Marin County Motorcycle Association Ranch Rules

It is your responsibility to know, inform and enforce the rules with all parties of your membership Your Board and Officers worked hard to put together this list of rules and explanations to help all members, old and new, understand what our rules are and why we have them. Please read and understand them. We have a great thing here at Gambonini Ranch and many people volunteer their time fighting to keep it. Don't be the one to blow it for all of us. Only Family, Student and Parent Minor members may ride on the property on non-event days. Associates may ride at events. Different memberships pay different fees, for different privileges. Maintaining the ranch costs money, and if your desire full riding privileges, you must pay your fair share of those expenses. Associates are not permitted to ride at work parties. Family Membership. A Family Membership entitles members of that immediate family to share riding privileges at the MCMA. This only includes, spouses, sons and daughters under the age of 18. Nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles, aunts, grand parents, grand children, and good friends, unmarried significant others and their children and not included in this. Motorcycle Helmets must be worn at all times, while riding. This is to keep our members safe. Failure to follow this rule puts our use permit at risk. Don't do it for 5' in the parking lot. Adults need to set the example for the kids Mufflers and Spark Arrestors are required on all motorcycles. There are 2 reasons for this rule. 1. prevents fires. 2. Our use permit requires it. Not using a spark arrestor puts our use permit at risk. No use permit, no ride. Blue Number Plates with your club number is white are required on the front of all motorcycles. This is so that you can be identified as a member who belongs on the trails. Current membership cards are required of all riding members. You must be able to prove your membership to the gatekeeper and or any officer or board member who inquires. Members who bring non-members to the club to ride will lose their membership. This includes children and friends of your children. Do not fuel bikes while engine is running. This is for your safety. Engines get very hot, and gas is very combustible. Ban combination! If you do this in a race, you will be disqualified. The MCMA is for motorcycles only. No bicycles or ATV's please. This is a safety issue as well as a Use Permit issue. Remember no use permit, no ride! We also do not want collisions between an atv or bicycle and a motorcycle. ATV's are not allowed even in the parking lot. The trails committee quad is the only exception to this rule. All trails are two way. Ride in control and ready for oncoming traffic at all times. This is for your safety. Any accidents puts our permit at risk Close and latch any gates you open. This is to prevent cows from wandering. Keeping in mind the club is situated on a working ranch. If the livestock get out on to the road, this creates a big liability for us and our landlord. Ride on designated trails only. Do not ride on trails marked "closed", or any trails you are not sure is open. Our use permit allows riding of specific trails. Violating this rule puts or use permit in jeopardy. No use permit , no ride. Report unsafe conditions or people, or fix it yourself, if possible. This is for the safety of you and your fellow members. If you did not see the condition repaired personally, please inform the gatekeeper or any officer, trails committee or board member so they can follow up. Do not leave underage children unattended at the property. This obviously is for the safety of your family and respect for the other members. You are responsible for your children's actions. Vandalism will not be tolerated. A parent or legal guardian must accompany members under 18 at all times. Minors riding with adults other than their parents must carry a signed medical release. If your child is injured while riding, someone must be able to authorize certain medical procedures. Not complying with this puts our use permit, and your child's safety in jeopardy. Your child may be refused medical attention until you can be contacted without a legally signed medical release. Kids under 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. The big Parking Lot track is for minis and beginners only. The Parking Lot Pee Wee track is for riders on 50cc bikes only. This is to allow our younger less experienced riders and their parents to have a safe enjoyable experience at the ranch. Safety is always a permit issue. No Permit , No ride. Take your garbage and recyclables home with you. The club does not have garage service. If you don't clean up after yourself someone else will have to. That is not fair to our other members, it costs us valuable money and manpower, and it is counterproductive to the upkeep our club. Dogs must be on leashes at all times. This is for the safety of your fellow members and your pet. A collision between a bike and a dog is not good for either involved. Also some people are not dog people; don't ruin their time at the ranch. Do not throw cigarette butts or trash on the ground. Cigarettes make the cows sick and are a fire hazzard as well. Keep in mind we are on a working ranch and any thing lefty behind can cause injury to livestock if eaten Weekend gate hours while the club is open, are 9am to 5pm. Members planning to stay past 5pm must notify the gatekeeper. Last to leave lock the gates and clubhouse. This is to ensure that the ranch is properly closed up when the last person leaves. Failure to do this could allow cows onto the road, putting themselves, cars and motorcycles on the road in danger. Cows are very damaging to the clubhouse and picnic areas as well. Allowable hours for riding are 9am to sunset every day when the ranch is open. This is a Use Permit Issue. No Permit , NO Ride. The gravel road is for cars and trucks, not dirt bikes. Please exit the parking lot via the dirt trail along side the gravel road. Leave room between your parked vehicle and the path to allow riders to use the trail. this is to keep our road is good shape year round with as little expense to the club as possible. Speed limit on the fire road between the clubhouse and the tree track is 10 miles per hour on weekends. This is to prevent head on collisions on a heavily used trail. Safety issues are permit issues. This is also the most heavily traveled route by the kids. They travel from the parking lot to the tree track. Let's keep them safe. Speed limit through the parking lot is 5 mile per hour. There are two reasons for this. 1. Safety, at times there are children , pets and adults not paying attention in the parking lot. 2. We don't want to draw any unwanted attention our way. Passers by can view what we do in the parking lot. Breaking this rule puts our Use Permit in Jeopardy by drawing unwanted, unneeded negative attention. No Use Permit, No Ride. Maximum dba level of any motorcycle is 96. This is a very serious issue. Our Use Permit requires us to be "good neighbors". We have begun to receive complaints from our neighbors regarding the noise level of some machines. We need to be able to prove that we are taking measures to keep in the good graces of our neighbors. It is your responsibility to have your motorcycle checked for the noise level. Ask a club officer how you can have your bike checked. At most work parties we will have someone available to test your motorcycle if we know it is needed. You cannot ride if your motorcycle is too loud. No Use Permit, No Ride. Winter closures. Never ride without being completely sure that the ranch is open. Making the mistake of riding when the club is closed is viewed as one the worst violations by the Board and Officers of the club. You will loose your membership if you ride when the club is closed period. If you are unsure, check the club hotline. this is a Use Permit issue. No Permit No Ride. Firearms. Display or discharge of a firearm at the club will be grounds for immediate dismissal. Even though we are in the country this is not a firing range. (This rule also includes paintball guns, BB guns, and archery, Etc.) Alcohol and drug consumption. Riding your motorcycle or operating club equipment after consuming alcohol is not allowed. We don't want any accidents, the liability and jeopardy to the club is too great. Camping and campfires. The Maximum camp time allowed at he ranch is seven consecutive days. This is not a place to live, it is a place to camp. Fires are only allowed in the firepit at the clubhouse. If you are the last to leave the club, the fire needs to be extinguished prior to leaving.  A fire would jeopardize our club’s existence. From time to time at special events we will have fires at other locations, but members are to keep the fires contained in the firepit at all other times. Membership renewal. The burden if renewing membership on time in order to not loose your membership is the responsibility of each member. The club is not responsible to keep you informed as to when or what work parties or gate duties need to be preformed on order for you to stay an active member. The club is not responsible to inform you as to the date when your renewal is due. You must have paid your dues and preformed your duties as a member by no later than 7/31 or you will loose your membership. It is your responsibility to know whom and where and how much is to be paid. No excuses. If you solely rely on the newsletter or notice or renew to mailed and don't received it that is not an acceptable excuse.