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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Wind (Continued from page 2) Expos. Touted as the nation's largest trade and consumer show for off-road vehicles. the SCORE Show annually attracts 600 exhibitors and 35.000 visitors to the Anaheim (California) Convention Center. The show was purchased from race promoter Mickey Thompson and Alex and Helen Xydias for an undisclosed amount. The 10th annual SCORE Show will be held June 26-28 in Anaheim. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation recently honored Governor Michael S. Dukakis for his role in enactment of a law establishing a motorcycle safety fund in Massachusetts. The measure, passed by the Massachusetts Legislature in January;calls for $2 of each motorcycle registration fee to be placed in a special fund and used for safety programs. In addition to Governor Dukakis, MSF paid tribute to State Senator William Keating (D·Canton) and State Senator Salvatore Albana (D-Somerville) who chaired the Public Safety Committee and supported the measure. The Motorcycle Safety Fund will be administered by the Governor's Highway Safety Bureau. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt (right) has announced that Stan Fox (left). the import-export manager of Parts Unlimited, has signed to drive a Foyt team car at Indy this year. The March race ..car that Fox will drive has been assigned number 41 and is listed as the Foyt-Kerker entry. Several motorcycle industry companies will be assisting the effort. Belly up to the bar I'm as guilty of resisting change as anyone, -maybe more. In my business I often have to bite· my tongue when someone tells me I should or could take a better approach by d~ing this or that differently. When a change is suggested that's all-new, I shudder. But I always, without exception, take suggestions and critiques and bounce them around for consensus opinion..Now and again, a great idea comes from constructive criticism. In fact, I wish I got a helluva lot more input from outside critiques. I could do even better for clients and myself. I've given a lot of suggestions and critiques to our sport's publishers. And, in kind, I've taken a like amount in return. Not all of the responses to my critiques have been nice, let alone printable, But that's good, as long as I've got my facts straight, and I got their interest. Anger is often positive energy and will spur one to action far sooner than a kiss and a pat on the bottom. Publishers don't invite me over for dinner with the wife, at least not unless I'm on the menu. One of the industry'S more prominent publishers, Mr. Roland Hinz of Hi-Torque, and I just never have hit it off on an even keel. But Roland has had my utmost regard for turning a once debt-ridden publishing house into one of the most successful profit centers in the trade. There were many heated discussions last y~ between Roland's offices and me regarding 'political activism and his magazines (Dirt Bike, Motocross Action, Dirt Wheels, 3&:4-Wheel Action, BMX-Plus, Mountain Bike Action. These did not endear our already tenuous relationship. But somewhere along the rocky trail, Roland made a decision that both shocks and elates me. HiTorque has pioneered the industry's first-ever political awareness program by a magazine publisher. (Cycle News is a "newsweekly" and has been presenting political issues for many years.) And Roland has come off the start line smokin'. Developed up by ad man Rob Rex, a pre-made multiple post card will be inserted in every single issue of Hi-Torque's June magazines. This IS a really big deal. And it's a very expensive commitment by Roland Hinz. Hi-Torque hasprinted 1.2-million of these postal flats which consist of six post cards each. That's 7.2 million post cards or-posing the sport's greatest arch VIllain - Cranston and Senate Bill S7! Now that's some real ammunition folks. Roland Him dug deep to create this political action howitzer. All toll, not counting his personnel's work time, well in excess of $20,000. That's what I call a commitment. More importantly it's the most potentially powerful weapon this industry has eve.r created to stop any anti-bike issue. Roland has signed his check (and is not being reimbursed by any sugar daddy). Now it's your turn. Get out there and buy at least one of Hi-Torque's June issue magazines. In fact, buy .two or three. oc For those of you who plan ahead. the 18th International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition in Cologne. West Germany. will be held from Wednesday. September 21. through Sunday. September 25. all of them. Rip out those post cards. Write down your name and address. Stick a 14¢ (first class post card) stamp on all six cards and send 'em off. 