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PROCLAMATION
by Howie Fowler
GARDENA, CAL., Oct. 28, 1972Today was the inaugural Cycle Safety
Clinic,
presen ted
by
the
Cycle
Awareness Committee of Torrance.
The Committee, an ad boc committee
to the Torrance Traffic Commission,
conducted a Cycle Safety Clinic at J. C.
Agajanian's Ascot in Gardena. The
program was the culmination of Cycle
Safety Awareness Week in the City of
Torrance.
The first part of the Day's activities
was spent in the grandstands at Ascot
listening to talks from industry-related
businesses and organizations.
The
law
enforcement
agencies
represented were the Torrance Police:
Los Angeles Police, and the California
Highway Patrol.
Also in attendance were Mayor Ken
Miller of Torrance and Mayor Richard
Young of Rolling Hills Estates. The
Torrance City Manager. Ed Ferraro, was
instruced in the basics of motorcycling
and tough t how to ride_
Mounted on a Yamaha 100cc twin he
cou Id be seen riding in the north
parking area demonstrating support for
the cycle program.
After a break for lunell, everyone
moved to the north parking area for a
demonstration by the two-wheeled
gendarmes
from
the
C.H.P. and
Torrance. Tbe first demonstration
compared the C.H.P.'s patrol car with
their lIarleys and those of the Torrance
P.O.
The object of the demonstration was
a siml,llated panic stop at a 20 MPH roll.
The bikes used rear brakes only first:
then both front and rear.
Also,
the reaction times were
recorded for both the patrol car and the
bikes. The SlOpping distances and
reaction times were beller for the bikes
than the car, obviously.
The nex t even t was a demonstration
of maneuverability whereby the bikes
ran
through a series of pylons
approximately fifteen feet apart. The.
big Harley 74's experienced problems of
ground clearance but nothing was really
damaged.
Everyone then moved to the field just
outside the track itself for a loot at
hikes from the various types of racing:
Motocross, Scrambles, Hare & Hound,
Endllro, Flat Track, And IT. Jim
Conolly, Danny Hackie, Jim Wilson,
and Terry Dorsch were just some of the
riders in attnedence.
They showed various styles of riding.
and then put on a short motocross
demonstration.
The conclusion of the day's events
was the drawing of door prizes. It wOllld
be difficult to list all of the
