. “I’d had enough.”

Carlos Aguirre

TAKING A STAND Malcolm Smith Sells A Kid’s Dirtbike!

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the chance to actually solve the issue by voting to exclude motorcycles and ATVs from the SH^ PU [OL ÄYZ[ WSHJL ¹ There’s also potential good news on a possible exclusion

by Congress. U.S. Senate and House members have written SL[[LYZ [V 5VYK HUK 4VVYL \YNPUN them to grant the exclusion.

“While the Act was passed with laudable intent, it has created a well-documented safety hazard for children, a severe and unwarranted disruption to families who recreate together, and a deleterious effect on youth amateur racing,” said the U.S. Senate letter.

The House letter noted: “If the petition requesting an exclusion is not granted, some consumers will likely purchase vehicles that are physically too large for young riders, exposing them to unnecessary risk. By eliminating these vehicles because of the suspicion that they may pose a theoretical threat of a lead hazard effectively trades away a proven safety intervention with an unproven one.”

Congress does have the opportunity to change the law.

Two bipartisan bills have been introduced to end the ban: Senate Bill 608 by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and House Resolution 1587 by U.S. Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-Mont.).

Moreland noted that if the issue isn’t addressed immediately, irreparable harm will be done to family motorized recreational activities, youth racing and the powersports industry.

AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman, HUK V[OLYZ TL[ ^P[O 5VYK [V [Y` [V convince her to end the ban.

“Many of the small dealers and suppliers are already struggling with an unfavorable economy and may not survive the loss of their youth vehicle and parts sales,” Moreland said.

“Furthermore, to eliminate the availability of ATVs and motorcycles designed for riders 12 and under will likely cause some consumers to buy OHVs that are physically too large,” he said.

You can take action now by contacting your congressional representatives and urging the bills’ passage by visiting www.

AmericanMotorcyclist.com, clicking “Rights” and then selecting “Issues and 3LNPZSH[PVU ¹ ^OLYL `V\»SS ÄUK WYL ^YP[[LU letters of support you can send with a mouse click.

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Chase Yentzger, 6, and his father, Rod (left), are introduced by the AMA’s Ed Moreland.

No And Yes—Sort Of Federal Safety Panel Delivers Mixed Message On The Sale Of Youth-Model Motorcycles And ATVs At presstime for this magazine, two things had happened regarding the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) ban on the sale of youth-model motorcycles and ATVs to children 12 and under due to lead concerns: *7:* JVTTPZZPVULYZ 5HUJ` 5VYK and Thomas Moore voted against excluding youth motorcycles and ATVs from the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) so that they could be legally sold. ;OL [^V HSZV ZHPK [OL` MH]VYLK H Z[H` of enforcement of the sales ban and called for a second vote on that potential delay.

What they didn’t exactly do is clear the muddy waters surrounding the lead-ban issue, which resulted when Congress passed the CPSIA in an effort to clamp down on lead paint in children’s playthings, and unintentionally ensnared ATVs and dirtbikes, which may contain lead in certain parts, like valve stems.

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In fact, the latest developments have left as many questions as answers, such as: Does the CPSC have the authority to stay enforcement of the ban? Can state attorneys general, who also enforce the ban, stand down from their duty? And, most importantly, can a parent go buy his or her kid a new dirtbike?

Sadly, it may be some time before all those questions, and more, get answered in this fast-moving issue.

Still, there are several rays of hope out there for young riders caught in the unintended consequences of the CPSIA, notes Ed Moreland, AMA vice president for government relations.

“The good news from all this is that the commissioners’ latest actions clearly show that they have heard the concerns of the OHV community, and they realize something is wrong with how the law could be implemented,” Moreland said.

“The bad news is that we believe they had

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From The Mouths Of Kids Common Sense Talk From A 6-Year-Old On The Lead Ban Motorcyclists, AMA members, motorcycle dealers and industry officials gathered in Washington D.C. in April to rally in support of an effort to overturn a ban on the sales of youth-model motorcycles and ATVs that is mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).

Standing in the Capitol Building Visitors Center, the rally-goers heard from federal lawmakers, powersports industry watchdogs and others, all urging the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to correct the unintended consequences of the CPSIA. Of all the speakers at the rally, perhaps no one captured the problems the law has created for young motorcycle and ATV riders better than a youngster—an AMA member—who had to stand on a chair to be seen above the podium.

“My name is Chase Yentzer, and I’m six years old. I ride dirt bikes with my family. I race dirtbikes. Please give me my dirt bike back. I promise not to eat it,” he said, to thunderous applause.

The rally is one more step in the ongoing battle to convince the CSPC to grant an exemption from the CPSIA for the sale of youth-sized motorcycles and ATVs, noted Ed Moreland, the AMA’s vice president of government relations, who also attended the rally.

“Seeing so many motorcyclists and ATVers coming together to fight for their right to enjoy their favorite motorsports with their families is a testament to how strongly they feel about riding together,’’ Moreland said. “With the CPSC’s vote on an exclusion expected soon, I hope the message is coming through loud and clear that the unintended consequences of the CPSIA should be fixed—and soon—for riders, kids, parents, dealers and the entire industry.”

Victory! Motorcycles Are Now “OK” In New York City HOV Lanes City Now Conforms To Federal Law New York City has backed away from its ban on motorcycles in high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.

That’s good news for motorcyclists, but the decision came too late for New Yorker Karen Perrine, who was ticketed in October 2005 for riding her Yamaha FZ1 in the HOV lane of the BrooklynQueens Expressway, and whose story was followed in this magazine over a year ago.

Perrine ended up paying more than $1,200 in fines, appeal and insurance expenses before getting the ticket dismissed by the New York Department of Motor Vehicles Appeals Board. She enlisted the aid of AMA Government Affairs Manager Imre Szauter during her fight, and she worked to get the rule changed even after her case was finished.

“I’m really happy about the change,” Perrine said, “and I’ll carry it with me when I ride in the HOV lane. It means a lot to me that I can be confident commuting in the HOV lane.”

The latest version of the New York City Traffic Rules, dated March 20, 2009, states that it is legal to ride a motorcycle in an HOV lane. The change was made after Jeff Cobb at Motorcycle Safety News called New York officials to get an update on the status of the law.

Before, the city barred motorcycles from using the lanes, and even asked U.S. Transportation Sec. Mary Peters to grant it permission to legally ban motorcycles.

AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman met with Peters to urge her to reject that

request from city transportation officials.

Thanks to the AMA and others, under federal law motorcycles must be allowed in HOV lanes unless it is proven to the U.S. transportation secretary that they pose a hazard in the lane.

The police department argued motorcyclists ride between traffic lanes or weave among traffic, which they said could pose a danger if motorcyclists are permitted to ride in HOV lanes and then veer into the adjacent highway lane.

The police also complained that motorcycles are difficult to pursue when their operators commit traffic violations.

Because of these complaints, the city barred motorcycles from HOV lanes and sought federal approval for its actions.

But Szauter called the police arguments “hogwash” since they involved enforcement issues and not safety issues.

City transportation officials, in rewriting the rules to allow motorcycles in HOV lanes, note that the change was made “to bring New York City’s traffic rules in compliance with federal law that permits motorcycles to operate on highways receiving federal funding.”

In the written Statement of Basis and Purpose of Rule, the transportation officials also note that “the secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation has not accepted DOT’s certification” that motorcycles pose a safety risk as required by federal law.

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A New Place To Ride in Alabama

Royce Wood

One of the newest off-road parks in the nation, called Stony Lonesome, opened Dec. 12 in Cullman County in north central Alabama.

The 1,456-acre park is open for motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, full-sized 4x4s, bicycles and horses.

The park is divided into different areas for different machines.

The terrain varies from low areas that are a little more open and can get muddy in spots to heavily wooded hilly areas, with a few small rocky areas thrown in to make it interesting. Riders can work their way up to the top of the mountain and take in the views of the surrounding county.

Adult daily fees are $15 a day or $25 for the weekend. Hikers, mountain bikers, horse riders and children get a discount.

Cullman County bought the property in March 2007, with most of the money coming from the Alabama Department of Economic Development.

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Custom Chopper Ace Dave Perewitz Dave Perewitz has been in the custombike-building business for more than three decades, and has built a strong reputation for making quality road-worthy machines.

Lately, he’s broken into the mainstream consiousness and has been featured on TV shows such as Discovery Channel’s “Biker Build-Off” and is now working with Allstate Insurance to promote safer riding.

American Motorcyclist: The high-end custom chopper market has come on strong in recent years. What impact has the current economy had on the custom industry?

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in building bikes for the last 10 to 15 `LHYZ HUK [OPZ PZ [OL ÄYZ[ [PTL V\Y IHJRSVN has been brought back down to reality. It’s the same customers we’ve always had, but people aren’t spending money. Guys who used to spend $5,000 or $10,000 a year on their custom bikes aren’t doing that. Instead, they’re spending $500 to service them. You have to do whatever it takes to survive, and if that means thinking outside the bikes or in other areas of motorcycling, that’s what you do.

AM: What trends are still strong?

Perewitz: People are still building bobbers. It helps that they’re not too expensive, and they keep the industry going. Sportbikes are more and more popular, and we’ve been doing a lot of that

lately. Dressers have always been there, I\[ [OL`»YL KLÄUP[LS` TVYL WVW\SHY UV^· in the last two years there have been three or four magazines [that have] popped up that are geared toward dressers only. It all helps. Still, you’re seeing things thin out.

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AM: What safety initiatives are you working on?

Perewitz: Well, I’ve been working with Allstate. We’ve been promoting a pamphlet that raises motorcycle awareness… If people driving cars and trucks just pay a little more attention when they’re around motorcycles, and particularly motorcycle events, we could really improve safety… And when you’re on a motorcycle, you need to be “all eyes” all the time. You always need to be focused on the vehicles around you. If a vehicle looks like it’s going to make a turn, be sure you’re ready.

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OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE HUSABERG ARE AS ODDBALL AS THE MOTOR. THE FUEL TANK SITS LOW AND WRAPS AROUND THE CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM PERIMETER FRAME, WHILE THE AIRBOX IS POSITIONED JUST UNDER THE FRONT OF THE SEAT.

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WORTH READING SMR Magazine (formerly SuperMoto Racer) WHAT IT IS: North America’s only publication dedicated to supermoto-style race, street and dual-sport motorcycles, including single- and twin-cylinder motorcycles up to 1,100cc. SMR debuted in late 2003 at the AMA Red Bull Supermoto A-Go-Go in Las Vegas.

THE SMR STAFF SAYS: “Passion for two-wheeled fun is what drives our staff of two to put out one of the best-looking independent motorcycle publications in America. If you’re not a supermoto fan, you just might become one after perusing the offbeat stories, bike tests and amazing photography printed on thick glossy paper, usually 100-plus pages.”

WHAT’S FAIR GAME: SMR covers a little bit of everything from the growing supermoto-style street and dual-sport market to AMA amateur and pro racing. And don’t be surprised to see them dabble with 450cc motocross bikes in all forms from complete stockers, full-mod supermoto conversions to possibly 450 super-single road race bikes.

FIND IT: Subscriptions direct to your door from smrmagazine.com and at select motorcycle shops all over the United States. See the website for details, along with the latest breaking news, tidbits and short videos.

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early March morning. (Good thing, too.

There’s no kickstarter backup.)

Other details about the Husaberg are as oddball as the motor. The fuel tank sits low and wraps around the chromiummolybdenum perimeter frame, while the airbox is positioned just under the front of the seat. The motor is fed by two oil pumps, one in the conventional sense and another to transfer excess oil from the head while the bike’s rider is navigating extended downhills.

If there’s one area the bike is merely average, it’s the WP suspension. The offroad-tuned units work well in stock trim in the woods but would be on the soft side for serious moto, particularly the shock.

Of course, this bike is designed to tame mountains and long swathes of desert, not 80-foot uphill triples.

The most common deterrent to buying an FE for most will be the cost. This is a $10,000 dirt bike. (The FE570 lists for $9,998, while the FE450 is $9,498.) There are those, though, who will pay the price.

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Ask The Motorcycle Safety Foundation Backing Up A Motorcycle Safely And Comfortably YOU ASK: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been riding for a few years, but I admit that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still a little uncomfortable when backing up my bike. Any ideas?

THE MSF RESPONDS: The best technique to use depends on how far you plan to back up, the surface traction, and how level the surface is.

In general, using both legs to push back

as you sit on the bike is possible assuming you have the leg length and strength. You can squeeze the front brake lever, push down on the handlebars to compress the forks, and use the rebound to start the bike moving backward. Use the front brake lever to control your speed.

It is also possible to back up while standing beside your motorcycle. Stand on the left side and lean the bike toward

you. Hold the left handgrip and the passenger hand-hold or similar spot.

Use your body weight to help hold the motorcycle upright and leverage your torso to push the motorcycle back.

One of the simplest tips, however, is to plan ahead. If a parking space is angled down from the entrance, turn your bike around and let gravity help you back into it. Then you can ride out later.

On The Web Ride to Work. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s What You Do. WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/ AMERICANMOTORCYCLIST Take a walk through Big Daddy Ratâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custom chopper show, see Kevin Windham dish on his off-road aspirations, SLHYU OV^ `V\ JHU OLSW Ă&#x201E;NO[ [OL Consumer Product Safety Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead ban that has ensnared kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dirt bikes, and much more at the AMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s @V\;\IL JOHUULS @V\ÂťSS Ă&#x201E;UK ]PKLVZ [OH[ cover rides, motorcycle evaluations, interviews and more.

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Increasing the scope of AMA Tours several times over, EagleRider is now [OL ¸6MÄJPHS ;V\YZ VM [OL (4(¹ HUK offers AMA members a 10 percent discount on all EagleRider motorcycle rentals, as well as discounts on guided and self-guided tours.

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EagleRider’s legendary Guided Tours include a welcome and goodbye reception, a multi-lingual pro tour guide and a support van with a spare bike. For a complete list of EagleRider motorycle tours visit the tours section of the EagleRider website at www. eaglerider.com.

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Full-Throttle Art Vermont’s Shelburne Museum To Feature Bikes Just in time for the Americade Rally in nearby Lake George, N.Y., the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt., will feature an exhibit focused on the art and beauty of classic and custom motorcycles.

WHAT IT IS The exhibit, “Full Throttle: Vintage Motorcycles, Custom Choppers and Racing Machines” will run from May 17 through Oct. 25, 2009, at the unique museum, which makes use of numerous historic buildings located on the facility’s grounds, including a three-story round barn that will house the exhibit.

WHAT THE MUSEUM STAFF SAYS “Full Throttle focuses on the evolution of motorcycle design and celebrates the

artistry of a mode of transportation that inspired a subculture all its own,” says Associate Curator Kory Rogers. “From [O JLU[\Y` IPJ`JSLZ V\[Ä [[LK ^P[O Z[LHT engines to high performance sport bikes of today, Full Throttle examines how the quest for speed has acted as a catalyst for technological and aesthetic advances in motorcycle design.”

ABOUT THE EXHIBITS Bikes will be gathered in three groups: “Wide Open and Wild: Racing Machines,” “Classic Cool: Vintage Motorcycles,” and “Choppers: Art of the Custom Ride.”

Details: Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for children 4-18. More info is at www.shelburnemuseum.org.

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Applications Accepted For AMA Board Of Directors Northwest and North Central Regions Up For Election The AMA announced in April that applications are being accepted for two seats on the AMA Board of Directors.

Individual member representatives will be elected to represent the Northwest and North Central regions. The current terms expire in February 2010.

Individual members who wish to be candidates for these positions must submit a candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application no later than Aug. 1, 2009. Candidate applications

can be requested through Jeff Massey, AMA vice president of operations.

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Crash Course Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Count Your Yellows Before Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve Turned Where I live in Brooklyn, N.Y., there HYL [YHMĂ&#x201E; J JHTLYHZ TV\U[LK H[ ]HYPV\Z intersections to catch people who run red lights. On a recent Saturday morning, I was cruising along the strip and LUJV\U[LYLK H `LSSV^ 0 Ă&#x201E; N\YLK 0 JV\SK make the light, and I assumed the car in front of me would try to make the light, too.

I was wrong.

As we approached the intersection, he stopped abruptly. With his bumper approaching fast, I applied hard pressure on the front brake, but I could tell that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it. At the last second, I released the brakes, swerved enough to avoid the car and reapplied the brakes just in time to come to a hard stop next to the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side window.

He looked shocked, as I must have, and rolled his window down. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am so sorry,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I know that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a camera at this intersection and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already gotten two tickets. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want another one.â&#x20AC;?

Looking back, my mistake was in assuming what the behavior of the motorist in front of me was going to be, and then actually gunning the bike on a yellow light. Bad move.

The good thing was the fact that I kept a prudent distance between myself and the car in front of me. I was also able to recognize that I was losing traction, and managed to take corrective action, as well as using a combination of braking and swerving. These were skills I learned in the MSF course I took when I got my license, and they came in handy.

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AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAMER Sprouts Elder In the 1920s and ’30s, few motorsports were more popular than speedway short-track racing, and Lloyd “Sprouts” Elder was one of its biggest and most enduring stars.

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Lafferty Stacks Enduro Wins

L-R: Coy, Joe and J.D. Gibbs of the JGRMX Toyota/Yamaha Team.

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Shock Doctor/ KTM Factory rider Mike Lafferty won his second consecutive race of the AMA Rekluse National Enduro Championship Series at the fourth round in Forest Hill, La., answering his closest rival’s two wins to open the season.

Brad Bakken, another KTM rider, ÄUPZOLK ZLJVUK ^OPSL KLMLUKPUN JOHTW and Lafferty’s teammate Russell Bobbitt rounded out the podium. Bobbitt leads the points race, 106 to Lafferty’s 101. Bakken is 27 more points back in third. Lafferty rode strong throughout the entire day on the fast-paced tests.

“It was a fun event and I enjoyed each [LZ[ >LSS TH`IL 0 KPKU»[ LUQV` [OL ÄM[O test since I got a little bit turned around and lost valuable time,” said the eight-time National Enduro Champion.

