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Note to Politi cal Enduro Entrants :
Association took the time to answer our lett er request ing local
political issues to be used as checkpoints. Comb ined w ith the
fact that 95% of . the Political End uro entrants live in
California, we abandoned our plan . Non -Californians can be
assured that they have as much chance of winn ing as anyone,
and at th is time two non -Californ ians are tied with several
California residents for the grand prize . The next checks will
determine the winner.
It was our intent ion to have at least one checkpoint from each
state covered by Cycle News West. With the help of the
national Motorcycle Industry Counci l, we contacted the
affiliate MIC for each state other than Californ ia in our
coverage area. Of t hose (Washington, Oregon, Nevada, .
Arizona, Uta h, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho) only Pat rick
Halstead of th e Washington State Motorcycle Trade
Checkpoint Ten , June 25 , 19 74
Checkpoint Eleven, June 27, 1974
In California, drivers are requ ired to have expensive commercial
license plates on their trucks or vans if they use them to haul
motorcycles. Also in Californ ia, if you have an off road
motorcycle, you must either have a street registrat ion or a
" gree n stickie" off road vehicle registration or a transport
permit to be allowed to tra nsport it in your truck or van on
publi c roads. Th at means th at you must A) pay an extra fee
fo r you r truc k or van licen se if you want to transp ort your
bike and B) pay eith er a street o r off road regist rat ion fee if
you wa nt t o transport yo ur bike . Do you think t his is double
taxation?
If you live in Califo rn ia, write to your state representatives
(bo t h your Assemb lyman and your St at e Senato r) and tell
them how you feel about this. Ask for th eir fee lings, and also
suggest to them what you thi nk should be don e about th is, if
anyt hing.
If you do not live in Californi a, find ou t if a similar
situati on exists in your sta te. Is there doub le taxation on
transporting off road bi kes? Is a commercia l p late req uired? If
only a commercia l plat e is required , is th is discr iminat ion ? If
no commercial plat e or off road st icker is required , write to
your stat e repres entatives and commend th em. Te ll t hem yo ur
feelings about Californ ia's system and suggest t hat th ey never
adopt it, if yo u feel that way . Or tell them what you thi nk
about your sta te 's system and suggest what they should do
about it, if applicable. Send copies of letters to your state
representatives to Cycle News West, Depart ment Polit ical
Enduro, Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080 1.
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Write a let ter t o a da ily newspaper in your area about an issue
of concern to motorcyclists. Your object is to get this letter in
print . Therefore pic k your topic well. It must be import ant to
bikers, and interesting enough to the general publ ic to get the
editors to print it . Mail your letter to the paper on June 27,
and send a copy of your letter postmarked the same day to
Cycle News West, Depart ment Polit ical Enduro, Box 498.
Long Beach , CA 908 01.
T he Cyc le News Po lit ical Endu ro's last ch eck point will be a nn o un ced i n t he Cv cl e N ews d at ed Jul y 3, and on sale June 25 . The
p er son co m p leting th e end uro w i th the least number of poin t s w in s
a brand new Ho nda X L250K1, delivered in Se pt e mber, 1974 .
Winner s w i ll b e an no u nced d urin g Ju ly . 1974.
T hisskill co ntest void wh er e pro hib it ed b y law . Cycle News ,lnc.
employees . co ntrib ut o rs. and t he ir fam ilies ar e no t eligible . All
judg ing will be done b v Cvcl e New s,l nc., and all judging dec ision s
are f inal.
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