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, by Maureen Lee ' Ha ve y o u eve r n oticed h ow bike p eople j ust see m to find each o the r wh erever th ey are ? While p aying one of my now cu sto mary visits to my favorite h osp ital, one of the nurses spotted a yo ung m an wheeling aro und th e halls wi th a huge cast on his leg an d asked hi m wh ere he was from . He was jus t traveling around from th e o r thope dic wing, a bit bored. She asked how he go t into such a p redicamen t. He'd fallen o ff his lI arle y 1000, or rather h ad to lay 'er do w n to avo id a co lision , So Ch uc k Gobbet ana t spent so me ple asan t time bench racing. He 'd bought his bike from o ne o f ou r earli est friend s in biking, Paul Lass. T ru e to Cycle New s, I pion ked a sti ckie on th at massive cas t but to ld him the paper would, o n no account, pa y co nt ingency mo ney if he wo n any wh eel cha ir raci ng con tests in th e h alls. Ch uc k says t hat three ti mes car d rivers ha ve deliber at ely t rie d to fo rce him o ff the road. N ow j us t be cau se he rid es a Hog (e xc use me , Mr . David so n) d oes n o t me an he be lon gs to th e uglies. It's n o t a ch op per , just a nice well -bred f u l L o f p o w e r Am eri c a n · m a de mo to rcycle. A th ou ght ca me to my min d . I wonder if he h ad b een say Kawa sa ki, Yam aha o r Ho nda-mounted if th is w o uld have h appened. We bi ke rid er s have w orked h ard to ch ange o u r image tha t dear old Marl on se t fo r us b ack in the fifties with Ho nd a doing mo st o f th e wo rk with thei r s na p py a dvertising. And Yamaha certai nly is. v SALE O n all cy cle boots Up to $70 Value $44,95 Most Major Name Brands Geo rgia G ia nt on ly • • $23.95 Eng inee r Boots .• • •• $14.95 Harness Boo ts •• • .• . $1 7 .9 5 A cme o r Dura ngo COWboy Boots . .• . .• $ 17.95 V ik in g, T OP Gear. H er cu le s. C h ip pe wa , Georgia Gi an t , A nd R a lly R id e r . W e fit better and We Have S izes . Discou nt Prices! Wo rk S hoes Unlim ited 125 22 Westmin st er Ave . San ta A na , Calif. (71 4) 531 ·65 55 Have y o u seen T V co mm ercia ls ab ou t thei r safety program s wh ere th ey'll teach yo u to rid e a b ik e for free ? Sure it will get folks into Yam ah a dealerships b u t it also stresses to J oe Q . Avera ge that we do take time to ride safely . I can ' t help but think. unfortunately, Harley is st ill s tuck with th e 19 50 ima ge of bik ers in spite of wonderful people like Mark Brelsford and the lI arley ra cin g effo rt. Not w ishing to . tell Harley -Davids on wha t to do , I have a fee ling th ey could take a look at th e co m pe titio n in the wa y o f T V co m m ercials and ponder a b it. . If yo u were glued to the radio while Daytona was run ning I'll bet you go t the same gre y hairs I d id when Markand Larry Darr did their thing. T hese things have to be faced in racin g but r'aln t always easy .an d I know you ' I! all jo in me in wis hi ng these two, a long with Cal Rayb o rn, th e qui c kest o f rec ov erie s. Lo ts of r aw milk , calciu m an d vitamin C, bo ys! It wo rks. I think th e th ing I too k the h ardest was Dave Smith o n th at last lap. To co me th at close, an d if th e repo rts are c orrec t, to run o u t o f gas! T ha t's eno ugh to mak e a strong man weep . I didn 't we ep , j ust used a few w ords mo th er never taugh t me as Dave 's been a buddy since he made scra mb les Ex pe rt at age twelve ! Before I get o ff th e subjec t of Dayto na, I can loo k a bi t like the cat who caug ht the ca nary. A co uple o f co lumns ago I h ad a fe w comments S 'cramblin' Around abou t super-bikes and wh at ma yb e Triumph w o uld h ave to do to keep up wi th the co mpe titio n (an d bless Dic k M ann for m akin g m e eat th at sta te me n t l] but I also said something ab out th ose little Yammies th at j us t keep running and running and running. Like to rid e the de sert? Then DO 'SOMET HI NG! 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