Interpretation ID: nht72-6.51

DATE: 11/20/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Edgewood Motorcycle Shop

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letters of October 10 and 29, 1972, asking whether motorcycle tires designed exclusively for hill climbing or other off-highway use are required to be registered in accordance with NHTSA Tire Identification and Recordkeeping regulations (49 CFR Part 574).

We do not consider the regulations to require such tires to be registered. The NHTSA has determined that motor vehicle tires designed and manufactured exclusively for off-road use are not subject to the Tire Identification-requirements.