hppants posted: < snip, snip> could anyone point me in the direction of a link where, IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR, I can read the cliff notes version of the 2017 IBR rules, points system, etc. and somehow try to figure out WTF is going on?
You were provided with a link to the full-blown rules, which put me to sleep twice last night, and I've read them before several times.
The Cliff Notes is this, and I'm not being sarcastic.
If I'm missing something, please assist, y'all.
A. Don't be an asshat, asshole, or asswipe. You
will be disqualified. (DSQ'd) Mostly, this covers behavior that would end up on a YouTube video posted to this Forum as an example of squid behavior, but also includes rudeness to IBR staff, spectators, and police officers. The IBR staff is insistent that excessive speed is not required -- from my own limited rallying experience, I also know speeding isn't required to be successful -- and they reserve the right to discipline you up to and including DSQ for consistent speeding violations. (Spotwalla is probably a tool they can use to monitor this aspect of the Rally.)
B. There are technical limits for your ride, but the important ones are:
i) No bigger gasoline capacity than 11.5 US gallons. (There is a current example than 11.49 US gallons is OK.)
ii) Your muffler better work (I don't know the techno-details, but they're in Appendix B.)
C. Ride your motorcycle to the bonus, take the bonus photo, and fill out the Claimed Bonus Form.
i) No one else can pilot your bike. No one else can move your bike.
ii) Photo must clearly show the bonus and your rally towel (see group photo for examples). If you have a pillion, one of you must be in the photo.
iii) You can ride with another rider as a "team". There are strict rules for claiming yourself as a team, and dissolving a team. You can lose a lot if you screw this up.
iv) Apparently, the Claimed Bonus Form has many items to be filled in (I've never seen one) and includes things like date/time you arrived, odometer reading, etc. An incomplete Claimed Bonus Form will incur a penalty up to and including zero points for that bonus.
D. DO NOT MISS ANY CHECKPOINTS.
i) There are two this year; both are in Allen, TX. The window opens for CP1 at 8 pm, and penalties begin accruing until 10 pm, when you will be time-barred and DSQ'd.
ii) Have your Claimed Bonus Forms and photos ready to go, since scoring occurs at each checkpoint and you have a limited time after arrival to show up at the scoring table.
iii) Additional bonus information is usually distributed at CPs. (new locations, point value adjustments, more perverted shit dreamed up by the Rallymaster, etc)
iv) The checkpoints are also a way to make sure everybody's OK mentally and physically; to provide rest opportunities; and allow some time off the clock for moto-maintenance.
E. I'm not sure they've made public the specific point values and "string" bonus points and all that. If they have, I've missed it, but know that it changes from Rally to Rally -- and sometimes from leg to leg. Rest assured,
THAT aspect of each rally is the most interesting to me: How do I gather the most points while riding the fewest miles in the least amount of time?
