Event Rules

Ohio Classic Motorcycle Skills Event Rules.

All rules are subject to adjustment without notification.
There will be NO REFUNDS. Please check your schedule prior to registering. There will be NO REFUNDS.

All rules will be explained during rider walk thru.

Attendees are requested to act in a way that respects the event's positive atmosphere. Behavior that could be perceived as negative or disruptive will result in immediate disqualification and you will be requested to leave the event.

ELIGIBILITY and CATEGORIES
No instructor of Ohio Elite Motorcycle Training will be eligible to participate in this event. We feel there may be an unfair advantage due to course familiarity.

No pattern diagrams will be released prior to the start of the training event.
All riders must have a valid motorcycle endorsement and must have insurance on their motorcycle.
All riders must wear a helmet, eye protection, gloves, long pants, and over the ankle footwear.
All motorcycles (Novice and Expert) must be at least 1,000cc.

All motorcycles (Novice and Expert) must be equipped from the factory, with saddlebags. All motorcycles must be in stock configuration. Engine guards, saddle bags, OEM tire sizes, steering geometry must be as from the factory. Exceptions will be minor adjustments such as tire brand, extended rear brake lever, seat risers, etc.

Riders in Police Novice and Police Expert must operate their department issued motorcycles, or equivalent.

CLASSES
Police Expert- Any active or retired police motorcycle officer (must show retired police officer ID), operating his/her department issued motorcycle or equivalent (must be 2009 or newer) who has placed in any prior motorcycle skills training event. Any police motorcycle officer or retired officer who is a motorcycle instructor.

Police Novice- Any active or retired police motorcycle officer (must show retired police officer ID), operating his/her department issued motorcycle or equivalent (must be 2009 or newer) who has never entered a motorcycle skills training event or never placed in a motorcycle skills event. Police Novice riders must not be a motorcycle instructor.

Civilian Expert- Any civilian rider who is any type of motorcycle instructor. Any civilian rider who has placed in a prior motorcycle skills event.

Civilian Novice- Any civilian rider who is not a motorcycle instructor and any civilian rider who has not placed in a prior motorcycle skills event.

Inaugural- The rider must be a civilian. The rider must not be an instructor. This must be the rider's first motorcycle skills event. The rider must not have entered any prior motorcycle skills event(s).

RULES COMMITTEE
There will be a Rules Committee created at the beginning of the event. One rider, from each category, will be randomly drawn to be part of the rules committee. In the event of a complaint from a rider, the Rules Committee will meet and determine a verdict on the complaint. If the complaining rider is part of the Rules Committee, another rider will be randomly drawn to replace that particular member of the Rule Committee.

*Combination of Precision and Time Challenge Heat will determine overall Top Rider in Police and Civilian.*

Penalty Points

Penalty points for Precision will be assessed as follows:

Cone, barrier wall, etc. dislodged from its location to include cones knocked down, hit or moved from its location to the point where a scoring judge must correct the cone to the correct position: 5 seconds.
- If a cone is rubbed but not moved off its marked base, no penalty.
Rider drops motorcycle within the course: 10 seconds.
Rider puts foot down: 5 seconds. This penalty will only be applied for one movement or evolution. Example - if a rider must backup the motorcycle in the exercise in order to correct or continue the movement, only a single penalty will be applied.
If a rider rides out of a course, they MUST re-enter the course where they exited: 5 seconds.
Clean ride bonus - 5 seconds deducted from the rider’s time.
If the path of travel is not followed = Disqualified.
Fail to complete an exercise = Disqualified.
If an event, or a portion of an event is deemed brakeless, the rider must not cover the rear or front brake.

Penalty points for Time Challenge Heat will be assessed as follows:

This will be a heat between two riders of the same class.
Winning rider of each heat will advance to next round.
Each rider's best time, regardless of heat outcome, will count towards overall placing.
Heats will continue until a winner is determined in each class (each rider's best time will be used towards overall placing).
All previously mentioned penalties are applicable.
Time begins when the rider crosses the timer start line and ends when the rider crosses the timer finish line.
If a rider stops the motorcycle beyond the stop box line, the rider is disqualified.
Each timed run will be manually backed up by a stopwatch.

*Random drawing will determine Slow and SMART ride teams.

Slow Ride

Team – Selected at random. Expert/Novice/Inaugural

Goal – The object of the team slow ride is for four participants to travel down a pre-determined space as slowly as possible. The team with the slowest combined time for all four participants from a team will determine the winner.
Penalties – Time will stop at the occurrence of any of the following:
- Any member puts their foot down.
- Any member drops their motorcycle.
- Any member moves a cone from its marked base.
- Any member crosses the boundary lines.
- The team members exchange was not done in time.
Timing – The time starts when the first team member crosses the start line.
- The time stops when the last team members cross the end line.
- The first rider must be entered into the lane within 5 seconds of the judges starting command.
Rider Exchange- Team members shall enter into the pre-determined space.
A tire from each team has to be in the course at all times.

When the first team members front tire (the area of the tire in contact with the ground) is about to exit the space (crosses the start/end line), prior to its exit the space, the second team member must raise their foot and enter the space (crosses the start/end line). Team member number 2’s front wheel must be in the space prior to team member number 1’s front wheel exit from the space. Team member number 2 then continues in the lane to the other end. Team members 3 and 4 proceed as stated above. A good exchange occurs when the next team member enters the space (across the start/end line) from a point in time prior to the previous team member exiting the lane with the front wheel, up to and/or until the previous team members front wheel crosses the end line.

SMART Ride

Team: This will be the same team from slow ride.

Team with fastest run will win.
The team time will stop at the occurrence of any of the following:
- All previously mentioned penalties are applicable.