4 Questions With…Coy Gibbs year racing for podiums, and our third year in the championship hunt. Josh trained very hard and put himself in a good situation at Anaheim 1, and it paid off.

He’s a tough kid.

We knew that “Coops” (Cody Cooper) would be a bit challenged by Supercross, and he is much better at motocross. Cody had several crashes, and we thought that it made better sense to let him fully recover, and start training and testing for motocross—so he would be fully healed and ready to go outdoors.

AM: What does Joe Gibbs Racing do differently than most other teams?

CG: We have everyone centralized in one area. Along with our practice compound, with both an outdoor track, and a Mark Barnett/Glen Bates Supercross track, we have trainers and rehab specialists on staff, and our own gym. It’s a true team environment.

As far as I know, we are the only team in motocross that functions this way.

Typically the rider lives away from the [LHT HUK [OH[ THRLZ [LZ[PUN HUK YLÄUPUN [OL LX\PWTLU[ TVYL KPMÄJ\S[ 6\Y N\`Z don’t even haul their test bikes to the test track. We send the bikes, the tuners, and, if need be, the engine or suspension technicians to every practice session.

AM: What prompted you to get into motorcycle racing?

CG: My family loves racing. My dad, brother and I all rode motocross growing up, and we’ve followed it since. Being around pro football all my life, I liked the physical training aspects of sports, as well as the engineering side of motorsports.

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What else is in your future?

CG: We have actually learned so much about the engines and suspensions that we are starting a performance division.

We will dyno our customer’s suspension when we receive it, and then again after we perform the service, so they can see exactly how the action changes since sending it to us. We will have several levels of service from basic rebuilds to near factory level performance.

Getting What He Bargained For By Jim Kimball What better way to start a new season than with a win? That’s what JGRMX Team Owner Coy Gibbs got when rider Josh .YHU[ ^VU OPZ ÄYZ[ 4VUZ[LY ,ULYN` (4( Supercross, an FIM World Championship, main event at Anaheim 1 earlier this year.

Based in North Carolina, with on-site testing and training facilities, Joe Gibbs Racing, named after Coy’s father and the three-time Superbowl coach, takes a true team approach to Supercross and motocross. That angle is born from past success with a mix of pursuits, including BMX, NASCAR and, of course, pro football.

We caught up with Coy in the middle of this year’s Supercross season to get some more background on the team.

American Motorcyclist: Coy, you have to be excited with the start to the ’09 season.

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Gibson Wins First AMA Arenacross Title Ohio Rider Locks Up Championship With A Win 0[»Z JVTTVU MVY H YPKLY ^P[O H ZPNUPÄJHU[ lead in the championship points to put it on cruise control as the season winds down and a title seems certain. But Mahindra Tractors/Tuf Honda’s Jeff Gibson doesn’t play by those rules.

The Westerville, Ohio, rider won the ÄYZ[ YHJL VM [OL /PNOSHUK /LPNO[Z 2` doubleheader to claim the 2009 AMA Arenacross Series Championship. It was Gibson’s sixth win on the season.

“This is just awesome,” Gibson said.

“It’s been a long season and I’ve been fortunate to have things work out for me.

My bikes have been amazing all season and I could not have accomplished this without the help of my Tuf Honda team.

I’m proud to be an Arenacross champion and it’s a pleasure to be part of such a fantastic series.”

Gibson has been the picture of consistency throughout the entire 2009 season. He was regularly inside the top ^P[O H ZLHZVU ^VYZ[ ÄUPZO VM [O place. He kicked-off the season with ZL]LU JVUZLJ\[P]L WVKP\T ÄUPZOLZ including two victories. He nailed down four additional wins and, once in the points lead, he never relinquished his hold on the top of the standings.

The ’09 championship is the third straight title, with three separate riders, for the Tuf Honda team.

Finishing second in the points race was Triple Effect Kawasaki’s Brock Sellards, just two points ahead of Babbitt’s Monster Energy Kawasaki rider Chad Johnson, 278 to 276.

The world will be racing this Oct. 12-17 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, to determine the best off-road racing team on the planet, and the AMA is proud to announce that the United States is sending one of its most capable teams ever.

Returning to take on the world at the 84th International Six Days Enduro will be last year’s third-place team: Destry Abbott, Kurt Caselli, Ricky Dietrich, Jimmy Jarrett, Nathan Kanney and Nathan Woods.

“We are reloaded. We are ready. We are looking forward to showing the best off-roaders in the world that Team USA is not just a threat to place, but a threat to win,” said AMA Off-Road Racing Manager Chuck Weir.

Returning to represent the U.S. Trophy team for the third time is Team Captain Caselli. The 25-year-old Caselli, who races the Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Series for Shock Doctor/KTM, battled for the overall lead at the 2008 ISDE before crashing out on day three.

“We like the location this year. Portugal is dry, rocky and dusty -- kind of like what

we have out west, where the majority of our team is from,” said Caselli, who likely will ride a KTM 300XC in the E3 class.

Another Team USA veteran is Abbott, who is contesting the AMA Racing National Hare & Hound Championship and the World Off-Road Championship Series (WORCS) for Monster Energy Kawasaki.

“We are all committed to doing what’s best for the team. It’s not an individual thing,” Abbott said. “We’re all about team, and that’s what you need to do when you race something like this.”

In addition to the riders’ individual sponsors, Arai Americas, KLIM and Spectro Oils of America are providing support to ISDE Team USA. Jimmy Jarrett at the 2008 ISDE in Serres, Greece

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King Of The Woods Richard Burleson’s 1979 Husqvarna 390WR Enduro From 1974 to 1981, there were only two important names in American enduro racing: Dick Burleson and Husqvarna.

That’s because every season during that eight-year stretch, Burleson came out on top in the AMA Natural Enduro Championship.

This is the bike that “King Richard” used in 1979 to win his sixth title.

This 1979 Husqvarna 390WR features twin rear shocks tilted forward in a “laydown” position and a single-cylinder, 390cc, two-stroke motor. Burleson competed on this lightweight, air-cooled machine at a time when the Japanese were turning their attention to monoshock rear suspensions and liquid cooling.

Burleson says that this Husqvarna handled well in the woods, thanks in part to a front fork design that balanced several factors.

“At the time, we still had fairly smalldiameter fork tubes,” he says. “But the WR had 10 inches of fork travel, not ZV [OL` ^VYRLK ^LSS 0[ ^HZ ÅL_PISL enough to be kind of cushy, but not so much you couldn’t steer it.”

Plus, he remembers, the motor was stellar.

“Those motors were awesome,” he says. “The character of the power, the amount of power and the power delivery were pretty darn good. It was strong, but it didn’t hit too hard. It would keep the tire

hooked to the ground. I honestly think if you put that motor in a modern chassis, you could still go pretty good.”

Along with the motor’s reliability, the bike was an unbeatable package, Burleson recalls, and he won his sixth title by a comfortable margin.

“It’s kind of like today, where I think winning is mostly mental,” he says.

“Back then, I always thought I had the best motorcycle. And I did have the best motorcycle.”

This 1979 Husqvarna 390WR is just one of the historic machines on display in the Hall of Fame Gallery of the AMA’s Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum at AMA headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio.

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In an act of desperation more than 25 years ago, Bill Dutcher created what has become one of the country’s largest, most enduring motorcycle events. And he hasn’t let off the gas since. ill Dutcher says he has always liked speed, and you can tell by the way he talks.

He speaks in quick sentences with frequent detours sprinkled with seemingly random thoughts, only to circle back to his main point and make perfect sense. He’s clearly a bright guy. He’d have to be with his history.

Most people know Bill Dutcher as the founder of Americade, one of the country’s largest motorcycle rallies, and one that for years has been associated with large touring motorcycles, although that has been changing. But he’s more than a touring rider; the Bill +\[JOLY ^OV TLL[Z `V\ H[ [OL YHSS` VMÄJL V\[ZPKL VM 3HRL .LVYNL 5 @ PZ H ^PY` X\PJR witted motorcycle junkie to the core. From the age of 17, he has worked in just about every type of motorcycle industry job, from mechanic to racer to motorcycle distributor to ZHSLZ THUHNLY [V KPYLJ[VY VM W\ISPJ YLSH[PVUZ MVY [OL /HYSL` +H]PKZVU 4V[VY *V (Z H [LLUHNLY OL [V\YLK ,\YVWL VU H ]LY` \ZLK )4> ILMVYL LU[LYPUN JVSSLNL /L ^VYL OPZ YVHK YHJL SLH[OLYZ [V OPZ JVSSLNL NYHK\H[PVU ZV OL JV\SK THRL P[ [V H YHJL VU [PTL (UK OL KPZHZZLTISLK TVYL [OHU OPZ ZOHYL VM TV[VYJ`JSLZ [V Ä[ [OLT PU[V ]HYPV\Z UVU [YHKP[PVUHS YHJL OH\SLYZ [V NL[ [V [OL YHJLZ That he has created one of the most successful and enduring motorcycle rallies— Americade celebrates its 27th anniversary this year—is just the latest chapter in a life that has been, at its core, all about motorcycling for nearly all of his 67 years.

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On How His Obsession With Motion Was Born My mother was divorced, and we lived in :WYPUNÄLSK 4HZZ :[YHUNLS` LUV\NO 0 ^HZ right up the hill from the Indian Motocycle factory, but I didn’t realize it at the time. When 0 ^HZ HIV\[ T` TVT [VVR TL [V H SV^ SL]LS Z[VJR JHY YHJL PU (NH^HT 4HZZ :OL [VVR TL down to the pits, and I remember being really impressed by everything I saw. And I loved seeing the cars sideways on the dirt track.

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things to make my bicycle go faster. And then there was a time when I went over to my sister’s house and her husband owned an Indian. My stepfather asked me if I’d like to go for a ride on his brothr’s big Indian.

I remember he was a portly gentleman, and I couldn’t get my arms around him. He gassed P[ HUK 0 ^LPNOLK TH`IL WV\UKZ H[ [OL time, and my legs went out behind me, and I ^HZ [LYYPÄLK 0 ^HZ `LSSPUN ¸:[VW Z[VW ¹ HUK OL couldn’t hear me. But there were things about that ride that were really nice. And once I was through wetting my pants, I really enjoyed it.

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On His First Experiences Behind The Handlebars Himself When I was about 15 or 16, we had moved to Connecticut, and a friend of mine out in the country had a Triumph Tiger Cub. We laid out a racetrack and we raced around it all the time. Going fast and smooth was totally natural to me. I mean, it worked. My friend was bigger, and he hated the fact that I could beat him. I was lighter and better, and it really did seem like I had a knack for it.

“That’s what really stuck the needle in my arm. It was all the things that the brotherhood of motorcycling talks about—you know, ‘the freedom of the open road,’ and all that. But that’s what it was.”—Bill Dutcher

On Falling Hard For A Life On Two Wheels I was also racing sailboats—it’s what you did when you lived on the coast of Connecticut. I managed to win a trip to race against the Royal Swedish Yacht Club in Sweden in the summer of my senior year.

It was a six-week deal, and after that I had six weeks before I was to start college, so I thought, “This is great! I’m going to go see Europe.” I’m amazed now that my parents let me do it, a 17-year-old kid.

Well, I started by hitchhiking, but that got old, so for $100 I bought a BMW single in Leer, Germany, and I became the proud owner of a 1952 R25 in 1959, and off I went on this thing, which probably had a top ZWLLK VU [OL ÅH[Z VM HIV\[ TWO 0[ ^HZ an amazing trip.

That’s what really stuck the needle in my arm. It was all the things that the brotherhood of motorcycling talks about— you know, “the freedom of the open road,’’ and all that. But that’s what it was.

On Keeping The Motorcycle Dream Alive During College I wound up going to Harvard, and 0 Å\URLK V\[ T` ÄYZ[ `LHY 0 ZWLU[ [OL following winter in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., working as a mechanic and waiter and busboy and riding a Triumph 500. I tried to get back into school after that, but my year off didn’t impress the people at Harvard, so I ended up working in New York City for IBM, with probably the dirtiest job there: running their de-collation machine, a machine that pulled apart eight-page carbon copies, so [OL YVVT ^HZ HS^H`Z ÄSSLK ^P[O JHYIVU K\Z[ Doing that for a year, and summer school, got me back in.

I lived in an apartment in Manhattan with a friend who had a Triumph Bonneville, and I bought a Honda Hawk, the 250. A year later they produced the 305, which I would have preferred because it had more torque, but I had the 250. I had it chained up under H [HYW \UKLY T` ÄM[O Z[VY` ^PUKV^ HUK my theft-deterrent system was a pair of bronze bookends I kept on my windowsill.

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On His First-Ever Motorcycle Race, A Dirt-Track Scrambles Race I had the Honda Hawk that shifted on one side in one direction, and I bought an old Triumph Cub to go racing and it shifted on the other side and in the other direction. My friend had a car, so we’d take the front end off the bike and put it in the trunk, and we’d drive off to the track.

In that race, I got a pretty good start, but PU [OL ÄYZ[ [\YU PUZ[LHK VM OP[[PUN [OL YLHY brake, I ended up upshifting. I ran off the track.

I remember I had a newish helmet, and I had to look back over my shoulder before I got back on the track, and the helmet turned around my face so I couldn’t see anything.

It was a pretty inauspicious beginning.

But I learned I was pretty good at starts, at least.

On His First Race As An Amateur I sold the Cub to help pay for college, and ended up in Boston with that impossible-tokill Honda Hawk. In the spring of my junior year, I bought a used Greeves scrambler that was almost competitive. At the time, New England had a very competitive scrambles group. Joe Bolger, who’s in the AMA’s Motorcycle Hall of Fame, competed in it. I entered some races and was promoted to amateur (from novice) pretty quickly.

4` ÄYZ[ HTH[L\Y YHJL ^HZ H[ 9LK 9VJR Hill in North Attleboro, Mass. I got a good start, and was leading coming onto the front straight, but I overcooked it and got all sideways and crashed. A couple guys rode over my back, breaking my scapula.

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because I had the arms of my leathers wrapped around my waist.

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Bultaco Metisse snapped its downtubes, I\[ 0 YLWHPYLK P[ HUK Z^HWWLK L]LY`[OPUN V]LY :OVY[S` HM[LY^HYK 1VOU ;H`SVY ^OV was the importer for Bultaco, called and offered me a new frame, and I told him 0»K HSYLHK` Ä_LK P[ HUK KPKU»[ OH]L [PTL to swap it out again because I was busy looking for a job. And he said. “Why don’t we talk about a job?”

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On The Trick To Setting Up Bultaco Dealerships My M.O. was simple. I’d determine our target dealers, typically Honda-Triumph dealers. Honda meant they were solid, but ;YP\TWO TLHU[ [OL` OHK ZV\S ;OLU 0»K ÄUK a local race to run. On the Thursday before the race, I’d call and ask, “Hey, I’m looking for one of them Bultacos. You carry those?”

As South As He Could Go 2007 Tierra del Fuego Ride Stands Out In Life Of Riding

But I kept racing and became an expert in the New England Scrambles Circuit. The guy to beat was Joe Bolger, and after about a year, I beat him. It was a big milestone for me when I passed him. It was about the same time that I met the woman who became my wife, and I met her at a race as well.

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Only problem was I looked a little pregnant

With a life spent motorcycling, Bill Dutcher admits that he’s had plenty of great experiences. But none of them compared to a long-anticipated ride in 2007 to the southernmost tip of South America.

“That ride was really amazing” Dutcher says. “To ÄUHSS` KV H [YPW SPRL [OH[·VUL that I really wanted to do for THU` THU` `LHYZ·HUK KV P[ ^P[O T` [^V ZVUZ *OYPZ[PHU HUK 4PJRL` ^HZ M\SÄSSPUN PU H ]LY` LTV[PVUHS ^H` ¹ -VY [OPZ [YPW +\[JOLY OVVRLK \W ^P[O [V\Y VWLYH[VY 4V[V +PZJV]LY` MVY H TVU[O SVUN TPSL [YLR [OH[ Z[HY[LK PU UVY[OLYU *OPSL HUK MVSSV^LK TVZ[S` NYH]LS YVHKZ [V [OL southernmost tip of South America, Tierra del Fuego.

Along the way, he experienced some incredible sights with his sons, including Aconcagua, a 22,000-foot-tall mountain that is the tallest in the Americas near the (YNLU[PUH *OPSL IVYKLY HUK [OL THZZP]L (UKLZ 4V\U[HPUZ The southern tip of South America, the Cape of Good Hope, is known for its tricky trade ^PUKZ HUK +\[JOLY UV[LZ [OH[ [OL` ^LYL ZV ÄLYJL H[ [PTLZ [OH[ [OL` ^LYL MVYJLK [V YPKL hundreds of miles hanging off the sides of their bikes to stay on the road.

