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, ., . . . -" " ' c ~ a. .... N ~ e~ ::; rJ) ;: .u Z w ..J U >- U Newl y.-elect ed MIC Presid ent Tom Heininger passes o ut free Gat o rad e at the German IS OT a couple of years back. AT ANNUAL MEETING Heininger MIC Prexy On th e first Wednesd ay in Ma:ch, as sp ecified b y the b ylaw s, th e Motorcycle Ind ustry Co unc il du ly m et in Washington, D .C. and elec ted a Board o f Russ of R.C. Engineering sits bo;;-1egged on his Ho nda 4 . EW~ BE It's a better oil for better mach- es '. New YAMALUBE 2-cycle oil is specially formul ated w ith ash less detergent and rust inhibitor to meet th e demands . of hig h performance 2-cyc le moto rcycles, snowmob iles and ot her motorized products usi ng oil inj ecti on systems. It's an SAE 40 we ig ht oil that has been diluted with a fue l power component to provide optimum flo w and meterin g accuracy, even at sub-ze ro temperatures. However, upon inj ecti on into th e engine, th e diluting agent becomes part of th e gasoline, leav ing the high -viscosity oil for fu ll-strength lubricati on. " USED REGULARLY, NEW YAMALUBE 2-CYCLE MOTOR OIL WILL: Reduce visib le smoke and exh aust odo r. . Minimize spark plug fo uling , ring st icking , piston burni ng , port bloc king, combustion chamber carbon ization and overall eng ine wear. Maxim ize powe r, perfo rmance, engine life and dependabi lity. Provide.ease of eng ine sta rting. Protect internal eng ine parts aga inst co rros ion, both during periods of ope ratio n and storage . YAMAHA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· P.O . Box 6600, Buena Park, Calif. 90620 Available only at you r Yamaha dealer. ., . ~ ~ YAMAWBE ., Dir ec tors for th e coming year. Out we nt fo ur o ld directors (of 12 ) and in went fo ur new. Tom He in inger o f Webco , In c. was elected p resid ent af te r clo se b allotin g. Hein inger 's elec tio n was see n as a victory fo r th e associate (d ealer) m embers. In ad ditio n, two d ealers, Ted Evans of Califo rnia an d Bob Myers of Maryland wo n sea ts on the b o ard . T he n ew board of MIC co nsists of ap poin tees J oh n Harley (H-D), Willie T okishi (Honda) , Eugene Col ma n (BSA , In c.), Ed Bur ke (Yamaha), R . Or th (Su zuki) and A. Masek (Ka wasaki). T he six elected fro m th e in dus try members ar e Everett Brash ear (Husqvar na), Heininger, W. Kennedy (Rex Ch ain ), Evan s, Mye rs and T . Coo ke (Firs t American Ins urance) . MIC sp en t S28 6 ,OOO last ye ar agai nst S2 62,OOO in come , leavin g it S24,OOO in th e red. "W e h ad expect ed a S50,OOO loss, to jok ed treasurer Harley , " so I gue ss y ou can say w e are S2 6, OOO to the good!" T h e trade council d ipped in to reserv es to offset the loss, lea ving MIC with a n et worth o f SI3 2,OOO. Wh ile directors receive no pay, and draw ex pen ses fro m their resp ective companies, the MIC st aff has to b e expanded to meet th e gro wing tas ks at hand. A new Pub lic Rel atio ns staffer , Pet e Suto, wa s recently h ired, an d Executive Directo r Jim Potter is int erview ing for the sta ff posit ion o f Lan d Use di rec to r. , Du ring th e two ye ars of its existe nce, MIC work h as been necessar ily lim it ed to what c an be d on e free or very cheap ly . A t tha t , Dic k Orth h as ob tain ed nearly a mill ion d oll ars worth of free . ad vert ising for the n oise ab at em e n t an d safety campaigns, Tom Hein in ger's me mbershi p ta sk forces have enlisted 1,800 associate de ale rs: and % m ill i on safe ty pamphlets , 10,000 mo torcycle park p lan ning gu id elines and a quantity ·o f mo torcycle d river ed uca tio n aids h ave been d ist rib uted . Faced with a two-pronged threat to road and o ff-road mo torcycling in th e fo nn of n o-fau lt insuran ce a nd the Presi den t's O R V proclama tio n, th e MIC shif te d to a h igh er gear, ordered the comp let io n o f the Mo torcycle Trails Planning and Management gu idelines within 90 d ay s, (to b eat the President's d e adlin e) and , aft er lo ng d eb at e, resolved to st rive fo r e xem ptio n o f mo torcy clists from n o-fa ult until its ef fects have b ee n st u died . . Delawa re dealers testified th at they w er e put o ut of business b y th at state 's no-faul t rates. On th e deb it side of th e record , MIC 's lob by in g efforts in th e Na tion 's capitol h ave b een largely ineffecti ve. Mo re staff an d mo re b udget is need ed , b ut manufacturer and distnbutor support is st ilI b ein g withheld on the part o f certain large co m panies who feel that 1/10 o f o ne p ercent of their sal es is too m uc h dues. One dist ributo r, which d id 11 millio n dollars b usin ess last y ear, said that S l1 ,OOO was to o mu ch for him. T hat would almost p ay th e salary of the desperately-needed land use lobb yist . Pr iv atel y , o ne MIC m ember, Cosmopolitan Mo tors , distnb utors of Benelli motorc ycles, PireIli tires and Cos mo access ories, o ff ered to give sal es be ne fits to any memb er o f the "Motorcy cle T rai l Patrol" ho pefully soo n t o be est ablished by th e AMA . It is expected that other busin esses will fo lJow su it .