Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES . Letters tothe editor · America's weekly motorcyclenewspaper Volume XXXIII Sharon Clav ton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor ScottRousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, ManagingEditor Keith Bush, CupyEditor Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western SalesManager Thomas Gonter, Western Sales Manager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, EastL7n Ad Coordinator Laurie Snow, Assistant Marketing & Promotion Mar k Thome, Manager New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Matheny, Oper ations Classified Ads Sharon Van Hazelen Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, ProductionSupervisor Mandv Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Ad m inistra tion Helmets, et al Dan Cath er' s comments (Issue #50, Janua ry 3) con cerning forcing "bikers" and "moto rcy clis ts" (fu nny, I th ought we were on e and the same) to use helmets begs a response from us av id anti-he lmet-law ad vocates. First of all, d on't get me wrong, I do advocate the use of helmets; I personally wear one and so do m y Harley owner friend s. However, in this over-legis lated country of ou rs, the last thing we need is another law that protects me from myself. If Dan and the others want to continue to use the cost of insu ran ce or subsid ized medical care as the reasons for implem enting these law s, then I su ggest th at th ey first tackle those thi n gs th at really dri ve medical costs and insurance ra tes thr ou gh the roof. In Da n ' s world the u se o f tobacco, liqu or, saturated fats and eggs woul d be heavily restricted to ensure that people staye d fit so the rest of us would not be burdened wi th the cost s of maintain ing their unhealthy lifestyle. Get rea l; Dan - p ick a ca use m ore worthy of your time. Ron P. Bray Broken Arrow, OK " While it's tru e Bayle, in his second se ason, di d n' t th reat en h is team ma te Ma x Biaggi for the 250cc World Championship, he did show obvious improvement and an ability to ru n in the top 510 posi tions in w hat is p ro bab ly th e m ost aggressive an d tig h tes t GP road racing class. I, for one, would like to see more race rs fro m ou ts ide road r a cin g tr y t o dup li cat e Bay le ' s "ca reer ch ang e " ins tead o f au to ma tica lly tradin g two wheels for four. For exam ple, could Jer em y McGrath get as far as fast as Bayle has in roa d racing? Sandy Callas Deerfield, IL Huh? How to kill a TV progr am . First, get rid of the know ledgable, perso na ble h ost and rep lace him with a car racing gu y. Secon d , m o v e th e pro gra m to a n obscure channel not ca rried by m os t cable sys tems. Adios, MotoWorld . ' Dan Knous dknous@iam erica.net Til e p ro ducers of M ot oW or ld h atie annou nc ed tha t tile television sh ot» has minJed fr om ESPN to ESPN2 . See ·'In The W ind"'fo r more details... Editor. Judy Klinger, Coordinator AccountinglData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, NR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, BillingCoordinator Carol Begovi c, Dealer Coordinator Service and Support Bridgett Bob rofsky, Receptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 (310) 427-7433; (21 3) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 Eastern Office 41 88 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (770) 934-7850. FAX (770) 934-3112 e-mail editoriilcydenews.com subscribe@cydenews.com advertising@cydenews.com Internet http:/ / www.cydenews.com Cycle Now. (USPS 141·340) is published w eek1y except til. last two weeksof the calendar yl!"ar for S50.oo ~ year by Cycle- Newalnc, not Cherry Avenue. Long Beach, CA 90806. Secondclass postage paid at LongBeam. CA and at additional mailing office Canada P.

• Cover