They slept in places ranging from three-star hotels to corrugated-steel shacks. They saw [OL HJ[P]L =PSSHYJPH ]VSJHUV ^H[JOLK WLUN\PUZ MYVSPJ HUK ^HSRLK VU IS\L ^OP[L NSHJPLYZ Dutcher rates it the trip of a lifetime: “It’s funny, because when I got to the end, looking out toward Antarctica, I teared up a little, suddenly realizing how much it really meant to me, [V OH]L [OPZ YPKPUN L_WLYPLUJL ^P[O T` ZVUZ 0»SS UL]LY MVYNL[ P[ ¹

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Americade May Be Big, But It Still Has A Personal Touch When it comes to motorcycle rallies, they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much bigger than Americade, held this year June 1-6. With more than 50,000 YPKLYZ Ă&#x2026;V^PUN PU[V 3HRL .LVYNL 5 @ L]LY` `LHY MVY [OL L]LU[ (TLYPJHKL IPSSZ P[ZLSM HZ [OL ¸^VYSKÂťZ SHYNLZ[ T\S[P IYHUK [V\YPUN YHSS` š :[HY[LK PU HZ ¸(ZWLUJHKL ,HZ[ š HUK renamed Americade three years later, the YHSS` OHZ NYV^U [V PUJS\KL L]LY`[OPUN MYVT NYLH[ YPKPUN HUK H TVUZ[LY ]LUKVY [YHKL ZOV^ [V ^OP[L^H[LY YHM[PUN [YPWZ HUK 3HRL .LVYNL IVH[ JY\PZLZ ^P[O TLHSZ The secret to the rallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success? As MV\UKLY )PSS +\[JOLY W\[Z P[ P[ Z[HY[Z ^P[O [OL [OYLL 9Z! YVHKZ YVVTZ HUK YLZ[H\YHU[Z 3HRL .LVYNL PZ H SVUN [PTL YLZVY[ JVTT\UP[` [OH[ IVHZ[Z H ILH\[PM\S TPSL SVUN SHRL (Z [OL NH[L^H` [V [OL (KPYVUKHJR MVYLZ[ WYLZLY]L ^OLYL ZPU\V\Z ZTVV[O WH]LTLU[ ^PUKZ through 6 million acres of forest, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect motorcycling destination. )\[ +\[JOLY Ă&#x201E;N\YLZ [OL RL` [V (TLYPJHKL goes beyond just the local assets. ;OL L]LU[ PZ HIV\[ [OL WLVWSL HUK HIV\[ being social, he says. For many, Americade PZ H JHUÂť[ TPZZ HUU\HS L]LU[ ;\YUZ V\[ ^OLU `V\ NL[ [OH[ THU` motorcyclists together on a regular basisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; ^P[O THU` VM [OLT JVTPUN L]LY` `LHY [V

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(UV[OLY RL` [V (TLYPJHKLÂťZ Z\JJLZZ PZ [OH[ (TLYPJHKLYZ HJ[P]LS` KPZJV\YHNL SV\K TV[VYJ`JSLZ HUK [OL [`WLZ VM ILOH]PVY VM[LU found at other large gatherings of riders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americade is a gathering of friendly, M\U SV]PUN MVSRZ MVY ^OVT TV[VYJ`JSPUN PZ H social hobby, not some form of rebellion,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; +\[JOLY Z[H[LZ VU [OL YHSS` ^LIZP[L ¸0[ÂťZ UV[ [OL WSHJL MVY ZOV^Z VM ZWLLK OVZ[PSL attitudes, or illegally loud motorcycles.

Americade supports the AMA position that 3V\K 7PWLZ 9PZR 9PNO[Z š (UV[OLY RL` [V [OL L]LU[Z SVUNL]P[` PZ [OH[ (TLYPJHKL HUK [OL YPKLYZ ^OV H[[LUK HYL ^LSJVTLK ^HYTS` I` [OL SVJHS JVTT\UP[` ¸( NYLH[ IP[ VM S\JR PZ [OH[ (TLYPJHKL comes at the start of the tourist season in 3HRL .LVYNL HUK I\ZPULZZLZ HYL YLHSS` YLHSS` glad to see so many people coming into [V^U HM[LY [OL VMM ZLHZVU 4V[VYJ`JSPZ[Z HYL H YLHS ZOV[ PU [OL HYT [V [OL LJVUVT` OLYL š he says.

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front and center at Americade. So we had the whole growth of the touring market occurring then, and we were 100-percent touring-motorcycle focused at the time, and that was not a bad thing to be focused on.

At the same time, there are more than 20,000 pillows in hotel rooms for rent in the Lake George region. We’re only a day’s ride from about a third of North America’s population. And the roads of the Adirondacks are to die for. The area was logged 100 years ago, and all the twisty logging roads became paved roads. And the Adirondack forest preserve protected against development, so you have an \UKL]LSVWLK WHYR [OH[ PZ SHYNLY [OHU Ä]L VM the smallest states in the U.S. It’s a great place to ride.

On How Motorcycling Has Changed Since Americade’s Founding ;OL TVZ[ ZPNUPÄJHU[ JOHUNL PU motorcycling from Americade’s point of view is obviously the arrival of cruisers.

That’s been good because it popularized motorcycling, but it’s bad because it has made loud pipes almost a badge of honor in some circles. That’s really bad. You need look no further than Myrtle Beach, S.C., which is telling motorcyclists to stay away, to see how bad. If you let it go, it goes. And pretty soon, the community gets tired of it.

When you get 50,000 or 100,000 loud bikes, it wakes the public up. Motorcyclists represent only about 2 percent of the U.S. population. You don’t have to be Einstein to ÄN\YL V\[ [OH[ PM [OL WLYJLU[ [PJRZ VMM [OL 98 percent in a democracy, bad things are going to happen to that 2 percent.

On The Biggest Threats To Motorcycling Today Celebrity motorcyclists have made some portions of our society more willing to accept intrusive noise. But at the same time, like two waves going in opposite directions, plenty of people are deciding they don’t have to put up with it. Baby boomers are getting older and crotchety-er, and they’re much less willing to put up with noise.

Communities are trying to ban motorcycles because of it.

Then there’s stunting on public roads that is going to hurt us. The level of skill is amazing, but the problem is where you do it. I hope it goes the way that drag racing went. Once drag strips were built, people took it off public roads.

Which is worse? Hard to say. The sad reality is that most cruisers have their pipes on the right side. Car drivers sit on the left side. Drivers have their left-side windows down in the summer, when people are out riding. The noise goes directly to them.

And when someone does a stand-up wheelie down the center line, and jellies the eardrum of a driver while exerting his so-called “rights to freedom,” what’s that driver going to say when he has a chat with his legislator?

On Americade’s Future After 27 Years That’s a tough one, in these days of all days! I guess, to the degree that I can assume that we’re all coming out of this weak economic tunnel at some point, I have to say I’m happy with our registration numbers for this year. I know that some of the OEMs that depend on new bike sales HYL [LYYPÄLK HUK ZVTL HYL KYVWWPUN V\[ But our trade show and the aftermarket and accessory companies are going really strong.

Long-term, what it’s really about is people and being social with each other.

Americade has become a really important part of people’s lives; it’s like Christmas. And some people have said we ought to move it, but, that said, I live here, we all love it.

And there’s a huge number of people who are happy to come back here and see their friends every year, so we’re really blessed.

Americade is kind of a convention, around which a rally has formed, around which a happening has formed. I’m not totally happy with that outer layer, with the loud-pipe element that rolls into town wanting to turn Americade into something it’s not. But that’s part of it. If you’re the host, do you want your party full of loud guests who will tick off the neighbors, or do you want your party to be full of polite guests?

LONG-TERM, WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT IS PEOPLE AND BEING SOCIAL WITH EACH OTHER. AMERICADE HAS BECOME A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF PEOPLE’S LIVES; IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS.

On What Makes Motorcyclists Cool There’s no group I can think of which is simultaneously more diverse, more interesting, more friendly and less pretentious than motorcyclists. I’ve enjoyed meeting racers, executives, a neonatal cardiologist, celebrities, and others, and whenever we start talking about bikes, there are no barriers, just enthusiastic conversation between friends.

On Bill Dutcher’s Next Act Nobody goes on forever, but I still enjoy it, even after 27 years. I enjoy coming to [OL VMÄJL L]LY` TVYUPUN HUK ^VYRPUN ^P[O our 10 employees, I enjoy our 200-plus volunteer staffers, too. And I still enjoy going to Americade. Over the years, some friends have suggested that I ought to sell Americade, but why? That would let down the Americaders, not to mention my son and the people who work with us. And what would I do? Sit around and read The Wall Street Journal?

I love motorcycles and motorcycling. I put the needle in my arm when I was 17, and I don’t plan to pull it out anytime soon.

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In March, Congress Fast-Tracked A Law To Shut Off-Highway Vehicles Out Of 2.1 Million Acres Of Public Land In Six Days.

No Public Input Was Allowed On The Issue.

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eople who want to shut motorized recreation out of public land are nothing new. The AMA HUK V[OLYZ OH]L ILLU Ä NO[PUN [OLT MVY KLJHKLZ Unfortunately, the tactics used by anti-access groups are changing. What used to take months and involve public hearings and input from land managers is now taking weeks—and sometimes only days. Worse, it often involves absolutely zero public debate.

The result is that off-highway motorcyclists and ATV riders—along with mountain bicyclists and other classes of forest users—are getting closed out of vast acres of public land with little more than the stroke of a pen.

What’s changed? Congress. Our legislators now appear more than willing to suddenly use little-known parliamentary procedures to fasttrack anti-access legislation without debate. And that means motorcyclists and other off-highway vehicle operators are often left holding an empty bag while potential riding acreage dwindles.

The latest example of Congress’ new tactic came earlier this year, when a U.S. senator introduced a bill to block trail riders, and even

mountain bike riders, from ever riding on 2.1 million acres of public land in nine states. The AMA and others rallied to help defeat the bill in the House, only to see the bill revived practically overnight with a little-used procedural loophole, then passed and signed into law in an astounding 11 days.

There was no public debate on a bill that was a daunting collection of some 170 pieces of legislation and more than 1,300 pages of text.

“Clearly, there’s plenty wrong with how this happened, and what the law itself does by unreasonably banning motorized recreation on 2.1 million acres of public lands that are now inappropriately designated as Wilderness,” said Ed Moreland, AMA vice president for government relations. “What’s particularly disturbing about this land grab is that the Senate leaders subverted what is supposed to be an open process to push legislation through Congress quickly and without the opportunity for full public input and congressional debate.

“This is not the way to produce thoughtful legislation.”

Words by Bill Kresnak

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The Omnibus Public Land Management Act Of 2009 In this latest blow to off-highway motorcyclists, Senate Majority (Democratic) Leader Harry Reid of Nevada wanted to get legislation approved that would, among other things, make sure that riders could never operate motorcycles and ATVs on certain lands.

To accomplish his goal, he put together a patchwork of more than 170 separate bills, hoping that the legislation would offer something that everyone in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House could support.

The package, introduced on Jan. 7, was designed to create more than 2.1 million acres of designated Wilderness land, which would shut out all motorized vehicles. The legislation also attempted to make the National Landscape Conservation System permanent, which could further lock up another 26 million acres of public land.

This system creates an additional level of bureaucracy in the already muddled Travel Management Rule for the national forests, and would remove much of the authority of existing agencies in managing public lands.

The legislation also offered some oddities for a land bill, such as millions of dollars for spinal cord injury research and money for St. Augustine, Fla., to celebrate its 450th birthday.

The mishmash of bills stuck into the legislation, coupled with the bill being fast-tracked through the legislative process, raised the ire of the AMA, its sister organization the All-Terrain Vehicle Association, and other groups, including Americans for Responsible Recreational Access, the BlueRibbon Coalition, the Motorcycle Industry Council, the Specialty Vehicle Instititue of America, the Off-Road Business Association and the American Council of Snowmobile Associations.

Despite the best efforts of these groups, OV^L]LY < : ZLUH[VYZ KPK PU MHJ[ ÄUK things they could support in the legislation.

The Senate approved the massive bill— Senate Bill 22: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009—by a vote of 73 to 21 on Jan. 15 and sent it to the House for consideration.

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House Members Say “No” To Omnibus Public Land Bill (M[LY Å`PUN [OYV\NO [OL :LUH[L [OL 1,300-page bill reached the House and was PTTLKPH[LS` WVZP[PVULK MVY H ÄUHS ]V[L·HU odd move since more than 70 bills in the 170-bill package had never been discussed.

But thanks to the growing efforts of AMA members and others, who were making their feelings known to their legislators through a push by OHV (off-highway vehicle) organizations, House members were ready to put the brakes on the bill.

In fact, a number of representatives spoke out against the bill, including U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah).

“There are many people out there who do not like this sport and are working hard to shut us down.”

—Dan Kleen, president, National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council

“Poor process produces poor product, and this is an example of congressional process at its worst,” said Bishop. “Parts of this bill are good, and parts are very bad.

Each part deserves to be discussed and voted on its own merits.”

Thanks to such efforts, and increased pressure from AMA/ATVA members and other OHVers, the bill was defeated. It failed to get the required two-thirds vote of House members for approval, and went down 282 yes votes to 144 no, with six abstaining.

It was a victory that OHV advocates could not have won alone. ¸(4( (;=( TLTILYZ WSH`LK H ZPNUPÄJHU[ role in the defeat of this bill,” Moreland noted. “We asked all AMA members, off-highway motorcyclists, ATV riders and everyone who supports responsible outdoor recreation to immediately contact their congressional representative and ask them to reject the bill. And people responded, ÅVVKPUN [OLPY SH^THRLYZ ^P[O YLX\LZ[Z [V vote ‘no.’”

Bishop noted the bill would have cut off reasonable access “for a whole host of activities” on our public lands.

“I think it’s correct to say that the defeat of this bill today was a victory for Americans Deanna Cathcart Photography

REID AND OTHER SENATE LEADERS THEN TOOK THE ENTIRE 170-BILL, 1,300-PAGE TEXT OF THEIR FAILED WILDERNESS LEGISLATION AND ADDED IT ONTO A MINOR—AND ENTIRELY UNRELATED—TWO-PAGE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLEFIELD BILL AS AN AMENDMENT. MORE AMAZINGLY, THANKS TO THE BATTLEFIELD BILL’S PREFERENTIAL STATUS, THE 1,300-PAGE “AMENDMENT” COULD NOT BE ALTERED.

who appreciate access, such as the millions of folks who enjoy responsible recreation on our public lands,’’ he said.

He noted that grassroots lobbying had KLÄ UP[LS` OLSWLK [OL JH\ZL I\[ ^HYULK ¸[OPZ ZWLJPÄ J Ä NO[ PZ JLY[HPUS` UV[ V]LY ¹ Senate Maneuvering Relaunches Bill And End-Runs Motorcyclists’ Concerns How right he was.

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0U HU LMMVY[ [V YL]P]L [OL IPSS HZ X\PJRS` as possible, the bill’s original sponsor, Sen. Reid, did something with the blessing of Senate leadership that, while technically legal, was aimed at fast-tracking the bill by bypassing the usual process to create laws.

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Reid and other Senate leaders then took the entire 170-bill, 1,300-page text of their MHPSLK >PSKLYULZZ SLNPZSH[PVU HUK HKKLK P[ [V [OL TPUVY·HUK LU[PYLS` \UYLSH[LK·[^V WHNL 9L]VS\[PVUHY` >HY )H[[SLÄ LSK IPSS HZ HU amendment.

4VYL HTHaPUNS` [OHURZ [V [OL IH[[SLÄ LSK bill’s preferential status, the 1,300-page ¸HTLUKTLU[¹ JV\SK UV[ IL HS[LYLK Thanks to this rarely used parliamentary LUK Y\U VU UVYTHS WYHJ[PJLZ [OL >PSKLYULZZ bill passed the Senate again on March 19 and was shot back to the House with a much lower threshold for passage. It then passed six days later, with House members UL]LY KLIH[PUN ZVTL VM [OL IPSSZ PUJS\KLK in the package. ;OL IPSS ^HZ ZPNULK PU[V SH^ I` 7YLZPKLU[ 6IHTH Ä ]L KH`Z HM[LY [OL /V\ZL WHZZHNL Moreland noted that the procedural changes that allowed the bill’s passage were unusual, to say the least. ¸;OL WHYSPHTLU[HY` THUL\]LYZ \ZLK on this bill were clearly aimed at winning passage of a bill that had already failed I` JVU]LU[PVUHS TLHUZ »» 4VYLSHUK ZHPK “The Senate leadership changed the rules halfway through the game, purely for reasons that ejected outdoor recreationists’ JVUJLYUZ MYVT [OL WYVJLZZ ¹ 0[»Z ILSPL]LK [OH[ [OPZ WYVJLK\YL OHZ UL]LY been used before on a natural-resources bill, according to the House Minority (Republican) Natural Resource Committee.

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Not All Federal Wilderness Areas Are The Same The AMA Fights The Ones That Clearly Shouldn’t Have Federal Protection

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esponsible off-highway motorcyclists and ATVers are environmentalists, too, and also believe in preserving expanses of land for the enjoyment of current and future generations.

But too many times, attempts to force motorcyclists and ATVers off public land are simply efforts by people to make a forest or other public area their own private recreation areas, notes AMA Vice President for Government Relations Ed Moreland. It’s those efforts that the AMA/ATVA and its TLTILYZ Ä NO[ “The AMA/ATVA doesn’t oppose Wilderness designations for public land that meets the requirements of the National Wilderness Act of 1964,” Moreland says. “Those requirements include land that generally appears to have been affected primarily by the force of nature, with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticed.”

However, too many attempts are made to apply the Wilderness designation to land that isn’t the pristine terrain covered by both the letter and intent of the Wilderness law, he notes.

After the Wilderness law was passed, Congress looked at all the land in the United States that should be designated as Wilderness, and lawmakers made those designations, resulting in more than 100 million acres of Wilderness land

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Wilderness designations since then VM[LU KV UV[ TLL[ [OL KLÄ UP[PVUZ VM [OL law, Moreland says. “Continuing efforts to designate Wilderness are simply efforts to keep riders off the land.”

Utah motorcycling rights advocate Rainer Huck agrees.

Referring to the Canaan Mountain area of Utah that is now off-limits to motorcyclists and ATV riders, thanks to the bill that Obama signed into law in March, Huck wrote in a column for the Salt Lake Tribune: “Although violating both the ‘roadless’ and ‘pristine and untrammeled’ ZWLJPÄ JH[PVUZ VM [OL >PSKLYULZZ (J[ VM 1964, this public land has long been targeted for Wilderness designation by cruel environmentalists who care nothing HIV\[ [OL KLWYP]H[PVU [OL` PUÅ PJ[ \WVU the American people through the ruthless pursuit of their agenda.

“They heartily celebrate having denied the vast majority of potential visitors access to this great place,” he wrote.

“They are happy to work with the federal NV]LYUTLU[ PU H Z`TIPVZPZ VM JVUÄ ZJH[PVU that reserves our public lands for the elite few whom they deem worthy of admission: the strong, the healthy, the young and those with a psychological bent for paying, through strenuous exercise, for the privilege of scenic wonder.”

