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Enduro check placement
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[QUOTE="Bigbird, post: 706858, member: 19669"] AMA rule 4.b.(7) states, "The accepted standard variation for Enduro mileage accuracy is no more than 0.02 of a mile as measured from the last known mileage. If a protest is filed on the mileage at that point, the average of three motorcycles odometers will be used to determine the mileage in question..." Agreed, protests are rare, but I can see where this rule could raise the probability in a hotly contested series. Again, I can't see where you can get three bikes odometers to agree within the 0.02 standard, which would make any check protested, an observation check. If two riders are closely competing an event/series, it is possible for this rule to be used to void the scoring of a check and change the results. Using a slightly larger variance toleration, would not change the scoring for riders properly keeping timing, but would help in preventing someone from having a check thrown out which is really legitimate due to three bikes not agreeing on the mileage. You can even take this further, say a rider who is protesting the check and is going to be one of the three bikes used for verifying the check slightly adjusts his ICO wheel size to allow a larger margin of error. I personally don't see this happening. The majority of riders are very honest, but it still should be considered. "An ounce of prevention..." I think Jon K. suggestion of a variance of, say 0.05, is realistic. In terms of feet, that is 264 feet before or after the precise placement. Less than a football field, and if you're riding your 30 sec clock, easily zeroed. I think that the slightly larger variance will encompass most odometer differences which occur from a difference in riding technique while still maintaining a reasonable expectation for check placement. In our district, it would be impossible to get clubs to put a mileage marker every mile. We would loose events, and destroy the series. I don't want to see this happen. Please give me your thoughts/arguments for and against. Jon, thanks for the link to SERA. [/QUOTE]
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