admission and was not concerned
about the image of racing, this would
all be funny, but I did and I am.
It sure would be comforting to read
a statement from all those pro riders
whose names appear in the credits
sayin~ that they neglect to thoroughly review the script and simply did
not realize the disservice they were
performing.
America's
motorcycle newspaper
Volume XXIV
Sharon CaYlon, Publisher
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Nationtll Sales Manager
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Eclitoriel
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Not in my back yard
Now is the time for everyone who
lives in the west San Fernando Valley
area of Los Angeles to put their vote
where their heart is. Hal "Not In My
Back Yard" Bernson is running in
the primary election to be held on
Tuesday, April 14,
I hope the enclosed letter will help
you decide how to vote. If you do
not vote, then you deserve another
Cranston,
JERRY COUNTS
AMA District 37
Land Use Committee
Canoga Park, CA
The letter which Counts refers to is
reprinted below, It was sent to Ms.
Dorothea Hoffman, Ms, Hoffman is
project coordinator of the County of
Los Angeles Department of Parlts
and Recreation's Off-Highway Vehicle Committee . . , Editor.
Dear Ms. Hoffman:
I am in full support of your effort
to obtain a suitable, permanent site
for off-highway vehicles as long as
it meets with the approval of the
community as well as its elected
officials, There is a definite need for
such a legalized area.
.
However, at this time I would like
to clarify my position regarding the
location of this facility, I will not
now, nor in the future, support any
site location for this program within
the 12th Councilmanic District.
HAL BERNSON
Councilman, 12th District
Los Angeles, CA
Senric:e end Support
Chris Ailcheson, Headquarters Receptionist"
Leonard Herring, MrvlU andSuppor'
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Cycle News (USPS 141-3-10) is publishtilgli~CycIe-'Inc. 1987, T_ _
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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Mike
Herth piloU the winning Tum
Suzuki GSXR1100 during the
WERA operMr in ~Ie, R_
coveqge begins on pege 24. Photo
by Milut Church,
Watsonian Rally
Here it is April and most motorcycle riders, especially those from the
colder regions., hav~ made ~heir
siJmmer plans. That IS what wmter
is for back East.
Has anyone heard about the 75th
Anniversary Watsonian Sidecar
Rally that will be held in England
in early August? Not one word about
this imponant event has appeared in
any of the many motorcycle journals
I subscribe to. It isn't news until it
appears in Cycle News, and none of
the West or East Coast publications
have received any advance information on this rally, None of my
English friends, including those who
helped organize the new English
motorcycle museum in Birmingham, know a thing about the
August rally. Neither Classic Bike
magazine nor any of the motorcycle
C9P journals know anything either.
Congratulations, Doug Bingham
and friends, you really know how to
keep a secret. Count me out of the
party; I have made other plans for
August. It has been my expeiience
that if a Californian can't phone, he
will not bother to follow up on any
event, no matter how important,
JACK MERCER
New Canaan, cr
The 75th. Anniversary Watsonian
Sidecar Rally will take place over
Great Britain's Bank Holiday weekend, August 1-2·3, at the National
Motorcycle Museum near Bir-
CRAiG COLUNS
Newell, NC
mingham, For more information, we
suggest you write Watson ian Sidecars Ltd., N orthwick Business Center,
Blockley, Moreton-in Marsh, Gloucestershire
GL56
9lfF,
England , , , Editor,
Allow me to say one word. Hollywood! As for participation in efforts
that don't shed the hest light on any
given subject, allow me to say two
words, Pragmatic ecstacy, , .Editor.
Bimota, not Harley?
Stand up and be counted
After all the training, all the
practice, all the traveling, all the
preparation, all the effort and all the
expense, Malcolm Tunstall of Syd's
Cycles in St, Petersburg, Florida,
entered the Pro Twins 10000c GP
race at Daytona on a Bimota DBI
750cc and finished an excellent fifth
- and you wrote he was on a Harley!
