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that great nigh t of raci n g itself is worth eve ry penny of the entry fee. G uy wen t on to tell me the list of his b ud di es th at are sh owing up. jim Go lds m ith has a ride (i f he h asn't he ca n hav e my Hodaka!) Ra y T anner of Catalina fame, Dic kie Ne we ll, Doug Christopher , a nd Guy Louis Senior. "Little" Guy has fixed up a Combat Wom ba t for his d ad reputed t o be a sc ream er a n d Gu y is 58. Next I contacted the Burt ons , who o wn the track. Yes they're up set, bu t Gr ace was kind enough to send me a wri tten finan cial statement on what has been spent already trying to re-op en the last part o f the clubhouse, something she certainly didn 't have to do . People's fin ances are their personal bu siness, b ut I g ua ran t ee y ou this, a hell of a lo t more money has been sp e n t than what has co m e in t hrough the gat es in the Old T im ers nights o r the regular nights for th at ma tt er. For instance that fire completely m elted all th e co pper plumbing un d er the buil ding. Price that lately or w hat plumbing cos ts to fix it ? How abo ut refrigeration u nits fo r the co ncessio n stands or a roof fo r a building th a t size? The p rice is horrendous , so you m alco ntents, we don't ca re if you show up or no t. You'll miss some great racing, incl ud ing the bench variety b u t ne x t time when it comes to where money goes, keep your mouths shut unless y ou know the full tale. We'll be there, all of us in full fo rce and we hope you stay home. Yo u can barely sta y on bikes now anyway, even for fun! A: Maureen Lee Indian gives you what you want in parts, service and advertising. Indian uses a Xerox-designed computer system to prevent parts shortages before they occur. Indian's technical service department works closely with deal ers to provide the latest information and techniques. And Indian's national and local advertising programs-magazines, TV, newspapers-are among the most comprehensive in the industry. Wh y do Indians a p peal to P erfor ma nc e Dealers? For two reasons. Fi rst, Indians provide performance cycle dealers with a mea ns of get ting a piece of cycle business th ey now miss out on : the lightweight (und er 135cc) street/ trail business accounts for almost half of cycle sales each year. Your current customers' family-his kids and wife-are ready-made prospects for th ese smaller high performance machines. Second, Indians are competitively priced with J apanese models and so appeal to a very la rge market that j ust can't afford most performan ce cycle brands. Still Indians are s uperio r How can In dia n help yo u se cu re the sales you' re miss ing now? Call Mr. Payn e on th e hot line today: 213-278-9470. FIRST Na me In AMERICAN Moto TC1j cling I ndian Motorcycle Com pan y 110 N. Do he ny D r ., Beverly Hills, Calif. 90211 COMPLETE RI!;P AIR r"C'- I I ~ ;b __I•• MACH INE SHOP AND SERV ICE ~cycl. Engln••rlng & Supply 213/278-9470 ~ .HQRIZQN,~ -lZ~uNULV\mO "'\ t;:-/ " CYCLES B.... _,cant M.....ch... 100"\ F,n..t1ng 2212&VItIIUIiBlvd Woodllnd Hilts. CA91J6.t (2131340-2191 .• HR L Lubricants 7340 Florence Ave. Downey. CA 90240 Bonner and Hosford Two qui ck not es . Ron Bo n ncr, th a t rreat g en tl eman an d Triumph tun ne l' vho died when he and Terry Dorsch rras hc d o n the way to a Na tio nal will be ron or ed a l Perr is with a special Ron on nc r Trop hy. We he ar th at Bo b 1I0 sfor d bro ke his mc k in Baja an d when Cycle News finds Ju t whe re he is. send tho se ca rds. especially all yo u scrambles riders. Yo u o w ho w Bob is o ne of us! cycles with many quality features you won't find on comparable Japanese models ... like Quick change components, more powerful engines, floating brakes and wide tread tires. Perform an ce cycles are good business. Indian can help you make it an even better one. An Indian dealers hip requires less than one third the cost of the smallest Japanese motorcycle dealership, yet the average Ind ian dealer sells more cycles. Indian is the seventh largest cycle manufacturer . It achieved its present position by specializing in lightweight cycles with "big bike" features and high performance engines. First American? Again this . week. more ch ec kin g. I know it's ho-hum again about Pierre Karsma kers being American or not and that he received the L & M con tingency $ 100 0 at Carlsbad as fi rst American. Well , th at doesn't sit too well with me or the American riders who lost o u t on that S1000. So a ch at with AMA m oto cross referee John Lancione cleared up some things. I've been happy to help bring some t hings out fo r J ohn before, power of the press and all that jazz but here is what happened. Letter for L & M to the pro moter dated J uly 12th, 19 74 . .. " wide open trophy awa r d and $ 10 0 0 will go to top AMA license rid er co mpeting in the 500cc liang Ten United States Gr and Pr ix." So th ere you are. Pierre was the first AMA license rider but he's still Dutch folks . John an d I kicked around the idea of the rules stating "resident." because th ere are sever al kinds o f re sidents. You can be a permanent where y ou live here, or you can be a visito r reside n t. as a member of my family was but b y not declaring in ten tio n t u rem ain in th e Un it ed St ates he only had a temporary residen t alien card. So , for the next AMA C ongress let's ha ve a ru le sta ting th at for con tinge ncy money a rid er must be a A m erican ci tize n , not a licen se holder. residen t or a ny o th e r bloo m ing t hing . A n Ame rican passpor t holde r kids an d this way we wo n't see pe opl e like J im Weinert , wh o was re ally firs t A m erican , lo se o u t. Anot he r th in g th at I th in k would help would be for the prom oters 10 explain t o th e peop le who are now, (so hap p ily for all o f us) , puttin g m o ney o nto race tr acks the di ff erences. If th ey had had t ime to e xp lain th e situation to L & ~I m aybe the te rminol ogy wo uld ha ve be en c ha nge d . Mean while, Karsma kers is a fine man a nd ca ug h t in the middle of a n unh appy sit uatio n. ~laybe Yamaha co uld do so m e th ing. li e 's th eir bo y . Because Indian oft'ers the best investment a "performance" dealer can make in a motorcycle franchise. And because Indian makes your kind of motorcycle. 213-927-4781 ,,,eel11"""' .1"~~ '. .eelS oCil\d)\ for inlo contact : Apache Ltd . \;.1'0 \1 64 22 San Fernando Road Glendale. CA 9120 1 (2 131246-824 1 ~\!rI ~ NI')(. ':41 ,0 ~ (1'0 Y ELLOW OR B LUE NON-SLIP OU RY ~ _~ N ATURA:L RUB BER G RI P S ..!2! ~ Ot hma n Dlstnb l. 1"9 Co 18 227 ludlow St . P\Jorth udye. Ca . 9 132 4 -:- .t.:! ...,... 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