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Cary Nixon and Steve Me La ughl in , a mong o thers, will be relieved (is that t he word ?) to hear that Day to na Speedway is wide ni ng the infield ex it by abou t 15 fee t. AB 300 will set drastic new emission standards of California vehicles after January 1, 1977 includ ing motorcycles over 50 cu . in. (819cc). One of t he na tive mid west e rn e rs at the Kaw p lan t receptio n : " You fo lks from Ka wasaki show us how to build m ot orcycles, and we'll show yo u ho w to wo rk!" The Pr o testant Et hic is alive and we ll in Nebraska. And so is Venus De Milo - with arms. Us California boys had forgotten what a girt can look like when she gets three sq ua re meals a day and doesn't have to breathe smog. Did an ybody go to the specia l BLM Hu mbo ldt I'lan ning Unit meeting in Elko, Nevada on May 9 ? We got the not ice May 7. Write the Elko office , 2002 Id aho Street, Elko , Ne vad a 8980 I to get o n their mailin g list. Don Brown to head Kawasaki Accessories Division SANT A AN A, CAL. D o n J. Brown has b e en named Accessories Div isi on G eneral M anage r for Kl\I C, a c c o rding t o Alan M a sek, Vi ce Pres ident M a rketing . Well kn own in th e m otorc ycle in d us try. Br own go t h is s ta r t in th e business as a fr ee lan ce w riter an d later as ed ito r of Cycle Magazin e. lI e was also associate d with Gil S tra tto n, c urre n t CllS Sp orts Dire ct or. in the prod uc t io n of the first wee kIy radi o sho w d e voted st ric tly to m otor cycl in g o n a m ajo r network stati on (KIIJ -Lo s An geles). I Un til 19 6 5. Brown head ed the m arketin g of Triumph west ern Jotorcycles. Brown also served as ' a tional Director o f Op er ati o ns for U.S. iuzuki, a n d la ter be came Vi ce President nd General Man ager of th e eas tern BSA ir ganization. A fo rmer m emher o f t he Executive 'om m ilt ee o f th e Am eri can Mo torcy cle \ sso cia tion . Brown also serv ed as a lelegate t o the A!\t A Competit ion .ongress. _ 6 Great New Performance Motorcycle Tires That Will Do The Job For You ... 'At Realistic Prices! The N740 A G rea t M o tocr m,') Tir e wi th Supe r co r ne ri n g pe rform a nce deep dirt-biting lugs on d supe r perfo rm ance tire? This is the <:. elf clea ning f e ot u r e~ , A Great one . 80 se ries p rofile- smoo th, coo l running - plenty of tre e- roo d tire . It GO ES-it STOPSit HANDL ES- o n wet or d ry rood s. Tu ne-up you r bike's roo d tio n g ri ps fo r super han d ling on manner s. wet or d ry roods. Go mode rn with the 751. The N742 This ,s the Ic mo us knob by de " g n tho t fe o tu res 0 de ep - Here i!l the o riginal equi p menttype repl ac ement ri b tire with Mudd e,1 The N741 T Q ua ltt" o rig ina l eq uipment op / ty pe rep loc ement ti re tha t will ma inta in new ,b ik e pe rfo rman ce o n yo u r mo chine The N753 the mo de rn wider p ro file to to ke od vo ntoge o f disc brok es. clea ted tra ct io n tread p o tte rn w ith molded -in rim pro tecto rs. A fir st -class endu ro tire . A ll of th ese NANKANG Tires are approved for AMA racing! Riders: See Your Beck/Arnley Dealer Soon . .S. Suzuki anpower shuffles Dealers: See Your Beck/Arnley Distributor listed below: KK Moto rcycle Supply Co 4 31 Em' Th.. d Stree' Da yton 4 5401 8oec: 1I 1Arn~y Corp . 3130 EO ~ I Ma rio St, ~1 Compton, l A. , Col 90 111 Miln~ 2015 Wt'"\l A.la mt'" o d Dee ..... Colo 80123 . AccntGue, P O 60. II A., U\ O Co l 91702 Nichol, Motorcycle Su pply , Inc. 4 135 W 126 Ouc og o. r A.\ IPI. Ill , 00658 I Gen ~ Shilling ford & Son', Inc. Gfl'''!''n Lon!" an d Rodcld"f Stre- t ee Brlv ol Po 1 9007 Aorida Cycl~ Suppl y 41'}] Clmto n A..enue J oc ~\On" l lIe , f lo 312 07 2 70 Beo ub,en W '0 Monlfeal, PO , Canada 8foCk Ir. Shigeru Suwaki, 45, a IS -ye ar mp loycc, is appointed Executive ice-Presid ent of U.S. Suzuki otor Coporation, S anta Fe 'p rin gs, California. He co m es to U.S . uzuki fro m the office of In ternational ales Manager, Export Department, of he Su zuki paren t com p an y in Iamarnatsu, J apan. Under his direc tion U.S. Suzuki is o w struc tured in two divisions: larketing and Operat io ns. The pplication of the two division struc ture ffec ted so me departme ntal ch anges . eve ral depart ment manager positions ere elevated in ove rall respo nsibil ity d titled as Di re ctor positions. Prom oted to Directors were Ge ne robaugh, Sales Dire ctor, Keith 'an Harte, Advertising Director, Mitsuo oike, Par ts Director and William onard, Import and Distribution ire ctor, Mr. . Yoshinori Fujii, who eviously he ld key positi o ns fr om 1966 19 72 with U_S. Su zuki, returns from e paren t c o m p any home o ffic e as ar ke ting Resea rch and Pr oduct an ni ng Director. Tadom i Shi gen oy a, form erl y m an ager th e U.S. Su zuki T ec hnical ep ar t rnen t, is now mana ger of th e n ew ch nical Servi ce Department wh ich eludes the co mbi ne d resp onsib ilit y for ld service operations. technical mmu ni cations, warranty an d ch n ical train ing. A. F. "Bud" Wilso n was ap p oin ted to new st aff po sit ion o f Consumcr fairs l\Ianagcr. The N752 The N7 5 1 loo king for 0 lo w profile hig h • A rn l~ y Corp 548 Broad Hollo.... Rd Mel""U r r.. N Y 11746 " Fay oe.e Mye ~ Mon' r~1 Mot~port' , Ltee. 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