Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• I • I II ..,;II t The Boot For Boys, 'Girls, & Women Sizes 3·7% $60.00 ValueOnly $34.95 Mall Order Add $2.00 ptus 5% Calif. S.les Tax 1. Double Luther Throughout (Leather lined) 2.• Knee High Buckle 3. H. .vy Outy Zipper 4. Leather '"sote 5. Heavy Duty Wedge Sale For Comb. Enduro or MX. Also .••• , TOP Ga.r ••.... $42.95 Georgia Giant .. $23.95 Hercules $54.95 Vandarminl P.us - $59.95 Frye., carolina. Dingo. Ouran90. Acme, Chippewa, & Rally Discount Prices. " _nef • . ,,- Rlder. At Du. Inquiries Inwlted! Largest Variety Of Boots At.._2 Locatlonl fiS IS Work Shoes Unlimited 12522 Westminster Ave•• Stntl Ana, CA Btwn. Harbor & Fairview (714) 531-6555 And 12086 Brookhurst. Garden Grove, CA Just So. 01 Chapman (714) 537-6535 • anle " O"-.T oln ID.a ~ Motorcycle industry in confusion 1974 PHOTO POSTER CAl.EJllAR 2i6:~; By John D. Ulrich Imm ilim~ ilii~n lli;~ii PWS 5% SALES TAX & 11.50 FOR HANOllNG ~ send your pboto wttb ebeek or IIlOIl8J order to: holographic 1829 W. KATELLA AVE. ANAHEIM. CAUF. 92804 LONG BEACH, CAL., NOV. 30 Fear that emergency legislation designed to deal with the "energy crisis" would eliminate recreational use of motorcycles swept California today. Information that bans on all "non essential" use of gasoline were imminent had many motorcycle industry representa- 'fII00UC:T$ DIVISION IO.IlQllll , bOLlillOCll.crA.' LClaIlMOlLU,CA; 15170 Raymer $1. • Van Nuys. CA (213) 780-1768 Amal Carbs& Parts All parts for the 600,900, 1000 series concentric. carbs. Complete conversions for alcohol & nit ro fuels. BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS 1517ORaymerst. van ~1768 6 ca. tives in a panic until the rumors proved false. Meanwhile, the leading six motorcycle manufacturers met at a Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) sponsored meeting in Las Vegas to discuss ways to deal with the "fuel shortage" in this country. Join t plans for a one million dollar national promotion of motorcycles as energy conserVing personal transportation were continuing without the support of American Honda. which insisted on more specifics before offerlDg support for the progum. Depending on whether you believe Congressman Chet Holifield's (D-California) aides or Dennis David of the. MIC, House Bill 11450 was introduced into the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee by Committee Chairman Harley Staggers (D-West Virginia) on either November 13 (MIC) or November 29 (Holifield). According tp aides of ConRUssman Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (R-California), the chances of getting fuel for recreational use (such as riding your bike for purposes other_ than. going to work or school) are "pretty nil" if the bill is passed into law without an amendment Goldwater is sponsoring. Goldwater's amendmen t is designed to "provide for the equitable distribution of gasoline to all classes of users", including recreational users. Goldwater is an avid dirt rider. . On November 20 Senator Henry Jackson (D·Washington) introduced into the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee (of which he is chairman) a similar bill, numbered SB 2589. In addition, other bills aimed at dealing with the "crisis" were popping up in every state legislature, and ~proponents of all manner of plans to meet the situation were seeking to " promote their own plans at every level of government in every jurisdiction everyone had gotten on the bandwagon. Referring to bills in troduced in the House Public Works and Commerce committees, one of Congressman Holifield's aides charged that no lobbying representing motorcyclists and their interests had been dom: by anyone as those committees worked on their legislation. When asked about this charge, Dennis David of the MlC pointed out that with the incremble avalanche of bills all over the place the MIC just did not have the manpower to run down every one and lobby the representatives involved. The two bills that so upset the industry (HB 11450 and SB 2589) before their apparent nature was learned are both pre-<::mptive bills. This means that they will, if passed, override and overrule any legislation passed on state or local levels aimed at the energy situation. Both bills are still in committee. According -

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