“These groups’ members include millions VM VMM OPNO^H` LU[O\ZPHZ[Z ]HJH[PVUPUN MHTPSPLZ HUK ZTHSS I\ZPULZZLZ PU]VS]LK PU the system. ¸(UK ^OH[ [OL` OH]L WSLHKLK ^P[O \Z [V KV PZ X\V[PUN MYVT [OL SL[[LY [OH[ THU` groups signed, ‘It is our sincere hope that [OPZ *VUNYLZZ ^PSS KL]LSVW H [OV\NO[M\S approach to managing our public lands more than simply eliminating public access and creating additional layers of I\YLH\JYHJ` ¹ OL ZHPK Continued reasonable access to public SHUKZ PZ ]P[HSS` PTWVY[HU[ MVY J\YYLU[ HUK M\[\YL NLULYH[PVUZ »¹ OL ZHPK ¸:V ^O` [OL Y\ZO VU [OPZ WHY[PJ\SHY IPSS&¹ Bishop asked. ¸(UK ^OV HYL [OL SVZLYZ V[OLY [OHU (TLYPJHUZ ^OV LUQV` YLJYLH[PUN VU W\ISPJ SHUK&¹ OL ZHPK Expect More Of The Same From The Current Congress 4V]LZ SPRL [OPZ TH` ZLLT L_[YLTL·HUK

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;no substitute for the voice of each and every OHV rider helping to protect your riding opportunities.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kathy Van Kleeck, senior vice president for government relations, Motorcycle Industry Council

they areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also a clear indication that these threats arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to end, Moreland noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This land grab is just the latest effort by the federal government to restrict recreational access to Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public lands,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;AMA and ATVA members responded to our calls for action and helped shape the debate of this legislation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our voice must grow stronger if we are to head off these and other threats in the future, and I encourage all motorcyclists to sign up for the AMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legislative alerts,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Through the AMA/ATVA Government Relations Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Action E-list, riders JHU IL UV[PĂ&#x201E; LK I` L THPS ^OLU [OL` JHU make a difference on important issues.

To sign up, go to the AMA website at www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com, click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rights,â&#x20AC;? and then â&#x20AC;&#x153;Issues & Legislation,â&#x20AC;? and then â&#x20AC;&#x153;Action E-listâ&#x20AC;? at the bottom.

Trying to build on the momentum of the passage of the Wilderness bill, other federal lawmakers have, or said they will, introduce legislation to create even more Wilderness, which would shut out motorcycles and ATVs even further.

Senate Bill 799 and its companion measure, House Resolution 1925, would designate some 9.4 million acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Utah as Wilderness.

House Resolution 980 would designate as Wilderness certain national forest land in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) are pushing Senate Bill 721 and House Resolution 1769 to add 22,000 acres to the 394,000-acre Alpine Lakes Wilderness

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Area in Washington state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many people out there who do not like this sport and are working hard to shut us down,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Kleen, president of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a result, riding areas are disappearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If people do not start to get involved more, we are going to lose many more areas,â&#x20AC;? he said. We may not feel the impact, but our children and grandchildren will. Apathy in our own organizations is our biggest enemy.â&#x20AC;?

What You Can Do To Help Kathy Van Kleeck, senior vice president for government relations for the Motorcycle Industry Council and the Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, agrees that the current Congress probably will attack off-highway riding more than any other Congress has. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Motorcycle Industry Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America work closely with the AMA and other OHV advocacy groups to make the voice of OHV recreation heard on Capitol Hill and within the federal land management agencies,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no substitute for the voice of each and every OHV rider helping to protect your riding opportunities,â&#x20AC;? Van Kleeck said.

Van Kleeck suggested riders join a local club, get to know the land management agency staff at their favorite riding area, make their thoughts known when asked for public comment on land management decisions, and let their members of Congress know that responsible OHV recreation is important.

Every action helps.

fter their recent success in ram-rodding a massive bill through Congress to close 2.1 million acres of public land, anti-access lawmakers are already readying new attacks designed to shut motorized recreation out of even more land.

In fact, Wilderness bills are currently targeting the closure of an incredible 36 million acresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an amount that would dwarf even the 15 million acres closed off in the California Desert Protection Act in the 1970s.

Major threats include: /V\ZL 9LZVS\[PVU ¡[OL 5VY[OLYU 9VJRPLZ ,JVZ`Z[LT 7YV[LJ[PVU (J[¡[OH[ would designate as Wilderness some 26.6 million acres of public land in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.

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Big Musky The American Roadside Attractions Grand Tour presented by the Road Winders Motorcycle Club is now under way. What could be more American than an 11-foot ball of twine in Darwin, Minn., an auto graveyard known as “Carhenge” in Alliance, Neb., or the world’s largest muskellunge in Hayward, Wis.? The Road Winders want to help `V\ Ä UK HZ T\JO YLHS (TLYPJHU YVHKZPKL kitsch as possible. Info: hogman19053@ yahoo.com.

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Fans of AMA Pro Flat Track can catch the pros on June 20 at the Volunteer Halfmile at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn. The show then moves to the Lima, Ohio, Half-mile on June 27. Info: www. amaproracing.com.

COMING UP AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days will take place July 24-26 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days has grown to become America’s grandest celebration of motorcycling heritage, and features numerous activities inspired by all eras.

The weekend is loaded with highlights, including the world’s largest motorcycle swap meet, demo rides, seminars, bike shows, stunt shows, guided rides through the rolling Ohio countryside, and various forms of vintage racing.

Info: www.vintagemotorcycledays.com.

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GUIDE TO EVENTS

ILLINOIS REC TRAIL RIDE

The following pages list AMAsanctioned events for this month, up to date at press time. Current listings are in the Riding and Racing sections of www.

AmericanMotorcyclist.com.

The biggest events—pro races, national-championship amateur competition, and major rides and rallies—are highlighted in color boxes.

Type of Event Date

For these series, we list all of the remaining events for the entire year.

Then there are the local events, the backbone of the AMA’s riding and racing calendar. These events are listed by state and are broken down by type, so `V\ JHU X\PJRS` ÄUK [OL VULZ ULHY `V\ /LYL»Z H N\PKL [V ^OH[ `V\»SS ÄUK PU these local listings:

Event Class (Competition events only) S - Standard (Amateur classes) Y - Youth Classes T - ATV classes G - Progressive M - Pro-Am classes Location/City

SHORT TRACK JUN 6 (S,T,Y): MACOMB (D-17): LAMOINE RAMBLERS MC CLUB, RANDY L ALLISON; 2 PM; CLUBGRNDS/RT 134 W TO BALL FOUR/2.0 MI S; (309) 837-9436 JUN 29 (S,T): DUQUOIN (D-18): NATIONAL; AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASS, TAMRA JONES; 7 AM; STATE FAIRGROUNDS/US RT 51; (614) 856-1900

SCRAMBLES

Event Promoter

MOTOCROSS

JUNE 6 (S,T,Y): REYNOLDS (D-9): SILVER DOLLAR MX, C/O STEVE JONES; 6 AM; HWY 96 W/JST W OF TWN; (478) 555-4673 Sign-in Time Directions

JUN 14 (R): JUN 28 (R): OTTAWA (D-17): VARIETY RIDERS MOTORCYCLE, STEVE CHURCHILL; 8 AM; ROUTE 6 WEST/1 MI W ON RT 6; (815) 434-3669

Contact Phone Number

JUN 7 (S,T): FOSTERBURG (D-18): SPLINTER CREEK DIRT RIDER, TODD E ROMANN; 6:30 AM; 2996 TERPENING LN/8 MI N OF RT 140/L ON TERPENING; (618) 593-7603 JUN 20 (S,T,Y): BELLEVILLE (D-18): BELLEVILLE ENDURO TEAM IN, EDWARD M HOEFFKEN; 10:30 AM; 3000 CENTERVILLE AVE/2 MI S OF TOWN ON RT 158; (618) 233-1318 JUN 27 (S,T,Y): MACOMB (D-17): LAMOINE RAMBLERS MC CLUB, RANDY L ALLISON; 2 PM; CLUBGRNDS/RT 134 W TO BALL FOUR/2.0 MI S; (309) 837-9436

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HARE SCRAMBLES

JUN 7 (S): LONG BARN (D-35): MERCED DIRT RIDERS INC, MICHAEL E DAMASO; STANISLAUS NAT’L FOREST/6 MI E OF TOWN ON HWY 108; (209) 613-6610

JUN 21 (S,Y): POLO (D-17): ROCK RIVER RIDERS MC, MATTHIAS KEMMEREN; 8:30 AM; CLUBGROUNDS/WHITE PINES RD/ACROSS FROM WHITE PINES STATE PARK; (815) 9462183

EUROPEAN SCRAMBLES

MOTOCROSS

JUN 13 (S): LUCERNE (D-37): 2 DAY EVENT: RACERS UNDER THE SON INC, JOHN WILTSEY; LUCERNE VALLEY/I-15/BEAR VALLEY RD/HWY 18; (626) 609-1750

JUN 6 (S,T,Y): BELLEVILLE (D-18): BELLEVILLE ENDURO TEAM IN, EDWARD M HOEFFKEN; 10:30 AM; 3000 CENTERVILLE AVE/2 MI S OF TOWN ON RT 158; (618) 233-1318

COLORADO ROAD RUN

JUN 7 (S,T,Y): JUN 28 (S,T,Y): BYRON (D-17): MOTOSPORTS ENTERPRISES LT, AARON J VINCER; 6 AM; 2525 E ASH ROAD; (815) 2342271

JUN 7 (R): GOLDEN (D-25): CHARITY: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM; JEFFERSON CNTY HUMAN SVCS BLDG/900 JEFFERSON CNTY PKWY; (800) 253-6530

JUN 13 (S,Y): WALNUT (D-17): REGIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: 4P PROMOTIONS INC, JAN PISTOLE; 6 AM; 24558 1100 E ST/4 MI S OF NORMANDY/ GPS N4130 W8938; (815) 379-9534

JUN 13 (R): DENVER (D-25): GO2WHEELS, GEORGE OFIESH; 5:30 PM; BASS PRO SHOPS/ I70 N QUEBEC; (303) 522-6525

JUN 14 (S,T,Y): COAL VALLEY (D-17): TRI CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DAVID GENUNG; 7 AM; P O BOX 244; (309) 799-9449

MOTOCROSS

JUN 14 (S,T,Y): WESTVILLE (D-17): PLEASURE RIDERS MC, MARK SCHROEDER; IL-IN BORDER S OF DANVILLE/FRM DANVILLE: S ON IL RT 1/E ON MAIN; (217) 477-3191

JUN 14 (S,Y): CLANTON (D-43): CLANTON TRACK AND TRAIL, EDWIN PETTY; 2445 CO RD 607; (205) 755-7414

ALASKA ROAD RUN JUN 6 (R): FAIRBANKS (D-40): 2 DAY EVENT: FORGET-ME-NOT MISSION, NANCY BIDWELL FAIRBANKS TO SOLDOTNA; (907) 978-7809

ARIZONA ROAD RALLY JUN 5 (R): RIO RICO (D-31): 2 DAY EVENT: SOUTHERN ARIZONA HARLEY R, ROSE CONFER; 2 PM; ESPLENDOR RESORT/1069 CAMINO CARALAMPI; (520) 378-0820

ARKANSAS ROAD RALLY JUN 12 (R): BENTONVILLE (D-19): 2 DAY EVENT: OZARK VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE, BILL FERGUS; 8464 W MCNELLY RD; (479) 366-3703

CALIFORNIA ROAD RUN JUN 20 (R): NEWHALL (D-37): SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOTOR, BLAKE ANDERSON; 7 AM; DOG DAYS OF SUMMER RIDE; (714) 308-8083 JUN 28 (R): EL CAJON (D-38): BLUE KNIGHTSCA VI, GLENN CARPENTER; MOTOWORLD/315 N MAGNOLIA AVE; (619) 913-9050 GYPSY TOUR JUN 13 (R): FAIRFIELD (D-36): 2 DAY EVENT: AMA-DIST 36 ROAD DIVISION, BOB HANSEL; 9 AM; TBA; (707) 793-0251

JUN 28 (S,Y): MILLIKEN (D-25): TWO RIVERS RACING LLC, DAVID LEAHY; 6 AM; 22437 WELD CT RD 19; (970) 587-5770

CONNECTICUT POKER RUN JUN 7 (R): STRATFORD (D-1): BRIDGEPORT MOTORCYCLE ASS, PATRICK W BOLAND; 10 AM; BRIDGEPORT HARLEY DAVIDSON/155 RESEARCH DR/LORDSHIP & RESEARCH; (203) 395-0782

DELAWARE

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MOTOCROSS

JUN 6 (R): REDDING (D-36): 2 DAY EVENT: REDDING DIRT RIDERS, KARL HANKINS; 8 AM; SHASTA DAM/CHECK WEB SITE; (530) 953-7272

JUN 28 (S,Y): NEW CASTLE (D-7): BLUE DIAMOND MX, ALAN J DECARLO; 6 AM; BLUE DIAMOND PARK/765 HAMBURG RD/RT 13 & HAMBURG RD; (302) 834-5867

JUN 14 (R): SAN BERNARDINO (D-37): CHARITY: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 7 AM; GLEN HELEN RACEWAY/18585 VERDEMONT RNCH RD/I-215N TO PALM AVE EX; (800) 253-6530

GEORGIA ROAD RUN

JUN 14 (S,Y): KANE (D-17): GREENE ACRES MX, KRISTI GREENE; 7 AM; HWY 67 N OF ALTON/7 MI N OF JERSEYVILLE/R@SIGN 2 MI; (217) 942-6444 JUN 21 (M): MT CARROLL (D-17): MC MOTOPARK, REID LAW 1 MI N OF TOWN ON RT 78; (815) 238-1614 JUN 28 (S,Y): PINCKNEYVILLE (D-18): EURO RACEWAY, FRANK BARTOLOTTA; 7 AM; 7342 RICE RD; (618) 327-9530

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,T,Y): WHITE CITY (D-17): CAHOKIA CREEK DIRT RIDERS, BOBBY G BROWN; 8 AM; I-55 EXIT 44 HWY 138 WEST 2MIL; (618) 946-4316

OBSERVED TRIALS JUN 14 (S,Y): SMITHSHIRE (D-17): NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRIALS, JENNIFER MAUPIN; 9 AM; 26 MI SW OF GALESBURG; (630) 690-1625 JUN 27 (S,Y): POLO (D-17): NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRIALS, JENNIFER MAUPIN; 9 AM; CLUBGROUNDS/WHITE PINES RD/ACROSS FROM WHITE PINES STATE PARK; (630) 6901625

JUN 27 (R): BIG BEAR LAKE (D-37): 2 DAY EVENT: BIG BEAR TRAIL RIDERS CLU, JIM NICHOLSON; 6 AM; BIG BEAR LAKE CONVENTION CTR/42900 BIG BEAR BLVD; (818) 391-3031

JUN 7 (R): AUSTELL (D-9): CHARITY: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM; SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA/275 RIVERSIDE PKWY; (800) 253-6530

JUN 28 (S,Y): POLO (D-17): ROCK RIVER RIDERS MC, MATTHIAS KEMMEREN; 8 AM; CLUBGROUNDS/WHITE PINES RD/ACROSS FROM WHITE PINES STATE PARK; (815) 9462183

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

SHORT TRACK

MILE

JUN 13 (S): WASHINGTON (D-9): VINTAGE; ATLANTA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, BENO RODI; 7 AM; 5 MILES S. OF WASHINGTON/ON HWY 78; (770) 867-1676

JUN 27 (S,T): JUN 28 (S,T): DUQUOIN (D-18): NATIONAL; AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASS, TAMRA JONES; 7 AM; STATE FAIRGROUNDS/US RT 51; (614) 856-1900

JUN 6 (S,T,Y): JUN 13 (S,T,Y): CLEMENTS (D-36): STOCKTON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, MICHELLE JONES; 2 PM; CLEMENTS STAMPEDE GROUNDS; (209) 518-0172 JUN 27 (S,T,Y): LODI (D-36): LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, JEFF G TAYLOR; 2 PM; 5801 E MORSE RD; (209) 368-7182

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JUN 20 (R): KINGSTON (D-24): HI ROLLERS MC, EDWARD J HARRIS; 9 AM; ENGVILLE RESORT/ HWY 95 TO TOWN/FOLLOW SIGNS; (509) 326-7154

JUN 20 (S,T,Y): LODI (D-36): LODI MOTORCYCLE CLUB, JEFF G TAYLOR; 2 PM; 5801 E MORSE RD; (209) 368-7182

MOTOCROSS JUN 28 (S,T,Y): PALMDALE (D-37): DESERT DAISIES MOTORCYCLE, JANINE KOHLS; 6:30 AM; LACR 208 SHANER ROAD; (661) 272-8889

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JUN 14 (S,T,Y): BERTHOUD (D-25): ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROMOTIONS, CATHY FRYDENDALL; 20125 I-25 FRONTAGE RD W/I-25 EX 250/S ON FRONTAGE RD 1 MI/W TO TRACK; (303) 477-5333

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TTS JUN 30 (S,T): DUQUOIN (D-18): NATIONAL; AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASS, TAMRA JONES; 7 AM; STATE FAIRGROUNDS/US RT 51; (614) 856-1900

INDIANA

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ROAD RUN

JUN 6 (R): HARVARD (D-24): ABATE-ID NORTH IDAHO, CHUCK GILMORE; 8 AM; 4510 HWY 6/I-95 GO EAST S.R. 6 APPROX 10 MILES; (208) 875-0831

JUN 14 (R): INDIANAPOLIS (D-15): CHARITY: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM; INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY; (800) 253-6530

JUN 21 (R,Y): PLYMOUTH (D-15): CHARITY: PLYMOUTH BLACKHAWKS MC IN, CLIFFORD R BEAN; 11 AM; 112 CENTER ST FIRE STATION; (574) 259-0103

MOTOCROSS JUN 13 (S,T,Y): WABASH (D-15): 2 DAY EVENT: WABASH CANNONBALL MOTORCY, STEVE HENSEN; 6 AM; 500 W 250 S; (260) 578-2245 JUN 20 (S,T,Y): LAOTTO (D-15): G & S RACING, DONNA GRIFFIS; 7:30 AM;; (260) 637-5416 JUN 21 (S,T,Y): LAOTTO (D-15): G & S RACING, DONNA GRIFFIS; 7:30 AM; 6485 MERCHANTS DR/SW CNR SR 205 & 3; (260) 637-5416 JUN 28 (S,T,Y): ROSSVILLE (D-15): WILDCAT CREEK MX, DEMETRIUS KNOP; 6 AM; 6390 S WILDWOOD/I-65 TO LAFAYETTE/SR26E TO TOWN; (765) 379-2482

