Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

.. You' ll I lwIYs It •America' 5 Only Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper" S" Pu blisher• • • • • Charles C. Claylon Business .\ lana 2er• • Sharon Clayton Fl~ST • • • Ci rc ul a ti on ,\1I':r••• Ga)'(l' Thomason all' wel com..d and will be paid upon publica tion (e xc ep t n rv s s re leasos a nd " Voice " Ie tter s .) Address..d. stamped envelope assure's return. Sin/:Io' ro P.' price • •• • • •• •• 25~ f'or Editor ••••• ..•• • • • Carol Sims Adv~rLisin g M 2r• • •• •• Tom Culp Photo Editor••• .• lI..nnis Cirpene Lab Technit'ian•• .•1Ii11 PeUi2re" Re ceptionist••••• Lnuf se ~larsha11 6417 N. Long Beacll Blvd. Long Beach. Cal if. 50805 Or: Box 4!tB, Loag Beach, Calif. P ublished weekly except the lirst a nd las t week or the ca lendar yea r Phone: 423-0431 by C&S Publis hing Co. • Pos t Offl ce (Area Code 213) Box 498, Lena tieach . Calif ornia . Second Class postage paid a t Long From L.A. Phones: 636-8844 Beach, CaliL Editor ial s tories , c a rto ons , photos , .. tc, SUbscription : One yt"ar 2nd c l as s Mail •• •• • ••••• •• •• • • $7.50 (SUbscribers please allow thre e weeks tor addross chanae.) Advertis ing rates and ci rcula tio n i nforma tion will be sent upon reque s t, NO FUNERAL FOR VICTOR KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK A r ecent magazi ne article erroneously stated that the BSA VICTOR 44 1 SPECIAL was no longer In production. We have had considerable adverse effects as a result of this article and would appreciate very much if you could print a shor t paragraph someplace In your next publication slating that the BSA VICTOR ts in production and will continue to be In production indefinitely. JOE HOPE, Sales Manager ""Jo-- M.M~~ I just finished reading your "April Fool" edition of Cycle News and it was just great' Also, it'll be a welcome sight to read about the Daytona race results a week after they happen - not three months as in the American Motorcycling Magazine. My husband I are avid race fans Ibelong to the Motor Maids of California (northern), and we tr y to keep up with the lates t race results . This can only be done through the Cycle News. BOBBIE LEWIS san Jose, Califor n1a V-E-R·Y INTE RESTING Jim Peter son' s re cent letter (Voices) Vol. V-II IO regari:llng " Join UP or Shut Up" was V-&-R- Y inter esting. Fi r s t of al l, Mr. Peterson, may I s ugst you re-read my article. You evidently did not comprehend what I wrote . Secondly, Mr. Peterson, I hardly think I was speaking only for myself, s ince one man hardly qualifies a race. Last, but not least, Mr. Peterson, even though your statement regarding joining a club had nothing whatsoever to do with my letter, I'll try to satisty your curiosity. Up until 3 years ago, I was an active member of the Jack Rabbits M.C. for 3 yea rs; previous to that , I belonged to So. Calif. M.C. I fee l, si nce I no longer belong to a club, that the best way I can contribute to the cl ubs Is to ride their events, paying full entry fees!!! Figure it up $$$$. GARY BAILEY Carson, Calif. MORE SENATORIAL SUPPORT The following response to his letter was r eceived by Cycle News reader Robert Massingill regarding helmetlegtslation: " Tha nk you ror your letter inrorming me or your v ews 01\ legislation calling i ror helmets ror motorcycle riders. I oppose d this legls lation last year when It was introduced and will do SO again this )'ear. Sincerely, ..... JOHN G. SCHMITZ Thirty-Fourth Senator ial Dist. Orange County sacramento, Cal if." NORM REEVES IS A HONDA DEALER TOP TRADE IN ON NEW THE NEW IMAGE By Chuck Clayton I ~ lIy Barbara Ada ms Dahm s W A Few•••SB111Makes(t. YAY! in Th e California State senate Tran sportation Committee cho ppe d the helme t provi s ian from Sen a te Bill III without object io n and pa s s ed the remaind er of the bill to the senate .F'loor. T he bill had been pre vious ly a mended by the author Ral ph C. Dills of T orr an ce to ag ree with .AB 289. In the future SB III wi ll read exac t ly lik e 289 except for the deletion of all re fere nc e to mandatory helm et weari ng. The removal of the helmet re s tri ct ion was moved by senato r W lsh of Hunti ngton P ar k, and s eca onded by senator Cus an o vich of Van Nuy s, who ha s lo ng oppose d com puls ory helrnets, sen . Marler of Redding