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• • .. 'I ,. l' . , . :. ~ , • • , I' I' • • • to"prevent sand blasti ng iri 6 tbr~yclists and motorists, passed th e Assembly by a vo te o f 42 to 18. T he bill still h as to negotiat e the Sena te Transportation Com m i ttee befo re a vote by th e Ca lifornia Stat e Senat e. L etters suppor ting th e bill shou ld be directed to Senator J ohn Fo ra n , Cha irma n , Se n a te T ran sp ortation Com mittee, Sta te Capito l, Sacramento , CA 958 14. The annual Laverda Owners Club/ USA Daytona Rally will start at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge on Volusia Ave. near 1-9 5 in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, March 8 at 1 :3 0 p.m , A back-road ride of 80-100 miles and a club business meeting will be included; riders of other Italian brands are welcome. More i nf o rm at i o n is available from Ron Millard at 309 / 444-8860. Frenchman Cy ri l N eveu won th e 8000 -mi le P aris-Dakar Rall y, whi ch ende d J an uary 22, a nd lead a H o nda swee p by crossi ng the fin ish lin e II ~ m inu tes ahead o f secon d p la ce fell o w I Fren chma n Gilles L al a y a nd th ree ho urs ahead of third p lace I ta lian Andreas Ba lest rieri. N eveu a nd La lay rode works-back ed , R o th m an s-sponsored , wat er-coo led NXR7 50 V-t wins, while Bal estr ieri rode an air-cooled 630cc single. T hierry Charbo n n ier (Yam XT 600) was fou rth a head of the H onda XR 600-mounted p air of Alessa ndro de Petri a nd Eddy O n ol i in fifi h a nd six th. BMW 's Gaston Ra h ier, who won th e la st tw o Paris-Daker races, was 14th after severa l cra shes a nd fla t tir es; hi s teammat e, Eddy H au, was eig h th . Only 27 motorcycle s wer e o fficial fin ish ers, ou t o f 123 sta rters. • f \ , , • f • • C' .. • > • • - •• I • Readers interested in purchasing the Vitaloni Baby Turbo mirrors mentioned in our December, 1985 article on modifying a Kawasaki Ninja 900 can have their local dealer contact Torino Indu stries, l nc ., 699 Executive Dr., W illow Brook, Chicago, IL 60521 or order directly from Johnny's Speed & Chrome, 64111 Beach B lvd. , Buena Park, CA 90620 714 / 521-4947. AMA D-36's Oakland Motorcycl e Club of Oa kla n d , California has donated $200 to hel p wi th medica 1bi lis incurred by Da nn y "Magoo" Chandler. Donations can be sent to the Pro R ider Benefi t Fund, 14024 Sylvan, Van Nuys , CA 9 1401; mo re information is a vai lable fro m Penn y Nicola i at 8 18/787-3497. Japan's Vasuo Kaneko died of injuries after a collision with a French motorist minutes after the start of this year's Paris- Dakar Rally. Kaneko was the second rider to leave the starting line at Versailles on the outskirts of Paris on January 1. Four-time World Champion Kork Ballington (second from left) will come out of retirement to race a Suzuki in the upcoming Daytona 200: Ballington is flanked by (f rom left to right) two-time Daytona Superbike winner Steve Mclaughlin, mechanic Nigel Boocock mBnIIg8I' Rex White. Zimbabwian Dave Petersen has signed wi th Robert Gallina 's Suzuki team for th e 1986 G ran d Prix road race season . Petersen will join the European I25cc Cham p io n P ier Fra ncesco Chilli in Gallina's 500cc G P team. from his ba lcony in London lat e last year. Noyce announced at the London Motorcycle Exhibition in December t hat he has signed t o ri de a KTM500 in the upcoming Le Touquet Beach race in France. Former 500cc World Motocross Cham pion Graha m N oyce is recover i ng from the serious head injuries he suffered after fa lling T he H arley Owners G roup ha s an no u nced its 1986 R all y sch ed u le, whi ch wi ll incl udea J u ne 21-22 ra lly in San Juan Capistrano, California: a July 12-13 Breckenridge, Colorado rally and a J ul~' 26-27 ra lly in 'ashvilte• • Iichigan, TIteAnnual H .O .G . three-day r.alIy will be h d d in P igeon Fo rge. Tennessee. o n August 21-23. 3