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,Y): MATTHEWS (D-15): MUDDOBBERS MC INC, DOUGLAS SPENCE; 6 AM; COVERED BRIDGE/FOLLOW ARROW FROM I69; (765) 998-2236 JUN 14 (S,Y): COLUMBUS (D-15): STONEY LONESOME MOTORCYCL, BEN BREEDLOVE; 8 AM; 6 MILES W I-65 ON ST ROAD 46; (812) 350-5732 JUN 20 (U): JUN 21 (S): LYNNVILLE (D-15): NATIONAL; IN IL KY ENDURO RIDERS, ERIC LINDENSCHMIDT; 7 AM; LYNNVILLE PARK/I-64 EXIT 39; (812) 204-1113

IOWA HILLCLIMB JUN 7 (S): ANAMOSA (D-22): MIDWEST HILLCLIMBERS ASSO, DENNIS L SCHULTZ; 8 AM; 1 MI S OF TOWN ON HWY 151; (319) 489-2361

MOTOCROSS JUN 6 (V): MONTEZUMA (D-22): FV MOTOX, CHIP BRYAN; 7 M; FUN VALLEY SKI AREA/1066 500TH AVE/ 2.5 MI SW OF TOWN; (641) 623-3456 JUN 13 (S,T,Y): CEDAR RAPIDS (D-22): CEDAR VALLEY TRAIL RIDERS, CURT HEJDA; 1 PM; HAWKEYE DOWNS/4400 6TH ST SW; (319) 363-7800 JUN 27 (S,Y): CEDAR RAPIDS (D-22): INDOOR; CEDAR VALLEY TRAIL RIDERS, CURT HEJDA; 1 PM; HAWKEYE DOWNS/4400 6TH ST SW; (319) 363-7800

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 14 (S,Y): FREMONT (D-22): TURKEY SCRATCH ENDURO RID, MARK NEFF 5 MI N OF TOWN; (641) 660-1326

MARYLAND MOTOCROSS JUN 6 (S,Y): EASTON (D-7): 2 DAY EVENT: MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS, RUTH ANN BENSON; 6 AM; THE LANDING MX/7050 BAKER LANDING RD; (410) 375-1059 JUN 6 (S,Y): BUDDS CREEK (D-7): REGIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: BUDDS CREEK MOTOCROSS PAR, JONATHAN E BEASLEY; BUDDS CREEK MX PARK/RT 301 S TO RT 234; (301) 475-2000

MICHIGAN POKER RUN JUN 14 (R): BAY CITY (D-14): TRI-CITY TRAVELERS MC, JOSEPH K SCHULTZ; 9 AM; EAGLES CLUB/M-13S/S OF TOWN; (989) 5010911

DUAL SPORT RIDE JUN 6 (R): CUSTER (D-14): NATIONAL: 2 DAY EVENT: GREAT LAKES DUAL SPORTERS, JERAMEY VALLEY; 8 AM; 5080 SIPPY RD/SEE WEBSITE; (989) 751-6863

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK JUN 27 (S,Y): CARO (D-14): FLINT MOTORCYCLE CLUB, LINDA LOWELL; 10 AM; TUSCOLA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS; (810) 687-7379 JUN 27 (S,T,Y): CROSWELL (D-14): PORT HURON MOTORCYCLE CLU, PATRICIA J WISNIEWSKI; 10 AM; CROSWELL FAIRGROUNDS/CALL FOR DIRECTIONS; (810) 327-1062

SHORT TRACK JUN 6 (S,T,Y): MIDLAND (D-14): POLKA DOTS M/C, THOMAS WOODS; 7 AM; 760 W BROOKS RD/8 MI N OF M46 OR 5 MI S OF M20; (989) 832-8284

SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,T,Y): MIDLAND (D-14): POLKA DOTS M/C, THOMAS WOODS; 7 AM; 760 W BROOKS RD/8 MI N OF M46 OR 5 MI S OF M20; (989) 832-8284

HILLCLIMB JUN 13 (S,Y): JUN 14 (S,Y): BRIDGETON (D-14): MUSKEGON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RUSTY HANSON; 8 AM; DAN RAYMOND PK/112TH ST & GREEN AVE; (231) 726-6937

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May 1-3: Birmingham, AL: Barber Motorsports Park; (800) 2402300; www.barbermotorsports.com

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Sept 6: Salt Lake City, UT: Miller Motorsports; (866) 367-9289

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L BOTZAU; 7 AM; 4957 E BROWN RD; (989) 879-6397 JUN 28 (S,T,Y): MIDLAND (D-14): POLKA DOTS M/C, BOB SHINABARGAR; 7 AM; 760 W BROOKS RD/8 MI N OF M46 OR 5 MI S OF M20; (989) 832-8284

JUN 6 (S,Y): BELDING (D-14): 2 DAY EVENT: GRATTAN RACEWAY, HUGH FAASEN; 7201 LESSITER; (616) 691-7221

ENDURO

JUN 13 (S,T,Y): JUN 14 (S,Y): PORTLAND (D-14): PORTLAND TRAIL RIDERS M/C, LUKE T ADAMS; 11999 SANDBORN RD/4 MI S OF TOWN ON CHARLOTTE HWY; (517) 647-2686

JUN 21 (S): ROSE CITY (D-14): BENT WHEELS COMPETITION C, THOMAS DUNN; 7 AM; M33 & ROSE CITY RD BWCC CLUB; (248) 474-7214

JUN 13 (S,T,Y): JUN 14 (S,T,Y): BLOOMINGDALE (D-14): DUTCH SPORT PARK, DREXEL M AKIN; 7 AM; 13566 CR 665/5 MI. NO OF M43 (GLENDALE) ON C.R.665; (269) 683-4418

OBSERVED TRIALS

JUN 13 (S,T,Y): CRYSTAL FALLS (D-16): 2 DAY EVENT: VALLEY RACEWAY, ERIC UREN; 128 WIGGINS RD/1 MI S OF TOWN ON HWY US 2; (906) 875-0269 JUN 14 (V,Y): BELDING (D-14): GRATTAN RACEWAY, HUGH FAASEN; 7201 LESSITER; (616) 691-7221 JUN 20 (S,T,Y): JUN 21 (S,T,Y): BATTLE CREEK (D-14): BATTLE CREEK MOTORCYCLE C, JOSEPH D WATHEN; 6 AM; CLBGRNDS/21758 WAUBASCON RD/HELMER N TO MORGAN/E TO WAUBESCON/N 3 MI; (269) 729-9691 JUN 20 (S,T): NEWAYGO (D-14): 2 DAY EVENT: BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, MATT POWERS; 4 PM; 1262 SPRING DRIVE; (231) 652-5225 JUN 27 (S,Y): JUN 28 (S,Y): MILLINGTON (D-14): BAJA MX INC, PATRICK J GRZEBINSKI; 7 AM; 8683 BIRCH RUN RD/I-75 EX 136E/6.5 MI E TO TRACK; (989) 871-3356 JUN 27 (S,Y): JUN 28 (S,Y): BRONSON (D-14): JB MX MOTORSPORTS, JEFF A BEERBOWER; 7 AM; LOG ROAD MX PARK/I-69 EX 13/W 10 MI TO LOG RD/S 1.5 MI; (419) 636-5430 JUN 28 (S): NEWAYGO (D-14): BIG AIR MOTOCROSS, MATT POWERS; 1262 SPRING DRIVE; (231) 652-5225

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,T): ROSE CITY (D-14): BENT WHEELS COMPETITION C, KEITH ALEXANDER; M33 & ROSE CITY RD BWCC CLUB; (248) 860-8832 JUN 14 (S,T,Y): BENTLEY (D-14): VALLEY TRAIL RIDERS, BRADLEY

JUN 7 (S,Y): WHITMORE LAKE (D-14): MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS A, CRAIG BOARDMAN; 9 AM;; (571) 849-9231 JUN 14 (S,Y): METAMORA (D-14): MICHIGAN ONTARIO TRIALS A, BRIAN AHERNE; 9 AM;; (248) 634-2184

DRAG RACES JUN 13 (S,T,Y): BRIDGETON (D-14): MUSKEGON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RUSS HANSON; 8 AM; DAN RAYMOND PK/112TH ST & GREEN AVE; (231) 726-6937 JUN 13 (S): MARTIN (D-14): 2 DAY EVENT: AMA DRAGBIKE, BRANDI NEITHAMER; 9 AM; US 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK; (513) 943-9700

MINNESOTA ROAD RUN JUN 7 (R): OSTEGO (D-23): CHARITY: VETERANS RIDE INC, JOHN L SULLIVAN; 12 PM; ROGERS/ELK RIVER VFW/HWY 101 BET HWYS 94 & 169; (651) 260-7204

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK JUN 20 (S,T,Y): JUN 21 (S,T,Y): NEW ULM (D-23): FLYING DUTCHMEN CYCLE CLU, LESTER STADICK; 6 AM; CLUBGROUNDS/HWY 15S/68E/2 MI; (507) 359-7704

SCRAMBLES JUN 14 (S,T,Y): CAMBRIDGE (D-23): NORSEMEN MOTORCYCLE CLUB, KURT BOEHLKE; 9 AM; 9 MI W OF TOWN ON HWY 95/N ON HWY47/1 MI N; (763) 413-7253

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AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AMA Rekluse National Enduro Championship Series presented by Moose Racing www.nationalenduros.com June 21: Upton, Wy.: :JV[[ )YPNO[ :\WLYÅ` 9HJL Productions; (970) 302-4045; pinned2win@hotmail.com, www.racermec.org June 28: Bull Run Guest Ranch, Great Falls, Mont.: Russ Ehnes, MTVRA; (406) 781-0967; russehnes@

bresnan.net, www.mtvra.com

MISSOURI, LAURA BOONE; 8 AM; 3470 RIDER TRAIL SOUTH/HWY 70 TO EARTH CITY EXIT; (314) 721-9474

DUAL SPORT RIDE JUN 6 (R): LESTERVILLE (D-18): NATIONAL: 2 DAY EVENT: MIDWEST TRAIL RIDERS ASSO, STEVE THOMAS; (314) 434-5095

July 19: Blain Picnic Grounds, Blain, Pa.: Jim Landvater, Susquehana Off Road Riders; (717) 5332242; jktm300@yahoo.com, www.scrrmc.org

MOTOCROSS

Aug. 9: Marquette, Mich.: Frank Shepeck, UP Sandstormers; (906) 233-9721; info@upsandstormers. com, www.upsandstormers.com

JUN 13 (S,T,Y): MOBERLY (D-18): HLR MOTORSPORTS INC, STEVEN J HALTERMAN; 3 PM; 3.5 MI SW OF TOWN ON RT BB; (660) 263-4321

Oct. 4: Upland Lions Club, Upland, Ind.: Brent -SV`K 4\KKVIILYZ 4*" ILÅV`K'Z^L`aLL JVT ^^^ muddobbers.org

JUN 7 (S,T): COLUMBIA (D-18): MOTOCROSS PARENTS, KELLY VEST; FINGER LAKES STATE PK/I-70 EX 63/N 9 MI; (660) 621-0299

JUN 21 (S,T,Y): RICHWOODS (D-18): ACTION MOTOCROSS LLC, ROGER IDE; 7 AM; HWY 47/1 MILE S OF HWYS H&A; (314) 6080548

MONTANA ENDURO

AMA Racing National Hare & Hound April 26: Lucerne Valley, Calif.: Nick Balderas, Vikings MC; (714) 775-6880; balderas4@sbc.global.net, www. vikingsmc.org May 16: Jericho, Utah: Rob Daview, Sugarloafers; (435) 743-4818; rdavies02@frontiernet.net, www. sugarloafersmc.com

Foxes; (801) 964-8773; steve.bmp@att.net, www. utahdesertfoxes.com Oct. 25: Lucerne Valley, Calif.: Tommy Russell, 100s MC; (760) 578-7943; russelltmc@earthlink.net, 100smc. org Oct. 31: Jericho, Utah: Karl Christman, Sageriders MC; (435) 650-0411; dezchik111@yahoo.com, www. sageriders.com

Sept. 26: Wendover, Nev.: Steve Rij, Utah Desert AMA Dragbike; (513) 943-9700

www.amadragbike.com

Sept. 12-13: Atco Raceway, Atco, N.J., AMA Dragbike; (513) 943-9700

June 13-14: US 131 Motorsports Park, Martin, Mich., AMA Dragbike; (513) 943-9700 Aug. 1-2: O’Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Ind.,

NEW HAMPSHIRE GYPSY TOUR JUN 13 (R): LACONIA (D-1): NATIONAL: 9 DAY EVENT: LACONIA MOTORCYCLE WEEK A, CHARLIE G ST CLAIR; (603) 366-2000

DUAL SPORT RIDE

AMA Dragbike May 2-3: Memphis Motorsports Park, Memphis, Tenn., AMA Dragbike; (513) 943-9700

JUN 28 (S): CASCADE (D-24): NATIONAL; MONTANA TRAIL VEHICLE RID, RUSS EHNES; 6 AM; BULL RUN GUEST RANCH/719 SHEEP CREEK RD; (406) 781-0967

Oct. 10-11: Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, Ohio, AMA Dragbike; (513) 943-9700 Nov. 13-15: South Georgia Motorsports Park, Valdosta, Ga., AMA Dragbike; (513) 943-9700

JUN 6 (R): LOUDON (D-1): NATIONAL: 2 DAY EVENT: MERRIMACK VALLEY TRAIL RI, ALLEN TUCKER; 8 AM; NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTORSPORTS/N ON RT 706 APPROX. 10 MI; (800) 757-0203

ROAD RACE JUN 15 (S): LOUDON (D-1): VINTAGE; UNITED STATES CLASSIC RAC, ROBERT S COY; 7 AM; NH INT’L SPEEDWAY/RT 106/N OF CONCORD; (413) 498-4433

NEW JERSEY ROAD RUN JUN 14 (R): PINE BROOK (D-2): MARCH OF DIMES-NJ, CAROL ROBERTS; 11 AM; 45 ROUTE 46 EAST; (973) 882-0700

Grand National Cross Country Series www.gnccracing.com May 16-17: Somerset, Pa., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com 1\U ! 4PSSÄLSK 6OPV Racer Productions; (304) 2840084; info@gnccracing.com Jun 27-28: Snowshoe, W.Va., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com

Sep 12-13: New Berlin, N.Y., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com

JUN 17 (R): ROCKAWAY (D-2): BLUE KNIGHTS-NJ IX, LAWRENCE R SHAVER; 4 PM; ROCKAWAY TOWNSQUARE MALL/GOOCHES GARLIC RUN/RT 80 TO EXIT 34; (973) 271-9248

Sep 26-27: Yadkinville, N.C., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com

JUN 21 (R): BRIDGEWATER (D-2): KELSEY CHARITY RUN, ROBERT HANLON; 12 PM; 350 WOODSIDE LANE; (908) 252-4545

Oct 3-4: St. Clairsville, Ohio, Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com Oct 24-25: Crawfordsville, Ind., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com

World Off-Road Championship Series

worcsracing.com, www.worcsracing.com

www.worcsracing.com

Aug. 7-9: Olympia, Wash., (435) 635-1597; info@ worcsracing.com, www.worcsracing.com

May 8-10: Milford, Calif., (435) 635-1597; info@ worcsracing.com, www.worcsracing.com June 12-14: Auburn, Wash., (435) 635-1597; info@ worcsracing.com, www.worcsracing.com

Sept. 18-20: Devore, Calif., (435) 635-1597; info@ worcsracing.com, www.worcsracing.com Oct. 23-25: Mesquite, Nev., (435) 635-1597; info@ worcsracing.com, www.worcsracing.com

Aug. 1-2: Olympia, Wash., (435) 635-1597; info@

AMA EnduroCross Championship

sourceinterlink.com

www.endurocross.com

Oct. 3: Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio, Source Interlink Media Motorsports; endurocross@ sourceinterlink.com

July 25: The Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nev., Source Interlink Media Motorsports; endurocross@ sourceinterlink.com Aug 15: Lazy E Arena, Guthrie, Okla., Source Interlink Media Motorsports; endurocross@sourceinterlink.com Sept. 12: Florence Civic Center, Florence, S.C., Source Interlink Media Motorsports; endurocross@

Nov. 21: The Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nev., Source Interlink Media Motorsports; endurocross@ sourceinterlink.com

HILLCLIMB

(952) 601-1169

JUN 21 (S,T,Y): MANKATO (D-23): KATO CYCLE CLUB, JAMES R FLOREY; 10 AM; 19836 539TH LANE/7 MI S OF TOWN; (507) 625-6505

JUN 28 (S,Y): KELLOGG (D-23): MOTOKAZIE INC, LEE M THEIS; 6:30 AM; MIDWAY MX/58374 HWY 42; (952) 601-1169

MOTOCROSS

JUN 7 (S,T,Y): MILLVILLE (D-23): HI WINDERS, JOHN C MARTIN; SPRING CREEK MX PARK/63633 298TH AVE/9 MI E OF ZUMBRO FALLS/HWY60; (507) 753-2779

JUN 6 (S): JUN 21 (S,Y): MILLVILLE (D-23): HI WINDERS, JOHN C MARTIN; SPRING CREEK MX PARK/63633 298TH AVE/9 MI E OF ZUMBRO FALLS/HWY60; (507) 753-2779 JUN 7 (S,Y): MANKATO (D-23): MOTOKAZIE INC, LEE THEIS; 6:30 AM; MANKATO MX/169 SOUTH THRU TOWN FOLLOW 169,TURNS SOUTH; (952) 601-1169 JUN 7 (S,Y): BROWERVILLE (D-23): MOTO CITY RACEWAY & RECRE, DALE KADLEC; 7 AM; 41279 CR 7/HWY 10/W ON TODD CO RD 7; (218) 894-2826 JUN 14 (S,Y): BROOKSTON (D-23): ECHO VALLEY MOTOCROSS PAR, TERI LUND; 6 AM; 4650 LAVOY RD/10 MI W OF HWY 33 ON HWY2/MILE MARKER 235; (218) 348-4754

