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Riverside Rules: Not Good For Off-Roaderc Even thou8h the stars came out to sign auto- graphs and hundreds of parents and their chil- dren came out in support of oftroaders at the Rive''side (California) County Admrnrstratron Center, the county has still approved a crack- down on off-road u5e on private property on Tuesday, March 28. The restrictions, which the Board of Supervisors approved 4 to l, comes after two years of d€bate. The new measure will ljmit rid- int times and the number of vehicles residents can ride on their property. The Off-Road Business Association (ORBA), rhe Al'lA, EcoLogic, rhe l'4ccrath family and sev- eral residents have been workint with the coun- ty for the past 18 months on the issue. "Despite thoughtful comment from national, state, and local rider oryanizations, sma,l busi- nesses, the Califomia Off Highway MotorVehicle Recrealion Division and literally hundreds of rid- ers in attendance, the Supervisors voted almost unanimously to criminalize families who recreate together on privare properry while offering no real solutions for penalizing (hose who are truly riding illegally, ' said Ed l4oreland, vice president of governmental relations for the AMA. "The noise ordi- nance makes it impossible to start our motorcycles, and the OHV ordi- nance makes us criminals when we ride them." - Jack McGrath \ryhile acknowledSinS that most off-roaders were responsible riders who should be able to ride on their own property, Supervisor John F Tavaglione told the [A limes, 'Unfortunately, it's the bad apples that are .ausing rhe problems for those of you that are doinS it the right way." The approved version of the ordinance states that off-roaders can ride between noon and 5 p.m. on private property in unincorporated Riverside County. lt also places a limit of one off- road vehicle to be in use per l0 acres and requires riders to stay 100 feet from property lines and 250 feet from neighborint homes. With written consent from their neithbors, more vehi- cles can be ridden. but more than four will require a conditional-use permit that could cost as much as $10,000, accordinS to the report in the lA limes. "Between the noise ordinance. which is the most restrictive of its kind that I have ever heard o( along with the OHV ordinance, the Supervisors have banned OHv use for the aver- age propercy owner," said Meg Grossglass of ORBA. "The noise ordinance makes it impossible to start our motorq/cles," Jack Mccrath said, "and the OHV ordinance makes us criminals when we ride them." "l am very disappojnted in the actions taken by the board today," David Hubbard, attorney for Ecologic, stated, 'and my clients are looking at ever), political and legal alternative available." Kiedrowski Wins Honey Lake WORGS Team Suzuki took the first Nvo positions at the World Off-Road Championship Series race held near Milfo.d, Califomia, on April 2. Mike Kiedrowski topped series poins leader Ryan Hughes at Honey Lake MX Park to take his first win of the s€rier. Third went to Kawasaki'r Lance Smail. Montclair Yamaha/Zp-Ty Racing's Bobby Garrison led the lirst few laps before Hughes passed him, and then the Suzuki rider opened up about a l0- second lead. Hughes, howeve( got hun8 up on a triclv uphill "waterfall" section when a lapped rider stalled and blocked his line, causing Hughes to crash and forc- ing him to rnake a second attempt up the climb. All told, Hughes lost about a minute in the process as well as the lead, surrendering the top spot back over to Gaffison, and second to Kiedrowski. Hughes made another charge for the lead and eventually caught back up to Garrison and Kiedrowski, who had earlier passed Gerrison. Hughes once aEain found himsel, out in front, but once again HuShes crashed, $ving the lead back to Kiedrowski, who would ride on to victory Hughes, despite also suffering a flat tire and brake problems, held on to finish second. Smail ended up third after gettint ofr to a bad stert, whlle Montclair Yamahy'Zip-Ty Racing's Ty Davis finished founh. Delending WORCS Champion Nathan Woods ended up finishing fifth. The Kawasaki rider got off to a bad start but was coming up th.ough the pack rapidly when he had to stop and change a wheel b€cause ofa flat tire. After the success of the Ducati Hypermotard concept bike at its pres- entation at the Milan motorcycle show and after receivinS raves from its fans, Ducati has decided to beSin producing the Ducati Hypermotard. The H),,permotard was awarded "Best of Show" during its debut at ElCMAand " Best Bike for 2005" bythe Motorq/cle DesiSn Asso.iation. Federico Minoli, president and CEO of Ducati l'4otor Holdint, made the a.nnouncement on the Desmoblog. "With the enthusiasm shown b/ Ducdtisri and the work done in research and development, we have decided to add the Ducati Hypermotard to our production schedule, without Sivint anything else up. lYinoli wrote. "We are also goin8 to reduce the development time, thanks to the work done while the bike was still a concept. I am there- fore proud to announce (har the Hypermotard will be a ilable in a dealership near you in (he spring of 2007." The Hypermorard makes 100 horsepower and weights J85 pounds. according to Ducali. Ducati To Build Hypermotard For'07 Bou Takes World Opener Already the revelation of the lndoor World Championship, Beta's Toni Bou captured the Ilrst round ofthe Outdoor Trials World Championship, held in Nigran, Spain, near the Portuguese bor- der, on April 2. Gas Gar' reigning World Champion Adam Raga finished second after a bril- liant second lap propelled him from fourth at tie hallway mark. Third place went to Repsol Montesa HRC's Dougie Lampkin, the Brit throwing away the run- ner-up position with two dabs in the last indoor section. Lampkin's score matched RaSa's, but Reta had thre€ cleans more than t-a.rnpkin, and that was the differ- ence betlveen second and third- Fourth place went to Sherco's Albert Cabestany. over Gas Gas Jeroni Faiardo and Lampkin's teammate Takahisa Fuiinami, who is still iniured with a bro- ken llnter from his crash ac the indoor even! in Buenos Aires a month ago and who missed most of the practice ses- maintain his lead and to take a well-deserved win. Raga's second-lap fight back was awe- some; his performance during the last l5 sec- tions was the best lap score of the trial and was iust enough to defeat L-ampkin. Mario Condellone CYCLE NEWS . APR|L 12, 2006 9 the opening \y'Voy'd-lrl6ls - €hompionship round in 5pcin. il r Toni Mikc --:T rl E P H I -t I -!-J L -! \3 n+. a; f.okd I ,*t a GXI I l I I I,r .\r- sions leadint up to the event. Rain in the days prior to the trial had left the ground on the steep hillside damp for the start of the competition. The main troups of sections was situated six miles away from the paddock and were made up of massive Sran- ite boulders separated by loose soil. The later hazards offered some v"ariety to the earlier theme, with a few stream-based sec- tions, a hillclimb, and then the final manmade iog section back in the localspons hall. Lampkin began the day in style by beinS the onl/ rider to reach the ends cards on the first section. Howeve[ maximum penalties in sections four and five, where most of his rivals remain€d clean, quickl)/ tore away Lampkin's initial advantage. B),/ the close ofthe lirst lap, Bou had ed8ed in front to hold a four-mark lead over Lampkin, who in turn was live marks b€tter rhan Fajardo. Baga was back in fourth place at rhis point, on 43 marks. Bou showed a level of maturiry durint the second and final lap to borh protect and Bou won t I \,