you say . We're home free . racing as
usual , an' all that.
The hook er is, neither viewpoint has
been tested . Unti l some poor joker
goes to cou rt a nd figh ts the battle. it's
all opinion. The common specu la tion
(voiced a t a rec ent MIC workshop) is
th at th e bureaucrats will leave ra cing
a lone until somebod y makes it a
il ag ra n tly -a bused loophol e (like if
10,000 " raci ng on ly" carb co nve rsio ns
should sho w up on th e street).
, For the good of all co nc erned. it's
up to racers and their sponsoring
organizations to help prevent abuses.
he
aft ermarket
speed -goodie
suppliers will do their bit by clearly
marking all their parts as eit her
"racing only " or "con forms to such' and -such standard when installed on a
1978 Ba rnstormer 750 ."
{l l Even the mote-press m ay do its b it ,
albeit reluctantly. You see, in Ca lifor-nia (where most of th e m ags are
.pu b lished ), it's illegal to "advise or
instru ct" someone in tam pering wit h
Ihis emission -controlled m otor. Or as
lline mote -ed itor pu t it, " No m ore 'ho w
to mak e your street bi ke go fast'
rarticles, From now on it'll be 'how to
prepare your race bike'. "
..Ii T his last may be a good thing; if it
e'n courages more riders to give up
lavern ·to-tavern racing and take up
'Serious competition . road racing may
see some honest and needed growth in
thi s cou nt ry.
• W e also may. for better or wor se.
see the final straw that separat es th e
streetbik e a nd road racing worlds. If
you see fa cto ry involvement in racing
a s ste m m ing fr om a market in g /
p romo tional ide nti fication between the
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race. b ikes and wh at sells - you may
be dishea rtened .
IWe may see at lea st on e oppor tunit y
th at mi ght benefi t racers and factories
lalike . Suppose Gust for grins) you
could ca ll a n informal meeting of
AMA , AFM , AAM RR , WERRA and
any othe r club with a stake in th e
game ; and bring them together with
reps from all the manufacturers. to
provoke the following disc ussion ;
The law says emission controls only
apply to bikes with a ll the ligh ts. O K,
011 the one side,
t h e rac ing
.o! ga niza tions will drop any p re tention
lQ street lega lity as a co nditio n of "prodJction" sta tus - on ly certain volume
and availability-to-general public requirements will be specified .
2£N ow Yamaha, here . has a longst