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Oct. 24: National Western Complex, Denver, Source Interlink Media Motorsports; endurocross@ sourceinterlink.com

HARE SCRAMBLES

JUN 28 (S,Y): HILL CITY (D-23): RANGE RIDERS MC, PAUL OTTO; 6:30 AM; 400 QUADNA RD; (000) 000-0000

OBSERVED TRIALS JUN 13 (S,Y): JUN 14 (S,Y): THEILMAN (D-23): UPPER MIDWEST TRIALS ASSO, GORDON BOGGIE; 9 AM; CR4 TO WHIPPOORWILL KAMPGROUND; (952) 881-9427

HILL DRAG JUN 14 (S,T): RED WING (D-23): INDIANHEAD CYCLE CLUB, DAN PREBE; 8 AM; 400 CHERRY STREET; (651) 764-1220

JUN 14 (S,Y): JUN 21 (V,Y): MAZEPPA (D-23): HURRICANE HILLS MX PARK I, JEFFERY GRAY; 6:30 AM; 43560 232ND AVE/6 MI E OF ZUMBROTA ON CR10 TO 232ND AVE; (507) 843-5154

MISSOURI

JUN 14 (S,Y): ELKO (D-23): MOTOKAZIE INC, LEE THEIS; 6:30 AM; ELKO MX/26350 FRANCE AVE/GPS/N44,34.20528/W093,19.73688;

JUN 6 (R): EARTH CITY (D-18): 2 DAY EVENT: MAKE-A-WISH OF

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ROAD RUN

DUAL SPORT RIDE JUN 14 (R): PEMBERTON (D-2): SOUTH JERSEY ENDURO RIDER, DAVID BROGDEN; 9 AM; BBB GUN CLUB/PASADENA RD/4 MI E OF RT70-RT72 CIRCLE; (609) 268-9272

MOTOCROSS JUN 6 (S,T,Y): JUN 7 (S,Y): JUN 27 (S,T,Y): JUN 28 (S,Y): ENGLISHTOWN (D-2): RACEWAY PARK, RICHARD SCHMIDT; 7 AM; 230 PENSION RD; (732) 446-7800

NEW YORK ROAD RUN MAY 23 (R): MELLVILLE (D-34): IDONTKNOW MC, GERRY DOUGLAS; 6 AM; PARK & RIDE/EXIT 49/NORTH SIDE; (641) 7153900 EXT. 16592 JUN 3 (R): NEWBURGH (D-34): 6 DAY EVENT: ROLLING THUNDER NY CHAPTE, PAUL TOMPKIAS; STEWART INT’L ARPRT/2ND AVIA/I-84 EX 7/300S TO 207/R TO ARPT JUN 7 (R): AMHERST (D-4): REGENT RIDERS, WHEELER KOCH; TRANSIT TOWN PLAZA/RT 5 & 78; (716) 937-9524 JUN 7 (R): LONG ISLAND CIT(D-34): H.O.G.-NY NEW YORK CITY, TONY DELUCA; 11 AM; HARLEY DAVIDSON OF NYC/42-11 NORTHERN BLVD/QUEENS; (718) 707-9300 JUN 28 (R): TARRYTOWN (D-34): MARCH OF DIMES-NY WESTCHE, JESSICA BROWN; 11 AM; 240 WHITE PLAINS ROAD/RT 119 OF I-287 W; (914) 407-5005

BINGO RUN JUN 21 (R): SILVER SPRINGS (D-4): CC RIDERS MC, CHARLES W KNIGHT; 10:30 AM; C&C CYCLE SHOP/173 N MAIN; (585) 493-2777

TOY RUN JUN 28 (R): HICKSVILLE (D-34): NASSAU COUNTY FIRE RIDERS, ANDREW TRINCHTELLA; 10 AM; APPLEBEE’S/938 S BROADWAY EX 41 S OFF 495; (516) 570-0678

CONVENTIONS JUN 1 (R): LAKE GEORGE (D-3): NATIONAL: 6 DAY EVENT: AMERICADE, WILLIAM M DUTCHER; ALL OF LAKE GEORGE; (518) 798-7888

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK JUN 6 (S,T,Y): HARPURSVILLE (D-3): SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, CRAIG ESTELLE; 2 PM; ALLEN RD; (607) 206-5494 JUN 26 (S,T,Y): HARPURSVILLE (D-3): VINTAGE; 2 DAY EVENT: SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, DON MILLER; ALLEN RD; (570) 6632105

SHORT TRACK JUN 7 (S,T,Y): FULTONVILLE (D-3): ELECTRIC CITY RIDERS, FRANK J CARPINELLO; 8 AM; GLEN RIDGE MOTORSPORTS PARK/213 MARY STREET; (518) 542-2144

MOTOCROSS JUN 7 (S,T,Y): SOUTH EDMESTON (D-3): THUNDER RIDGE SPORTS/JK R, JIM SIMMONS; 6 AM; 224 MICHAEL LANE/1 MI S OF TOWN/HWY 18; (607) 847-6520 JUN 13 (V,Y): NEW BERLIN (D-3): NATIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CE, JILL ROBINSON; 5986 STATE HWY 8/5 MI N OF TOWN/20 MI S OF UTICA; (607) 965-8784

JUN 14 (S,Y): RICHFORD (D-4): BROOME TIOGA SPORTS CENTE, TOM HURD; 6 AM; 50 SHAFFER RD/I-81 EX 8/RT 79W 8 MI; (607) 849-4438 JUN 21 (S,T,Y): AUBURN (D-4): FROZEN OCEAN MOTOCROSS IN, BILL M DENMAN; 7 AM; 4415 VANDERSTOUW RD/NYS THRUWAY EX 40 TO 34S; (315) 784-5466 JUN 28 (S,T,Y): NEW BERLIN (D-3): UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CE, JILL ROBINSON; 7 AM; 5986 STATE HWY 8/5 MI N OF TOWN/20 MI S OF UTICA; (607) 965-8784

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,T,Y): LYONS (D-4): ARCADIA BARK BUSTERS, DEBORAH VANCAMP; 6 AM; 7299 MAXISON DR; (315) 548-5145 JUN 20 (S): MEXICO (D-3): SMX ASSOCIATES LLC, AL MORGAN; 7 AM; 3098 SR11; (315) 668-7195 JUN 21 (S,T,Y): HARPURSVILLE (D-3): SQUARE DEAL RIDERS M/C, ANDY BALMER; ROUTE 7; (607) 759-8800

LLC, MATTHEW D EASTMAN; 4 PM; PICKAWAY CO FRGRNDS/415 LANCASTER PIKE RT 22; (937) 358-2427 JUN 27 (S,Y): JUN 28 (S,Y): BLANCHESTER (D-11): DIRT COUNTRY, CINDY KING; 5 AM; 6901 RT 133/3.5 MI S OF TOWN ON RT 133; (513) 625-7350 JUN 29 (S,T,Y): MARION (D-12): AMERICAN MOTOSPORTS LLC, MATTHEW D EASTMAN; 2:30 PM; MARION CO FAIR/SR23 TO SR309 W INTO MAIRION RT ON MADISON; (937) 358-2427

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 6 (V,Y): JUN 7 (S,Y): MILLFIELD (D-11): RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, RITA COOMBS; SUNDAY CREEK RACEWAY; (304) 284-0084 JUN 21 (S,Y): CHILLICOTHE (D-11): CHILLICOTHE ENDURO RIDERS, TOM MEEKER; 7 AM; CAMP CATTAIL/CR 550/N BIERS RUN/R CATTAIL RD; (740) 773-6115 JUN 28 (S,T): LOGAN (D-11): HOCKING VALLEY MOTORCYCLE, TOM SCHOLL; 8 AM; US 33 TO RTE 328/FLLW SIGNS; (740) 3857695

ENDURO

JUN 28 (S,T,Y): BERKSHIRE (D-4): ITHACA DIRT RIDERS INC, CHARLES E DAVIS; 350 DAVIS RD; (607) 657-8248

JUN 14 (S): NEW STRAITSVILL(D-11): NEW STRAITSVILLE ENDURO R, STEVE W WHEELER; BEGLEYS ATV CAMPGROUND/12 MI N OF LOGAN ON SR93; (740) 394-2220

ENDURO

GRAND PRIX

JUN 28 (S): HANCOCK (D-3): RIDGE RIDERS M/C, CHRIS P MAHER; 4 PM; RIDGE RUN ENDURO; (973) 592-2708

JUN 13 (S,T): COOLVILLE (D-11): BRIMSTONE RACEWAY, ARNOLD SPENCER; 8 AM; 24576 BRIMSTONE RD; (740) 568-8401

OBSERVED TRIALS

JUN 14 (S,T): LITTLE HOCKING (D-11): WILDWOOD LAKE RACEWAY, BRENT WINDLAND; 7 AM; 2392 WILDWOOD LAKE RD/SR50/7 TO SR555 TO WELCH RD TO WILDWOOD LAKE; (740) 989-2866

JUN 13 (S,Y): JUN 14 (S,Y): BOLIVAR (D-4): DIST 04 TRIALS COMMITTEE, RICHARD FREER; 10 AM; 1100 WHITE HILL RD 2; (716) 372-4576 JUN 21 (S): DALE (D-4): NIAGARA TRIALS RIDERS, DARLENE LYNCH; 10 AM; PFLAUM RD; (716) 434-2592

NORTH CAROLINA ROAD RALLY JUN 8 (R): FONTANA DAM (D-13): 4 DAY EVENT: CONCOURS OWNERS GROUP INC, GUY A YOUNG II; 8 AM; PO BOX 68 HWY 28 NORTH/ON WEB PAGE; (706) 453-6870

MOTOCROSS JUN 28 (S,T,Y): IRON STATION (D-29): IRON STATION MOTORSPORTS, AL LANE; 6 AM; 3636 E HWY 27/INT HWYS 27E & 73; (704) 732-8200

OHIO ROAD RUN JUN 7 (R): ROCKY RIVER (D-12): CHARITY: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM; ROCKY RIVER HS/20951 DETROIT RD; (800) 253-6530

POKER RUN JUN 6 (R): LEBANON (D-11): TRAIN MRO INC, MIKE BALLARD; SPRING POKER RUN; (513) 934-1394 JUN 7 (R,Y): TALLMADGE (D-12): CIRCLE CITY HORSEPOWER PR, BARBARA DEYARMIN; HIGH SCHOOL/484 EAST AVE/I-76 EXIT 31; (330) 633-5296

JUN 20 (S,T): NELSONVILLE (D-11): FAST TRAXX PROMOTIONS LLC, SHAWNA; 8 AM; 5999 WARREN DR/BTWN ATHENS & TOWN ON RT 33; (740) 767-3740

OREGON ROAD RUN JUN 27 (R,Y): ATHENA (D-28): HODAKA CLUB, MIKE KIRCHBERGER; 8 AM; ATHENA CITY PARK/18 MI E OF PENDLETON; (503) 475-6005 JUN 27 (R): FAIRVIEW (D-28): TRINITY ROAD RIDERS, BRUCE TILLER; 5 PM; 22455 NE HALSEY; (503) 314-4757

ROAD ENDURO JUN 6 (R): TIGARD (D-28): 2 DAY EVENT: ROSE CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, CHAR L MESSINGER; 4 AM; BEAVERTON HONDA/YAMAHA/SUZUKI/10380 SW CASCADE BLVD; (503) 706-3969

REC TRAIL RIDE JUN 26 (R): ATHENA (D-28): HODAKA CLUB, MIKE KIRCHBERGER; 8 AM; ATHENA CITY PARK/18 MI E OF PENDLETON; (503) 4756005

ADVENTURE RIDE JUN 6 (R): HOOD RIVER (D-28): NATIONAL: 2 DAY EVENT: NORTHWEST TOUR & TRAIL, TOM NIEMELA; 6 AM; 3020 WY EAST RD/HWY 35 ODELL EXIT; (503) 681-8881

DUAL SPORT RIDE

JUN 14 (R): GREENVILLE (D-11): TREATY CITY MOTORCYCLE CL, DAN KNECHT; 12 PM; CLBGRNDS/7270 MOTORCYCLE DR/3.5 MI NW OF TOWN OFF SR 571; (937) 548-7197

JUN 6 (R): HOOD RIVER (D-28): NATIONAL: 2 DAY EVENT: NORTHWEST TOUR & TRAIL, TOM NIEMELA; 6 AM; 3020 WY EAST RD/HWY 35 ODELL EXIT; (503) 681-8881

JUN 20 (R): SUNBURY (D-11): OHIO FALLEN HEROES MEMORI, ROB GLAZE; 9 AM; AD FARROW HARLEY DAVIDSON/ST RT 37 & INTERSTATE 71; (740) 729-7091

JUN 20 (R): TILLAMOOK (D-28): LOBOS MC INC, BILLY TOMAN; 8:30 AM; LEE’S CAMP/HWY 6 W TO HOMESTEAD STOP; (503) 656-5801

ADVENTURE RIDE

BIKE SHOW

JUN 19 (R): LOGAN (D-11): NATIONAL: 2 DAY EVENT: BUCKEYE DUAL SPORTERS, WILLIAM A KAEPPNER; 34070 SUTTON RD/RT 93 1.25 MI N OF RT 33; (740) 380-3050

JUN 27 (R): ATHENA (D-28): HODAKA CLUB, MIKE KIRCHBERGER; 9 AM; ATHENA CITY PARK/18 MI E OF PENDLETON; (503) 4756005

ROAD RALLY

SWAP MEETS

JUN 19 (R): LOGAN (D-11): 2 DAY EVENT: BUCKEYE DUAL SPORTERS, WILLIAM A KAEPPNER; 34070 SUTTON RD/RT 93 1.25 MI N OF RT 33; (740) 380-3050

JUN 27 (R): ATHENA (D-28): HODAKA CLUB, MIKE KIRCHBERGER; 8 AM; ATHENA CITY PARK/18 MI E OF PENDLETON; (503) 4756005

FUN RUN

HARE SCRAMBLES

JUN 7 (R): COLUMBUS (D-11): BUCKEYE BEEMERS, JAIME PICOU; TBA; (419) 562-7964

JUN 28 (S): ATHENA (D-28): HODAKA CLUB, MIKE KIRCHBERGER; 7 AM; ATHENA CITY PARK/18 MI E OF PENDLETON; (503) 4756005

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK JUN 6 (S,T): CIRCLEVILLE (D-11): 2 DAY EVENT: KEENE RACING LLC, THOMAS M KEENE; 6:30 AM; PICKAWAY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS/RT 22; (937) 432-9515 JUN 12 (M,T,Y): NORWALK (D-12): NORTH OHIO FLAT TRACK, DAVE MARTIN; 8 AM; HURON CO FAIRGROUNDS/940 FAIR RD; (419) 465-2216 JUN 13 (M): DAYTON (D-11): DAYTON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, KEVIN R LOONEY; 2 PM; MONT. CO. FAIRGROUNDS; (937) 222-1303

MOTOCROSS JUN 7 (S,T,Y): SUGAR GROVE (D-11): CENTRAL OHIO COMPETITION, REX PIERCE; 6 AM; 9171 BUCKEYE RD/6 MI E OF LANCASTER/LEFT AT LIGHT; (614) 871-3406 JUN 7 (S,Y): HAMILTON (D-11): LAKE BAILEE RECREATIONAL, JESSE; 7 AM; 2070 JACKSON RD/75 TO 63 TO 4; (513) 893-5585 JUN 13 (S,T): NELSONVILLE (D-11): 2 DAY EVENT: FAST TRAXX PROMOTIONS LLC, SHAWNA; 8 AM; 5999 WARREN DR/BTWN ATHENS & TOWN ON RT 33; (740) 767-3740 JUN 19 (S,T,Y): HILLIARD (D-11): AMERICAN MOTOSPORTS LLC, MATT EASTMAN; 4 PM; FRANKLIN CO FAIR/I-270 EX HILLARD CEMETERY RD; (937) 358-2427

OBSERVED TRIALS JUN 27 (S): ATHENA (D-28): HODAKA CLUB, MIKE KIRCHBERGER; 9 AM; ATHENA CITY PARK/18 MI E OF PENDLETON; (503) 4756005

PENNSYLVANIA ROAD RUN JUN 7 (R): NORRISTOWN (D-6): FRIENDS OF THE FORGOTTEN, WILLIAM GILLESPIE; 8 AM; 1900 EAGLE DRIVE/CALL FOR DIRECTIONS; (215) 362-7989 JUN 14 (R): POTTSTOWN (D-6): MOTORCYCLISTS FOR JESUS M, FREDERICK MCCLINCY; 9 AM; 1600 E HIGH ST; (215) 234-8611 JUN 19 (R): GETTYSBURG (D-6): 2 DAY EVENT: MID ATLANTIC WOMENS MOTOR, DAWN M HUBER; DAYS INN/RT 30/W OF RT 15; (717) 471-7026 JUN 28 (R): SKIPPACK (D-6): CHARITY: BLUE COMET MOTORCYCLE CLU, RUSSELL B SMITH; 9 AM; CLBGRNDS/4043 MENSCH RD/.25 MI SE JCT RTS 73 & 113; (215) 362-7989

POKER RUN

JUN 21 (S,Y): DAYTON (D-11): DAYTON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, KEVIN BOOHER; 6 AM; 3515 STONY HOLLOW RD/I-75/35W/S GETTYSBURG RD/LEFT; (937) 263-9321

JUN 7 (R): SCHUYLKILL HAVE(D-6): SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MOTORCY, GERALD V PAWLOWSKI; 9 AM; 958 SCHUYLKILL MTN RD/E OFF 183; (570) 385-1460

JUN 21 (S,Y): SYCAMORE (D-12): SANDUSKY VALLEY RIDERS, JOHN H MASON; 6 AM; 232 CO HWY 37/SR224 TO CR19/S 7 MILES; (419) 927-6686

