Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Dos O kies • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • 53 Duralube •••••• •• •••••• •••• ••• 56 E&E E nterprises 45 Earl Marlt Productions • • • • •••• • • • • 56 E ne Dynamics Co. • •• •• • • • • •• • • 56 ngi E ric's Motorcycle Co. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 54 European Cyc Specialties 56 Extrude Hone Abrasive• • • • • • • • • • • • 56 F&L Company • • • • •• ••• • • • • • • • •55 H&H KTM/Husqvarna • • • • • •• • • • • •47 Hi-Point Trailers . •. •• • • • • • • ••• • • 54 Howard & Son Motorcycles ••••• •••• 55 JB Products • • • • •• ••• •• • • '•• • •• •55 Kal Gard Mfg. • •• ••• : ••••• • ••• •47 Kerker •••••• ••• ••• •••••• •••• 29 Knight Racing Frames • • • • • • •• • •• • 55 Kustom Kraft Perf Spec • •• • ••• • •• •45 La Habra Suzuki • •• • • , •• ••• ••• • • 56 los Angeles Sleeve Co: • • • • • •• •• • • 29 I- L uperbikes Con tinued from page 2) f street mo torcycle. The II HS report as also the basis for S 1536, a bi ll ecelll ly introd uced by U.S. Senator ohn C. Da n fo n h (R -M isso uri) hich wo uld plac e performa nce irn i ts o n su perbikes. According to Il HS data for 1985, uperbi kes had a fata l a nd severe rash injury rate of 128 (per 10,000 egis tered mot orcycl es), co m pared ith 66 for co nventional street bikes, 8 for dual-purpose bik es a nd 31 for ouring motorcycles. "The stud y was conducted by Dr. ess Kra us, a UCLA ep idem io logi st or king on contract with th e I1H S. "T he study was based on a nalysis f nea rl y 2POO mot orcycle crashes esulting in severe injury or death," aid Kraus. "( It shows ) yo u're two o three tim es more likely to be killed r serio usly inj ured on o ne of th ese ce-de sig n mo torcycl es th an any ther motorcycle o n the roa d. " T he study was conducted in Ca lio rnia , wh ich th e IIH S cl a i ms ccounts for nearly 20 pe rcent of all o torcycle death s nationwide. West 57th aired extensive foo tage f " illegal" canyo n raci ng o n mounin roads in sou the rn Ca lifo rn ia, nclud in g a sensa tio n a l acci de nt film ed by th e lIHS ) where a Kaw aaki Ninja rid er fell in a left-hand urn a nd another rider. following irectl y behi nd, ran over his head. A few mo nths la ter , th e rider ' ragged to Kroft, on camera, that he ides hi s Ninja more crazily today han he d id before th e accident. " I' d say it was dangerous a nd so metimes stu p id, " a nother rid er told Kro ft, " but that's how we ge t o ur kicks. I'v e ha d th ree friends di e o n mo torcycles. It' s no big dea l. If I die, I die." Despi te such co m ments, Kroft aimed responsi bili ty fo r superb ike acci dents no t a t irresponsib le riders, but a t japenese manufacturers. "T he Ins urance Institu te contends tha t the four j apanese manufacturers a re panly to blame, di recting their sales p itch to the last peo p le on earth who sho uld ow n su perbikes," said Krof t. "T hey a re clea r ly goi ng af ter th e you n~, male risk taker," sai d Brian O 'Neil l, preside nt of the I1HS. " It's lik e taking an indy car, putting tum sign als on it , th en selli ng it to you ng peop le. Wh en you put th at much pe rfo rma nce a t th e fingenips of you ng men , yo u have a product tha t I S in herent ly dangero us." Am eri ca n H on da 's j o n R o w , speaki ng with Kro ft o n camera, disputed O ' Neill's clai m that superbikes are " inherent ly dangerous," ca ll i n g hi gh -perform a nce s tree t bikes the "sa fest mot orcycles" ever bu ill. " Most sport motorcycles are so me of the sa fest m o to rcycles o n th e street," Row sai d. "T he y have ' tremen do us hand li ng ca pa bility, accident avoida nce capa bility, in co ntras t to o ther types of motorcycles." Wh en as ked by Kro ft how most people wo u ld use a superb ike, Row said, " Probably in th e way they use most of the o ther motorcycles we sell - in a recreational format. 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