Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

oond New Chief for BSArrriumph Dr. Felix A. Kalinski who, in May, oecame president of BSA Co. Inc. of Verona, New Jersey, the Birmingham Group's wholly owned subsidiary reaponsible for the distribution of Triumph and BSA motor cycles in the US, has now !>een appoin ted to the parent board of the Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd. Aged 51, Dr. Kalinski was formerly vice-predisent of Leasco Inc. and Was managing director and chief execu tive of Pergamon Press Ltd. in England. Prior to that he was president of Col umbia Broadcasting System's Comtec Group and a director of CBS. By Charles Clayton MORE CYCLE NEWS EDITIONS AND WHY Your publisher has just returned from a visit to Texas and some of the bordering states, where it looks like we'll soon be publishing a new edition, to be called "Cycle News Central" Texas and the central states seem ready for edition of their own. Motorcycle activity is struggling against incredible odds of distance and discrimination in the central U.S., with only a handful of an .CAlICJlMA the motor vehicle has the correction made with in 45 days after receipt of the notification - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED, AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED REPORTED FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED TO FINANCE. 5-1247 (BellensOn) NOISE STANDARDS Enacts California Noise Control Act of 1972: requires public health set maximum noise standards fo'r machinery; requires standards for noise insulation for new hotel5, motels. other dwellings; makes changes are regards airport noise standards COMMITTEE DISCHARGED, AMENDM5NT RECOMMENDED REPORTED FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED TO FINANCE HEARING. 5-1248 -(BeilensQn) NOISESTANDARDS Same as 5-1247 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED, AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED REPORTED FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED TO FINANCE. 5·1249 (Bellenson) NOISE STANDARDS - Same as 5-1247 and 5-1248 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED, AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED REPORTED FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED TO FINANCE HEARING REPORTED WITH AMENDMENT. 5-1322 - (Lagomarsino) MOTORCYCLE - Authorizes issuance of special license plates for motorcyclists 25 years or older HEARING - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED, AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED REPORTED WITH AMENDMENT. 5-1326 (Lagomarsino) FOREST PRACTICES - To repeal the present Forest Practice Act and to enact the Forest Practice Act of 1972 - COMMITTEE DI.SCHARGED, AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED HEARING - REPORTED FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED TO FINANCE. and reenacts with various substantive changes the provisions relating to use and occupancy of mobile homes, camp cars, rec.reational vehicles, travel trailers, and commercial coaches and related structures and provisions relating to mobile home parks, recreational trailer parks, tempor~ry trailer parks, and travel trailer parks - HEARING. HCR-32 (Biddle) Requests the Department of Motor Vehicles to prepare a report on the feasibility of year-around registration of motor vehicles and submit the report to the Legislature by July I, 1973 RECOMMENDED TO TRANSPORTATION (SENATE) - REPORTED FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED TO FINANCE (SENATE). H-347 (Chapple) SUbjects sales of off-highway vehicles by manufacturers, dealers' and dlsmantlers to sales tax and excludes such sales from provision requiring Department of Motor Vehicles to collect use tax when the vehicle Is identified. Excludes off-highway vehicles from the occasional sale exemption from sales and use taxes COMMITTEE -DISCHARGED, AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED REPORTED FAVORABLY. 5-126 - (Grunsky) CYCLES HEADLAMPS - To require motorcycles to have head lamps lighted at all times after January I, 1'975 PASSED HOUSE. 