JUN 14 (R): BIRDSBORO (D-6): PAGODA MOTORCYCLE CLUB, RANDY KASTLE; 10 AM; 441 RED LANE/422 TO 82 TO LINCOLN RD TO RED LANE; (610) 582-3717

JUN 24 (S,T,Y): CIRCLEVILLE (D-11): AMERICAN MOTOSPORTS

JUN 14 (R): MARIETTA (D-6): AMERICAN LEGION RIDERS, SAM BRINTON; 11 AM; 19 S GAY ST; (717) 898-0871

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JUN 13 (S,Y): RICHFORD (D-4): BROOME TIOGA SPORTS CENTE, C THOMAS HURD; 6 AM; 50 SHAFFER RD/I-81 EX 8/RT 79W 8 MI; (607) 849-4438

JUN 20 (R): BUTLER (D-5): SUNSET RIDERS MOTORCYCLE, PATTI J VOLLMER; 11 AM; ZANOTTI MOTORS/RT 8 S OF TOWN; (724) 728-8178

JUN 14 (S): MONTOURSVILLE (D-6): PENNSYLVANIA TRIALS RIDER, MAX E STROUSE; 7 AM; RT 87N OUT OF TOWN FLLW SIGNS; (570) 494-0564

JUN 21 (R): YORK (D-6): YORK MOTORCYCLE CLUB, JERRY MYERS; 9 AM; CLUBGROUNDS/2333 WHITEFORD RD; (717) 755-1311

JUN 21 (S): JERSEY SHORE (D-6): XTREME TRIALS RIDERS ASSO, CHARLES L CLEMENTS; 8 AM; MAIN ST EX OF 220 NORTH; (570) 748-6534

JUN 21 (R): KRESGEVILLE (D-6): ZINC CITY MOTORCYCLE CLUB, PHYLLIS KRESGE; 11 AM; STAR ROUTE BOX 31/ROUTE 209 CLUBGROUNDS 1 MI S OF TOWN; (610) 681-9903

SOUTH CAROLINA

JUN 21 (R): LEBANON (D-6): LEBANON VALLEY MOTORCYCLE, HENRIETTA STEINER; 9 AM; 11 S 22ND ST; (717) 270-9797 JUN 28 (R): COLUMBIA (D-6): THUNDERBIRD MOTORCYCLE CL, SAM BRINTON; 11 AM; 1472 HABECKER RD/CALL FOR DIRECTIONS; (717) 898-0871

DUAL SPORT RIDE JUN 21 (R): SPRING MILLS (D-6): PENNSYLVANIA TRAIL RIDERS, DONALD E ROHRBAUGH; 8 AM; 101 SEVEN MTNS CAMPGROUND RD/RT 322 NEAR MIROY & POTTERS MILLS; (717) 792-1384

MOTOCROSS JUN 21 (S,T,Y): BLACKSBURG (D-29): VICTORY SPORTS INC, SAM R GAMMON; IRON CITY MOTORSPORTS PARK/120 HENSON RD; (423) 323-5497

SOUTH DAKOTA ROAD RALLY JUN 22 (R): SPEARFISH (D-30): 4 DAY EVENT: MOTORCYCLE TOURING ASSOCI, JOEL BACHHUBER; 9 AM; 305 N 27TH ST/I90 EX 14; (800) 999-3541

ROAD RALLY JUN 12 (R): SPRING GROVE (D-6): 3 DAY EVENT: WHITE ROSE MC, ROBERT MARKEY; 7 AM; 5252 HILLCLIMB RD/RT 516, 14 MI SW OF YORK; (717) 229-2621

CARNIVAL RUN JUN 20 (R): OLEY (D-6): READING MOTORCYCLE CLUB, CHARLES LAWHORN; 1 PM; CLUBGROUNDS/208 JEFFERSON ST; (610) 637-5976 JUN 28 (R): REAMSTOWN (D-6): GARDEN SPOT MC, JOHN SNYDER; 9 AM; CLUBHOUSE/RT 272/1 MI N OF TOWN; (717) 336-5451

CONVENTIONS

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JUN 25 (R): JOHNSTOWN (D-5): REGIONAL: 3 DAY EVENT: JOHNSTOWN CONVENTION AND, LISA M RAGER; 11 AM; DOWNTOWN & SURROUNDING AREA/70 MI E OF PITTSBURGH; (800) 237-8590

TENNESSEE MOTOCROSS JUN 14 (S,T,Y): BLOUNTVILLE (D-32): VICTORY SPORTS INC, SAM R GAMMON; MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY/I-81 EXIT 63/FOLLOW SIGNS; (423) 323-5497 JUN 27 (V,Y): BLOUNTVILLE (D-32): NATIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: VICTORY SPORTS INC, SAM R GAMMON; MUDDY CREEK RACEWAY/I-81 EXIT 63/FOLLOW SIGNS; (423) 323-5497

OBSERVED TRIALS JUN 27 (S,Y): SEQUATCHIE (D-32): NATIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: SOUTHEASTERN TRIALS RIDER, DAN BROWN; 7:30 AM; TRAILS TRAINING CENTER/300 WOODLAND RD; (423) 942-6084

TEXAS

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

FUN RUN

JUN 20 (V,Y): FRANKLIN (D-5): NATIONAL; HETRICK RACING, RICH HETRICK; TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY; (814) 676-0477

JUN 30 (R): POINT BLANK (D-20): SAN JACINTO HIGH ROLLERS-, LURCH; 397 HWY 156; (936) 377-5474

SHORT TRACK

MOTOCROSS

JUN 14 (S,T,Y): SHIPPENSBURG (D-6): SHIPPENSBURG MC, DARRYL L BAER; 9 AM; SPEEDWAY/180 WALNUT BOTTOM RD; (717) 796-0294

JUN 7 (S,Y): WORTHAM (D-41): FREESTONE COUNTY RACEWAY, TONY MILLER; 470 COUNTY ROAD 995; (713) 880-5533

JUN 21 (S,T): SPRING RUN (D-6): TWO WHEEL PROMOTIONS, VICKI L FLOWERS; 10 AM; 17911 DRY RUN RD WEST/PA TURNPIKE TO RT 75N/RT 641N/1 MI DRY RUN W; (717) 368-5903

SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,Y): PARKESBURG (D-6): E PA PISTON POPPERS MC IN, DONNA KONKEL; 8 AM; RT 30 W END COATESVILLE/ DOWNINGTON BYPASS; (484) 336-9160

MOTOCROSS

JUN 13 (S,Y): WORTHAM (D-41): REGIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: FREESTONE COUNTY RACEWAY, TONY MILLER; 470 CR 995/6 MILES NE OF TOWN ON CR 995; (713) 880-5533 JUN 20 (S): WHITNEY (D-41): REGIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: BAMA CYCLE PARK, JAMIE MCWILLIAMS; LAKE WHITNEY MX PARK; (205) 699-8857 JUN 27 (S,Y): DECATUR (D-41): 2 DAY EVENT: RTW RACE PROMOTIONS, JEFF M OLDENBURG; 6 AM; OAK HILL RACEWAY; (940) 427-2515

JUN 5 (S,T,Y): LATROBE (D-5): MX PRODUCTIONS, GEORGE TESLOVICH; 5 AM; LATROBE SPEEDWAY/RT 119 TO RT 30N TO RT 981S; (724) 322-0415

UTAH

JUN 7 (S,Y): HANOVER (D-6): HAPPY RAMBLERS, SHARON L FISHER; 6 AM; 4340 HANOVER RD/RT 116/5 MI W OF TOWN/SEE WEBSITE; (717) 633-7708

JUN 20 (M,Y): TOOELE (D-26): 2 DAY EVENT: UTAH SPORT BIKE ASSOCIATI, LANCE LEE; 7 AM; MILLER MOTOSPORTS PARK; (801) 966-7021

JUN 7 (S,T,Y): BOSWELL (D-5): DREAM PROMOTIONS INC./ FIE, TINA BERKEY; 7 AM; 473 BERKEY RD/OFF RT 30 FROM JENNERSTOWN ON 985N; (814) 629-6591

VIRGINIA

JUN 13 (S): JUN 14 (M,T,Y): MT MORRIS (D-5): RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, RITA COOMBS; HIGH POINT; (304) 284-0084 JUN 14 (S,Y): JUN 21 (V,Y): FREDERICKSBURG (D-6): SLEEPY HOLLOW MOTO CROSS, ERIC E SWARR; 2 MI E OF TOWN US RT 22; (717) 653-4830

ROAD RACE

ROAD RUN JUN 7 (R): MECHANICSVILLE (D-13): CHARITY: PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOU, KYLE CLACK; 8 AM; RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH/8460 TIMES DISPATCH BLVD; (800) 253-6530

ROAD RALLY

JUN 20 (S,Y): MT MORRIS (D-5): REGIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, RITA COOMBS; HIGH POINT RACEWAY; (304) 284-0084

JUN 12 (R): TAZEWELL (D-13): 3 DAY EVENT: IRON TITANS MOTORCYCLE CL, WILLIAM STUMP; 9 AM; 515 FAIRGROUND RD/ RT 19/46 EX 1/FAIRGROUNDS RD; (276) 988-6438

JUN 21 (S,Y): CLIFFORD (D-6): HURRICANE HILLS MOTORSPOR, JOSEPH C FRITZ RT81, EX 206, 374E TO RT 106 E TRACK 3 MI; (570) 222-9290

MOTOCROSS

JUN 21 (S,Y): SHIPPENSBURG (D-6): DOUBLIN GAP MX PARK INC, RODNEY YENTZER; 7 AM; 100 REASNOR LANE/RT 81 EXIT 24 TO RT 696N/6 MI N OF TOWN; (717) 249-6036 JUN 28 (S,Y): JOHNSTOWN (D-5): PLEASURE VALLEY RACEWAY, JEFF M CERNIC; 6 AM; 500 COOPER AVE; (814) 695-2453

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 7 (S,T,Y): NEELYTON (D-5): FOOT OF MOUNTAIN, PIERRON P REASNER; 7 AM; 22295 DECORUM RD/PA TRNPK EX 180/RIGHT ON RT 522 TO RT 641; (814) 259-3873 JUN 13 (V,Y): ELKLAND (D-6): NATIONAL; MILES MOUNTAIN MX, JEREMY RICHARDSON; 8778 RT 49/10 MI W OF LAWRENCEVILLE; (570) 723-8516 JUN 14 (S,Y): THREE SPRINGS (D-5): GREEN MARBLE ENDURO RIDER, JEFF FISHER; 6 AM; ROCKET RACEWAY/PA TURNPIKE EXIT 180; (410) 638-9367 JUN 14 (S,Y): ELKLAND (D-6): MILES MOUNTAIN MX, PHILLIP EGLESTON; 6 AM; 10 MI OFF RT 15 ON RT 49; (814) 258-5593

JUN 13 (S,T,Y): PETERSBURG (D-13): 2 DAY EVENT: VMP MX, SHERRY ROBBINS; 6 AM; 8018 BOYDTON PLANK RD; (804) 221-3689 JUN 20 (S,Y): PETERSBURG (D-13): 2 DAY EVENT: MIDDLE ATLANTIC MOTOCROSS, RUTH ANN BENSON; VIRGINIA MOTORSPOPRTS PARK/95S TO 85 TO US1; (410) 375-1059 JUN 27 (S,T,Y): SUTHERLIN (D-13): BIRCHCREEK PROMOTIONS,LLC, KEN FERRELL; 6 AM; 12725 KENTUCK RD; (434) 836-7629

GRAND PRIX JUN 7 (S,Y): IVOR (D-13): VIRGINIA CHAMPIONSHIP HAR, RALPH BENHART; TIDEWATER 100; (757) 356-0354 JUN 14 (S,Y): KING GEORGE (D-13): VIRGINIA CHAMPIONSHIP HAR, RAY GAMACHE; RACE FOR VISION; (540) 775-1540

CROSS COUNTRY JUN 21 (S,T,Y): ALTON (D-13): LONE RIDER PRODUCTIONS, TIMOTHY L NORRIS; 6:30 AM; VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY/1245 PINE TREE RD; (804) 966-7595

JUN 21 (S,T,Y): PLYMOUTH (D-6): BACK MOUNTAIN ENDURO RIDE, MARTY NOON; 7 AM; PLYMOUTH RIVER FLATS/RT 11; (570) 675-1814

WASHINGTON

ENDURO

JUN 20 (R): LEAVENWORTH (D-27): LAKE WENATCHEE RECREATION, DON WEEKS; 14400 CHIWAWA LOOP RD/N ON HWY 207 FROM HWY 2; (509) 763-3724

JUN 7 (S): VALLEY VIEW (D-6): READING OFF ROAD RIDERS, MARK MOYER; 6 AM; I81 EX 107/RT 209 S FLLW ARWS; (570) 754-3310

DUAL SPORT RIDE

BIKE SHOW

JUN 21 (S): GRIER CITY (D-6): HIGH MOUNTAIN DIRT RIDERS, CARL ROHATCHER; 6 AM; SEE WEBSITE; (570) 527-6849

JUN 6 (R): OLYMPIA (D-27): TACOMA M/C, TONY FOX; 3 PM; 15015 HWY 8/15 MI W OF TOWN/DINOSAUR DAZE; (253) 376-2527

OBSERVED TRIALS

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK

JUN 7 (S): MONTOURSVILLE (D-6): OLD SCHOOL VINTAGE MOTORC, RICHARD BUSSLER

JUN 28 (S,T,Y): REPUBLIC (D-27): NORTHWEST CLASSIC MOTORCY, GARY P MCGLASSON; FERRY COUNTY FAIR

GROUNDS; (509) 775-2517

SHORT TRACK JUN 7 (S,Y): OLYMPIA (D-27): VINTAGE; TACOMA M/C, TONY FOX; 15015 HWY ST 8/15 MILES W OF TOWN

SCRAMBLES JUN 6 (S,Y): OLYMPIA (D-27): VINTAGE; TACOMA M/C, TONY FOX; 15015 HWY ST 8/15 MILES W OF TOWN

MOTOCROSS JUN 7 (S,Y): RAYMOND (D-27): WARD CREEK MX, LISA KLEMP; 6:30 AM; 41 WARD CREEK RD/SR6 FROM CHEHALIS/SR8 FROM OLYMPIA; (360) 942-4674

ADVENTURE SERIES AMA BMW National Adventure Riding Series www.amadirectlink.com/roadride/adv/ May 2-3: Buck Meadows, CA; Family Off Road Adventures, Lawrence Borgens; (209) 649-3633; www. familyoffroadadventures.com.

Sept. 26-27: Wabeno, WI; Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Brad Eggum; www.widualsportriders.org; bigwoods200@ hotmail.com.

Oct. 3-4: TBA, KY; 4-Fun Trail Riders, Vicky Stephenson, (513) 553-6662, www.4funtrailriders.com.

May 16-17: Zaleski, OH; Buckeye Dualsporters, Bill Kaeppner; (740) 380-3050; www.kaeppnerswoods.com; kaeppners@verizon.net.

Oct. 10-11, 2009: Hammonton, NJ; Jack OConnor, Ocean Country Competition Riders, 732-714-8874 info@ pinebarrens500.org, www.pinebarrens500.org

May 30-31: Mill Hall, PA; Durty Dabbers, Nils Mantzoros; (570) 748-9456; www.durtydabbers.com.

Oct. 24-25: Delta, AL; Dixie Dual Sport, Robert Frey, www. dixiedualsport.com.

JUN 12 (S,Y): KENT (D-27): 3 DAY EVENT: ADVENTURE SPORTS PROMOTIO, SEAN REDDISH; 31001 144TH AVE SE; (435) 635-1597

May 30-31: Wabeno, WI; Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Brad Eggum; www.widualsportriders.org; bigwoods200@ hotmail.com.

Oct. 24-25: Payson, AZ; Arizona Trail Riders, Don Hood; (602) 692-9382; www.arizonatrailriders.org.

WEST VIRGINIA

Jun 6-7: Hood River, OR; NW Tour & Trail, Tom Niemela; (503) 681-8881, www.blackdogdualsport.com.

JUN 13 (S): WASHOUGAL (D-27): REGIONAL; 2 DAY EVENT: WASHOUGAL MX PARK LLC, CAROLYN A HUFFMAN; 6 AM; 40205 NE BORIN RD; (541) 673-1671

GRAND PRIX

MOTOCROSS JUN 21 (S,T,Y): GRN SULPHUR SPR(D-5): LICK CREEK MX, PHILIP GWINN; 6:30 AM; EX 143 ON I64 FOLLOW SIGNS; (304) 673-7992

Aug. 28-31: North Cascades, WA; Sound Rider!, Tom Mehren; (206) 329-7808; www.soundrider.com.

HARE SCRAMBLES

Sept. 12-13: Cadiz, KY; Jesse Thomas,KT Riders, 270-5223703, ginny42211@yahoo.com

JUN 27 (V,Y): JUN 28 (S,Y): SNOW SHOE (D-5): RACER PRODUCTIONS INC, RITA COOMBS; (304) 284-0084

Sept. 19-20: Morganton, NC; J.D.S.A.K.I, Ron Miller; (704) 483-6833; millerron@bellsouth.net.

WISCONSIN

Sept. 19-20: Sterling, IL; Brushpoppers MC, Jack Suption; (815) 622-4099; www.geocities.com/brushpoppers.

POKER RUN JUN 6 (R): MADISON (D-16): MADISON MOTORCYCLE CLUB, DANIEL J MANCL; 10 AM; MAD CITY MOTORSPORTS; (608) 2198967

1/2 MILE DIRT TRACK JUN 6 (S,T,Y): BEAVER DAM (D-16): BEAVER CYCLE CLUB INC, MICHAEL L SCHWARZENBACHER; HWY 33/4 MI E OF HWY151; (920) 887-1469

SHORT TRACK

AMA Racing Dirt Track Grand Championships

JUN 20 (S,T,Y): LAKE MILLS (D-16): AZTALAN CYCLE CLUB INC, HARVEY SCHAVE; 2 PM; CLUBGROUNDS-GOMOL RD/I-94 TO 26/S TO B/W TO GOMOL; (414) 297-9367

AMA Racing Hillclimb Grand Championships

JUN 7 (S,T,Y): BURNETT (D-16): BEAVER CYCLE CLUB INC, MICHAEL L SCHWARZENBACHER; N9898 CO RD I,1/4 MI S OF RD C; (920) 887-1469

Nov. 7-8: Jenkins, NJ; Meteor MC, Mike Reign; (856) 2878170; www.meteormc.com.

