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A lew dealenhips in Ite, lire" .,. .-lIilllbI• . for inform.tion writ. PABATCO.8OI: 1327. Athena. Or. 97813 in Calif. competitive use ." Results from Needles, Riverside and Baker were similar, but with even less Sierra Club /EDF type presence (or none at all). . The BLM planne rs have constantly mai ntained that they a re not co nducting a "straw vote" with these public meetings. However; it will be interesting to see how the y handle the overwhelming input for open use in the East Mojave. 00 Getready for COMBAT. . . the super light. .. super to ugh . super racer .. .SUPER COMBAT . 125cc engine with reed valve induction .. .2 shock mount ing positions and rebound ten sion adjustment . . .There 's a lot more features to see so come on in and . .. get it all. Primary time Here it is primary election time in California, with some of our old e nemies (and a few friends) up fo r re-election . People like Assemblymen Pa u l Carpenter, Eugene Chappie and Larry Chirnbo le, or State Sen ator H. L. Rich ard son ha ve been fair to us, and for t ha t alo ne, dese rve to go back. We a lso ha ve Bob Hay es, a 0 -3 7 dese rt racer, given an eve n chan ce of winning th e Rep ub lican n omin ati on for Assembly man out of h is San Fernando district. He needs last-minute help, too . Walkers , canvassers . door-knockers, envelope-sniffers, whatever. If you want to help a ride r get ele cted, right down to the wire , call Bob or wife Cathy at (213) 361·8530. .. .and you've got it all. Diamond lane controversy for or against? Cycle News is somewhat ca ug ht in the middle on this o ne . One one hand, Anne Mason sent us a pamphlet from Citizens Against Diamond Lanes urging that we get the preferential freeway lane experiment cut off. On the other hand, Russ Sanford at l\1.0.R.E. is trying to ge t CaiTran s to accept a " 50% occu pancy " cri terio n for bus /car p ool preferen ce lanes - which would b y definition include motorcycles. (A t · present, only bu sses and ca rs with three or more o ccupan ts may us e these lanes during freeway rush hours.] That tends to throw us a c urve, doesn"t it ? The sp ecia l freewa y lanes are intended to encourage energy-efficient travel , so for maximu m a dvan tage, you'd wan t the m to favor all energy-eff'icient modes , including small cars tha t do n't hold th ree peop le and mo torcycles. If th e "experiment" o n ly favors some, e n e r g y -save rs , at the expense of others , then it is unfair and should be terminated, right? What d o you folks think? • Amer ica n H a n dol A m e ri ca n Ja wa Ltd. A. M . E . A n c r a C or p . Bas san i Mfg. B el ·Ra y Bi ll W alt e rs L ea t h e r s B ombardi er C orp, Bt enc zan B r oad wa y Tire Ci r c le Indu st ri e s C YCl e Pr odu ct s West D on V es co Pr o du c t s Dtsc oie t C orp . E n d ur a of Ca liforn ia Electro f ilm I n c . Fun 'N Fa st Gary S t ee le Ent , Heml ft c n -H uq h es Me t at c r at t J & R E xpan si on C hambe r s J. B . De war I n c . Kl o t z Ka wasa ki Motors C o rp . Ufe America Lockhart I ndu str ie s Mot ocross B ra k e Serv ice If the Times is against it, maybe we should be for it The Los Angeles Times (wh ic h has always give n us bikers su ch fair a nd unbiased co ve ra ge , right?) has spent the past week doing a se ries of picky , negatively-sian ted articles in tended to c h ip away at every conceivable aspect of the proposed Sunset Coast Line rapid-transit system, wh ich is up for local voter approval in California 'sJune 8 primary. Now since we know that the Times never grinds an axe or sets out to smear anybody, the transit plan must be a real rip-off, huh? Ordinarily , we bikers wouldn't have any special stake in m a ss transit. But there's this statistic that popped up back in the late 60's. Seems 80% o f the ca rb o u nd commuters inten.iewed said they either barely tolerated the driving chore or else downrigh t hated it. Wonder if it 's true? T hey're still out there driving (that's obvious) , possibly because they've never been offere d any th ing be tier. . Lord kn o ws , L.A . hasn 't had a decent alterna tive to the au tornobile in over a genera tion , (E xcept for mo torcycles, of co u rse .] Now if driving has become that un p leasan t fo r that m an y people, then anything that m igh t lure th em ou t o f their lea d-ba rge ca rs (an d co nseq u en tly o ut of t he way of us bikers) is almost worth a gamble. Even a penny sales tax. 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