'For less than a buck you can voice your objection to the biggest proposed land grab scandal in America's history. Don't let anyone, I mean anyone, tell you that a pre-made post card won't count. That's absolute hogwash. Meadow muffins. Bandini. Anyone who tells you that has never checked it out with any congressman or senator. Now here's who rnose post cards are addressed to: Senators Alan Crantson and Pete Wilson, Congressmen Mel Levine and Richard Lehman, and your state's/ .. region's federal senator and con-' gressman/woman. But wait, there's more. Wri~ht publishing's ATV Sports magazme (formerly 3Wheeling) is also getting on the political activism bandwagon. In ATV Sports' May issue you'll find a timely article on Cranston's Wilderness Bill along with Levine's and Lehman's companion House bills. The information is helpful to layout what we stand to lose. In brief, about 50,000 square miles or an area greater ilian half of our state. Get and keep the May ATV Sports because it has two pieces of info that are more valuable than your spark plug wrench. and Accu-Rite. ATV Sports gave up over two-grand worth of advertising space on this article. They ~ve you 'an example of how you mIght pen a letter on any issue to any politician. Of greatest value is a list of universal mailing addresses for U.S. senators and congressmen/women. Cut them out and keep them in a handy place .around home. Responding to these efforts by HiTorque and ATV Sports may well determine whether anyone will be able to lise and ride in America's • public lands again. 'Thetie two pub- The show is open to the public on September 24 and 25; trade only from September 21 through 23. More than 165,000 visitors from 75· countries attended the last Cologne show which took place last fall. The New York round of the AMA/ Coors Supercross Series, slated for June 7 in New Jersey's Meadowlands Stadium, will be held as scheduled, thanks to a negotiated settlement between Pace/SRO Promotions of Houston, Texas, and Supercross • Inc.. (SXI) of Newport Beach, California. The two firms, which promote AMA Supercross races in the U.S., reached a court settlement April 1 after SXI challenged Pace/ SRO's right to promote Supercross racing in the greater metropolitan New York area. The dispute ended in a three-way partnership when the two promoters and Tempo Productions, a local New York promoter with ties to Pace/SRO, agreed to coproduce the event for the next wee years. Pace/SRO will do the actual production work and SXI will share in the profits. An AMA/Coors Supercross Round at Foxboro Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, tentatively has been scheduled for June 14. according to AMA Vice President of Professional Competition Bill Amick. The addition to the 1987 AMA Supercross schedule will become official as soon as the promotor, "puts all the details together." The event will be produced by Supercross Inc.. of Newport Beach, California. • lishers, particularly Roland Hinz, have stuck their heads out and dug deep for you. A word of thanks to either or both would be the least we can do. (Hi-Torque, 10600 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills, CA 91345. Telephone 818/365-6831. ATV Sports, 2950 Airway #A-7, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Telephone 714/9661783). Not everyone's sitting on their can waiting for the other guy to do something. The ADRA (Arizona Desert Racing·Association) and its members have stopped, a number of anti-bike actions in the Grand Canyon State. The ADRA stopped a state senate bill (#1207) which would have required operator and vehicle licensing fees for ATV usage and a $300 fine for noncompliance. Arizona bikers also met with Forest Service personnel and ironed out land use problems in the Cottonwood region which, left unresolved, would have closed off riding areas. However, on the negative (and stupid) side, the Tucson city council passed an ordinance banning OHV operation within a ~-mile limit of any occupied building. But this was better than the total OHV ban they originally considered. Let's give the ADRA a big hand. Or contact the ADRA at: PO Box 34810, Phoenix, AZ 855067. Telephone 602/252-1900. Lastly, on the road front, I spoke previously about Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Amonovich's proposal to arm the CHP (California Highway Partol) with radar to nail bikers. Antonovich did receive opposition mail from some of you and to date the CHP has not been fitted with radar. But don't take any chances of this fading away. Call Antonovich's office and voice your opposition to CHP radar; 213/9745555. Support the publishers who support the sport. And keep writing to keep riding. Dave Holeman