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Cycle News 1968 02 09

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• u.s. GOVERNMENT SAfETY SHOW ~. TO BE AIRED TIO LLY ; - T he F edera l De pt, of Tr ansporta tion, in cooperation with the T V serie s 0; · You Can P re ve nt Accident s ," sponsored by the U.S. P ublic Health Ser vic e Co and NBC, will present a show on the subject of motorcycle safety . T itled ·Power on T wo Wheels," the program will be aired in Los Angele s on April2 5 .Q E ~~~~g~~m~r~~ ~~~~y~~;~~lc~:n~~r~~r l~dta~~:la~~ ~~o~~/~3t~~ ;f~v:; ~ seen in the Chica go area ove r W MAQ, channel 5, a ls o at the early hour of 6:3 0 a.m, CI) s t.:I :c: t.:I , G :>.. CJ Pane llsIs on the • Power on 2 Wheels· show are, from left, Roberl Rudy, age 67, who has been a molorcyc le rider s ince 1921 ; Mac MacGarry, the -moderalo r; Lew is Buchanan, Motorcycle SafelY Divis ion of Ihe Fed. GoY!.; and Lewi s Polk of the Federal Injury Conlrol program. The 100cc Expert Mota fOllnd Fred Edwards (13 x) and Ken Lee , both on Yamahas, ball llnc It out. They even tua lly finished 1-2, with Edward s taki ng first place honors ahead of Lee. February 6 & 7 In Dalla s, Texa s , at a safety confab Ihere, re flecti ve c1ass -bead strip ing 10 mak e molorcycles more visib le wil l be demons trated. In the photo 1IIe machi ne at right, without re flective ma terial,l s nea rly lnv ls lb le while the reflec tive-equ ipped machi ne can be easily seen. BENELLI BARRACUDA SPORTS LOOK OF FUTURE ;.7' .J Intenl upon his coa l, J i mmy Stein (80x) barre ls a long In Ihe 2S0cc Ama leu r Mota, Husq va ma mounl ed. His goa l wa s fi rst pla ce , and that' s what he COl, in ra pid time, 100. The new 5-spee d Barracuda is ' now available with a s leek fibreg lass tank a nd sea t. Ben elli poin ts out tha t the new styling is probably the " look of the future.· Ce rtainly it is a modern sty li ng innovation. T he new tank and seat are also a vailahle as a replacemen t for the s tandar d Be nell i machines. Benelli s a re available through the U.S. Distributors , Cos mopolitan Motors ' Inc ., 5521 W ayne A va . ; Philadelphia, Pa,

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