Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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Y"" -11IE VOICE OF CALIFORlI'· l"lf· _It PubIi*er FIRST I. 1411 •• L_C lIacII Blft. ~C Buell, Callf._5 Dr: III _, L-e Be_, calif. PIIIIe: 42HU1 (Ara CIH W) F. . L.A. .....s: • • GET READY, GET SET, SHOW! All better businessmen out there in motorcycle-land are no doubt preparing for the Cycle World Motorcycle Show coming to LA. in just a few weeks from now. Don't forget to call Cycle News early and reserve space in the special 32-page ·Show Guide" issue which will come out on the fi rst day of the show. Again this year our annual Show Guide Issue wi II feature the best and latest achievements in the motorcycle sport as well as a who's who of active businesses represented in our adverti sements. ATTRACTIONS Cycle News is hastening to complete our MESCA machine in time for the show. You saw the half-fimshed version of MESCA at the recent Shrine show. Now get the full picture, in Technicolor, yetl Be sure to visit our booth for a fun-ride you won't soon forgel Negotiations are under way, we are told, to bring the world's fastest motorcycle, Bob Leppan's 245 mph Triumph, from Detroit for the first time in the wesL There will be a demon· stration riding area v.tIere visitors can take a spin on the latest models, and many unusual 4th ANNUAL NATIONAL Cbucll Clayfoll BasiDess Maacer .sbUOD ClaytoD Circalatioa IlIaIIacer.Gaye 11IoIaa-. Editor Radi BlU1DIDt Assoc:iate Editor CaroJ SUDs AdverUsiDI Manacer acll Dair Pboto Edltor D_iB GreeDe Ad'" Edlt. Asst. Robert Bradford Productioa ABsiataat.••••• Baady Say Published weekly excePt the first and last week of tbe calendar year by C&S Publishing Company. Post Office Box 498. Long Beach, Calif. Pleue allow three weeks for W dreS8~e. 8ecDDd Clliiis Poatap pUll BelIch. cal1f. at LoDe Any part al this DeW8PGllf except COPYriIbted IIIQ be IIlIed -uer wUbom perm1sa1oa as lOOC as c~ it la clven. Edllorial lItOries. CU" toaDS. pbotoB are welcClDed and wU1 be pald for DPOD publication. A~ dressed. stamped enveloPe _ares return. SiDde CIOP1 price • • • • • • • • • 25C: !iIIbec:dptiau: OIIe year 2IId c:Iua - 0 . . . • . . . . • . . . . . .. '1'.se AdverU.... rates wOI be _ t oa request. Sllrprise attractions. One hundred thousand people came to the show last year and at least that many are ex· pected again. Show dates are June 2-5Thele'li be 2.(XXJ extra copies of the Show Guide Issue of Cycle News on sale at the Sports Arena and no increase in rates. But space is limited, and it's first come, first served. So don't wait til the last minute. Call (213) 423-0431, ask lor Jack Dair, and get us going on your ad right away now! G UIDANeE, PLEASEI I have been following your reports on proposed motorcycle legislation. Thanks to your waming I sent a telegram protesting the compulsory crasbbar legislation. Last week you disappointed me wben you wrote ·Compulsory Helmets. Twice Rejected. Will Probably Pass· and later on ·It seems pretty certain that the compUlsory belmet part will pass·. Now that is a defeatist talking. I have been a motorcyclist for fourteen years and have owned a variety of blkes. Most of my riding has been for transportation pUrposes rather than for sport. From my own experience I am going to state flatly that compulsory helmet legislation will burt the motorcycle industry. I would not have bought a moto... cycle if there had been a comllU1sory belmet law in existance at the time I bought my first bike. Let me suggest tbat you rewtite that earlier column. Start with sometbinc like ·Compulsory Helmets Will Probably Pass Vale88?·. You fill in the question mark. Do we need a flood of telegrams or letters to our assemblymen? What sOOuld we do? It is to PeOple like you that we of tbe motorcycling public must tum wben our rights are in danger of being violated. Find out what will kill this objectionable compulsory helmet legislation and then pass it on to us through your column. At least print the the arguments of the proponents of this legislation so we know what kind of information the assemblymen are getting. This would help us in writing to our representatives. WE NEED GUIDANCE. My response to your report last week concerning compulsory helmet legislation was to send a telegram opposing it (the compulsory helmet legislation) to my assemblyman. Ken MacDonald. and Fbainnan Foran. Assemblyman Mac Donald replied by asking why I opposed the legislation and I sent him a letter reply. It suggests that our assemblymen are willing to consider our views if we. the motorcycling public. will present them. I feel that I am fully aware of the dangers inberent in motorcycling. have examined the merits of a helmet and have made my decision regarding their use. I feel that I am tbe only one wbo sOOuld make this decision. DR. KENNETH J. RUSSELL Thousand Oaks (·Cycle Ne ws is aware lbat many readers look to us for IDidaDce. Doctor. We woaldD·t want to IDide anyone iato a losirll situation, bowever. aad lbat's wbat tbis belmet bill is for us. It is a cut-and-dried political expedient, forced oa tile state.. Valess California passes certain lawB. iacladiag COIIlPuilIOIY belmets for rider aad passencer, we'll be denied Federal bighway hmds, to the tune of billions of dollars. Could we cause President JOhnSOD to have a cbange of beart? Will our stout.bearted state forePl millions of dollars to preserve our simple freedoms? It doesa·t look too hopeful at tbis polDt. After tile law is enacted, we can test its CODstitionality. Care to vol...teer for tbe test case? ·Meantime we will step ... tile attack on some parts of AB 91'8 wbich we can wiD agUDsI, such as the requirement lbat riders obtain a car drivers license before applying for a apecial permit to operate a motorcycle. 11lis would wMIL a far worse hardship 011 new riders and bike sales than aay other part of tile bill.·) KANSAS FAN Enclosing my check for I yrs. sub to ·Cycle News·. Find this Calif. weekly is interesting to read even in the midwest. Have noted, wbat is now in Calif. often is tomorrow in the M4d-west. Nota~ bly in machines. motors, equiPment and in rules. LYLE B. HOOVER McPherson. Kansas