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CN III VOICES L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R "Why does Cycle News love to use editorial pictures on guys cranking wheelies? Because it has much more excitement than a rider just cruising down the street…" Why We Wheelie In regards to your previous anti- wheelie letter from Jim Wulzen stating, "Stay off the rear wheel. It only slows you down." Sure, that's great if you are racing, but for most of us wheelies are a huge aspect of having "fun" on a bike—dirt and street. Jim stated, "That's not what loving motorcycles is all about, or is it?" Seriously? Hell ya it is! There's much more to riding than racing or burning your fast- est laps. We call it "free riding." And why does Cycle News love to use editorial pictures on guys cranking wheelies? Be- cause it has much more excite- ment than a rider just cruising down the street, or dirt. Wheelie on, people! Scott Wilkinson Mees To Indian And the Harley/Indian wars start all over again. What a coinci- dence the XG750R was just in- troduced in a Cycle News press release, as Indian gets ready to race. How long has H-D had the 750 Street? A couple years and only now Vance & Hines makes into a racer for H-D. Knowing a little history of the past, the Indian/Harley battles are just starting, and I wouldn't put it past H-D to protest the new Indian prototype racer when it comes out. In the old days you could only race a bike until it was 10 years old and the manufacturer had to make X amount of bikes for the street to be legal to race on the track. Look for H-D to bring up a rule like that again if the Indian is competitive out of the gate. Now that we have all this excitement about dirt track racing, it's time for a world championship of dirt track run in the off-season of WorldSBK and MotoGP. It would be great to have some of the really big stars of motorcycle racing mix it up with the American dirt trackers for a world title. Just to spice it up, add a couple short road courses for the DT bikes and combine all the points for a real grand world champion- ship of motorcycle racing. Red Bull, you listening? Sponsor this event and keep it neutral before someone else decides to spon- sor something like this (H-D). Keep it sideways! John Holman Oklahoma City Mile My first mile event attended in over 35 years! I had a blast and ready for the next one. I surely hope OKC was a success for the AMA and the local promoter. It is a great venue for profes- sional racing. I am sure what they learned about proper track preparation from this one would make the next one even better. Don Crook The only Harley in the top 10? Things are a changing. Just wait until Jared gets a hold of that new Indian! Jerry Baljeu Yamaha SCR965 Yamaha is a genius when it comes to their liter-class V-twins. I had a TR1 in the distant past and loved it. Just the right size to do anything you want on the open road, and slim and agile enough for the twisty bits. The Bolt is the inheritor of that record. This is a saner version of the Bolt, with a normal seat height for people who are not midgets or dwarves, and who seem to be the target audience for cruisers these days. The shorter suspension travel means it gets to keep the belt, so there is no disadvantage. The wide bars prevent the weight from spoiling things when the road gets a bit tight. A great go anywhere, do anything bike, now better than ever. This makes up for them not bringing out the Sakura, which I badly wanted. Not an off-road bike, dirt roads at the most. Martin Buck Hate to think that this bike could be the first bike I've seen in many years that I just may replace my eight-year-old Bandit 1250S with, even at 73 years old. Andrus Chesley Letters to the editor can be sent to voices@cyclenews.com. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Letters should not exceed 150 words and are subject to editing. Anonymous letters won't be considered for publication and each letter should contain the writer's name, address and daytime phone number… Editor P6