Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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Kenny Roberts challenges the world on Goodyear racing tires. Street is Neat OK , I give up . You've got me . I am 'now going to admit the ulti mate cop out . Are you ready? I rode dirt bikes long before I ever threw m y leg over a chopper (May th e Lord for gi ve me). It 's tru e . All t he hogwash I was throwin g at th e readers of Cycl e N ews was intended to get th em up off the ir butts a nd fig h ting a co m mo n enemy so th ey might see th e error of their ways. You see . it too k a com mo n ene my to get th e st reet b ikers up in arms over the lid law , and once they knew there was a co m mon enem y. th ey banded toget her to fig ht the stu pid Ja w. W ell , the pu b lishe rs of Cycle News asked me to try a nd unite the d in bikers into a tight band of politica lly active bikers , and my idea was to get 'em so m ad a t me th ey would ba nd together a nd try to show me I was wro ng . It didn't work. . ~ It seems that the re were on ly a few tha t co u ld see the po in t I was trying to mak e , a nd th e rest of you j ust got upset. Ma ybe I was r ight a bo u t th e inte llige nce of th e di rt biker ? - 11 .N o , I' m just kidding . I can see th at I na ve to spel l out th e jokes from now on . 01 T he point tha t we are tryin g to ge t · ,i'cross to you is tha t the la nd closu re batt les th at a re go ing on now a re very mu ch like the helmet la ws th at we re passed a few yea rs back. T hey a re discri m inatory a nd act ua lly unconstitutiona l. T he only way bikers -are goi ng to win will be to show the po liticia ns t hat we are not all Marlon Brand o prototypes; we are people. Not just peop le . but peo p le who vote , and if the pol iticians a ren 't going to do what we want , t hey are going to have to get into a nother line of work , because we won 't vote for them again . It is a p ubli cation's duty to pass on .inform a tion that effects its rea ders. We ha ve been telli ng you wha t la nd closure is all about. Bu t I will wager the ma jority of you just glance at the title a nd then go on to read a bou t Billy Burpo and his latest t r ic k b erm bouncer. If you do n 't give a dam n and ge t up off your butts and get toget her , you m ight as well forget a bout the ne w go -fas t eq uipme nt , beca use you won 't have any pla ce to use it. If m y colum n go t you m ad , th en it did what it was intende d to d o. Now tha t you' re mad , do some thing about it. Ge t indign ant like you did a t bein g ca lled a nerd . Sit down a nd write a letter to your legisla tors and let t hem kno w that if th ey want · to keep th eir jo bs , th ey had bet te r ge t on th e stick a nd ge t th e land ope ned up. O r you co u ld j ust sit there like a ner d . It 's up to you . Bob Bitchin Kenny Roberts wins Ve ezuelan'GP road race. Kenny Roberts riding his . Yamaha YZR250 riders and road courses. And, whereve r Kenny equipped w ith Goodyear racing tires, has won the races, Goodyear w ill be there. Venezuelan 250 GP. It' s another chapter in the Goodyear eng ineers will be the re testing, 1978 Goodyear world challenge. working and learning 'about how Goodyear racing ' Goodyear motorcycle tires have helped Kenny tires stand up in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. win just about every dirt track and road racing title Later, these same engineers will put their exthe U.S.A. has to offer . So, this -year Kenny is perience to use in build ing championship quality traveling the world taking on the world's best into the tires you can buy for your bike or car, L...----GOODf'YEAR_ ~EN . WE RACE,YOU WIN. - . If you must go faster, think first how you'l1 look in plaster. ATe-eo OOODIEI ----- . T H~ ~A MA "fA ", SPECIALS- Hustler Helmets Team Logo Jersey.s Std. NGK Sp ark Plugs Name Brand Leathers Nylo n Lea thers _ Many m ore items on sale _. . : sale $14.95 sale $8.95 sale .69¢ 25% off 25% off Umited to stock on hand No ma il or phone orders : reg . $21.95 re g. $13.95 re g. $1 .25 , T&OYAMAHA . 24020 Narbonne Ave. Lom ita. CA 90717 !Torrance/Redondo area} 213-534-2311 mOTO·XFOX \ 520 McGLlNCY LA NE. .. CAMPBELL, CA 95008 (408 ) 371· 1221 19