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AMA SUPPORTS ~EDERAL STAND ON MINI-BIKE~ WORTIllNGTON, 0., Aug. 12,1971 Today the AMA voiced approval of a strongly-worded warning released earlier this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stating, "While off-street riding under parental supervision can be a safe and popular • recreation, the mini-bike becomes It high-risk vehicle on sidewalks and roadways. " Russ March, executive director of the AMA, stated, "We have been in a ,position to see a mini-bike problem growing rapidly over the past 18 months. Sales are up and continue to climb, but there has been very little interest in developing proper mini-bike educational programs on state and local levels. " March emphasized that this dangerous tendency to ignore the mini-bike problem derives from the fact that it has not been given proper regard as a specialized recreational vehicle. "Acciden ts result because mini-bike owners seem to think of the object as a toy," March said. "It is crucial to the development of proper safety practices that we realize that mini-bikes definitely are not toys," he continued. In this regard March feels that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration directive has made real forward progress toward a solution in that it places the mini-bike in proper perspective. The staff of the AMA has been researching problems related to mini-bikes for a year in an effort to develop solutions. Literature on proper training procedures, safety techniques, maintenance and operator attitude are forthcoming from the AMA. [n addition, the association's Department of Legislation is developing detailed guidelines for mini-bike parks. TRANS-AMA SCHEDULE SERIES The AMA bas released tentative dates and sites for the upcoming fall Trans-AMA series for 500cc machines. The openiJig event will be Sept. 19 at Carlsbad Raceway, Calrsbad, Calif. for a purse "of about $l2,000/' says promoter for that event, Bruce Cox. The series will then work its way eastward and then to the south before making its way back to the West Coast leading up to the imale at Saddleback Park, Irvine, Calif., on Dec. 5. Purses .totalling ij1 excess of $100,000 are expected for the tentatively schedulc;d dozen events. Here is the schedule: Sept. 19 - Carlsbad, Calif. Sep t. 26 - B!>ise, Idaho Oct. 3 - Elkhorn, Wisc. Oct. 10 - Unadilla, N. Y. Oct. 17 - Copetown, Hamilton, Ont., Canada Oct. 24 - Toledo, Ohio' Oct. 31 - Louisville, Ky. Nov. 7 - St. Peters, Mo. Nov. 21 - Puyallup, Wash. Nov. 28 - Castro Valley, San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 5 - Saddleback Park, Irvine, Calif. OLYMPIA PREJ'ENTJ' c..AT ,;, :> c( ~ w Z U > Y5. Rapp U '~ ..- .\J BRAD LAcXEY - DOUG GRANT - TIM HARD - FEETS .:MINE~ LARS LARSON - JIM WEST . $300Q $~OOQ• GUARANTEED CAJ'H PURJ'E PLUJ' GIANT TRJ;PHIEJ' ~T ~ BIGGEJ'T UVIOTOCRJ)JY' EVER-DURl:JVG ~cl1lI~.' IN OTHER., PRIZEJ" CAJ1f all. CONTlNGENCIEJ" FO/0 J"PECJl/TOR.,£ all. RIDER.,£ ~'r8l.J1VDAY SEP 5th. 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This copper core dissipates heat faster than ordinary iron cores. So there's less problem with plug-damaging hot spots on the electrode. Less chance for piston-popping preignition. And a long-nosed insulator hO"lds just the right amount of heat to reduce tip fouling, The result-wider heat range plugs. They have the thermal flexibility to perform in hot or cold engines. Under easy or hard use, in two and four cycle engines. Bike riders who only have one or two plugs love 'em, They fire on time, every time. Sports car and small car drivers know they can take the high revs. Ana they're happy in high compression-high octane, or low compressionlow octane V-8's. So NGK's have the guts to go the limit longer. Plug in a set. See how technical advances payoff in power. In lower fuel and maintenance costs. NGK's cost no more. They just do more. NGK, the long life, hi-performance plug: • I( Rlbseliminates flash over. High Alumina Ceramicsgives bener heat dissipation and electrical Insulation. More Internal Gasketsinsure a bener seal. Copper Coregives wider heat range. KKKTK CONTINUES. Well, the entries for the KOOKlE KUSTOM KAR 'fAG KONTEST have just poured in with the fury of a step-through Honda and time is running out. 1£ you want to make an easy 55 (count 'em!), check Cycle News two weeks ago for det;ills. 1£ 7'0u've already lined your birdcage, the contest is simple to create an idea for a custom license plate in accordance to DMV rules. Mail it to KKKTK, c/o Cycle News, Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801. Dea9Jine is midnight, August 22, 1971. Voict~:here prohibited, by golly. :> W ...J DeSoto A 16-acre minibike park. in Fullerton's Brea Dam recreational area will open Saturday - with free use of the trails that day for all comers. The cycle park bas· two courses, on a 670-yard circuit on almost-flat land, for beginners, and a 1,600-yard trail over hills and ravines and around hairpin turns. It's for advanced riders. Fullerton city fathers will do the ribbon-eutting Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and then the course will be open to riders, according to Jim Cowie of the Fullerton Parks and Recreation Department. After Saturday, an admission charge of $1 will be made for all bikes. .-.- J'[l;4TE r:F/lIRv..... ;!;. FULLlaTO.' • • •N ••• 1( I P A • ~ ~ENTO More Spaceprevents fouling and misfiring. Nickel Alloy Tipgives longer life. \ Ii <. NGK SPARK PLUGS (U.S.A.), INC., 12511 Beatrice St., Los Angel... C