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NEWS II II CYC LISTS AID ROUNDUP OF SUSPECTS The posse thundered down on the orchard , fanned out through the foli age and flushed .th eir quarry into the a rm s of the lawmen waiting alo ng the treeline. Review of a western movie? Xo, A California Highway Patrol report on an incident that o ccurred one Sunday near Santa Paula. But that is what two Ventura men, who officers said had run in to the orchard to avoid Patrolmen afte r wrecking their car on Route 126 near Briggs Road, probably thought. T he au to, t raveling at a high rate of speed, began weaving back and forth on the roadway, flipped over and cam e to rest h al fw ay down a '40·foot bank, Pa tro lm e n repo rted. Dirt m o to rcy clist s riding nearb y rushed to help the p ai r. Bu t th e duo hot-foo te d i t off into the o rchard, o fficers said. T h ey were wel l-h id d en wh en Pat ro lmen, racing to in terc ep t the t.~ar arrived - acco rding to rep o rt s. T he cyclists vo lun ta ri ly spurred their mo unts into action, officers said . With muffled roar o f e ngi nes replacing drone of h o ofbea t s, and m uli tcol ored h el me ts instead of w id e-b rimmed hats, they swep t down on the orchard. Th ough posses of yore may have cringed a bit at th e sig ht, the result was the same. Wit hin half an hour, both men were flu sh ed in to the arms of Patrolmen waiting a t the orchards edge . California IIighway Patro l office rs DeMa rco , Ha rdi n , and Christianson, praised th e posse for its efforts crediting th e m w ith making the quick capture possible . t YOU WANT TO BE A WRENCH? As motorcycle sales skyrocket, the demand for co m petent mechan ics is eve n greater. A m erican Motorcycle Mec han ics School is now in it s third year of motorcycle me ch anics ins truction. Afte r gra d uating h und reds o f qual ified me ch anics and expanding its facilit ies: it is now th e la rge st sch o o l of its kind. Ame ri can M otorc y cl e Mechan ic s S ch o ol p resen tly offe rs day and evening classes for both basic and advanced instruction and is now fonning a special Shop ~lanagement Co u rse . In addition. applications are now being taken for a new Home Study Plan that wou ld hasten training and preparation for a good start in the profitable and rapidl y growin g motorcycle field. American Motorcycle Mechanics School a lso coordinates a nationwide placement for graduates as well as oth er qualified motorcycle industry personnel. Their service is availab le to nearly 10,000 finns engaged in motorcycle sales, service and the distribu tion of parts and accessories. It is also the official training center for Evel Knievel's Electro-Cvcle Service Centers. . For further information write to: Am e rican Motorcycle Mechanics School , 2840 :-I. Halsted Street, Chicago, tllinois 60657 or phone (312) 929-0771. Secon d day, Ge off C handle r (Bul taco} , Third day , Rob Edwards (Mon tesa) . Fourth day, l\Iick Andrews (Ossa) . Fi fth day, Rob Sheperd (l\Iontesa). Sixth day, Rob Edwards (Montesa) . Mon tesa's all new Cota 123 saw its first Six-Days action. with Permanyer-Mon, . Leopoldo Mila and Javier Blanc going the distan ce. . Montesa team member Rob Ed w ard s is currently preparing for an extended tour of the U.S., tentatively scheduled for July-August. AMA TO A PPEAR AT FORUMS ON LAND USE TEN Chet Winter, Director of Legislation . of the American Motorcycle Association has announced AMA involvemen t in ten major forums on land use to be conducted during late June and early July. The mee tings, called by the United States Department of the Interior, are p ublic forums designed for the purpose of ga thering information with respect to the views of the various sectors of the nation on outdoor recreation needs and opportu n it ies . Winter st a tes. "It can he assumed th a t the views exp ressed at these m ee tings will be co ns idered by the Department of the Interior in its implementation of Executive Order 11644 concerning recreational vehicles and land usc. Consequently, the American 1\lotorcycle Assoc iation certainly would no t m iss such an opportunity t o speak on b