AMA, D36 and BlueRibbon Coalition

[JoeBar]

Honestly, there are a lot of very good reasons why we should join the AMA (http://www.ama-cycle.org/), D-36 (http://www.ama-d36.org) and BlueRibbon Coalition (http://www.sharetrails.org/) (racing is one of them) but I just thought this one is one that should be emphasized.

Below is a message from Bill Dart posted in the SFDirtbikes Yahoo group and Bill gave me the authorization to reproduce it here on BARF. In short, without the action of D-36, we would not be allowed to ride most of the dirtbikes on the market today AT ALL, ALL YEAR LONG, unless on private land or racing...

Bill, thank you and keep up the good work :thumbup


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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:41:38 -0700
From: "Bill Dart" <brbill_d@sharetrails.org>
Subject: RE: Why I joined AMA and D-36

Kevin

What happened was the California Air Resources Board adopted an emission
standards in 1994 for off-road bikes used on public lands in California,
that would take affect in 1997. The standard was tight enough that not only
did all the 2-strokes fail miserably, almost all of the new high-performance
4-stroke models fail as well. The only California Green Sticker legal bikes
are the Honda XR's, the KLX 300, the Yamaha TTR's, and the KTM
400/450/520/525. Bikes that fail the test include all the YZF models,
including the WR's, the CRF 450, the Suzuki DRZ400, and all the 2-strokes.

District 36 decided that we had to do something to stop/change this, and we
led a three year effort that ended up creating the Red Sticker program. One
of the concepts I came up with early on was a seasonal/regional exemption
process, based upon local air quality standards attainment. CARB eventually
agreed, and zoned the state based upon air quality for open seasons for
non-complying bikes. North of the bay area, most of the state is open
year-round. South of the bay area, the season is mostly 8 months, closed
June-Sept, with shorter seasons closer to LA due to longer periods of
non-attainment.

2-stroke are pretty dirty, and even the worst 4-strokes are much cleaner
than all 2-strokes. The new 4-strokes are attractive alternatives, but
2-strokes will always be lighter, and they have power delivery
characteristics that some prefer, so they will be hard to replace
completely. The EPA just adopted national OHV Emission standards, but they
exempted all competition bikes completely, so I think they will live on the
track for many more years.

What we accomplished was pretty incredible. CARB is one of the most
powerful regulatory agencies in the world, and we got them to overturn an
already adopted regulation, with absolutely no help from the industry. The
OEM's were politically unwilling to publicly fight the ban, but happy to
have us do it for them. Never before had a group of consumers taken on an
agency that regulates the manufacture of products.

Bill Dart, Public Lands Director
Blue Ribbon Coalition
208-237-1008, ex 102
Fax 208-237-9424
Former Legislative Officer, AMA District 36

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[DRZ]

Im a "life" AMA member and a current D-36 member as well:thumbup Both good causes. I have to look into the Blue Ribbon though.

[Bad Dad]

OK, since you guys brought it up.

I was trying to sign up fo rthe AMA Family account the other day. It started out family bust then just went to a "TEAM"?? Does that make sense to you?? Do I just keep filling it out like we are a team??

Wanting to do this before Hollister on the 16th.

[DRZ]

Marco, I dont think your card will arrive in time for the race. You might want to just wait and sign up for AMA at the race. They will have AMA officals at the race to sign people up. You dont want to have to pay twice like I did at the National.

[JoeBar]

Yeah, sign up before the race. Just make sure you go to the sign-up really early (8 - 8:30 AM), there will be a lonnnnng line since there is no mail pre-registration...

[Bad Dad]

OK. :confused

[JoeBar]

Put some white background on the numbers plates on your bikes. You can use keep the one that's already on the KX if you want, it's a gift ;) :teeth

[DRZ]

Trust us on this one Marco. You will save yourself alot of greif!

You will have to sign up for your D-36 card $25 to race as well. Or you can pay the $10 one race fee instead.

[DRZ]

Originally posted by JoeBar
Put some white background on the numbers plates on your bikes. You can use keep the one that's already on the KX if you want, it's a gift ;) :teeth

Im sorry Pierre, I forgot to give you the $5 for the backgrounds.:blush

[JoeBar]

Originally posted by DrZ
Im sorry Pierre, I forgot to give you the $5 for the backgrounds.:blush

1. It was $2.99, not $5 :teeth
2. I was playing with ya ;)
3. You're not supposed to pay for gifts :laughing

[Bad Dad]

I'm confused:confused what are we talking about?? Doesn't the kx have white backgrounds??

[DRZ]

;)

I now hand that gift to Marco. I mean why not, he already rashed them:teeth :p

[Bad Dad]

dude, I think I broke the rear fender also!!! When I rode it Saturday I looked under the rear and it's cracked big as day about 4-5" across.

I still have no clue what you guys are talking about.?

But at the race, shouldn't I buy the full year cards for AMA and D-36??

[JoeBar]

Originally posted by Bad Dad
I still have no clue what you guys are talking about.?

To confuse you was the purpose of my post :p :laughing
It's an inside joke between DrZ and me ;)

Originally posted by Bad Dad
But at the race, shouldn't I buy the full year cards for AMA and D-36??
Yes you should. You can even buy 3 years (what I have) or lifetime (what Ray has) AMA membership cards :thumbup

[Bad Dad]

Originally posted by JoeBar
To confuse you was the purpose of my post :p :laughing
It's an inside joke between DrZ and me ;)



awww maaannnn!!!!! That's not fair :x









you 2 sound like a couple 'a sissy la la's!! :p

[Bad Dad]

back on topic.

SO, we actually would have been in a "banned bikes" situation rather than the Red sticker situation we are in, if it weren't for D-36 and BRC??

Interesting...