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AdyerUstac rates will be "l!IIt OD reque8&. DANGER LAW ON THE lOVE AGAIN CN EDITORIAL SPARKS FEMALE CO.ENT Read your paper every week and enjoy it very much. The last issue (June 15 edition) was of particular interest. (Refering to the Gals vs. Guys in Scrambles & TT's,) I think if a gal has the ability to handle her machine. has proper attire and instructions they should be allowed to compete in all events that are open to the fellows. The gal's agility should give the guys some real competition and I'm sure they can stand the competition of a gal - can·t they? Anyway it would add a bit of spice to any event. So why not give it a try! Sincerely • V. White Impressed Subscriber I was so impressed by your sample copy I want to be included on the subscription list. Please keep the pressure on as to the steps we can take to prevent the ridiculous laws now trying to be passed by most states. We have a compulsory helmet law in Georgia and I understand other law of the same type are comi ng up. Thanks for a great newspaper. GENE EIDSON Lawrenceville. Ga. FELLOW CYCLIST NEEDS HELP David Pruitt is a young motorcyclist, 15 years old and just starting to ride. On March 23. this year, he was involved in a motorcycle accident. He is under intensive care and has not regained consciousness. His hospital bill has already reached $10.000.00. This boy needs all the help he can get. Let's all pull together and help this boy out. Any and all donations you care or can send can be sent to the Bank of Arne rica, Chino Branch. Chino Calif. in the name of David Pruitt Fund. Anything and everything will be greatly appreciated by this boy and his family. I thank you for this chance to speak to you through this paper. JACK LINDSTROM Vice-President Married Wheels Mlc Ontario, Calif. 'A Slap at California's Young?' BY CHUCK Near the upper lefthand corner of the continental U.S. is Seattle. Washington. The citl' is to the northwest motorcycle family what Los Angeles is to the south. Washingtonians modestly claim their state is "about two years behind california" motorcycle wise. SOme of those in the know would dispute that claim. among them Bob Blair. Glendale motorcycle distributor. "There's as much motorcycling in the northwest as there is here!· he states. seattle's R.B. "Dick" Rogers provided the final proof, when he successfully brought off the first international cycle show in the city of the Space Needle weekend before last. With virtually no help from national distributors. Dick. who is a United Airlines pilot in real life, called on the resources of the great Northwest and mounted a jewel of a show, which nearly 10,000 attended (see this issue). Jasper Kleinjan Bismarck. N. Oak. CLAYTON here." Budschat insists. The younger clientele demands dU!ll-(llllpOSe bikes. BSA Victors. Triumph :;OO's. Ducati scramblers. the new Norton Pll. Harley SPOrtsters and Hodakn~ go over big. Trailiug iu the North Woods Eager to take a sampling of the Northwestern trails. we wangled an invitation from Budschat to his Olympian mountain retreat. Five minutes out of town Bob unlocked a "neckbreaker" chain (at least hi" has a sign on it) and let us into a clearing beside a troutpond in the midst of the densest forest I ever Prosperous Participants washington's dealers have pitched in and built a large. growing business for themselves. A wise state legislature consults with leading members GREENHORN ADDS ANOTHER FAil My fami ly and I used part of our vacation to Journey to Gorman, Calif. to ride the Greenhorn June 3-4. I'd like to express my thanks to the Greenhorn sponsors for a fine event and especially to the Calif. riders in general for their sportsmanship and friendliness. Also to the unknown many who gave me water after losing my canteen after an encounter with a huge cactus. I learned a lot and had a ball. We'll be back with different handlebars, more travel front and rear suspension. different rake. and see if we can·t do a bit better next time. It's really different than our mud and woods enduro s, though each have their own merits. California's coBtroversial -Motorcycle Danger Law· (AB 978) is on the move &gm, aod this time we ..ay not be able to stop iL OBr observer in Sacramento informs BS thal; the bill was pnlled out of Ways & Means Committee where it was ezpected to remain at least a monlb, and was passed DDaaimously by the state Assembly. The vote was 72-0. In a relll&lkable burst of speed the bill is scheduled for hearing iB the SeDate TraasportatiOB ColDittee at 1 p.m. ThBrsday, Jue 22. Oae iasider at the capitol calls the haste willi which the lawaakers seek to clap restrictions on bike riders -a slap at the yODDger generation for not aligning with their viewS.- Unlell& a. miracle happens, the Senate will gi ve aaaaimous approval and the bill will be passed ou to Governor Reagan. Left to Rip" roar rllPOrUr, Portl_d doler Joe Dobbin, ree.r Cerl w.1t _d Suttl. .eler K.. SnIlt11. of the industry. such as Everett dealer Friedol! Johnson. before draft· ing safety legislation. Dealers offi· ciate and often ride in fun and competition the year around; and they grow prosperous doing it. There are the usual drone dealers that yOu find all over the map, but even they don't lack customers. Fred pazaski in Bellingham. Bob Budschat in Seattle and Bard Hansen in Everett are all successful dealers and competition winners. ·You have to sell road sport bikes THE IUMOI MIU Suttl. dealer Bob Budschet pr....... to _ loed trellblk.s. hope to find. Bob's 12-year-old son Mike offered to show me a trail. His narrow body was a great advantage as he led your reporter on a merry chase over fallen logs. through snapping branches. down impossible hills and across rushing rivers. Whew! His daddy hailed the youngster to a halt as I was barking my last shin. Then Budschat and 19year-old Dave from the store took us around some of their enduro course. Budschat's is one of the few shops that can sponsor an enduro on its owner's property. We would not have believed the jungle they led us through. Had it not been for valiant Dave, plunging tbrough dense undergrowth. ahead of us. I'd have sworn there was no trail there. Then we'd come to a giant log, with a section cut out by chainsaw. just wide enough to ride through. It was trail heaven. Washington dealers are extremely eager to have you ride their wares. I had a turn on a new Ducati Scrambler and a Grand Prix Victor and now I know that four bikes in the garage are not enough. A person needs at least five. And with weather the way it's been this winter in Los Angeles. America islucky to have Washington. where they've found you can create 2-wheel fun without perfectly sunny skies. · . ·.................. WOULD YOU BELIEVE? ••.Thal tbe fastest thing on two wheels last week was an Arah riding a hicycle tbrough Tel Aviv. •••Tbat Eve! Knieve! believes be can jump over 17 cars witb tbe Dew Moalesa 360cc "C_er." He calls it "a beautiful bandUng rl g•• ·.................. ·. ................. ·.................. .••That next year's Nortbwest Cycle Show will be held a few weeks earlier, about the first of Apri. ...Tbat Cycle ews will annoURce a new coatest for subscribers in tbe next (ew weells. •••That Distr4:t 37's plans to commission a District Coordinator is tbe best news for IIIOtorcycle lovers since the Catalina Coumittee. ·.................. ·....... ........... ·................... . •••Tbat oucali has a 350cc twin ready to spdng on tbe market. •..Tbat BMW has a new model to campaign in U.S. races••.with cylinders tbat fold back at a 45 degree angle. ••.That 14-year-old Danny Atkins of Oregon won his lOOtb racing tropby in the first race of the season. He started riding at 9. racing at 10 years of age. ................... •••Tbat's all tbe week? fUIIJOlS we beard Ibis