Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

KAW. KX MAICO SUZ -TM/TS PU CH .,. A M ~ In o ~ AMA's Gene Wirwhan (left) en gages in a symbolic tri ple handclasp with Congressmen Gle n n M_ Anderson (D-Calif.) and Stewart B. McKinney (R-Conn. ), bipartisan sponsors of the !louse helmet blackmail repealer. The closeness is more than symbolic, as many a staff assistan t (the one who does the po litico 's deskbound dogwork) praised AMA's legal eagle fo r both his skill and determination in lining up support in both houses of Congress for the reform measure. San Diego bureau - jam finally broken After over a year of door-pounding by me mbers of the Citizen's Off- Ro ad ' Vehicle Adviso ry Commi tt ee (CORVAC), San Diego County's . Integrated Planning Off ice (1PO) has fin ally as ked the cou nty board for money to get on with a co un ty ORV p lan . CO RVAC had prepared a wo rk task program for the effort during 1974. Since then , committee members have complained th at IPO has sat on the proposal and refused to co o pe ra te with the committee in planning wo rk aimed at obtaining legal rid ing areas in the county . In an inter-office memo, IPO has asked for app roximately 541,000 spread over two fiscal year s, m uch of which can be recovered through California's OHV (Green Stickle) Fund. However, in passing on CORVAC's program, the IPO staff recommends deleting work items to estimate the economic impact of ORV use. See ms they still are afraid to be told how mu ch O RV recreationists contribute: to lo cal economics, especially in the iso lated desert areas. Honda debuts new bikes at Houston The long-expected 750 Au to ma tic and a "cafe" style 360 were sprung on the world by American Hon da during the trade show run co nc u rren tly with the Astrodo me Nationa l. They'll have 'a few o f the shift less fours ava ilable by Ma rch, it's said. a t a gu esst im a ted retail pri ce of 52 200 . Th e 360 twin, de scribed by o ne rep o rted as " t he hit o f the sho w, " is ex pe cted to retail for aro u nd $ 10 0 0. Spe cs call for a five speeds (no t six ), kick st art, and dru m (no t dis c ) brakes. 1\lost inscru tab le. • AIR FORKS OR SPRINGS ::l » o ~ .I' .. ~ Rub elbows with the Pros ~ C N ~ NO Mod ificat ions Just bo lt right in! » ~ c ~ T he Fron t E nd that works e ither w ay . with. 90 day mo ~ back gua rantH' ~slgned for 'OiIClng over rough Iet"ra in Will give .. ride second 10 none . '" oil .. ~ ~ 01: Z C( 1'1 C 8" 0 1 tr .we l - KI TS FOR ; CZ red 01' bl ack " erne; Ya ma ha 250/360/ 400 MX , YZ . Monoshock also 197 5 125 ~ M onosh ock . MX ::::) )II 125 /175 . Y am a h a E ndur o 250/360/400 . Yamaha TT 500 C. Z % Yamah a X T 500 C; Su zu k i 250/400 0 < s ;II; -c :r Y ama ha Sma ll leg U .J m ~I~ su;~~i ~~~;k~e~c:?/~~$~~~:~ ~ VR ; S ma ll leg Ce na n ,; Kawasaki KX 125 . Kawa~ki K X 250 & 1975 250 /400 . Kaw asaki KX 450; » ;JJ .\" '." l i ll lt' trv 1&1 C"" C Z o :r <( :.:: tlIlr ., i 'rrVf IIld, ' \ l o , Ow " " '''; ','1 '. 1 11I1 ml/,/,', 1\ '/;' r- IO TERRVCABLE ~ .. lD » » Buy one and f ind o ut why , t 01: Ih e w ," cab le bosee by th e Penton IS QT Tflilm...,.

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