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America's
motorcycle newspaper
Volume XXV
Sharon Clayton . Publish er
Mike Klin ger,Cornplw lla
Skip J oh nson. Associate Publisher/
Ne tio n al Sal t's Managf'J'
13CI.: Mangu s. A ssociall' Publisher ! Edit or
Rheba Smith. Circulatio n Maraagn
Carolin e-Gendry, Ex ecutive Suutary to
th. Publish",
I a m a wo ma n rider in sea rch o f
the sa m e wh o are inter ested in
form ing a Woman 's class in Dist rict
34. I have seen women race wi th th e
men , but w hy no t h ave o u r o wn class,
where th e co m pe ti tio n is better
suited .
If they ca n do it in Ca liforn ia , we
can tOO in District 34!
If interested , resp ond to Women
Wit hout A Class, 5 1/2 Su nrise. Rd.,
06880.
Westport,
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Editorial
Kit Pal m er. A .s.socialt' Ed itor
Pau l Carru thers. Asso ciau Ed it or
Farrell Willi am s. Associate Ed itor
Nate Raub a. A ssociate Ed itor
Bria n Ca tterson . Assoc;a lt' Edito r
Edwin a Man gu s, Calen dar Edi to r
AND ROS BRADLEY
Westp ort , cr
Advertising
Mike C h urch. Sen ior Salt's Manag~
Te rry Pratt Senior Salt's Man agn
Mark Thome, Westt'm Sa lt's Mana ger
Don Stoeber, Wt'stnn Sa lt'S M ant~ gt7
Ma rk Mi tch ell , Eastern Salt's Managt'r
T homas R. Go mer, Eastern Salt's Managn
Ca th y Corrao Wt'SIt'Tn Ad Coordinato r
Carla Borden , Eastern Ad Coordi nato r
Ton i Do neske, Advertising Assistant
Graphics and Production
Ma lcol m Wil son .Product ion Managn
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j immie O ·~I1. G rap hic Artist
Ma rion H a ta sb ha. Typ~~ttt"T
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Accounting /Data Processing
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Circulation
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Circulation Development
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H oward J ohnso ns O ceanfront had
obvio usly re-rent ed the room which
in th e sta te o f Flo rida is not legal
un less th e h ot el refunds th e advance
payme n t to th e previous tenant. I
th en ca lle d Howard j ohnso ns' mai n
o ffice in New J ersey an d was to ld
tha t H o ward J ohnsons O cea n fro nt
wa s a llowed by them a six-week grace
period to respond to th e co m p lain t.
At that point I ca lled th e Florida
H o tel s a nd Resta urants Co mmission
a nd rel a ted m y story to th em. Within
two weeks I recei ved a p hone call
from th e co m m ission stating th a t an
investigator h ad cited H oward J ohnso ns O ceanfront for unethica l busin ess p ra ctices; th ey co u ld not fin e
the m as this was th eir first (reco rded)
o ffense. Our credit card was credited
for the two days we did not stay the re.
We heard n umero us o ther people
comp laining about this ad vance pay
policy an d no refund. Next year
beware - th ey can not do th is. If th e
h ot el rents your room d uring th e
peri od which yo u did not stay th ere ,
th ey must refund yo u r mon ey. Cycle
Week br ings in a lot of mo n ey to
Daytona Beach ; I co nstan tly read
how much Daytona loves th e biker s
-:- loves to rip th em o ff? If you are
charged for time n ot spent, callthe
hotel , find o u t if yo u r room h as been
rented again. It may be too la te for
th ose of yo u who were ripped o ff this
year, bu t th ere is n o excuse for th em
to ge t aw ay with it again next year.
KAREN MITCHE LL
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Successful rip-off
O n Fri da y, March 25, m y car was
burglarized while parked w here I
work in Torrance, Ca lifornia. Severa l co m ponents o f m y 250 G P Ro tax
ro ad racer that I run in AFM events
were stolen. I a m ho p in g that, with
yo ur coopera tion in publicizin g this
th eft , I may recover a ll or part o f these
ite ms:
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I) Marvic rear wh eel , size 3.50X 18,
Yamaha bo lt p attern.
2) . Marvi c fron t wh eel , s ize
2.75X 17, Yama ha bolt pattern.
3) Du n lop 3.25/5.50X I8 KR I06R
racin g slick.
4) Dunlop 3.25/4 .50X I7 KR 149
rac ing slick.
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5) Ro ta x 250cc ta nde m twm engme
cases with bo th cra n ksha fts in stalled.
6) One Ro ta x cyli nder asse mb ly.
I wo u ld request tha t if a ny of yo ur
readers have a ny in formation regarding these parts, th ey co ntact me a t
2 13/547-1485.
MATTH EW WINIARSKI
T orrance, CA
Cry for me. La Carrera
To qu ote ( L a Carrera cop romot er ) Loyal T ruesda le, " I love
yo u a ll. " Cert a in ly he does, a ll th e
way to th e ba nk. It is too bad because
with a littl e more effort thi s event
co u ld be to ps. But a ll Loyal a nd h is
co- p ro mo ters do is walk aro u n d
slapp ing backs, grin n ing an d m outhi ng B.S. No wo nd er Fred Eik er was
upset wi th the a wards p resentation
- there was non e.
However, not a ll was bad , Eiker's
win wa s o utsta nd ing co nside ring th e
wind co nd itio ns . It was good to see
Brit Peter Davi es " ha vin g a go," but
I a m su re his pr evious win s at the
Isle o f Man included bett er co urse
co ntrol. By th e way , wh a t was th a t
bus doing o n th e co u rse?
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An other o u tsta n ding effo rt wa s
turned in by th e Co lem an/Taylo r
" sideca r team. Lo yal to ld th em a t th e
" p resenta tio n" that th ey p laced in
the firs t I0, no w he says 12th p lace.
Eit h er way, it m ust have surp rised
a few so lo riders to ha ve a sidecar
pass them. A few more competito rs
in th e sid ecar class wo u ld be very
in teres ti ng, b ut a t
250 p er
entry . . . a nd go ing u p?
DON TOLLES
Van N uys, CA
Wired World Champion
J ust wa n ted to send a n o te to say
th anks for every issu e published! I've
been a su bscriber for quite so me time
a nd ap p recia te all th e hard work that
Cycle N ews exem p lifies. The question th at p rompted th is letter was
o ne o f th e phot o o n th e front page
o f issue #12, March 30, of Wayne
G ardner. Any idea wh at h is fanny
pack is a ll abo u t? It even a p pea rs to
be electrica l, i.e. wire o ut th e back !
Hey; th a n ks agai n, an d see yo u at
the races.
JO E WA H RER
Wapakoneta, OH
Front page ph ot o inform atio n and
ph ot ographer credit appears on ou r
Over Th e Edge/C ycle Dream s page
w hich runs next.io th e In T he W ind
or Voices section in each issue. T he
info rmation app ears directly under
the table of conten ts, w hi ch we call
Inside. Gardner is wearing a battery
belt that was connected to a m in icam era w hi ch was mou nte d on th e
left side of h is H on da NSR500 jus t
above th e rear sp rocket. Part of th e
v ideotape camera is v isi ble in th e
photo . . . Edito r.
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subject to condensation due to
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