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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1966
CONTROVERSY
DEAR "BREEZEFINDER"
Would like to call your attention to the
feelings of the lowly free-lance riders, of
which you seem aware of already.
All of the poin t runs, calendar runs, offcalendar runs an d the installation dance
for the past two years have been made up
of no less than 751 free-lance riders, including the overwhelming crowd at Death
Valley.
The RRC was approached by free-lance
riders as well as members of different
clubs, asking for the electi on of a representative for the free-lance riders. The
answer was no .
Hund reds of riders ( not club membe rs )
make all the runs , and have put thous ands
of miles on their bikes, but for what? Th ey
don' t even get honorabl e mention, no
points, or a thank-you for making the
events a success. You have to be a club
mem ber for that. The RRC does not realize that they have to ha ve both, because
if they only had club members they could
not survive.
A great number of free -lance riders have
put on more miles and contributed more
to the ideals of better motorcycling than
many of the club members, so why the
prejudice, the d iscrimination and the unsporting atti tude? We are all members of
AMA, in good standing.
Is the RRC a committee or an exclusive
club in which eve n other clubs are discriminated against? Do th
