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rights ✪ riding ✪ racing District 36 News Page 1 Win this Bike see page 4 District 36 Motorcycle Sports Committee, Inc. October1, 2015 Volume 13 — Issue 50 rights ✪ riding ✪ racing Hayward MC Go’s “Old School” On the Cowbell Enduro By Cliff Streib We hear from many riders that they would like to try a standard format (time & distance) Enduro, but don't want to have to buy a computer in order to ride the event and be com- petitive. So, our solution is to have two "Old School" classes run af- ter the standard "A, B, & C" classes. The classes will be run just as an Enduro would have been done in the days before computers. You go on the course with a watch, a route chart ("JART" charts OK), and some form of odometer, but NO com- puters allowed!! It will be run on the exact same course as the A,B,&C classes. The two "Old School" classes will run just after the "C" class. The two classes will be "0 to 240cc" and "241ccs News & UP". Riders riding the "Old School" classes will not be scored for the year end awards in District 36. This is just so riders can get out and experience what an enduro is all about! Riders will get Finisher Pins upon finishing the course to show that the rode the whole course. All standard Enduro rules and scoring will apply. The bikes must pass a "Tech" inspec- tion & Sound check. The Rider will need to pay an entry fee plus have valid AMA & Dis- 36 trict 36 cards (Both one day OR one year cards will be available at the sigh-ups). We're hoping to see an interest in this new format, and if this proves to be a popular class, The Hayward Motorcycle Club will do this every year, and maybe some other clubs might add this class to their events as well. Further info can be obtained at HAY- WARDMC.COM or by contacting Club members. Any exposure of these new opportunities to the riding public would be greatly appreci- ated. Thanks, Cliff Streib, Hayward Motorcycle Club. Class information for the “old School Class….. A) Riders will be able to pre-sign for this class ($10.00 saving by pre-signing). The class will be listed in a separate box on our flyer that is available on the District website www.ama-d36.org and our website www.haywardmc.com. Also, Sign-ups are also possi- ble the evening of Nov. 6th, and after 6:00AM on the 7th. Overnight basic camping is available (no hook-ups) and there are motel rooms (10 miles away) and casino rooms (13 miles away). B) The route is approximately 80 miles long and the rider must bring an approved gas can for us to take to the half-way point on the route. For safety, the bike should be able to go 50 miles on a tankful of gas. District C) Trophies will be awarded in each class as per the district rules (the more riders, the more trophies per class) rights ✪ riding ✪ racing District 36 News Page 2 Inside this issue: Looking Forward The fall season is upon us and time to put away the summer toys and get back to LAO Raffle Bike 3 racing! We have a pretty full schedule of meets for this fall (see the Fall Schedule on page 28) so it’s about to get busy for not only the competitors and clubs / promoters Chaplain Fred 4 but also the District 36 officials that support our meets. I know I got busy starting Bucket List 5 last month with posting meet flyers and some meet promotion through our website, Facebook page and reminder emails. MCMA Celebrates 50 yrs 7 Unfortunately we lost another Youth Family Enduro this year, the Wild Pony, and have lost a full Enduro for 2016, the Wild Horse, a really fun and challenging desert AMA Hall of Fame Bound 8 run. A hard decision made by WSRA and primarily due to low rider turn out. While President’s Corner 8 this decline in ridership that started with the drop in the economy has stabilized, and in some areas appears to be turning around, I remain pleasantly optimistic that mo- Wilseyville Returns 9 torcycle riding and racing will rebound not only to the levels we saw in the mid 2000’s, but grow even more. I would think anyone that rides and loves the sport can 2016 D36 Directors 11 understand these feelings. Enduro Report 13 We held our Annual Meeting on Sept 12th at the American Legion Hall in Lodi and our 2016 season has been set with meet dates. This will be published soon on our Tech Tip 15 website when the calendar is finalized by the Sanction Steward. Also at this meeting our District 36 Board of Directors for 2106 was elected (see “Meet Your 2016 Board “Gone Meets” Quiz 15 of Directors” page 11). These Directors will take office on December 1, 2015, the official start of the 2016 competition season. Congratulations to all those elected as Cabrel for AMA Board 17 we look forward to another great year for the District, Clubs & Promoters and Mem- Challenges and Solutions 19 bers. Several rule changes have been submitted and passed for the 2016 season and WFO Enduro Canceled 20 these are listed starting on page 30. There is still time to submit rule change / addi- Get Your Geek On 20 tion proposals for the 2016 Operations Manual. The closing date is Oct 15, 2015. Rule Change Proposal Forms can be found in the Member Resources section of the Fall Meet Flyers 21-27 D36 website. Please review section 1.6.2 & 1.6.3 in the current Operations Manual for submitting rule proposals D36 Meet Calendar 28 So things are moving forward rapidly and you know what that means…..it’s time to “gear up and go racing!” Member Discounts 29 Bill McGibbon Rule Changes For 2016 30-32 Youth Family Enduro Steward Director of Competition Update Your District 36 Membership Is your District 36 membership expired or getting close? The 2015 competition season is in Things dogs must remember…... progress, so if you need to renew I asked my wife, "Honey, how about you your membership or want to ex- I will not roll my toys behind the fridge. don’t cook tonight. Do you want to go out tend it why wait until the next for dinner?” She replied, “That would be meet? Renew now and go pre- I must shake the rainwater out of my fur wonderful. So I said, “Great, I’ll call in pared. BEFORE entering the house. our take-out order and you can go out and To renew or extend your District pick it up in 30 minutes.” 36 Membership go here: Renew My Membership Trivia: …...And that's when the fight started Peanuts are one of the ingredients of Have you moved, changed your dynamite email address and/or phone number? If so please send Jill, Pop Quiz our Membership Director, an Tool Definition: What does a man do standing, a woman do email with your updated infor- HACK SAW: A tool used to scar up the sitting down and a dog do on three legs mation so she can update our (answer page 33) chrome on the piece you’re trying to cut records. Email Jill (pease include your D36# in the email) rights ✪ riding ✪ racing District 36 News Page 3 WIN THIS 2015 KTM XCW. This motorcycle will be raffled off at the 2015 District 36 Awards Banquet in January 2016. The raffle is a fundrais- er to support your District 36 Legislative Action Office that works full time with local, state and federal officials to pro- tect riding areas and address land use issues that affect us. In other words the LAO Office works to Protect Your Right To Ride! Several sponsors that know the value of the LAO Office have generously donated custom aftermarket parts to en- hance this one-of-a-kind Bike. Parts you, the winner, won’t need to buy to “trick” your new bike out. And the best part is that all the aftermarket parts are already installed (you also get all the stock parts that were replaced). Raffle tickets can be purchased at most District 36 spe- cial and competition events. If you don’t see our traveling D36 LAO display booth look for a District 36 “Blue Coat” official. Tickets can be purchased Online Or call: Dave Pickett 209 295-1207 Bill McGibbon 925 413-2434 Aftermarket parts list (see corresponding photo) Kraig Traum 925 260-0315 1. KTM Power Parts/TMD Gen 2 Chain Guide and Dirt Tricks Ironman Sprocket 2 1 2. KTM Power Parts HD full Disk Guard w/Carrier 3. KTM Power Parts Hand Guards with Cyca Protectors 4. Hammerhead Designs Brake Lever/Tip and Orange Kick Starter! 5. Hammerhead Gold Axle Spacers front and rear wheels 6. Hammerhead Designs Shift Lever & KTM Power Parts Skid Plate. 7. Hammerhead Designs Orange Kick Stand 8. Works Connection Alloy Oil Cap 3 4 9. Works Connection Steering Stem Nut 10. Works Connection Arc Clutch & Brake Levers 11. Works Connection Brake Fluid Reservoir Anodized Cover 12. FMF Gnarly Pipe 13. FMF Turbine Core Muffler & Spark Arrester Muffler 14. GUTS Custom Racing Seat 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 rights ✪ riding ✪ racing District 36 News Page 4 Chaplain Fred’s Column For the 30 years that I’ve been racing District events, I’ve devel- oped so many great relationships with people that District 36 has truly been my second family.