5-371 (MoScOne) Requires every manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold in this state on or after January I, 1973, who Is required by federal or state law to furnish notification to the purchaser of the motor vehicle of any defect in the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment which relates to motor vehicle safety, to correct such defect without charge to the owner of the vehicle or reimburse the owner for the cost of making such correction notwithstanding any limitation in any warranty. Limits manufacturer's liability for the cost of such correction to those cases where the owner of .....", . ", . ", .... . . . . . " """".... " v · '" '" local monthly magazines to help it along. "Cycle News Central" will come out every two weeks, beginning January, 1973 and will cover a region consisting of New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri, to start. Eventuallv it will embrace the additional states of Wyoming, Nebraska, lowas, North & South Dakota and Montana. With three editions already covering the U.S. on a regional and national basis, why do we need a fourth one? Mainly, because the central U.s. has its own regional identity which is developing unique from the far west, the east and the deep south. According to my observations so far, the central U.S. is increasing its motorcycle population by adding new dealer outlets, rather than expanding present ALASKA New Land Enacted H-562 - (Rose) An Act relating to state parks; and providing for an effective date. The Alaska 1972 Regular Session adjourned June 18, 1972. ARIZONA Action and Additional Information H-21298 (Commerce & Industry) FUNERAL ESCORT To register motorcycles and other vehicles used to escort funerals by county sheriffs - FAILED TO PASS. 5-1006 To authorize the Stale Department of Health to define and prescribe minimum standards and adopt regulations for the control of excessive noise emissions, for the preservation of public health and safety FAILED TO PASS. 5-1062 (COrbet) Requiring proof of financial responsibility for registration of a motor vehicle; providing for suspension of registration and license for certain viOlations; providing for assigned risk Insurance coverage - FAILED TO PASS. New Law Enacted H-2149 - (Natural Resources) VEHICLE TRAVEL - To restrict motor vehicle travel on certain...lands. HJR-2001 - (King, Buell) Proposing that the state exchange certain property with the city of Tucson for park purposes. The Arizon,a 1972 Regular Session adjourned May 14, 1972. v.·.·., , * SALES SERVICE Welding' Porting Accessories Same price as always... 3.]" travel $39.50 per pair 4.]" travel $44.50 per pair "::"'\.\'lJo~\.~ ~'lJo ,\.~ *' Specify make· model· weight of rider * rn Vinyl Coated $10.25 pro FOREARM GUARDS Vinyl Coated $6.25 pro ELBOW GUARDS Contoured Vinyl $6.25 pro HELMET FACE GUARDS $3.95 Prom~ Mail Order 61, ~~ ~~ * While in Texas, 1 spent an easy day with the creator of our Motocross Cat strip, Tony Bell, and °la donna Claire (Mrs. Bell). Tony is a large,. whiskered Texan with a belly that is just on the verge of winning supremacy over his chest. He developed his shaggy, truer-than·life drawing style in company with such cal"toonists as Robert Crumb, Gilbert Sheldon and Spain Rodriguez. Claire teaches Italian at the University while Tony MXes his A200 Yamaha and chases grounders with the Oat Willie Softball Team, named after one of his characters from my favorite, "\Vonder Wart Hog Comix." SHIN GUARDS CURNUTT SHOCKS MOTO-X TT DESERT Order from manufacturer: Charles Curnutt 1649 Uni, 2 Sepulveda Blvd. Torrance, Calif. 90501 dealer markets. This can lead to weakness of the sport, unless the business of existing dealerships grows at a healthy enough rate to let them, put something back into the sport after overhead and profit are taken care of. Only by locating in the middle of a region can a newspaper like Cycle News attract the readership it needs to address itself to the problems and opportunities of the region. At -the same time, the Central edition will relieve our other three editions of several' states each, thus allowing them to concentrate better upon doing the job that their region requires. I t would take a long time to explain what Cycle News does, exactly, that makes motorcycling work better in the regions that it serves. We gather information and distribute newspapers, but through a curious alchemy something else results which I suppose could be called "a working relationship." This is not the vapid kind of "good will" which most newspaper/reader relationships try to foster, but more of a challenge-response interaction that, we hope, leads to greater mutual respect and the secure feeling that your newspaper can be counted on when the chips are down. We haven't yet decided exactly where the new Central edition will be headquartered. Probably in the Austin or Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area. We'll be needing all kinds of help, from office staff to word-of-mouth well-wishers. If you've ever wanted to be in on the start of a new Cycle News, the chance is coming. Inc. 352 Centinela, W. 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