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More latest Poop (Co ntin ued f ro m pag e 7) Be su re to tune in last S u n d ay for two m o torcycle thingus es on th e T eeVee , • • • If yo u subscribed to us , an d you ha ve n't go tten yo u r su b , yet, do n' t d espair. Ou r c i rc ula t io n d ep a rt m e nt has been sw am ped by gif t subsc rip tions a nd hasn' t been a b le t o p lug a ll t he ne w su bsc ri ptions into t he maili ng computer yet. * * * \\"c were in teres te d to see the bidding information shee ts wh en the ci ty o f Pueblo, Colorad o decided to us e the otest m otorcycles on th eir p oli ce force . An y motorcycle was eligib le so long as it A ) di sp laced n o t less th an 73 5 cc. an d had an air co o led fo u r cy linder en gine with fo ur ca rb s, e tc; or B) a H ond a, m od el CB -500. Hmmm. Ma kes o ne w ond er wh at they h ad in mi nd. Especia lly when yo u re ad o ne o f the las t requ ireme nts wh i ch r eq u ir es t h e "s ta n da r d ch ro m e-p lated" exh au st p ipes w h ich must clear th e sad d le b ags wh ic h a re to be m o u n ted in th e n ormal p osi ti o n. Our Honda 75 0 p oli ce m achine h ad sp ecial pip es to clear th e b ags. Any tak er s? • • • KBIG radi o in Lo s Angeles w ill co ver th e Houston Nat iona ls. More next issue . * * * We accide n tally go t a p hone call in te nde d for a lo cal d eale r from the Ya nkee Mot o r Co. that tol d us that the the new SDRs will h ave Pioneer ex ha ust sys tems an d 36 mm l R Z carbs. They will be installed o n bikes that we have already so ld at no ch arge , we we re told . • • • Where is By ro n Black now that w e need him ? It's a POSTER REVOLT ING: T he re i s some d issa t isfact io n with the AMA up in th e No rth , too . (If you don 't kn ow the pa rt ic u la rs o n wh at happe ne d in District 37, see Mau reen Lee's co lum n in t h is is su e, page 40 ) . O u r northern co rrespondent info rms us that t hey are prepare d t o ba rb ec ue so meo ne f rom t he AMA an d ma ke nasty statements abou t secessio n at the ne xt D ist rict 36 me eting. As th e ana rc his ts wo uld point ou t , the b igge r an org a nization gets , the mo re contact it lo ses wit h its gr ass-roots members. R yQQP CHANGES CYCLE NEWS n ow cos ts fif ty cen ts. For those wh o tend to reme m b e r th e unpleas an t m o re vivid lv than the n ice r thin gs of life, it will see m tha t it was only yeste rday th at C YCLE N EWS last raised its price. In fact it was a year ago. Du ri n g th at year tw o significan t things h ave happen ed : T he p rice o f p o stage has in creased well over 10 0%. se veral cents pe r co p y o f Cycle ~ ews. T here is not ch o ice b ut to p ass this co st to the c usto mer wit h sy m pathy. For the re m a in d er of the in creased p rice, however, you no t o nl y will get so methi ng, b ut have been getting so meth in g fo r the past six m onths. Cycle Xews is nov.. averagin g over 5 0 · pages per issue . The last issue o f 1972 was 8 0 pages. During these past few months Cycle News has b een publishing mo re editorial copy than TI ME magazine and is publishing more fea ture art icles ea ch wee k th an the magazines do each mo nth . T he cos t of a page of Cycle News is less th an one cen t. Last ye a r, wh en CY C LE NE WS was a bo ut 4 0 pages, it co st 35 cen ts ; n ow it is larger so it cos ts m o re , C YCL E NE WS co uld of co u rse le t th e advertisers abso rb the in crea sed cost, b u t ex perie n ce h as show n th a t as soon as th e ad ver tisers pay m o re th an fifty p er ce n t o f the cos t of a p ub lication , ed itorial fr eed om goes down the tubes. Hon est. fo r th right fe a tu res and r o ad tes ts, c o n t r o versia l colu mns a nd gutsy reporting is wh at the Cy cl e Ne ws re ad e r h as gr own to expect in every issue of Cy cle New s. Most ass uri dly w ill contin ue to r eceive. T o paraphrease a fam ous q uote , f inan ci al reali ty will prevail. T he p ub licati on that costs m o re to p ro d uce than it makes " i ll d ie. CYCLE N EWS wou ld be pleased an d hon ored to live an d m arch in th e ranks of suc h as LI F E, COLLI ERS , and the SAT UR DA Y EVENIN G POST . Bu t it has n o d esire to b e b uri ed with th em. c ...., '" ~ w Z W ...J U >U I ..J 8 '5 a 1973 CALENDAR A far out Poster/Ca lenda r in 4 colo rs o~ $2.50 2 It. by 3 It. from a photo by Lauri Kenney GET YOURS TODAY! Fill out and mail thi s hand y cou pon NOW. Order From : Cycle Ne""s Products P .o. Box 49a L o n g Beac h , Ca . 90a01 --~c1osed~~--------- ~ l if~~ ~~ ~~~ ~% ~~Ta ~i 0 for item (s) checked Calendar /Poste r. . $2 .50 I I DTrail Book : o Rec-Pac $3.00 DCycle News Bike Back Bag..$2 .50 I $24.95 (for motorcycle use. w/ice chest) o I Cycle News Hot Hat . .$1.00 I (specify OS O M O L NAME _ ADDRESS _ CITY ~TATE & _ ZIP CODE ==================:.J