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The Latest on The AMC Jun ior Trans-AM Sponsored by Del Webb' s MIN T and SAHARA Hotel s. Las Vegas Du e to a co m b in a tio n o f the cancellatio n o f the second AI\IC Junio r Trans -Axt , th e disconnecti on of the Al\IC's ph on e lines an d the sligh tly tard y resch eduling o f th e event, th ere has been a large amo u n t o f co n fusio n and fear ab ou t the wh e reab o u ts o f S. OO en try fe es. As near ly as we can tell th in gs are o .k, T he eve n t has been r e scheduled fo r J anua ry 14 . T he canc ell a tio n was due to th e c on d ition s of th e pa rk, I t was a d ecision b y both park o fficial s and Bo b Hunter. The fa c t th at e n tran ts we re not informed (c a lled o n th e ph one) is un fortunat e. Marr y co nce rn ed person s h ave been in touch with Cycle X ews an d we ca n di spel wo rries at leas t to the e x ten t th at Bob Hun ter does st ill e xis t a nd th e re is a res che duling . Ul s: w Z W ..J U >U ~ ..",t ...................................... ---LEARN TO RIDE - - : 724 1 O r ange thorpe B u en a Par k , CA 9 062 1 g(U£~~_- (Continu ed from p. 37) O nce safely at h ome . I looked th rough t he p ress bo o k le t Yamaha had given -u s and althoug h m o st of th e literatu re con taine d in it was sim ilar to th at in th e talk give n at th e recepti on , t he b o oklet also co n ta ine d so me p ictures, p resumably ta ke n at a p revious "Learn to Ride " sc hool. What bo thered me abou t th ese p ic tu res was th a t all b ut o ne o f them showed so meone d oing so mething un safe o n a m o to rcy cle. S ince th ese p ic tu res ar e supposedly for p ress release , I fo u nd the m e ven more in appropri a te. Some how I ca nnot help b ut qu esti on th e sin ce rity o f an o rgan iza tio n w ho w o uld rel ease su ch p ictures as ex am p les of h ow t o ride . Despite th ese res ervat ions, I ten d to support th e Yamaha " Lea rn to Rid e" p rogram, or a t leas t th e th inkin g be h ind it. T hose st rang e little men who co m p ile statistics are pred ic ting that over 23 0 0 peo p le will di e in m oto rcy cle acciden ts in the U .S. ne xt y ea r a n d many more w ill sus tain se rio us injurie s. T hes e a re no t j ust n um be rs ; t hes e are real p eople w ho will di e. And m o s t of t he se a c c id en ts c o u ld b e ea sily preve nted. ~ tan y m o t o rists are n ot eve n aware wh en a mo torcycle is n ear the m o n t he road, and th an ks to the ch o ice reputati on th e ma ss m e di a h as give n to bik e rs, a few of th e ones wh o d o see a cyclis t wouldn't fell all that terrible if they d id h it o ne. Some peo p le wh o d riv e ca rs ar e also un d er th e misc oncep ti on s tha t a m o to rcycl e ca n sto p on a dime a nd that since the y don't use u p a wh ole lane it is pe rfcct lv ac ce p ta b le t o pull in to a lane that i s a l re ady o ccupied by a m ot o rcy cl e . In anv c o llisio n b etwe en a car and a m o to rcy c le s th ere 's n o d oubt " . h os go ing t o lose, so it is up t o t he m o t o rcy cl ist to defe nd himself fr om any such co n fro n ta tio n. The o nl y wa y to d o that is to h ave as mu ch skill and ex perience as po ssibl e be fo re ge lling o ut on th e ro ad . Even th e Dep artment of Motor Vehicl es is no gre a t h elp. To ge t a licen se t o rid e on th e stree t in Californ ia you on ly need t o take th e wr itten lest plus d emonstrate y o u r ab ility to sta rt , st op , mak e right and left turns, and shift gears. I ca n d o that now bu t I would no more ride a bike o n th e street th an play Russian Roulette with six car t rid ges in th e gu n . T o o man y p eople rid e bikes on th e stree t before th ey know what th e y're doin g (As I did on th e H onda 90.) and end up ge lling c reame d. Sch ools lik e th e one Yamaha is in tr od u c in g c an in creas e pe ople ' s awaren ess of safety proceedures a nd better prepar e them for th e situations they may fac e thei r fir st ti m es on th e ro ad . If, b y t ea ching safer riding to beginning motorcyclists, Yamaha can preven t just one rider from being killed this co ming year, I th ing their mill ion dollars has been well sp ent. ..-- • • •• ~ IBas~9.~!J ~~:~ ME ANS MONARK ( a lso Pe rn o " &0 Ma te o) ( 7 14 1 5 2 1-2 4 2 0 11 11 Foun tai n Way. A nahei m. Ca l. 92806 ................................•..... 7141870-5243 Motorcycle Corporation 172 Freedom Avenue Anah eim . 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