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A fun weekend is planned to help get Jordan Brandt to the ISDE, click JordanISDEFundraiser.pdf   for the flyer - - - looks like lots of fun!!!!

Here’s the flyer for helping D36′er Dan Thoren get to the ISDE: Dan Thoren Six Days Flyer.pdf

For the press release about CLORV’s 2006 election endorsements, click here 2006 08 14 CLORV Arnold and V6 - Final11.pdf

For the press release that announces and explains the Victory 2006 Coalitions, click here: Sportsmen Coalition Announced.pdf

BAKERSFIELD, CA (August 21, 2006.) The California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently became aware of the fact that some off-highway motorcycles may have been inappropriately converted to street legal registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles since new policies banning that practice were adopted in 2004. In mid 2003, new policies were issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles that blocked owner or dealer conversions of off-highway motorcycles. This was in response to ARB requirements that all street legal motorcycles must be certified by ARB that they meet street legal motorcycle emission standards. DMV policies had historically allowed conversions after appropriate lighting and safety equipment was installed, but those policies had not been updated to reflect newer ARB regulations adopted subsequent to the DMV policy development. After discussions among ORBA, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), DMV and ARB, a delayed implementation of the new policy until 1-31-04 was adopted, allowing owners who had already purchased or ordered motorcycles in good faith with the intent to utilize the existing DMV policy to complete the conversion to street legal status. After 1-31-04, no off-highway motorcycles were supposed to be converted and registered by DMV.

Currently, DMV and ARB are auditing DMV records to determine if off-highway motorcycles have been converted to street legal status inappropriately since the 1-31-04 cut-off date. Preliminary indications are that some motorcycles may have been inappropriately converted, and a more detailed audit is underway to determine if that is the case and if so, how many of them were done, and to whom they belong. Owners of any off-highway motorcycles that are determined to be inappropriately converted will be contacted by DMV by mail, informed their street legal license plates are no longer valid, and offered the opportunity to register the bikes as off-highway motorcycles.

The only motorcycles that are allowed to be street registered are models that are certified by ARB as meeting highway emission standards, those converted previous to the 1-31-04 deadline and motorcycles of model year 1977 and older. Anyone who converted their off-highway motorcycles to street legal status prior to the 1-31-04 date will not be affected, and their current status will not change.

For those California residents interested in owning a street legal motorcycle that performs well off-road, there are several good options. Until now, there have been few options for those buyers, and even those were not as desirable to some buyers as converting a lighter, higher performance off-highway motorcycle. Fortunately, a few manufacturers have responded by producing dual sport bikes that perform well off-highway and are lighter than traditional dual sport models. It is expected that other companies may follow this trend.

DMV registration procedures pertaining to off-highway motorcycle conversions can be viewed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/advs/advs319.pdf

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ORBA is a national trade association composed of off-road related businesses united to promote common goals that support the prosperity and growth of the off-road industry.

HOLLISTER, CA (August 22) — Off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation continues without the cloud of litigation at the popular Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA) for the first time in over eighteen months following the recent dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and California Native Plant Society. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the CCMA has been under attack for several years by anti-access groups seeking to close the popular off-road riding area, home of the AMA-sanctioned Quicksilver Enduro and known by enthusiasts throughout the country.
Access to Clear Creek being enjoyed by OHV family during 2006 Timekeeper’s Motorcycle Club Wild Piglet Enduro.

The BlueRibbon Coalition, a national non-profit recreation group (BRC), spearheaded an effort by motorized recreation interests to intervene in this case in order to help to protect public access to the CCMA. The suit, filed in Federal District Court in San Jose in November, 2004, threatened to eliminate most motorized use of the entire area. The Plaintiffs filed numerous motions seeking immediate judicial imposition of travel restrictions, none of which were granted.

“We are pleased at this result. The recreation community is proud of its strong legal defense of the agency’s planning process and continued support for active management of the CCMA,” noted Paul Turcke, a Boise, Idaho, attorney representing the Salinas Ramblers Motorcycle Club, the American Motorcyclist Association District 36, the California Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs, the California Off Road Vehicle Association, the Off Road Business Association and the BlueRibbon Coalition in the lawsuit. “However, this success should not trigger complacency. A number of CCMA issues remain pending, including our Interior Board of Land Appeals challenge to the ‘dry season’ closure, and future litigation at the CCMA and other California riding areas is unfortunately more likely than not,” Turcke cautioned.
BRC’s Don Amador (left) and Salinas Ramblers Motorcycle Club’s Ed Tobin (right) ride on newly designated OHV trail in Clear Creek Management Area.
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Before and during the lawsuit the Bureau of Land Management has been working on a travel management plan for the area. On January 13, 2006, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its Record of Decision restricting vehicle travel in the CCMA to designated routes and areas. Based largely on the issuance of this plan, the Plaintiffs stipulated to dismissal of their suit, which the Court approved on August 3, 2006.

