Letters
LETTERS
OUR FIRST WINNER
I wish to express my sincerest thanks to the staff of CYCLE WORLD for their priceless help in my fighting a traffic ticket I received while riding my bike home from work. I was certain I had not earned the citation and thus entered a plea of “not guilty.”
A week later I noted that the November issue of CYCLE WORLD had the first of a three-part series on the proper handling of motorcycle traffic tickets. Unfortunately, the part I was mainly interested in was to appear in the January issue and my court appearance was scheduled for Dec. 1 1th.
I contacted your offices and ex plained my position and was advised that the January issue would be “off the press” before my court date and that a copy would be mailed to me. It arrived Dec. 1, in plenty of time.
The article provided me with all the information necessary to prepare and present my defense. The only subject not covered was how to resolve the lump that had started growing in my throat the night prior to my day in court. Nonetheless, thanks to CW the 12-man jury found me not guilty. Yep, the system works.
Dick Avrandt (Expert 55X) Los Angeles, Calif.
SOME KIND WORDS
I just received your January ’7\ CYCLE WORLD. It is a very outstanding publication, and I want to commend you for the high level of professionalism. I am especially pleased with Ivan Wagar’s column appearing on page 34 of that issue in which he lists the people that have contributed to the AMA contingency program in 1972. I think all of us realize that the sport has gone long beyond the point for the paying spectator to justify the kind of show being put on, and progress can only be based on the kind of generous support that was given last year. Likewise, these people do it because they are in the business, and columns such as yours make the whole outlay worthwhile. Thank you for helping us.
In the same vein, I find your report on the Champion Spark Plug Motor cycle Classic to be outstanding. Editor ally and graphically it is very good, ana I’m glad to see Champion given such outstanding editorial credit for the generous contribution they have made to the sport.
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Ed Youngblood Associate Director, AMA Westerville, Ohio
BIKER HELP GROUP
Can CYCLE WORLD do this subscriber a big favor? We are helping to promote an organization called Help N Hands. It was started by two dedicated people from Fresno, Calif., named Jerry and Carol Radford. It is strictly nonprofit. The only cost to the person joining is the cost of the postage for a stamped, self-addressed envelope, one per month (business size). Telephone numbers and cities of the people who join Help N Hands are listed and published. There are master lists published every six months and the new additions come out monthly. These lists can be carried with people, and if by any chance they are in need of any kind of help on the road they just call any number listed in the city in which they are stranded, or the city closest them at the time.
It boils down to this: all that is required is the desire to help a biker in need, and to the best of your ability. This organization is unique and has been a great success already. Can you help to make it even more successful by giving them a free plug? All publicity, which of necessity must be free, helps a great deal.
For further information and any questions anyone may have, please write to Jerry and Carol Radford, Help N Hands, 1445 N. Howard, Fresno, CA 93703. They are great people and will be more than happy to answer.
Eddie and Maxine Fehn Rahway, N.J.
ON TARGET, J.G.!
Glossarist Krol (September ’72) is a right-on-target elf of a writer. But he’s apparently not into street bikes, so maybe this street aficionado can fill in the gloss gap with street bike: n. 1: A motorcycle in which metal parts have been replaced by plastic admixtures (cf. alloy ) except in places where the plastic would melt during the warranty period or, on the other hand, would not retain sufficient heat to remove the hair from rider’s legs. 2: A model in which all the extra fragile paraphernalia required by township ordinance in Beaver Wonka, Me., are provided as standard equipment at inflated prices. 3: A model that out-accelerates and out-performs lawnmowers, heavy bicycles and pre-1948 school buses.
M.D. McColgan Ponce, Puerto Rico
