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• Tippetts, director of Parks and. Recreation. But Sen. Ernest H. Dean, D·American Fork, the bill's sponsor, removed the property tax provision from the bill. "I am seeking an opinion from the Attorney General to support excluding these vehicles from property taxation, because we will be registering them as recreation vehicles, not as MOTOR vehicles," Sen. Dean said as the Senate Transportation and Public Safety Committee considered the bill. He said he was also investigating the possibility of having the property. tax earmarked for the development of recreation vehicle facilities. The registration fees are already so eannarked by the bill. The cost of registering a recreation vehicle will be almost identical to registering the same machine on for street. use, as the bill is now worded. One or the other would be required. When the bill came to the floor of the Senate, the property tax provision was quickly put back in the bill. An attempt by Sen. Dean to have it pro-rated by the percentage of the year the machine could be used failed, after it was argued that similar action would have to be taken in the cases of tractors and boats. The 20-6-2 vote dashed all hopes of control without taxastion, but at the same time, the vote indicated a strong chance of the bill's passing. The prevailing attitude of organized clubs and dealers in the state is "if we must have a law, this one is the most reasonable we could hope for certainly better than we can expect two years hence - and we can live with it." COLISEUM CYCLE MAIL and ORDER. ACCESSORY CO. ~KAWASAKI _~ MOTORCYCLES 3958 E. 14th ST., OAKLAND, CAL. (415) 534·5461 94601 .. COW Trail Y,.r a. a BlDUIO SPIOCIETS 12 TOOTH CZCounter Sprockets $9.25 Cal. res. add 5% sales tax. C&M SPECIALTIES-P.O. BOX 717 MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIF. 94040 A Professional Biker At 18 By Cliff E. Hollenbeck, M.S. No more high school sports for Jimmy Pomeroy, a senior at West Valley High School in Yakima; Washington. He's a professional motorcycle racer now. Just 18 years old and the Western Canadian Expert Champion in the 250cc Motocross class, Pomeroy has been setting northwest fans and riders on fire with his constant winning and exciting riding. [n fact, young Pomeroy's riding was so good at the Calgary championships he humbled the factory riders from the world over. The Bultaco Motorcycle Company was impressed and quickly offered him a contract and two new bikes each six months to race for their company. "Sure I'll take the contract", says Jimmy. "I can still race in the northwest and finish high school, maybe go on to the European Motocross Circuit this summer and win enough money to cover a good college education". So far this year young Pomeroy has picked up more than $1000 in cash winnings. At this rate it won't take very long to pay for that education he spoke of...and college athletes think they have it made. As the son of a local motorcycle shop owner and manager, Pomeroy bas had the chance to ride and work on just about every make of modern motorcycle. "I had my tnt bike at 1 I and was in races before I reached 12" Jim says. Now the winner of more than 200 races, Pomeroy is looking at the top of a profession reserved for "hard and rugged" men. Europe doesn't look all that far away for this sharp rider, should he keep up his winning ability. The 250cc class seems to be the favorite for this rider, "lots of competition" he says. He has raced in every class and in every event scheduled in the northwest. This summer he intends to take in every major race in the area, in hopes he will win enough to pay for that European trip. What about girls, cars and the other things a high school senior enjoys? Jimmy enjoys all these things, too, but has always kept motorcycle races in his first thoughts. From the flock of young girls at each race, he seems to have a following as good as the best high school halfback ever did at a football game. . Whatever Jimmy Pomeroy has lost in non.professional sports, he has made up on the back of a fast motor,eycle. . 'llEIERC'8lE' Sole U.S. Distributor Prices and information on request Orangevale Distributors 9198 Greenback Lane' Orangevale, Ca. 95662 (916) 988-4725 aM Motor NEW BULTACO DEAL~R SST - Mini Trials Access. - Parts & Ser. All makes and models. 17 Main Martinez Cal. 415 229-0754 Stainless Steel Foot Pegs to fit all Bultacos One of the riders asked me questions regarding the promotion of the Cow :;; Palace races. He felt you fellows would ai be interested in knowing the inside ~ story of the promotion expenses and ~ why we do, or don't do, certain things. ::;: So here lIOes: ~ Rent (includes'police, cashiers, cleanup) w Z - $1700. W Insurance - $175. ..J Help - $150. U > Trophies and rosin - $50. U Publicity man (writes stories for press) - $150. Ads in Examiner-ChronicJe - $240. Cycle News Ad - $70. Radio Advertising (2 stations) - $250. Billboards (2) (printing and placing 24 sheet posters) - $260. Miscellaneous Ads - $50. Flyers (Mimeo-Mail Service) - $65. AMA Purse - $1225. Overage (not always paid, but 50% of the time) - $300. Officials - $235. AMA Benevolent Fund - $120. AMA Sanction - $25. Total - $5065. The a:bove figures were rounded out to even numbers and are not correct to the actual dollar or penny, but are basically close. 1 did not include my expenses, office expense, workman's compensation, robbery insurance, etc. Remember, everyone is guaranteed money in advance excepting the promoter. You get your money, AMA gets theirs, Cow Palace gets theirs, then if any money is left over we get DUn. Some of our gates are as low as $2,400, a couple $5,000, one did hit $6,000, thank goodness. 66,000 MORE M!Cs COUNTED Ken Carrol of the California Dept. of M,otor Vehicles reports that, through the end of October, 1970, a total of '14,000 new vehicles were registered as "title-only" vehicles for use exclusively off the road. Carrol estimates 90% (66,600) of the title-only registrations are motorcycles. These figures are not included in the 622,335 total motorcycle registration figures for the state. • .aJa wins again! Desert M.e. Hare & Hound-2128/71 Trailbike Class 1st Randy Milligan-Baja 100 (Ex.) 4th Mike Hayes-Baja 100 1st (Jr.) 5th Jim Summers-Baja 100 (Ex.) Dealer Inquiries Invited Sonny Kenyon Cycles 2594 Middlefield Rd. Mt. View, Ca. 94040 415-96"-4399 Mail Order $10.95 APAIR the llarleyDavidson .........~ outpBnOrIlJBrS