LAWRENCE WISE
Cosmopolitan Motors, Inc.
Hatboro, PA
The light that might fail
CC made good sense in his article
on the helmet law (CC Writer, issue
#10) that could become law in
California.
I too, like you, am tired of it all
and it ~. makes me sick to see this
ust
thing
'n allover again in your
state, Ca 'fomia always was considered the "light at the end of the
tunnel" to us riders who were forced
to wear helmets at all times.
The Massachusetts Governor
(Mike Dukakis) who vetoed our
repeal bill twice is now running for
the U.S. Presidency in the Democratic primary. Hope he gets his ass
kicked. He was in favor of a seat belt
law, but a public referendum on the
ballot canceled the law a few months
after it was in effect,
BOB FRINK
The Motorcyclist's Post
Rochdale, MA
Passing footnote
I appreciate the credit for third
place in the 500cc Sportsman Vintage race at Daytona, Howev~r, just
to set the record straight, I was riding
a BSA Vietor 500 single, not a golden
Flash which is a 650 twin,
I realize that to most people BSA
is just a passing foomote in the
motorcycle story and that those of
us who persist in racing them are
probably certifiable, but we manage
to have fun and occasionally show
_ our rear tire to everyone, Just ask Ted
Hubbard.
DAVID P, MATTHEWS
Raleigh, NC
Two words, plus
Please allow me to say two words
about the recently released movie
entitled Winners Take All. It stinks!
Every professional motocross rider
involved with this trash should hang
his head in utter shame, We all know
who you are because your names
appear in the castirlg credits.
.
I certainly would not have begun
racing motocross if the spon even
vaguely resembled the scenario put
forth by this movie. Thus, I can't
expect anyone to be favorably
impressed by the gross misinformation it contains. If I had not paid
For the past two years vocational
classes at Los Angeles Trade-Tech
have been under attack by six
members of the Los Angeles
Community College Board of
Trustees with only one incumbent,
Hal Garvin, apinst class closures,
This fact was driven home last
September when the vending
machine technology class was closed
and its instructor permanently laid
off, Just last week 57 more layoff
letters were received.
In the cabinet making department
an instructor was also permanently
laid off. If you have been a reader
of Cycle News for any length of time
you will surely relate to the name
Bruce Hammer, the founder of Team
Hammer and a former'pro road racer,
Even thou~h Bruce gets around in
a wheelchair these days, the skills he
learned as a cabinet maker at LA.
Trade-Tech still provide his main
source of income. Thousands of
countless other people have
benefited from the over 70 different
skills taught at the school.
Now is the time when most of the
voters in Los Angeles and
neighboring communites can vote
for a change, but only 10~ of
registered voters usually vote. Three
candidates closely associated with
L.A, Trade-Tech are running to
protect millions of dollars spent by
many industries who have donated
products and equipment that have
kept the school highly productive
since 1925,
Marjorie Davis, former associated
student body president, has been
encouraged to run by none other
than Louis ''The Phantom Duck"
McKey. Dr. Richard Ferraro taught
night classes for seven years,
. enabling many students who could
not attend day classes to obtain an
employable skill. Bill Orozco
graduated from L.A, Trade-Tech in
1941 with a trade in printing and has
been involved with teaching niJht
classes, He also finances an on-gomg
schOlarship . for
financially
struggling students.
If you are qualified to vote you
should already have a ballot for the
April 14 primary election, If you
have any questions or can offer any
support,
please
call
slate
headquarters at 8]8/500-1949 or
Marjorie Davis at 2]317~1-8]54.The
battle now is not just to save the
motorcycle program, but it has
turned into a war to save L.A. TradeTech College, the leader in
vocational education since 1925.
Please consider the slates of Davis,
Ferraro and Orozco and spread the
word to your friends and neighbors.
In racing terminology, if we lose this
chance they will use us for traction.
PAT OWENS
Instructor, Motorcycle Repair
L.A. Trade-Tech
Los Angeles, CA
