Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

AMA K icks Off No-Fault Battle Nationwide T he Le gislative Dep ar tm ent of th e American Mo torcycle Associa tion began today a n ationwid e assaul t o n no-fa ult in su rance . Sen ato rs H ar t an d Magn uson have rein trod uced their federal no-fa ult program in the U.S. Senate as Senate Bill 345, an d a co unterpart h as been in troduced in the U.S. House of Represen tatives, Ho use Bill 10. If either of these bill s are enacted every state will have n o-f au lt insurance which will include m oto rcy cles. Thus, eve n the States of C o nn e c ti cu t, Florida, Mas s aehusetts, Maryland, Mich igan , New Jersey an d Oregon whic h h ave no-fault n o w b u t exclude motorcycles; would h ave n o-fault which included motorcy cles. In addition to th e federal bill, every state but Ken tucky is co nsid ering no-fau lt an d the fo llowing states have no-fault bills p ending wh ich incl ud e mo torcycles: Idaho , Kan sas, Minnesota , Mississip p i, Misso uri, Ne bras ka , Nort h Carolina, Pennsyl vani a, So uth Carolin a, Utah, Vermont, Virgi nia, Washington and Wisco nsin. T he States o f C olorad o, Indian a, Iow a, North Dak o ta, South Dako ta, Te nnessee and Wyo ming have no-fau lt bil l s pe n d i ng wh i ch excl u de m o t o r c y cl e s, but ad ditio nal b ills i nclu di ng m ot or c y cles could be in tr oduced a t any tim e . .The m ain problem no-fault ca uses for COl mo to rcy cles, according to in surance ex perts, is th at u nde r n o-faul t ins urance p remiu m s fo r mo to rcy cles wo uld have to be 45 6.9% hi ghe rthan for cars. T hus, if a mo to rcy clist is now paying S 150 per year fo r h is b ike insurance he can expect to p ay about $600 un de r no-fault! Every AMA club through a d ire ct mailing, and every AMA m emb er b y w ay of "AMA Report", will b e receivin g infor mation on no-fault . ALL mo to rcy clists in the U.S . should write to their U.S . Senato rs an d Representatives urging them to exclu de motorcycles from no-fault ins urance. Riders in the states considering n o-faul t should also write their State Senators an d Represen tat ives with the same req uest. The AMA Leg islative Departme nt is furnishing all U.S. Senators an d members of the U.S. Ho use of Rep resen ta ti ves w ith inform ation on no-faul t. State Legislators w ill also b e receiving such in formation , ac co rdi ng to Ro b ert R aso r, AMA Leg islative An alyst, w ho is coordi nating the state and feder al no-fault campaign. R asor said, "Gene Wirw ahn , (AMA Leg islative Direct or) an d Ed Yo ungb lood (AMA A ssociate Directo r), will b e mee tin g wi th key Se nators and Ho use m embers in Wash ing to n, and o ur nine field me n are besiegin g the various state ca pi tols, If every mo to rcy clist acts now, we can win. If n o t, th e loss co uld mean the end o f m o to rcy cling as we know it !" THE SHOCKING PROBLEMI Mon ar k is up to so me pretty t rick th ings. Top is the ir prototy pe arm y mach ine wh ich incl ud es goodies like a torque converter. Eat you r hea rts out. End urO rid e rs. Belo w is a very tri ck road racer t hat ap peared at lmola . It appears to be a James Parker re pl ica ; monocoque frame a nd rea r suspens ion at th e othe r end of t he sw ing arm thus a llO\Ni ng a seat he ight of about 24 inches . It d idn' t compete at Imala b eca use t he eng ine isn' t a pproved fo r Fo rmula 750. lBt F O R T H E BEST IN MOTORCYCLE ~ ACC ESSORIES 12 01A E AS T BAL L R OA D , A NA HEIM , C A L 1F OR f-< IA 714·776·I ZSO Rusqvarna 'K SALESc& k e r ' s l o SERVICE 66 24 Atla nt ic , Bell , Ca . (213) 58 1-3983 RAKER· RAC.G FRAMES CHASS IS SEATS ALLOYS TANKS FOR M X·TT·COW·T RAI LI N G· RO A D RA CING Mfg. b y C & J Pre c is i on Prod uct s 3873 S ~i ~~ ' ~lJ:f;;J'5~~~3c;"s 92707 CURE THE 0II S 1 " S ,';.. G" .TR N - 1( 1 7 3 3 Hiawat ha AlIJ,:" es to Front or Rear Frames Of Any • CAR • TRUCK • TRAI L ER 'or . G len dale, Calif. 91 208 Ear Fr.lmf' "" :%:1 / '" -; (213 ) 247 -2850 The newest member of HRL's f ine li ne of motorcycle Lubricants. MOTORC YCLE CARR IERS <~ , ~ ! ~,} ~ ; ~ ~ ~t OFF~~ .' ~ ~ lo/-,D RAMP Bultaco Lcacmg Ramp HRL's New ' Racing , -' FORK FLUID -... .--........- ._-.---._--._~- lIlT. . . . . . "IT FITS" Dealer & Distribu tor Inquiries ln vited , • '" ot a I'WID HR L LUBR ICANTS 7340 Florence Ave. Downey, CA 90240 213/927-4781 N "' g . 0.. COl ,... '" ::;: " III :: w Z W ..J o > o

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