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..• • • f)SCUDERIA HUSQVARNA PENTON.LAVERDA ..a t SALES. SERVICE·, AND MAIL SPECIALISTS (213) 542·1695 The Finest Selection of Parts and Accessories For Bike and Rider We Offer Expert Repairs Porting and Competition Tuning Forest Service proposes ORV rules - The U.S . Forest Service has released its new proposals' for regulation of off road vehicle (ORV) used on Forest Service administered Federal lands. Anyone who wishes to make comment on the regulations should submit them in written form before December 24 to: Departmen t of Agriculture, Forest Service, Division of Recreation; Rm_ 4242, South Agricultural Building: Washington, D.C. 20250. When looking at the regulations, take special note of the provision that no ORV shoufd be operated "In a reckless, cardess, or negligent manner" or uln a manner likely to callie excessive damage or disturbance of the land, wildlife, or vegetative resources." Under these two provisions, it would be up to the local Forest Ranger where you are riding to decide if what you are doing violates them. If he is a biker, you probably won't have too much trouble. If he isn't, you could be busted for wheelies, slides, jumping, or for traveling "In excess of established speed limits". Yes, they're going to post speed limits on the trails. Other parts of the proposed rule require all off road vehicles to meet the stiffest one of any National, Departmen t of Agriculture, or State noise standards, and that no one can operate an ORV on Forest Service land without either a valid operator's license or permit, or the accompaniment of an adult who has a valid driver's license or permit. If you do not think such regulations are a good idea, send your views into the address listed below. If you think you can live with these regulations, write them and tell them what you think alSo. 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CA. 10 am-7 pm No phone calls. 18 Find it fast in the Cycle News Dealer and Services Directory Operating conditions set this section shall apply to aU vehicles when opera ted on trails of National Forest lands. forth in off·road areas or System (a) No person may operate an off-road vehicle without a valid operator's license or learner's permit unless accompanied by a responsible . adult who has a valid operator's license. In addition, no person shall operate an off-road vehicle: (1) In a recekless, careless or negligent manner: (2) In excess of established speed limits; (3) While the operator is under influence of alcohol or drugs; and (4) In a manner likely to cause excessive damage or disturbance of the land, wildlife or vegetative resoprces. (b) All off-road vehicles must conform to applicable State laws and registration requirements established for such vehicles. (c) All off-road vehicles powered by internal or external combustion engines shall be equipped with a properly installed muffler in good working condition. A Forest systems and collect aU availahle information. 2. Correlate available accident dataincluding frequency and severity - with rider behaviors identified in the Motorcycle Rider Task Analysis so that voids in the data coUection system and the human, machine or roadway factors contributing to accidents may be iden tified. 3. Develop a model data system capable of coUecting information relative to critical motorcycle rider behaviors. 4. Recommend to state governments, Federal agencies, data coUection cen ten and curriculum developers a uniform data coUection system to guide future activities. N PSRI's motorcycle rider task analysis work will be performed in two phases. The first will determine what skills and attitudes are required to safely operate a motorcycle. The next step in v oIves . defining motorcycle rider performance objective. in order to properly guide curriculum development efforts. Development and evaluation of a Motorcycle Safety Education Curriculum will be the object of a future contract, according ~o Dr. Robinson. Initial award to NPSRI Was for $37,136.14. Phase I is to be completed by March 31, 1974. The BioTechnology contract is in the amount of $28,522• • Sup~r may, by po.ting of appropnate SIgns, or by making a ,map which shall be available in the office of the Forest Supervisor and at the local District Ranger's office, require that in ternal and external combustion engine off-road vehicles shall be equipped with a properly . FIM Acknowledges American installed spark arrester. Such spark Speedway Qualifying Round arrester shall mee t and be qualified to either the U.S. Department of WESTERVILLE, OHIO, NOV. 14 Agriculture Forest Service Standard 5100·la, or the 80 percent The American Motorcycle Associefficient level when determined in ation today announced plans for a accordance with the appropriate U.S. qualifying round which could Society of Automobile Engineers enable an Ameri~an Class A speed(SAE) Recommended Practices J335 or J350. . way rider to compete for the (d) Off-road vehicles shall not be Individual Speedway World Chamoperated at any time without proper pionship in 1974. brakes. Due to regulations of the Fed(e) Off·road vehicles shall not be eration Intemationale Motorcycliste operated from one-half hour after (FIM), it has not been possible to date sunset to one-half hour before for an American rider to race for that sunrise without working headlights title due to the lack of qualifying events and taillights. in this country. The agreements worked (f) All off-road vehicles shall ou.t by AMA representatives to the comply with applicable National, recent FIM Congress in Spain establish Department of Agriculture or State su,ch a wualifying series in 1974. standards for permissible noise levels According to the plan, a series of for such vehicles. In case of qualifying even 15 under AMA sanction overlapping standards, the most will be held in America to select the top stringent standard will govern. • individual rider. He will then be aUowed to compete in the Anglo-American Nordic Finale in Fredericia, Denmark, August 4, 1974. This event is a quarter-final round of competition to Two major research contracts have select riders for the' Individual been awarded by the Motorcycle Speedway World Championship Safety Foundation, it was scheduled for G,otheborg, Sweden, September 6, 1974. announced recently by Dr. Charles Successful implementation of this H. Hartman, Foundation Director. plan for 1974 will result in The first, dealing - with a establishment of an American Finale in Motorcycle Rider Task Analysis, 1975 to select as many as three or four was won by the National Public riders for the World Championship. Promoters interested in applying for Service Research Institute (Alexandria, sanctions for 1974 qualitying races for Va.), affiliated with Central Missouri the Anglo-American Nordic Final are State University. asked to contact BiD Boyce, American The second, an Analysis of Accident Motorcycle Association, P.O. Box 141, Reports and Statistics, is being Westerville, Ohio, 43081, (614) undertaken by BioTechnology, Inc., of 891-2425. • Falls Church. Va. Work on both contracts is under way. The two research efforts are being directed by Dr. Allen R. Robinson, director of programs for the Foundation. BioTechnolgy and NPSRI The Rev. and Mrs. Evan M. Adams personnel have had prior experience in of Santa Barbara, Calif. have motorcycle-<>riented research. announced December wedding The acciden t analysis study will plans for their daughter Laurel assemble and classify all available information on U.S. motorcycle Joan. The ceremony is to be held the accidents. 15th of next month in All Saints by the "Available in forma tion on the causes Sea Church, Montecito, California. Miss of motorcycle accidents in the U.S. is Adams will be wed to Mr. Roger insufficient at present," Dr. Robinson De-Coster of Tremolo, Belgium, the son pointed out. "Current information is of Mr. and Mrs. Albert DeCoster of limited by the inadequacies of existing Brussels. record systems and the fact that some Miss Adams is curren t1y working as a motorcycle accidents go unreported. professional fashion and advertising The latter is particularly true regarding model. Mr. DeCoster is employed by off-road (trail riding) accidents." Suzuki Motor Corporation and is tile BioTechnology's final report is to be current 500cc World Motocross delivered by February 15, 1974. It will Cha~pion. cover the following areas: The couple plan a short honeymoon 1. Identify existing accident records and will make their home in Belgium. AMA Speedway Safety research Wedding plans