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Moto Liberty will offer a contingency
program for Honda RS125s at all
Central Motorcycle Roadracing
Association (CMRA) events this season,
featuring a minimum cash payout of
$2500. Product awards will include a
set of Nankai racing leathers. In addition, Moto Liberty will have a fleet of
RS125s available for lease at selected
CMRA events. For more information
contact Audrey Menarik at 214/242-
Bradshaw and Doug Dubach will
appear at Daytona Fun Machines in
Holly Hill, Florida, on Thursday, March
4, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m, while Team
Yamaha and Team Vance & Hines road
racers Jamie James, Colin Edwards and
Jamie Bowman will appear at the same
location on the same date from 5 p.rn. to
6:30 p.m. For more information, call 1800/338-4FUN.
RESIGNED: Doug Gonda from the
position of publisher of Roadracing
World & Motorcycle Technology to
devote more time to his promotions
company, ProTac, Inc. ProTac has
been retained to provide marketing
services for Roadracing World
Publishing, Inc., a privately held corporation owned by John and Trudy
Ulrich.
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MOVED: ATK America, to 858 North,
1250 West, Centerville, UT 84014,
801/298-8288.
NAMED: Trudy Ulrich, 38, as publisher
for Roadracing World & Motorcycle
Technology.
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The newest entrant for the March 7 running of the Daytona 200 by Arai is
Irishman Eddie Laycock. Laycock, who
finished fourth in the 250cc race in his
last visit to Daytona in 1988, will ride an
ex-John Ashmead Kawasaki ZXR-750.
Brian Morrison, Jim Moodie and Ian
Simpson will also ride Kawasakis as
part of Team MCN, and tI:tey'll be joined
by nine-time TT winner Steve Hislop,
who will ride a Ducati 888, and Mark
Fanner, who will ride a Yamaha OWOL
Ken Wilkes, who recently sold ATK
Motorcycles, Inc. to Dan and Frank
White, has joined a group of former
ATK employees and formed a company
called American Dirt Bikes, Inc. The
company plans to produce Rotax-powered, White Power-suspended two- and
four-stroke dirt bikes and to provide
service and parts for ATKs. Frank
White told us in a phone conversation
that he and his father had purchased
the name and assets of ATK
Motorcycles, and that Wilkes is free to
pursue whatever interests he chooses.
"We're not really concerned," said
White. "We've completed the move to
Salt Lake City, and we're almost ready
to start production. We plan on keeping
our customers happy and making some
changes that people have wanted for a
long time, like getting rid of the countershaft disc brake."
The AMA Annual Meeting took place in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, February
20. Corporate members Ray Blank of
American Honda and Lamar Williams
of American Motorcycle Institute were
reelected to the association's board of
trustees. John Walsh of American
Suzuki was chosen to replace Dennis
LaBonge of Intersport Fashions West,
who resigned after one two-year term
on the board.
BMW of North America has announced
two new levels of recognition for its
high mileage awards program for BMW
riders. In addition to the 100,000,
200,000 and 300,000 mile awards previously available, new awards for 400,000
and 500,000 mile levels are now available. BMW of North America established the award program in 1981, continuing a tradition of recognizing high
mileage riders that had been established
by the previous importer of the German
motorcycles. Since 1981, BMW of North
America has recognized more than 3600
riders, 2700 at the 100,000 mile level, 650
at the 200,000 mile level, and 250 at the
300,000 mile level. High mileage award
recipients receive a certificate of accomplishment and a medallion which can be
moimted on the motorcycle. BMW riders who are eligible for any level of the
award should contact their BMW dealer
for an award application and verification procedure.
MOVED: The Washington Motorcycle
Road Racing Association (WMRRA) has
a new mailing address and phone number: P.O. Box 94323, Seattle, WA 981245623; 206/972-4499.
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Flammini ets seven- earsu erbike deal with FIM
FIM President Jos Vaessen (center), FIM Vice President Francesco Zerbi (second
from right) and General Secretrary Guy Maitre (left) met with Flammini Group
President Maurizio Flammini (second from left) on February 5 to sign the new
FIM/Flammini Group contract for the World Championship Superbike Series which
will be valid until 1999.
In order to meet what they call an investment of over $32 million in the series over
the next seven years, the Flammini Group has also reached a deal with ICCR-BBL, a
European merchant bank who will be the financial partner of the group.
The new agreement between Flammini and the FIM gives the entire management of
the World Championship Superbike Series to Flammini, including marketing, sponsoring, television rights, pass and paddock systems, prize money, and travel arrangements for teams, riders and operators.
Motorc de bans reversed
A Connecticut man has won a landmark court decision overturning a mobile-horne
park rule that prevented him from riding his motorcycle to his own horne, reports the
AMA.
On February 4, a state appeals court ruled that John w. Cox of East Hartford,
Connecticut, must be allowed to ride his motorcycle on the private roads of the
Colonial Mobile Horne Park. The park had tried to enforce a rule prohibiting motorcyclists from using.its roads.
The appeals court's decision comes nearly two years after Cox, a resident of the
complex, first filed a lawsuit to have the motorcycle ban overturned. After a lower
court sided with Cox, the owners of the park took the case to the appeals court, leading
to this decision. The AMA provided Cox with assistance in his legal efforts at the
appellate level.
The motorcycle ban was imposed at the park in 1958. Operators of the facility said it
was designed to reduce noise and excessive speed on ttte park's roads. But the appeals
court ruled against the ban on the grounds that it incorrectly targeted motorcyclists.
Appeals Court Judge c.J. DuPont wrote in the decision that the proper solution to
the problems of unsafe speeds is "to enforce speed limits, not to place a blanket ban on
the use of motorcycles." The court also noted that there is no evidence that motorcycles
are noisier than other motor vehicles which are permitted on the roads within the park.
In its decision, the appeals court cited the AMA's Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court victory overturning an ordinance that banned motorcycles from public roads in
a city park in Brockton, Massachusetts. That law, which had been in effect for five
years while the matter was being decided, set a precedent for motorcyclists' rights in
public places. The Connecticut ruling helps extend those rights to private roads.
"The legal precedent set by the Brockton case has made a big difference in reversing
motorcycle bans on public roads," said Chris Kallfelz, AMA legislative affairs specialist. "This landmark decision in Connecticut should have the same effect on private
roads."
As the Connecticut court was releasing its decision, motorcyclists were winning battles over two more bikes bans, this time in the state of Ohio.
In Sidney, Ohio, city council members voted to lift a ban on motorcycles in Tawawa
Park after hearing testimony from dozens of local riders, as well as representatives of
the AMA and the Motorcycle Riders Foundation. As a result of that vote, motorcyclists
will be allowed into the park when it opens for the season on April 16.
In Lancaster, Ohio, motorcyclists are on the verge of a major victory involving a
motorcycle ban in Rising Park. Thanks to hundreds of letters from area riders, plus the
lobbying efforts of Lancaster motorcycle dealer Joe Carson and the AMA's Eric
Lundquist, the city's Board of Park Commissioners is expected to drop the ban pending official public notice.
There is one more hurdle to clear, however. This fall, the board plans to reconsider
its action and determine whether motorcycle access to the park should continue.
You make more than just a
fashion statement when you get
dressed to ride a motorcycle. You
make a statement about safe riding practices.
Wearing a helmet, eye protection and protective clothing
makes sense. And so does having
a proper motorcycle license. .
Responsible riders read their
owner's manuals too, and they
never ride under the influence of
drugs or alcohol.
On a motorcycle, you've got
to look out for yourself. Because
you can be sure nobody else will.
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