and Sen . Kennlck of Lon g Bea ch a l s o backe d the amendm ent on our behalf. Ey e prote c tion (gl asses , gogg le s , or faceshie ld) req uir eme nt s rema in in the bill . Both the a mendmen t and the bill pas s ed the commit te e on voi c e vote . So now we hav e a pie ce of s a fe ty le gi slati on tha t we ca n s upport. Ask y our California rep re s en tati ve to vote for SB Ill . Lose a Few ••• But So Does AB 289 . BOOI How ever later that same afternoon AB 289 was heard in As s e mbly Transpor tat ion Committe e. Efforts by .Assemblyman Karab lan of Mon terey P ar k. Negri of Gra na da Hills and Schab ar um of Covina to chop helmets from J ohn Foran's bill failed i n that commi ttee. Auth or F or an (San Fran ci s co) was adamant that his bill be passe d o ut as written an d so it was •.As s e mblyman Kar a blan' s amendme n t would hav e le ft he lme t standards to be s et an d required that helmets sold in the state me et those standards , a logical pro vision. At one poi nt Foran, who had stepped down as Chairman of the committee whil e his bill was bein g heard , was asked by the temporary chai rman "John, do you want the bi ll to pass withou t hel me ts, or don 't you want the bill to pass. " "I want it to pass e xact ly as it is written ," said Foran. And it was thus. An ove rwhelming weight of te s timony was presented to indicate that there is no more rea s on to forc e he1me ts on cyc le riders than on the occ upants of autom obiles or eve n on pedestrians and people taking a bath . Chu ck Rama ge ,a rid er from Fresno . and Gl en Miller from sa cram en to presented good ev ide nce as in vol ved citizens. Your reporter te stifi ed in beha lf of the staff and read ers of Cycl e New s . Paul McCrilli s, re prese nting the motorcycle trad e association testified i n behalf of windshield s as substitut e eye prot ection. He had mad e a deai e a rlier not to oppos e co mp ulsory he lmet laws , e ven though the A.M.A., whic h Mr. McCri ll i s also re pre sents, opposes them . •••And Hope For Fair Weather AB 289 now moves to .As se mbly Ways and Means Committee for a hearin g date not yet s et , Th i s 19 member c omm ittee is cha i re d by Rob ert Cr own of Alam eda. Oth er members a re Assemblym en La nterman , Barnes , Belotti , Brits ch gi, Burt on, Co llier (Assemblym an J ohn Collie r of L.A . not to be confused with sen. Ra ndol ph C ollier). C onrad . Da vis, Le roy Gree ne , Hi nc kley , Meye rs, Mulf ord, P or ter, Ra l ph , Ryan, Shoe make r, Warren and Z e novlc h , T he re is a great dea l of a wareness in the l egi sla tur e that compu lsory he lme ts a re not acceptable to th e peopl e involved . We ha ve a much better c ha nce of winning this s ess io n than .we had last year , but legislation is a c uri ous game and many unp opular la ws ha ve be en pass ed because tho s e inv olved thought ( I) . som eon e e lse would tak e care of i t (2) . there wa s no us e anyway . Le t your repr e s entative know what yo u think. I can 't say it loud e nou gh or often e nough •.• they 're willing to give us a fair heari n g in Sacramento. Spe ak up! Footwear Bill Passes Assembly Committee .AB 366 a utho re d by L . E. T ownsend of T orran ce sailed through the Assembly Trans po rta ti on Committee T hursd ay on the p ropwash of the helm et argument. In spite of testimony presen ted that footw ear was in the sam e category as helmets as being a n unfit subject for law , As sem b lyma n T owns end insisted that proper footwea r co uld preven t accide nts a ffec t i ng othe rs beside the cyclis t (you migh t be unable to pu t on the bra ke if yo u had stubbe d you r toes) , and a wea ry co mmittee stampe d it • Do P a s s'. T he bill calls for protective foo t cove ri ng ha vin g a ha rd so le . No sandals or s hoes wit h a n ope n toe will be allowe d: .AB 366 goes directly to the As s e mbly floo r then to the senate Tran s porta tion c ommi tt ee . So a few letters on this s ubject ar e called for from California motorcycle riders. You might point ou t that e ven though you disapprov e of barefoot motorcycle riders , a stubbed toe is e ven less reason to impose governme nt re gulation on pe rsonal li ber ty than any of the othe r " comp ulsory body a rmor" hysteria whi c h we oppose .

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