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National Papers (Continueii from page 3) stopped last May with three laps LO go and then restarted with Scotty Parker nipping Graham at the flag. by inches in the closest half mile finish ever recorded at Ascot? I do and both riders are still talking about that one. They say the power of the new Honda mile machines is awesome. Graham b.eaks a track record just about every time out but Goss was right on his rear wheel, along with Shobert, in a recent mile final so that means that Goss also has awesome power in his Harley, doesn't it? Somewhere in these four upcoming Nationals in California either Randy or Ricky and either Harley or Honda is going LO take home all the marbles for this season. Now if we just knew which event it was going LO be. I'll be at all four - and Springfield LOO, just for good measure. . Honda won three of the four events that are going to be repeated and lost the other one by inches. Does that tell you something? Not at all: this is AMA National racing and last momh's or last year's results don't mean a thing. Look at the record book. ·lIq411l~t GOvtRNMENT B.S. By Matt Benson The spread of rider ed Give yourself a pat on the back: As a motorcyclist, you have shown you are more concerned about motorcycle safety than all the mainstream professional, appointed and elected safety experts in the nation. The most concrete evidence of this fact is the 19 state laws establishing rider safety programs that are funded by small increases in mOLOrcycie registration or license-endorsement fees. In the vernacular, they're known as self-funding rider education legislation, and they've become Jaw all across the nation only because of the efforts of mOLOrcyclists. Already this year, this sort of legislation has been enacted in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Virginia. And California has a very good chance of becoming the 20th state on the list. Mention mOLOrcycle safety to one of the many varieties of highway safety experts - the legislators, bureaucrats, academics, advocates or insurers - and the first thing you'll hear is the need for a helmet-use law. Now helmets are wonderful safety appliances, but a helmet law miss'es the mark because it doesn't attempt LO keep accidents from happening. Apparently the safety gurus don't put stock in training. If you drive a car, they figure the only way to keep you alive is to make sure automakers ihstall an airbag or aULOmatic seat belt in your vehicle. As a mOLOrcyc1ist, the only sort of safety they can recommend is a helmet law. It's too exasperating to try to teach you to ride safely; because you are riding a motorcycle you've already proven LO (Continued tlJ'page 21) 11