Road America: Registering pit bikes- Licenced machinery ok?

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

If confused call teh track and ask their management. Best to get the info from the horses mouth so to speak.

[extrakt0r]

I believe that is in reference to a quote from Top Gun.

Yep...Nothing more, nothing less... :)

Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full :)

[Jeff]

I will do the same this year. If he pushes it I will contact AMA and have them contact the race track for an explanation to why they discriminate against one group of bike owners.

I didn't get any flak for my licensed and insured scooter.  Maybe you should shave your head.  It could be a bald-brethren thing 

Question..  What rights do you have on private property?  I guess the AMA could make a stink about it and create a ton of negative publicity, but I don't know that they could really do anything.  It's kinda like the RV parks that refuse to allow units more than X years old.

[Super Dave]

The clowns were all racers...

And some were friends of the track in addition to being racers.

It blows, but it is an insurance thing.  No consistency between tracks, but I think that's related to state issues in insurance and a track's opportunity for liability.  Regardless, times have changed.

My continued understanding, as Jeff stated, is that if you have a licensed and insured bike/scooter/moped, it is allowed without any kind of additional registration.  Some racers use scooters that are not licensed or insured as pit bikes, so there can be confusion in recognizing the differences. 

I wish things could be differnent.  I blame trial lawyers and those that are enabled by them.

[tstruyk]

Maybe you should shave your head.  It could be a bald-brethren thing

8)

[APP_Racing]

Well I find some of his very interesting in MO, you can't get a license for a Scooter < 50 cc.  It is worse than pulling teeth to get the DMV to issue one as it isn't required.  Can't legally license it in another state, although I am sure I could if I tried hard, assuming I could find an address to use (which is fraud).

I still wonder what a licensed bike/scooter has to do with insurance, shouldn't that be down to who is operating it.  Lets assume you have a licensed scooter but a 10 year old is riding it.  Thats OK?

[Super Dave]

I think it would work the same way as a 10 year old driving a car.

I know that at BFR, you must be 16 to operate a vehicle other than a race bike.  So, while 14 year old racer can race and ride their bike to the grid, they cannot operate anything else on the track property.

Since it's the insurance companies defining the coverage, it doesn't have to make sense, right?

[123user]

Anthony,
For you, the regulations don't make sense...  For your wife,  well I don't know-  Think of it as reducing the opportunity for her to crash your scooter.  Just tell her that it's against the rule for her to ride it and save on crash damage

Are you going to HPT?

later,
Scott

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

I still wonder what a licensed bike/scooter has to do with insurance, shouldn't that be down to who is operating it.  Lets assume you have a licensed scooter but a 10 year old is riding it.  Thats OK?

If the bike is licensed and insured (depending on your home states requirements) it falls on the owner of the vehicle, not the track (normally) if theres an incedent. Just my guess.

[APP_Racing]

Yeah, everytime I have a getti-off the Scooter seems to take more damage.  Yes I am planning to be at HPT.  Have way to much to get done to the bikes though.