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thereabo uts, if you're interested. I guess t he re must be ten or 15 millio n of us in America, rela ted through motorcycling. and who knows ho w man y more here on starship Earth? And everybody relates to somebody. I relate best to Matchless . Mon tesa and Maico freaks and never seem at a loss for company. (My secret syllable is Mmmm .. . ) Lately I'm finding a lot in common with Brough- uper ior buffs (all good hum ore d kin) and of course motorcycle m agazine fans. Some of my friends feel most at ho me in the extended company of fellow BMW owners, who can exclude ou tsiders by conversing o nly in part numbers! Indian lovers are more receptive to others and seem to be growing in number since the last Scout rolled off Sam Pierce's assem bl y line. Just for example, 111 tcll yo u about Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. proposes that the government issue everybody a fam ily . We got our own already the extended motorcycle family. They'll give you clothes to wear pain ted T-sh irts, pri nted hats, even monogram med Maico un derwe-ar. With your motorcycle family, you are never lo nely. They1l give you food to eat and cool refresh ment when you neeq it most . They look out for yo u at the races . You can travel this wide world over and always find a tn ] «: relation to put you up or p ut up with you. The language of crash and bum and gassit is the same every wh ere. In fact, until my mother and co usins an d sisters an d inlaws rece ntly got into bikes , [ felt closer in many ways to my extended motorcycle family than to my n uclear , b lo o d -a n d-marriage o ne. (F ut ure sociologists m igh t get a kick o ut of t hat!) Wh en yo u co me to a strange town, you don't need to look up " Vonnegu ts " in t h e telephone di rectory and never find any - yo u tum to the yellow pages, between Motion Pictures and :'10 ving, an d see who you know of in Motor Bikes. Right away you got someone you relate to. They wan t to hear all the latest things you bring from where you've been an d you get to hear ail abo ut what they are up to. If it 's a weekend, chances are the re's some riding to be done. If you d o n't have yo ur cycle gea r, they 'll sponsor some an d show yo u all the neat riding III a: 'C" Z ':I: " u III Z o a: .. o > t- o '--~ ! Motorcycle Racing Tours From most major - u nde rs t and m ust and the s ign th at International Six Days Trial - Italy Camerino, Italy September 9-14 Inclusive, 1974 to'tU o.-S 9 t;~ ().S • - Talladega Road Race u.s. cities See the biggies and save lots of money on our new Tour Packages aboard regularly schedu led air tra nsportation to a number of major motorcycle events th roughout the U.S. A special package program is included for the upcom ing I NT ERNAT IONA L SIX DAYS TR IAL. We are offer ing this as an additional readers service. part icipan ts Chuck Clayton Kim Ward (H us) read ies to blast off to first lad y, fifth 125 scrut inized by Mexican troopers in the Baja Intemacional. St ory on P. 8. • Come along on Cycle News' Fly w ith us! on e instance whe n this extended m lc: fam ily was good to me. It 'l'a5 in Mexico (it co uld have been Montana, or Montreal) an d happened t o have myoid trusty Matchless 650 cc Twin, an d I fell by thc local cycle store an d be fore I could say "Q'esta pasando?" I was wi ned, di ned , te quila'd an d pulqued, given a fre sh tire and whis ked away to inspect the new mo tocross course, invited to th e b ullfigh ts an d introduced to severa l beautiful ladies o n the way. My newfo un d Mexican family /friends wo ul d only acce pt the painted T-s hirts I offered in than ks. No, Mr . Vonnegut, t he go ver nmen t need n o t issue everyone an extended fam ily. If you are into m o torcy cl e enthusiasm , you already have one. It is a family sport. Talladega, Al abama September 1st, 1974 lo'tU "" \..l--' (lS ,, ~1 tj • . Ontario Road Race . Ontario, Cali forni a October 6th, 1974 ~;~:m;~~~!~ ~ l 'tU - - - - -- - - ().S (l~D,p,f6 Send ,oupo! al l complete Pass enger Pro tect ion Contract , prior to any fl igh t reservat ions, or de po s it mon ie s , be ing accepted bv Cvcle News. send to : CYCLE NEWS, INC. P.O. Box 498, Long Beach CA 90801 I Travel Dept. Please rush me further informat ion on the fli ght s I have checked below : Please send all information to: ISDT TOUR [ ] Name ONTAR IO ROAD RACE [ ] Address TAL LA D EGA ROAD RAC E [ ] Cit y Telephone (---l _ _ State Zip -- - - - - - - - - _ _ 3