Nov. 27-28: Los Angeles, CA; AMA District 37 Dual Sport, Paul Flanders; (626) 792-7384; www.district37ama.org.

AMA RACING AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS June 27-July 4: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, Du Quoin, Ill.; (800) 856-1900.

SCRAMBLES

Nov. 7-8: Port Elizabeth, NJ; Tri-County Sportsmen, E. Polhaumus; (856) 785-2754; www.teamhammer.org.

Sept. 26-27: Logan, OH; Buckeye Dualsporters, Bill Kaeppner; (740) 380-3050; www.kaeppnerswoods.com; kaeppners@verizon.net.

JUN 5 (M,T,Y): PLYMOUTH (D-16): SOUTHEASTERN SHORT TRACKE, BERT SUMNER; 3:30 PM; SHEBOYGAN CO FRGRNDS/’DAIRYLAND CLASSIC’/229 FAIRVIEW RD; (262) 339-7430

JUN 27 (S,T,Y): BURNETT (D-16): BEAVER CYCLE CLUB INC, MICHAEL L SCHWARZENBACHER; N9898 CO RD I,1/4 MI S OF RD C; (920) 887-1469

Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Port Elizabeth, NJ; TriCounty Sportsmen, E. Polhaumus (856) 785-2754, www.teamhammer.org.

Aug. 15-16: New Ulm, Minn.; (507) 354-2306.

AMA Racing/NATC West Youth Trials Aug. 8-10: Cotopaxi, Colo.; www.itstrials.com.

AMA Air Nautiques Amateur National Motocross Championships Aug. 3-9: Loretta Lynn’s Ranch, Hurricane Mills, Tenn.; www.mxsports.com.

AMA Racing/NATC East Youth Trials

AMA Racing Road Race Grand Championships

July 3-5: Sequatchie, Tenn; www.trialstrainingcenter. com; (423) 942-8688.

Sept. 10-13: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio; (800) 856-1900.

HILLCLIMB JUN 7 (S): NEKOOSA (D-16): RAPID ANGELS MOTORCYCLE C, TODD ELLINGSON; 8 AM; DYRACUSE MOTORCYCLE PARK; (715) 712-0068 JUN 21 (S): KEWASKUM (D-16): KETTLE MORAINE SPORT RIDE, DAVE B MURRE; SUNBURST SKI AREA/4 MI N OF WEST BEND ON HWY 45; (262) 334-1743

MOTOCROSS JUN 7 (S,T): ARKANSAW (D-16): ARKANSAW CREEK CYCLE CLUB, RANDY RICHARDSON; ARKANSAW CYCLE PK/HWY 10 TO TOWN/S ON CR N/R ON CR SS/L CR D; (715) 285-5679

ROAD RIDING AMA Premier Touring Series and Dunlop Road Riding Challenge www.amadirectlink.com/roadride/touring NATIONAL CONVENTIONS Jun 1-6: Lake George, NY: Americade: Bill Dutcher; (518) 798-7888; www.tourexpo.com

JUN 13 (S,T): HUSTLER (D-16): CMJ RACEWAY LLC, CHRIS L HALVERSON; 1 PM;; (608) 635-8422

Jun 11-13: Austin, TX: Republic of Texas Rally: Natalie Goforth; (512) 252-9768; www.rotrally.com

JUN 14 (S,Y): LAKE MILLS (D-16): AZTALAN CYCLE CLUB INC, HARVEY SCHAVE; 6 AM; N 66434 GOMOL RD; (414) 297-9367

Sep 16-20: Ruidoso, NM: Golden Aspen Rally: Golden Aspen Motorcycle Assn; Ron Andrews; (800) 452-8045; www. motorcyclerally.com

JUN 27 (S,T,Y): RHINELANDER (D-16): 2 DAY EVENT: SUGAR CAMP AREA RACING EN, SCOTT SCHWALBE; 6345 HWY 17N/10 MI N OF TOWN ON HWY 17; (715) 272-1101

HARE SCRAMBLES JUN 13 (S,T,Y): SILVER CLIFF (D-16): 2 DAY EVENT: RPA OFFROAD LLC, RICK P ANSCHUTZ; W 15250 HARVEY LANE; (920) 901-5126 JUN 13 (S,T,Y): JUN 14 (S,T,Y): LONG LAKE (D-16): BIG BEAR TRAX LLC, CYNTHIA HALADA; 7 AM; FAY LAKE RD/2 MI FROM INT HWY 139 & FAY LAKE RD; (715) 674-7802 JUN 27 (S,T,Y): LAKEWOOD (D-16): 2 DAY EVENT: RPA OFFROAD LLC, RICK P ANSCHUTZ; 6 AM; 15360 CHALET LANE; (920) 9015126

ENDURO JUN 20 (S,Y): STONE LAKE (D-16): 2 DAY EVENT: MIDWEST OFF ROAD TRAIL RI, MIKE WARD; 9 AM; SUMMIT LAKE GAME FARM/WI HWY 70 TO STONE LAKE/E TO CR ‘F’/ARROWED; (715) 834-2793

OBSERVED TRIALS JUN 7 (S,Y): ELKHORN (D-16): WISCONSIN OBSERVED TRIALS, MARK DOLL; SMAGE FARM/W3669 BRAY RD/HWY 11 TO PLANK/L ON BRAY; (608) 875-5645

WYOMING MOTOCROSS JUN 21 (S,Y): CHEYENNE (D-25): LARAMIE COUNTY RIDERS ASS, CHRIS GLECKLER; 5:30 AM; I-80 EAST TO EXIT 370 TURN RT; (307) 214-7861

ENDURO JUN 21 (S): UPTON (D-25): NATIONAL; INYAN KARA RIDERS, PAUL A DOUGLAS; UPTON HIGH SCHOOL/HIGHWAY 16; (307) 468-2840 JUN 21 (S): UPTON (D-25): NATIONAL; SUPERFLY RACE PRODUCTIONS, SCOTT BRIGHT; 12 PM; GPS: 44.05’ 47N 104.37’09W; (970) 302-4045

NATIONAL GYPSY TOUR Jun 13-21: Laconia, NH: Laconia Motorcycle Week: Laconia Motorcycle Week Assn; Charlie St. Clair; (603) 366-2000; www.laconiamcweek.com

REGIONAL CONVENTIONS Northeast Region 1: Jun 25-28: Johnstown, PA: Thunder in the Valley: Cty Convention & Visitors Bureau; Lisa Rager; (800) 237-8590; www.visitjohnstownpa.com/ thunderinthevalley Northwest Region 5: Aug 27-Sep 2: Stevenson, WA: Rally Week in the Gorge: Sound Rider!; Tom Mehren; (206) 3297808; www.soundrider.com/rally/

SIGNATURE EVENTS May 14-17: Ruidoso, NM: Aspencash: Golden Aspen Motorcycle Assn; Ron Andrews; (800) 452-8045; www. motorcyclerally.com Jun 7: Cleveland, OH: Ride For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m., Rocky River High School; www.pbtfus.org/rideforkids

Jun 14: San Bernardino, CA: Ride For Kids - Dual Sport Ride: Registration 8-9:45 a.m. Glen Helen Raceway Park; www.pbtfus.org/rideforkids Aug 27-Sep 2: Stevenson, WA: Sportbike Northwest: Sound Rider!; Tom Mehren; (206) 329-7808; www.soundrider.com/rally/

AMA GRAND TOURS With KOA Along The Way Apr 1- Nov 30: USA 4 Corners Tour: So. CA Motorcycling Assoc; David L. Johnson; (909) 796-2277; www.usa4corners. org Apr 1- Nov 30: Color the World with KOA Grand Tour: Midnight Riders; Charles Kirkman; (765) 566-3807; www. midnight-riders-mc.com Apr 1- Nov 30: Grand Tour of Ireland: Irish Riders Motorcycle Club; Maggie McNally; (518) 209-2464; www.irishridersmc. com Apr 1- Nov 30: Ride with the AMA 85th Ann. Classic Grand Tour: Dayton Motorcycle Club; Kevin Looney; (937) 263-9321; www.daytonmc.com Apr 1- Nov 30: Roadside Attractions Grand Tour: Road Winders M/C; Joe Sloan; (215) 322-4436; hogman19053@ yahoo.com

STATE RALLIES Jun 19-20: Mid-Atlantic Women’s Motorcycle Rally: Gettysburg, PA; Dawn Huber; (717) 471-7026; www.mawmr. org Jul 16-19: Bikers Adult Rally: Alvarado, TX; Mattie Smith; (972) 551-0024; www.bikersadultrally.com

Jun 7: Atlanta, GA: Ride For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m.

Six Flags Over Georgia; www.pbtfus.org/rideforkids

Oct 9-11: Big Bike Weekend: Redding CA; Connie Grinols; (504)274-0226; www.bigbikeweekend.com

Jun 7: Richmond, VA: Ride For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m., Richmond Times-Dispatch; www.pbtfus.org/rideforkids

Oct 23-25: New Orleans Bikefest: Westwego, LA; Barry Lee & Kay Miller; (504)274-0226; www.neworleansbikefest.com

Jun 7: Golden, CO: Ride For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m..

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Jun 14: Indianapolis, IN: Ride For Kids: Registration 8-9:45 a.m., Indianapolis Motor Speedway; www.pbtfus.org/ rideforkids

Jun 20: D-24 Tour – Gyro Daze Run: Kingston, ID: Hi-Rollers M/C; Ed Harris; (509) 326-7154; community.spokane.net Sep 5-7: D-36 Rally – Hey Dey Rally: Groveland, CA: Dist 36 Road Div.; Bob Hansel; (707) 793-0251; www.ama-d-36.com

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May 3: Westmoreland, Tenn., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com, www.gnccracing.com

July 19: Newark Valley, N.Y.: Dan Leonard, Beaten Trails; (607) 657-8433; leonard13736@yahoo.com, wynoa.net

May 10: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: E. Polhamus, TriCounty Sportsmen; (856) 785-2754; hammerhead@ teamhammer.org, www.teamhammer.org

July 26: Valley View, Pa.: Tiffany Tobias Raush, Creek Powersports; (570) 682-4600; tiffany@ rauschcreekracing.com, www.rauschcreekracing.com

May 24: Rhinelander, Wisc.: Scott Schwalbe, Sugar Camp Racing; (715) 272-1101; sugarcampracing@ frontiernet.net, www.sugarcampent.com

Sept. 20: Battle Creek, Mich.: Byron Kibby, Battle Creek MC; (296) 660-1613; snydergws@comcast.net, www.battlecreekmotorcycleclub.com

June 21: Lynnville, Ind.: Eric Linenschmidt, IN, IL, KY Enduro Riders; (812) 204-1113; elindenschmidt@

Sept. 27: Yadkinville, N.C., Racer Productions; (304) 284-0084; info@gnccracing.com, www.gnccracing.com

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KY Enduro Riders; (812) 204-1113; elindenschmidt@ insightbb.com, www.blackcoal.org

May 9: Port Elizabeth, N.J.: Dennis McKelvey, TriCounty Sportsmen; (609) 390-3772; hammerhead@ teamhammer.org, www.teamhammer.org May 23: E. Freetown, Mass.: Gordie Coyle, Pilgrim Sands Trail Riders; (781) 294-8355; lila7796@aol. com pstr.org June 20: Lynnville, Ind.: Eric Linenschmidt, IN, IL,

July 18-19: Newark Valley, N.Y.: Dan Leonard, Beaten Trails; (607) 657-8433; leonard13736@yahoo.com, www. wynoa.net Aug. 15: E. Freetown, Mass.: Gordie Coyle, Pilgrim Sands Trail Riders; (781) 294-8355; lila7796@aol. com, www.pstr.org

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May 30-31: Idaho City, ID: Boise Ridge Riders, Jeff Haines; (208) 384-5141; www.boiseridgeriders.org.

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Sept. 19-20: Sterling, IL: Brushpoppers MC, Jack Suption, (815) 622-4099; geocities.com/brushpoppers.

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Sept. 26-27: Boyne Falls, MI: Great Lakes Dual Sporters, Jeramey Valley, (989) 751-6863; gldsmc.org.

May 16-17: Zaleski, OH: Buckeye Dualsporters, Bill Kaeppner, (740) 380-3050; kaeppnerswoods.com.

May 30-31: Mill Hall, PA: Durty Dabbers, Nils Mantzoros, (570) 748-9456; durtydabbers.com.

May 30-31: Wabeno, WI: Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Brad Eggum, widualsportriders.org.

June 6-7: Lesterville, MO: Midwest Trail Riders Assoc., Steve Thomas, (314) 434-5095; ridemtra.com.

June 6-7: Custer, MI: Great Lakes Dual Sporters, Jeramey Valley, (989) 751-6863; gldsmc.org.

June 6-7: Hood River, OR: NW Tour & Trail, Tom Niemela, (503) 681-8881; blackdogdualsport.com.

June 6-7: Loudon, NH: Merrimack Valley Trail Riders, Allen Tucker, (800) 757-0203; mvtr.org.

July 19-25: Gaylord, MI: Cycle Conservation Club of Michigan, Lewis Shuler, (517) 416-0126, ccckids@ verizon.net, www.cycleconservationclub.org August 8-9: Hancock, NY: Bear Creek Sportsmen, Linda Rizzon, (973) 953-6308; bearcreeksportsmen. com.

Sept. 5-6: New Straitsville, OH: New Straitsville Enduro Riders, Steve Wheeler, (740) 394-2220; nsenduro.com.

Sept. 12-13: Cadiz, KY: KT Riders, Jesse Thomas, (270) 522-3703; ginny42211@yahoo.com.

Sept. 12-13: Redding, CA: Redding Dirt Riders, Karl Hankins, (530) 953-7272; info@reddingdirtriders.com.

Sept. 19-20: Medford, OR: Motorcycle Riders Assoc., Jeff Moffet, (541) 773-7433; jeff@omatours.com.

Sept. 26-27: Logan, OH: Buckeye Dualsporters, Bill Kaeppner, (740) 380-3050; kaeppnerswoods.com.

Sept. 26-27: Wabeno, WI: Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders, Brad Eggum, widualsportriders.org.

Sept. 26-27: Groveland, CA: Family Off-Road Adventures, Lawrence Borgens, (209) 649-3633; www. familyoffroadadventures.com.

Oct. 3-4: Mt. Solon, VA: Northern Virginia Trail Riders, Dave Bludgett, (703) 791-4240; nvtr.org.

Oct. 17-18: McArthur, OH: Enduro Riders Assoc., Steve Barber; (614) 891-1369; enduroriders.com.

Oct. 24-25: Delta, AL: Dixie Dual Sport, Robert Frey, dixiedualsport.com.

Oct. 24-25: Payson, AZ: Arizona Trail Riders, Don Hood, (602) 692-9382; arizonatrailriders.org.

Oct. 24-25: Study Butte, TX: Trail Riders of Houston, Jack Jennings; (713) 248-7222; trh-cycle.org.

Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Port Elizabeth, NJ: Tri-County Sportsmen, E. Polhaumus; (856) 785-2754; teamhammer.org.

Nov. 7-8: Jenkins, NJ: Meteor MC, Mike Reign; (856) 287-8170; meteormc.com.

Nov. 27-28: Los Angeles, CA: AMA District 37 Dual Sport, Paul Flanders, (626) 792-7384; district37ama.org.

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Guest Column

Mother on a Mission When my son, Gene Adam Pearson, was killed on May 19, 2005, while riding his motorcycle with a group of friends, I never realized that months later I would become an advocate for all motorcyclists.

My son was killed by a motorist who pulled out in front of him. The driver’s explanation to the police was, “I never saw him.” Soon after, a bumper sticker that I saw on a car—“Look twice. Save a life. Motorcycles are everywhere”— became my personal motto.

It became my mission to make other road users in Florida aware that there are motorcyclists riding our roads alongside the other, much larger, vehicles that we all see every day. I wanted to educate the operators of these larger vehicles that they need to share the roads safely with the more vulnerable motorcyclists.

For advice, I contacted Kathy Malone, who originated the bumper sticker in Georgia when her son, Lance, was killed while riding. I decided to help build on her idea the best I could.

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I was a “mom on a mission.” That was exactly how I felt. I was a mom trying to help others, even though it was too late for my son. So I adopted the signature “Mother on a Mission” and started using it on all of my correspondence.

The rest is amazing. I tried to think of new ways to make the public aware of the message. I started contacting advertising companies who wanted to help by donating the space—which is very costly for a year—if I would purchase the signage for the life-saving message.

In addition to the bumper stickers, the message can now be seen on bus benches, bus shelters, transit buses, billboards, taxi cabs and heard on radio programs. A local cable company even shows the message on their network. +LWHY[TLU[ VM 4V[VY =LOPJSL VMÄ JLZ PU three counties help get the word out, along with Full Throttle and Born to Ride magazines, and Quaker Steak and Lube.

At the Suncoast Motorcycle School in Clearwater, Fla., they give a bumper sticker to each graduate. According to

by Diane Pearson H Z\Y]L` [OH[»Z Ä SSLK V\[ I` [OL WLVWSL who have taken the course, the “Look Twice—Save A Life” message is one that people see most often and remember more than any other.

To date, 90,000 bumper stickers have been handed out, and in October 2008, I received a grant from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation that will support our efforts for a whole year.

Gene was a good son with a heart of gold. He loved his family, God and friends.

He did not deserve to leave us all so early in his life. He made his family proud, and I just wanted to give back all of my efforts to those who love to ride, because that is what my son loved to do: ride.

The comments and letters I receive from grateful motorcyclists are a tribute to my son and the foundation I set up in his name. I never wanted his name to be forgotten, and I know it never will.

Diane Pearson runs the Gene Pearson Motorcycle Awareness Foundation. Info: www.genepearson.org.

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