Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Hurt'Repor POSEY BAGS Get It All Together Posey Bag s ar e designed lor the ot t-road ride r wh o wants to take more than he can carry ; cant een . sp are pa rts . too ls. jacket . etc . Fits beh ind the seat of virtu all y any mo torcycle. All Vel cr o clos ure: on or off in minutes. Made of nylon reinfor ced vinyl to Withstand the roughest terra in at any speed. Ava ilable in green . blue . red . and yellow. #1220 Posey Bag, Large $26.95 each SEND FOR FREE BROCHURE DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED ]. T. POSEY COMPANY 39 So. Altadena Drive Pasad ena . Californ ia 91107 T-Shirts sizes S. M, L, and XL $3.95 Posters 22 " x 28" full color World Champion Roger DeCoster . $2 .00, Gerrit Wolsink , $2 .00 ' Decals Truck decal s, two for $3 .00, blke decals. two for SO¢. sew-on patches , $2 .00 JlDeing J~s S, M, L, a nd XL. $14.95 Ask your dealer or order direct from Bel·Ray. Wt>st ('r n Ut'al t' 1'5 a nd D i st n b u t o r sco n r ac t : Bel·Ray CO., Inc. Motorcy c le & Automotivtl Lu brie:-nts Divisio n 14670 Firesto ne BI. Su ite 4 10 La Mirada, CA 90638 (714) 522 -058 1 (213) 92 1·1055 MOTORCYCLE SHOCK SPRINGS (Cont inu ed fro m page 13) road burns over 60 percent of his body spent six months in an inten sive ca re uni t. Massive road rash ca n be worse th an m assive burns - a nd m ore dead ly. Burns don 't hav e infectio us m at eri al grou nd into th em . Parts of th e bik e most co m m only involved a re th e gas ta nk . gas ca p a nd handleb ars, all o f which ca n do ho rrible things to 3 rider's lower body and upper legs. Dr. Hurt credits Honda a nd other ma nu fa cturers for the mov e to flush gasca p covers a nd for a ca refu ll y-d esign e d " la u nc h ramp" effect betw een tan~ a nd sea t to ge t the lower body clear In .a h~ad :on type acc ident. " Mr. Honda IS thlnkln.g about the people wh o bu y hi s m otorcycles." . th e majo r ( In fa ct , a ll m anufa cturers are thinking hard on thi s su bjec t. under pr~sure o.f produ~t liability la w. One biller Irony, In California alone so fa r , is th e fact that the Feds h ave g iven Ca lifornia cleara nce to require a speci al ga stank fill sp out on all vehicl es . (including m otorcycl es) to mat e . with val?or · recovery no zzles w~i ch will be ~eqUired a t m a nv California ga s sra nons. In wh en th e o t he r . wo r ds . just manu factu rers h ad b egun to sta nda rd ize on a safe filler ca p design ( loca ted o n th e tank ce n te rline ) California is goi ng to fo rce th em to pl a ce t he fill er off-cente r .to accommodate th ose special nozz les. Goo d . conscient io us work was ted for wha t?) What happens next Con sp icuir y, rider skill , pro tecti.ve equip ment - these a re t he specia l problem a re as Dr. H urt's study has uncovered so far - a nd in a bo ut th at o rde r of importance . Down t h~ road , if burea ucracy ta kes the findin gs to heart , m a y be lights-on legislation , m ore su p po rt for Rider Education . a nd very likel y m ore p ressu re fo r m andatorv helmet laws. a lt ho ug h th er e is no clear promise th at helmet laws will force grea ter helmet usage d uring th e m ost vulnerablet im e , th ose short , casua l trips. Exp eri ence with mandat ory seat belt law s in o the r count ries indi cat e that it will not , that com plia nc e with the law will su rge . peak , th en sag ba ck to a level slig htly 3": . high er t ha n withou t the 1 . Skill , knowl ed ge . co nsc io us choice of good eq uipment are st ill whe re it's at. The trag ed y of tod ay's accident sta tistics is th e fact that th e necessa ry skills a nd in formation are still held by a minori ty of motorcycle riders - a "s urv ivor el it e." Ma ybe Hurt's stud y, prope rl y a pplied . will cha nge all that. It' s up to th e survivo rs to keep a ha ndle on th e bureaucracy to see th at it does. THE LATEST P BY PAPA WEALEY (Cont inu ed from page 2) CYCLE RIDER MOTORCYCLE DISCOUNT STORES 28 LOW PRKEI-SPE

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