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cancel it because he wanted me to do 750 races somewhere, and I said, 'No, I can't, I can't get out of it.' But I thought I'd do it because I think that if I don't and they don't pull the people - they might pull a good crowd, but if they don't, there's not going to be another race there. I don't really feel like road racing should die in America from lack of people. "I think I'll ride the 500 there, not because I think I can do better, because I think no one's ever seen a 500 and I think that it would be more interesting for me to ride a 500. Okay, I might get beat; I don't really care but it would be more interesting to me. And I think it would be more interesting t the people to see something like that, something other than a race where I just go out with a 750 and I've got more power and I just go off and leave everybody. So that's why I decided to do it on a 500," Do you enjoy racing there alot? "I don't enjoy it at all. I rode around it with my back when I finally got out of bed - IS laps - and it really is bumpy. You know, they've been racing cars around there so long it's really bumpy. The 500 doesn't necessarily like bumps, it's so light. It's probably 80 Ibs. lighter than a 750, and it just doesn't go with them, it goes over them. And I'm glad I've got a long time to wait because the back's not strong enough to go through that place. "But as far as the racetrack, I enjoy it. It·s a good racetrack, it's just that the bumps that the cars are making in the asphalt is hard to ride on." Is it foraeeabIe that you ride in Laguna Seca this year? "I haven't talked to Laguna Seca at all. I haven't even seen Laguna Seca this year. Right now, , have no plans to ride Laguna Seca. No definite plans anyway. , don't even know when it is. I've only got about six more races to do, GP·wise. , got one at Sears Point." How do you feel about American Road Racing going to 500cc's? '" think it's a good idea. I've always thought it was a good idea. There was talk about going 500cc street bikes and this and that, I said, 'Well, it's fine and dandy, but it separates us from the rest of the world.' And I said I'd like to see the Europeans start coming back over here because that was when racing was at its biggest when there were Europeans coming over here. And if there's no 500s, there's just no Europeans, because 750s are going out. ''I'd like to see the 750s gone out because a privateer can't afford to buy parts for a 500 and 750; he should just buy parts for a 500 and race it everywhere. They're not making any money. "In America, it should be 500, because that's what everybody's going racing with. Suzuki sells them, and , believe that Yamaha may start selling them. I think that with Honda coming back ... they say when the factories, when the factories come back that's gonna make the racing. "Racing motorcycles, I believe, has stemmed from the dealer level for a long time. 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