1. The winning entry must comply with the bike and money rules detailed below and score the most points in the following events. The details of the location for the judging will be added later.

1.1) Concours Judging. Each entry will be judged for quality of restoration. The concours judging will be done by a panel of judges and all bikes will be rated on a scale of 1 to 10. The entries will then be assigned points based on their relative concours score. For example a concours score of 10 equals 100 points.
1.2) Race Reliability. Each entry must be capable of completing a number of labs around a MX track within a specified time period. The entries will then be assigned points based on their relative total lap time. For example the fast time equals 100 points.
1.3) Peoples Choice. Each entry will be on display for review by the general public. The public will be asked to vote for their favorite MX bike restoration. The entries will then be assigned points based on their relative number of votes. For example the entry with the most votes equals 100 points.
1.4) Total Cost of Restoration. Each entries total cost for the project will be reviewed. The entries will then be assigned for points based upon their relative total costs. For example the lowest dollar amount spent equals 100 points.

Bike Rules

1. You must start with a basketcase MX bike. You must take a picture of the bike before you restore it to prove the bikes basketcase status. While we all know what a basketcase is we will use the following definition for this contest.

Basketcase: Noun: A MX bike so skunky only somebody entering this contest would want it. The bike doesn't run, has an advanced state of neglect and decay, faded paint, rust and corrosion and hopefully has at least one part of the bike disassembled and sitting in a basket.

2. The MX bike must have been original designed and sold for MX racing. The bikes must be manufactured in the years between 1960 and 1981.

3. The finished MX bike must pass a safety related technical inspection at the time of final judging. Any entry failing the technical inspection will be given until the start of the next event to correct any items. The cost of repairing any items will have to be included in the final restoration costs.

4. The MX bike must still be functional at the end of all the contest's events. Entrants will be given until the start of the next event to fix any breakage. The cost of repairing any items will have to be included in the final restoration costs.

Money Rules

1. The complete cost to restore the bike is limited to 500 dollars US. All of the costs including the original purchase price must be documented. The following rules apply to the costs of restoration:

1.1) No costs need to applied for personal labor or people you can bribe to help you out. However any commercial services paid for must be included in the total cost. (And if you pay for the service by trading a bottle of 25 year old scotch, you must include the cost of the scotch.)
1.2) If starting with a bike you currently own, an appropriate dollar value must be assigned to the bike. The value can be assigned by using the price of a recent comparable sale. The same applies for parts you currently own and use in the restoration.
1.3) The total cost of the restoration can be reduced by selling parts from another part bike purchased to restore the basketcase. The part bike must be the same make and model as the original basketcase.
1.4) The total cost of the restoration cannot go below zero at any time during the restoration. That means you cannot buy a basketcase, buy another bike, sell it for parts and apply that value to reduce the restoration costs below zero and then spend lots of money to restore the original basketcase. We don't want to see you great business skills, just your restoration skills.
1.5)The acceptance of the final accounting of the costs or individual items in the project are solely the decision of the MotoXcross Museum.

2. Entrants may protest the costs submitted by another entrant. The protest must be accompanied by a 50 dollar protest fee. The cost assigned to the item being protested will be reviewed by a panel of judges selected by the MotoXcross Museum. The panel will be asked to accept the cost or issue a new cost to be used for the calculation of the total restoration cost. The determination of the judges is binding and final. If the original cost is accepted then the protest fees will be given to the owner of the entry being protested. If a new cost is assigned the fee will be returned.

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