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Cycle News 1973 08 14

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N M ...................... , : When Iwas aboy, ., ~. things were a lot simpler, by doggies. The in-the-know ~ rider picked up the latest w ~ poop on the hot set up d comin' out of California at >(J the local Indian shop. And when Jim Underwood won the Amherst Hillclimb on a Reading Standard, we all knew about it because we lived just down the road. And the only thing you needed to know about keeping cars off your back was putting a little white plate on your front fender - that way they all thought you were a cop. The feds weren't worrying about helmet standards, and one cow's hide was good as the next. Nobody worried abou! what you mde in the old days, and there weren't any speed limits, let alone tons of laws sent like fallout from the leaders of our country. They worried about the rise of nationalism not ORV's, and we worried about Teapot' Dome, not Watergate. The Sierra Club worried about getting into the wild places, not keeping other people out, and no one in their right mirid would want to go into a desert. 1 - "':.:' .... :- .. : .~ { . ......•.. '. ~.~~~ • Those were the days... llEPT. SUB, P.O. 80X 4YIO I.ONG KI::t\CI-I, CALI FORXII\ 90801 CYCLE NEWS WESl: (I yr.) S 12.50 CYCLE..NEWS WEST (2 yrs.) 22.00 CYCLE NEWS WEST (3 yrs.) 30.00 Via lst class mail for one year 44.50 Via air mail for 1 year .........•..... 56.50 This is a Renewal . . Please bill me f en€lose check or money order . Name (Please prin t Tegibly) • Address City tate Zip o o o o o o o O· Now it's a iot different, and riding a motorcycle isn't as simple as it was back in the twenties and thirties. You've got to be a politician to be able to do wh'at you want, and a news network to know what's going on. So many great things are happening so fast in the world of motorcycle technology it is astounding, and every weeken~,offers dozens of ra~es to choose from. In the old days, all we needed was a shot of whisky on cold. days and a trip to the local hole-in-the-wall to cope. Today's informed motorcyclist needs CYCLE NEWS: Prices Listed For U.S. Mail Only. Foreign Rates on Request.

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