Don Amador, western representative for the BlueRibbon Coalition, states, “I believe that off-roaders should continue to build our partnership with the BLM and help support the agency’s effort to have a balanced program. With the distraction of this lawsuit removed, the OHV community can even more sharply focus our resources on proactive management of Clear Creek.”

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The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible use of public and private lands, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742 - http://www.sharetrails.org

By Dr. Mark Lucas, D.C. “theMotoDoc”

Nutrition is the one component of the athlete’s lifestyle that is most overlooked.  I find it to be the last thing that people sit down and develop a plan about.  Everyone figures that if they eat a little bit of fish and veggies here and there, drink milk and take some vitamins they are eating healthy.  The truth couldn’t be further away.  The American diet is an atrocity to mankind.  Refined foods, bad food combinations and synthetic vitamins break down our digestive system, throw off our biochemistry, create inflammation and have a negative impact on our health and endurance.

There are a lot of ways to approach nutrition and because of this many people are confused about what is good and what is bad. For example, I find that most people when dieting will first cut fats out of their diet. It is a misconception that fat is bad for you. Fat in the body has many functions, the most important being that it is a reserve fuel source. In general it is best to eat very balanced as far as protein, carbohydrate and fat ratios, but, if you wanted to build muscle mass you could consider creating a high protein diet plan.  If you wanted to heal your internal organs you could create a detoxifying diet plan.  But as athletes, we need endurance and performance.  So a good plan to consider might be carbo-loading.

Carbo-loading is a great and wonderful tool if used the right way.  Now make sure you catch this point “it is a tool” not a way of life. The theory behind carbo-loading is simple.  By consuming or loading up on large amounts of carbohydrates and starches before a race you can give your muscles and liver larger fuel reserves of glycogen.  Typically these reserves are good for about 60 minutes.  Carbo-loading can help stretch these reserves to 75 minutes or longer. (Note: Glycogen is how your body packages and stores carbohydrates for use.)

Probably the single most important reason why motocrossers and off road racers should carbo-load is that it is a natural way of retaining water.  According to research nutritionist L. Lee Coyne, PhD, “Every gram of glycogen stored obligates 3 grams of water. If an athlete glycogen loads to a maximum level they can be carrying an additional 4 to 6 pounds of water at the beginning of performance.”  This natural way of hydrating comes in really handy at the end of that second (or fourth) moto or that 2-½ hour cross country race.

Getting started, you need to understand some basic facts about carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are your muscles main source of fuel.  There are two types of carbohydrates: Simple: These include fruits, refined sugars and refined dairy products. Complex and Starches: These include grains, starchy vegetables and legumes (Beans and Peas). The best sources of carbohydrates are vegetables and fruits, the worst kind, though there are varying degrees, are refined sugars and processed foods.

For amateurs that are not training full time every day I find that the best way to get the benefit of carbo-loading is to go light on them during the beginning of the week.  Typically it would be best to consume less than fifty percent of your calories through carbohydrates during the 1st half of the week. This means the other 50% of calories are going to come from proteins and fats.  Eating more proteins during the early part of the week is good for a few reasons. A) Proteins are a better food source for healing and muscle rebuilding. B) Proteins help you maintain stable blood sugar levels. C) Backing off on the carbs allows glycogen levels in the muscles to get depleted a little bit which helps maintain a higher base metabolic rate (Your body converting fuel from storage to maintain itself = calories burned when doing nothing).

Here is an outline of a carbo-loading and training plan:

Monday- Tuesday: Recuperation day and light work out day. Hi protein and fat intake. Keep carbs around 30%, Keep fats around 30%.
Wednesday - Thursday:  Heavy training days. Balance protein and carb intake. Keep fats around 20%
Friday – Saturday: Light work out and rest days. Increase carbs to 70% and 80% of intake.
Sunday: Pre event meal of over 90% carbs.

In this plan the diet revolves around getting maximum advantage out of carbo-loading on the weekend.  Here is a little tip: Try to get in the habit of thinking about your fuel in a carb/protein/fat ratio i.e., 20/50/30, 40/40/20, 70/15/15, 80/10/10 etc.  Categorizing foods this way helps you focus on what is the priority from day to day.

