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The AMA legal eagles are having a
POLIT ICAL ACTIO:-l WOR KSHOP
April 15 at the Ramada Inn in Portland,
Oregon. Address is 310 SW Lincoln. The
workshop starts at 1 p.rn. Be sure to
attend and learn how to protect
yo ursel f from the politicos th at are
trying to p rotect you from yourself.
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MA MA
MIA TH AT'S
A SPICY
MO'SICKLE (WIT H S HR IMP) : In 1970
Ro wan Industries, a company wh ich has
as its prin ci pal business a Brazil ia n
shrimping operation , so ld its interest in
DeTomaso, who had recently pu rchased
Benelli moton:ycles , to Ford . Rowan
recently bought 85% of Benelli. Now
that isn't too unusual be cause Ford(who
until it sold it to Rowan , owned
DeTomaso and therefore Benelli) is
planning to make a mo t o rcycle of t heir
own. What is unusual is that Ford, it
seems, controls Ro wa n . So Ford
(Rowan) sol d DeTomaso (Benelli) to
Ford (F ord) and th en Ford (Rowan)
bought Benelli (Ben elli) fr om Ford
(DeT omaso) . A re n't h igh finance games
a gas ?
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Rich Hoffman of Saddleb ack Park says
that anyo ne who co m es to Wilson's
playgr ound and needs a silencer can buy
one at their parts co un ter and get $3 ,
the price o f admission, off on the price
b y presenting their ticket stub. They
have a co mp lete lin e of J&R thingies.
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Evel's Twin Fa lls motocross hasn't even
yet
and
alrea dy he is
sta rted
guara nteeing (better sit d own) $1 00,000
fo r his n ext o ne t o be h eld J uly 4,1973.
That's wh en h e will make his S na ke
River Canyon jum p. Better get your
ent ry in so on.
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ANOTHER RUMOR TO THE ROOST:
Evd Knievel's Ma y 6-7 motoc ro ss is st ill
'"STRONG'"
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LOAO RAMP '
The proposed site is on airport property
an d is b ig enough to be developed as a
multi-use park. It h inges on motorcycle
enthusiasts making a strong show of
support at the hearing.
If y ou ever get bo red readi ng anything
else in th is pa per, try th e want ads. A
couple of we eks ago, some guy wanted
to trade an 18 cubic-foot Amana freezer
for " a Yo rkshire Terrier or a good dirt
b ike" •
Publisher C. Clayto n is road t esti ng a
suit of cu st om·tailored clothes stitch ed
by Pat Manning, th e tailor who will
provide a $750 wardrobe to the next
AMA Grand National Champion, . as
part of . the Cycle News contingency
program.
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We n o t iced in last week's " Voices"
column that KNXT newsfellow Clete
Roberts was taking a beating for the
report that was broadcast featuring
Indian Dunes as a wasteland of
subversive motorcycle activity . "I'm
bl eeding," said Clete as he called us
fro m Bud Ekins' shop. " I nev er made
the broadcast." Indeed, Bill Stout was
the rep o rt er behind the yellow-tainted
broadcast, not Clete. HI never knew it
was going o n the air." Roberts
contin ued, " If I wo uld h ave seen it
beforehand I never wo u ld have put it o n
th e air . 1 agree with th e peop le who say
it was a bad broad cast. " H e furt her
mentioned th at Sto ut , we ll-meaning
that he is, is rathe r " un info rmed o n
mech an ical th in gs" . T he re is o ne more
th ing we o ugh t to me ntion. Clete has
b ad abou t a d ozen threats on his life
and limb as a result of t he bro ad cast, all
of t hem fro m so- call ed motorcyclists.
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If you go t o t he Cycle World Sh o w at
the Lo s A ngeles Spo rts Arena this
weekend be su re t o wan d er on o ver t o
Booth s 10 and 11 (t hey're right next to
each o th er , making t hem easy to find)
and grunt at your fa vo rit e Cy cle New s
staffer. . Be su re t o bring lots of money
beca use we w ill b e sellin g this very issue
(go ah ead and b uy another one), our
all·n ew Bike Back Rags, o ur all·old Hot
Hats, Bill Bro kaw 's " Esca pe by T rail"
book, and other gee-