eh al f of . th e 4 ,000,000 Americans who enjoy the sport and hobby." Al\IA spokesmen will present a statemen t a t mee tin gs at De nver, J une 23; Boston, J une 29: Ph iladelphia,June 27; Atlanta, June 2 7; Detroi t . June 29; S t. Louis, J u n e 27 ; Dallas-Fort Worth , June 29: Po rtl and. June 27 : San Francisco, J une 29; and Washington, D.C., Ju ne I I. T he statement, to be p ublished in a special supp leme nt on the environment in the J uly issue of A MA News, will be p r eprin ted and dist ri bu ted to govern me nt officials an d o ther individuals p resent at the fo ru ms . \Vin ter sta te s, "The statemen t , which is a gene ra l com m en t on the p hi losop hy of m o to rcycle lan d u se , emp hasizes th e ab ili ty of resp onsible mo torcyclists to educa te and p o lice th emselv es, enco u rag es o rgan iz a tio n within the M ONT ESA TA K ES TEAM T ROPHY IN SCOTT ISH SIX DAY S; MI CK ANDREWS OVERALL WINN ER The 50th edition of the famed Scottish Six-Day Trials had one th ing in common with the 47th, 48th and 49th. Team Mnn tesa once again captured th e coveted Blackford Challenge Trophy. This fourth consecutive team victory for Montesa is unprecedented in the hi story of this prestigious even r, considered to be amo ng the toughest of all Trials sp ec ta c u lars. Taking place hig h in the Scottish m o u ntain s, the competi tors averaged eight hours daily of endless m ile s of d iffi c u lt . rocky terrai n. A majori ty of th e 240 en tries never saw the finish . In d ivid u al resul ts saw Ossa's incomparable Mick Andrews take the overall win for the third consecutive year (49 p ts} , fo llowed by Bultaco-rnoun ted Alan Lampkin (58 pts) and Mon tesa ace Rob Edwards (60~ p ts) . Also .for Mon tesa, Rob Sheperd fin ish ed fifth w ith 71 pts, Go rdo n F:w-Iey seven th with 7 8 pts , and J ohn llc mmingw ay 12th wi th 98 p ts. The d aily troph ies were a warded as fo llo ws: First d ay . Malc o lm Rathme ll and A lan Lamp kin, tied (Bu ltaco) . JQWI s port r a th er th an thr ough ~;~~.i:~:s~:u~d za;a10u~7~i~~~se~:~ ~ at the expense of public welfare an d N re la x a tio n ." ,... 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'-',,-:"""",.....:.:;-:,...A d dress_-'--.,-- I' Sute I I w -' U As part of it> contin u ing >U committment to combatting mandatory helme t laws for motorcyclists throughout the United States, the American Motorcycle Association h as made ava ilable the sum at $2,000 to be used fo r preparation of a constitutional court test on the issue to be heard soon in the Massachusetts district federal court. Presentation of the contribution w as made June 11 in a ce remony preceeding the l Ofl-mile i\MA road race Na tio nal Champ ionship at Loudo n, New Ham p sh ire , to Charles Simon , th e Foxboro, Massach u se tts, moto rcy clis t wh o fi led the action February 15 . In his forma l co mplain t, p repa red b y the Boston law firm of Crane, Inke r an d O teri. S im o n , a cyclist for mo re than 25 years . asks for a permanent inj unction against enforcemen t of Massach use tts' five-year-old mandatory helmet statu te an d fo r a declaratory judgment o n the constitutionafity of the issue . T he complaint argues that the he lmet law violates tenets of both the firs t an d nin th amendm ents and the D ue Pro cess and Equal Pro tec tion clauses of the fourtee n th amendmen t to th e constitution . The complain t, which lists M a s s a c h use tts Governor Fr an ci s Sargent, State Attorney Ge neral R ob e r t Q u in n, S tate 1\lotor Vehicle R egistrar David J . Luce y and State Secretary of Public S afe ty Rich ar d E. McL aughlin as res pon de nts, is ex pected to b e heard b y a three-j udge p an e l. A spokesman for Simo n 's a tto m ies h as expre ssed o p timism for tb e favo ra b le o utco me of the issue which , if allo we d b y th e court , will se t a precedent w h ich shoul d facilitate the ove r tu rn of sim ilar laws in o th e r st a tes. WRI T[ FOR CQ \\PU lE ~ We c arr y a ll t ypes o f in s u ra nc e cove ra ge - ga ra ge I ia bi I ily fi re - theft & dealer bond s ~ Team Mate City Zip NO POST PE NALTV WITH THIS COUPON Phon e _ _ _