Making things even more complicated there are different kinds of carbohydrates.  Some carbs, like refined sugar have a big impact on blood sugar levels.  Vegetable based carbs like those found in broccoli, kale, asparagus have a very small impact on blood sugar. Rating sources of carbohydrates on their impact to blood sugar is known as the glycemic index. The rule of thumb is that higher index carbs will raise the level of sugar in the blood faster and lower glycemic carbs will raise the level of sugar in the blood slower. Understanding the difference is important,  because your body’s needs are different through out the day depending on how active you are.  Another rule of thumb is that the faster your blood sugar goes up the faster it is going to go down.  For stable energy and endurance you want to maintain a healthy and stable blood sugar level through the day.

Probably the biggest mistake people make is that they over do high glycemic carbohydrates.  Carbo-loading every single day is not healthy.  It desensitizes your cells to insulin. Insulin is a chemical produced in your body that opens a door in the cell wall to let sugar (glycogen) into the cell.  Unnaturally high levels of insulin for long periods of time will begin to have the opposite effect. Another problem is that long term over consumption of carbohydrates weakens your glandular system and lowers your body’s ability to function in a balanced state.  Simple sugar is the most common thing that people tend to over do. Most performance drinks and supplements contain simple sugars, as do breads and processed foods.

The signs of over doing sugar are simple.  1. Do you find yourself relying on sports drinks every time you exercise?  2. Do you get headaches in the afternoon or during exercise?  3. Do you wake up in the middle of the night and have a hard time going back to sleep?  4. Do you “hit the wall” or “bonk out” during competition?  5. Do you snack on candies or chocolate or feel the need for coffee in the afternoon?   6. When hungry, is the first food you usually grab for a form of sugar?

If you answered yes to 3 or more of these questions you are over doing carbohydrates. The immediate change you should make is to start drinking more water.  Save the energy drinks and power bars for strenuous workouts and race day.  The next thing you should do is take a good look at your diet and consider some changes.

The carbo-load is meant to be used as a tool, not a life style.  People who have problems maintaining blood sugar levels may get opposite results from the carbo-load.  If you have any doubts or concerns whether carbo-loading is right for you consult with a nutritionist or a doctor of chiropractic that practices nutrition.  There are many ways to evaluate your health and these practitioners are very knowledgeable.

Good luck and see you out at the track!!

Copywrite 2005 Dr. Mark Lucas, D.C.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
Center for Biological Diversity
Sierra Club
Desert Survivors
Alliance for Responsible Recreation

For Immediate Release: August 14, 2006

Contact:
Karen Schambach, PEER, 530.333.1106
Daniel Patterson, CBD, 520.623.5252 x306
Joan Taylor, Sierra Club, 760.408.2488
Jason Fried, Alliance for Responsible Recreation, 909.260.8833

Agency Staff, Rural Residents and Conservation Groups Challenge
Off-Road Vehicle Abuse and Desert Mismanagement

SAN FRANCISCO – A broad coalition of public employees, rural property owners and conservation groups today challenged the Bush administration in federal court for failing to protect private property, conservation lands and endangered wildlife from off-road vehicles across 7.1 million acres of the California Desert Conservation Area in Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern and Inyo counties.

“There is no question that excessive off-roading causes extensive damage to desert soils, vegetation, and wildlife,” said Jeff Aardahl, a respected biologist and manager who recently retired after working for 35 years in the California desert with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Park Service. “BLM and FWS are well aware of the harm off-road vehicles are causing to public and private lands and the Desert Tortoise in the California desert, but they are doing little to nothing to stop it and are even making it worse by expanding excessive off-roading.”

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and others detail how new management and recreation plans by BLM and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have turned a blind eye to the damage caused by off-road vehicles in the Western Mojave Desert (WEMO) and northern and eastern Colorado (Sonoran) Desert (NECO) regions of Southern California. Congress created the California Desert Conservation Area in 1976 to protect the region’s biological, ecological, cultural and aesthetic resources, which are “extremely fragile, easily scarred, and slowly healed.”

“Agency staff and the public are fed up with this administration’s ‘let ‘em eat cake attitude’ as the Desert Tortoise and other endangered species slide towards extinction,” said Karen Schambach, California Director of PEER. “It’s a disgrace we have to go to court to save species from agencies that are supposed to be protecting and recovering them.”

There have been numerous complaints by private property owners about vandalism, violence and other damage caused by illegal off-road vehicle use, but poor BLM enforcement has left these problems unchecked. BLM’s new management and route designation plans – which allow increased off-road vehicle use – make matters worse, not only for area property owners but also for endangered wildlife, namely the Desert Tortoise.

