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th ree yrd ru n n ing along th e IX Ii IOOI
o f t he en g ine o n the rig h l side a nd ,
lo oki ng furt her. sa w lhat th e ro d was
a torsion ba r co nm'Cling Cro n l a nd
rea r suslx'nsion (sel' photo ) so tha I
lh " " ffeCl o f Ih l' bar wo u ld be lo minimi ze p itc h ch a nges - if t he rear sus pensio n wen' l"Om pn'ssl'd ; 11ll' CrOIll
woul d be co m p ressed by a p ropo rtiona l (no l "q ua l ) al1lounl. T he syslem has been Il'sled and co n lr ibutt,s
subslalll ia ll y lo p itcl l sla bi lily (pa tl'IllS an' a p p lied fo r), T he Elf system , throu gh links, aets o n a lat eral.
ra ther lha n 1
0ng itudinai lOrsion ba r.
Otherw ise lhl' S\'SII
'ms an' the sa me.
I' \'e ad m ired tIll' Elf splt'm si nc"
it s in ll"odu l"l io n , a m i am fascina led
ii\' Ihe hard ware th a t in no \'atin' d esign a nd Elf mOJll'y ha n' madl' pos-
si b le, But I'd also like C ycle N ru rs
read er s 10 kn o w th iu we' re wo rking
w ith energ y a nd rreu rivi ty along si mi la r I ines h ere in the lJ ,S , And th at the
res u lt of o ur efforts will be n ot o n ly
ra c in g bikes as in th e ca se o f tlu- E lf,
bUI t1; e m ost adva nced street hik es in
th e wo rld.
J AM ES PARKER
Santa Fe, 1\';\[
No AMA desert cops
AM A/District 37's BLM Coord inator Ri ck Hammel a n d the Board o f
Directors (Cycle News , August 7)
hav e o bvio us ly not real ized to whom
a nd lo whal imerests th ey a re responsible. The BL M ha s no authority to
require District 37 to ex ecule enforcem em o f Sla le \'ehicl e code co m p lia nces. District 37 is not a re p resem a ti\'e of an y govern me m em ily a nd
th erd ore not el ig ible to " en fo rce"
1000 Sla te o r k' Corne o n.
T h e District 's co m p lia nce en forcem eru of veh icle registration (a nd in dividual licens es?) would prohibi t a
large n u mber o f rider s from racing ,
Man y rid er s use vehi cles which a re
nOI regi stered in th eir name. A subtan tia l per centag e o f m achines raced
in th e desert a re tech n icall y " red "
stic ky bikes which the District wou ld
ha ve to send horne even if th ey did
co m p ly wi th spar k a rrestor codes,
Still o thers (pa rt ic u la rl y d eal er support a nd factory-sponsored riders )
race machines th at are " lest" or " exper imenta l" as a matter o f record.
They are destroyed a fter use or a t th e
seaso n's en d for legal a nd lax purposes. H ence they ca n never be registered.
The District 's responsibi lities are
to th e need s a nd in teres ts o f its members and as a co m pe titio n sa nc tio ning body. Di strict 37 is not a nd ca n not be a d esert police force for the
BLM .
La stl y, it was a bso lu tely idi otic for
Ih e District Bo ard to m ake a ny public
o r prival e co m p lia nce o r en fo rce'm em
agreemem with o ff-roadi ng's long
lime a d versa ry, Ih e BLM, Worse, il
was a bs urd to m ake a n y suc h ag ree mem for Cree. T ha t isn 't how th e
game is pl a yed . II wou ld have made
some sens e lo a t lea sltrade less noise
for m o r e grou n d,
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DAVE HOLEMAN
AM A 041041
Momrose, CA
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