“The science-based, proactive measures outlined in the 1994 Recovery Plan must be implemented on the ground to stabilize and recover desert tortoise populations,” said Dr. Michael Connor, a tortoise biologist. “In contrast to the recovery plan’s recommendations, BLM’s NECO and West Mojave plans authorized more off-roading and other harmful activities that are incompatible with tortoise recovery. The Desert Tortoise was listed 17 years ago. It is high time that these problems were fixed.”

The Alliance for Responsible Recreation brings a strong challenge to the BLM’s flawed, pro off-road “decision tree,” used to determine if specific off-road routes will be open or closed. The “decision tree,” designed by an off-road advocate, almost always results in routes being designated open to off-road vehicles, even when they harm endangered species or lead to illegal off-road trespass on private property bordering BLM lands.

“The BLM is not being a good neighbor when it invites people to trespass across private property, and it’s not being a good steward of our public lands when it arbitrarily creates a spaghetti bowl of off-road routes without care of its impact on our public lands,” said Jason Fried of the Alliance for Responsible Recreation.

“Desert Survivors has led hundreds of group trips on public lands throughout the California Desert Conservation Area and we keep seeing the same thing: off-road vehicles speeding everywhere, desert washes treated like motocross race tracks, livestock grazing where there is no grass, and new wildlife guzzlers proposed in roadless wilderness,” said Steve Tabor, President of Desert Survivors. “It’s time for a change. In the age of Bush irresponsibility, this lawsuit is absolutely necessary.”

The legal challenge – which also addresses harm from commercial livestock grazing and artificial water tanks – seeks an invalidation of BLM’s NECO plan, WEMO plan and its WEMO route designation as well as FWS’s permits for them. The lawsuit also seeks a court order that will truly protect and recover the tortoise and other endangered species by requiring that the Department of Interior draft new plans.

“We have no choice but to go to court to challenge the unsupportable decisions of the BLM and Fish and Wildlife Service in the California desert,” said Daniel R. Patterson, Desert Ecologist with the Center for Biological Diversity who formerly worked with BLM in the California Desert Conservation Area. “The Endangered Species Act works, and swift, corrective action to follow the law must taken by the Interior Department so the Desert Tortoise and other endangered species can stabilize and recover.”

Media Release: OFF-ROAD BUSINESSES AND CLUBS MAKE A “CASE FOR ACCESS”
Contact: Don Amador, BRC Western Representative
Phone: (925) 625-6287
Fax: (925) 625-5309
E-mail: brdon@sharetrails.org
Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/index.cfm?page=21#Don
Date: August 9, 2006

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MORGAN HILL, CA (August 9) — Powersports businesses teamed up with local motorcycle clubs on a successful grassroots promotion to raise funds for ongoing legal actions to protect public land access. Repsol and Motorcycle Stuff partnered with the American Motorcyclist Association District 36 and local off-highway vehicle (OHV) clubs and raised over $10,000 dollars for the BlueRibbon Coalition Legal Defense Fund’s (BRCLDF) court actions in Northern California.
The product package that was sold at events to help raise funds for legal actions at Clear Creek Management Area and Eldorado National Forest.
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The program titled “A Case for Access” encouraged motorcycle enthusiasts throughout Northern California to purchase Repsol lubricants and a portion of the proceeds from sales were donated by Repsol and Motorcycle Stuff to the BRCLDF. Over $10,000 dollars were raised in direct oil sales plus other promotion-related activities for legal efforts at the Clear Creek Management Area and the Eldorado National Forest.

“Repsol is proud of our part in helping local clubs at the grassroots level raise funds for legal efforts to protect our rights to use public lands in a responsible manner. I think this program shows our commitment to the sport and the rider,” states Ignacio Belloni, USA representative for Repsol.

Tim Dodd, Senior VP of Motorcycle Stuff, said, “I believe the OHV Industry has an important role to play as a partner with local motorcycle clubs and off-road enthusiasts to help them in the battle to keep riding areas open and managed for future generations. Our company wants the riders to know that we are committed to helping them raise funds to successful challenge unwarranted land closures.”

Dave Pickett, President of AMA District 36, said, “District 36 worked with our member clubs, specifically the Salinas Ramblers Motorcycle Club and the Timekeepers Motorcycle Club on this promotion. This was a product specific fundraising effort to raise funds to help champion the case for continued OHV opportunity in the Clear Creek Management Area and the Eldorado National Forest.”

“Many other clubs were involved in this effort to secure funding for the legal challenges presented to the OHV community. Numerous D36 volunteers helped in securing donations through product support by Repsol SA Lubricants at specific events, as well as product purchases from Repsol stocking dealers. These efforts returned valuable funding needed for our legal actions spearheaded by the BRCLDF,” Pickett concludes.

Ed Tobin, spokesperson for the Salinas Ramblers Motorcycle Club, said, “The Salinas Ramblers worked closely with Repsol and Motorcycle Stuff during the promotion. In order to rapidly launch the program, the Salinas Ramblers created a web page for the promotion and notified the public about the program via e-mails and articles posted in on-line forums. Members distributed handbills at the International Motorcycle Show in San Jose in December 2005 and at the entrance to Clear Creek from December 2005 through March 2006. Our volunteers worked many other venues as well to help raise funds.”

“This was an excellent opportunity for the off-road business community to
partner with the users to help support the ongoing legal actions of the BRCLDF at the Clear Creek Management Area and Eldorado National Forest.” Tobin stated.

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The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible use of public and private lands, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742. http://www.sharetrails.org

NOTE TO PUBLISHERS: Higher resolution images used in this story are available for download at:

http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/PL/Repsol080906/

OFF-ROAD BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD (CARB) ADOPTS NEW STANDARDS FOR DUNE BUGGY EMISSIONS. THIS MOVE HAS AVERTED POSSIBLE DISASTER FOR AN EVER-CHANGING AND GROWING DUNE BUGGY AND ENGINE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

BAKERSFIELD , CA (July 31, 2006.) The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted on July 20 to create a special category to regulate the emissions of dune buggies. Previously dune buggies were regulated under the “Off-Road Large Spark Ignition” standard, a standard focused on things like forklifts and industrial engines. This standard was problematic for engine and dune buggy manufacturers because of the expensive testing equipment and an overly aggressive durability requirement. Had the CARB Board of Directors not adopted this new standard the dune buggy and engine manufacturers faced the possibility of severe fines and even the closing of their businesses as a result of being out of compliance. This situation was averted by the hard work of a few key individuals in the dune buggy industry, including John Begin of Suspensions Unlimited and Grant George of Funco Motorsports, and by Bill Dart, Land Use Director for the Off-Road Business Association (ORBA). These individuals worked with the board and their staff members to ensure that the sandcar and engine manufacturers have a separate emission standard and test procedure appropriate for the industry. The existing procedures are prohibitively expensive for an industry of this scale. Grant George stated “I am pleased with the willingness of the CARB Board to work with the dune buggy industry to ensure the environment is protected and the manufacturers have a reasonable time to come into compliance with any new standards”.

The new sandcar category requires manufacturers to comply only with current Federal EPA standards.  For a buggy to fit into the CARB “Sandcar” category it must have an engine greater than one liter. If a buggy has an engine equal to or less than one liter it will be considered an “Off-Road Sport Vehicle” by CARB. In the future CARB would like to look at enacting regulations for “Sandcars” that are more stringent than the current Federal EPA requirements. The CARB Board stated that they would continue to meet with people in the industry to discuss any possible changes. “Bob Cross, Michael Carter, and Scott Rowland of CARB were very understanding and pleasant to work with. It is important that the industry not see them as the enemy, they are doing their jobs and what they feel is right. I look forward to working with the CARB staff on future emission requirements” stated John Begin of Suspensions Unlimited. ORBA’s Director of Land Use, Bill Dart, has extensive experience working with CARB in the past and will be working closely with the industry and CARB to develop an effective yet affordable solution. “CARB normally regulates huge multi-billion dollar industries so it was essential that they understand the sandcar industry has extremely limited resources” Dart stated. “With our input we are optimistic that CARB will develop a reasonable program” Dart concluded.

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ORBA is a national trade association composed of off-road related businesses united to promote common goals that support the prosperity and growth of the off-road industry.

Amador County August 1st.

Yesterday, the Amador County Board of Supervisors killed a proposed County Ordinance that would have restricted any use of an OHV on private property. Similar to the Riverside and Santa Cruz County ordinances, the Supervisors voted unanimously not to implement the ordinance. D36 and may property owners argued successfully that this ordinance was not needed, and that enough state laws and regulations were already in effect that duplicated the proposed ordinance. D36 made sure that the Board knew that Riverside county had been sued, and it was likely that the suit will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funded legal fees to defend their adopted ordinance, and did Amador County have a reserve big enough of taxpayer money to successfully defend the proposed ordinance if adopted, and sued. Additionally, language in the ordinance included PUBLIC land, which potentially could have caused harm for District 36 club Polka Dots MC and their annual event they hold in Amador County even though on USFS managed lands.

Dave Pickett Legislative Action Office – Director