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CLASS GOES TO EUROPE

CLASS Motorcycle Safety Schools is offering a two-day riding seminar at Austria’s Salzburgring as part of Edelweiss Bike Travel’s upcoming 12-day tour of the Swiss Alps. Price for the trip, which is scheduled for early August, is approximately $4700 per person. For more information, write to CLASS/EBT, 1495-B Palma Drive, Ventura, CA 93003.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

If your passion is international travel on two wheels, there is an organization that might be right up your alley. It is called TransCyclist (CPO Box 2064, Tokyo, 100-91, Japan), and it is dedicated, according to club chairman V. Lenzner, to “International peace and friendship through bike travel.” If you’re interested in receiving the club’s newsletter and in participating in its annual Bike Travel Documentation contest, send an SASE and two international postal coupons to Lenzner. Winners of the club’s 1992 contest include Erik Eisermann, of Germany, for his story, “My First North American Dream,” and K.S. Rao, of India, for his photo, “The First Twin on the Khardung-La Pass.”

THE FEDS STEP IN

The Department of Transportation and its National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have fired back at helmets that don’t meet federal safety standards by producing a video titled, “Fake HelmetsUnsafe at Any Speed.” The video shows a police officer explaining the differences between D0T-approved helmets and non-approved hats. It also shows sample helmets that have been sawn in half to expose their lining, or lack of same. If you ride in a helmet-law state, don’t be surprised at a heightened police awareness of helmet types.

ON TO JEREZ

The Grand Prix of Spain has to be one of motorsport’s great adventures, partly because of the beauty of the country and partly because of the incredible enthusiasm of Spanish fans. If attendance at this race appeals to you, you should know that a firm called TravelCraft (47 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925; 800/241-1223) is offering a tour that departs the U.S. April 26 for Jerez, the price of which starts at $1525. That price includes air fare, car rental, lodging and race tickets.

NEW PRESIDENT FOR HARLEYDAVIDSON

Harley-Davidson Inc. has announced that Jeffrey L. Bleustein, 53, has been named president and chief operating officer of the company’s motorcycle division. Richard Teerlink, H-D Inc.’s president and chief executive officer, had handled interim motorcycle division responsibilities. Bleustein, who holds a doctorate in engineering mechanics from Columbia University, is one of the 13 company executives who raised more than $75 million to buy Harley-Davidson from AMF in 1981. He moves up from his previous job as executive vice president.

TOP LEVEL CHANGES AT AMERICAN HONDA

Honda has announced that Kiyoshi Nagashima will replace Kenichi Koyama as senior vice president of American Honda’s motorcycle division. Koyama, who assumed the division’s top spot in 1989, helped guide Honda from its late-1980s sales morass by stressing enthusiast-based products, and lower production and import quantities. Koyama heads back to Japan to work in Honda’s auto division. New Vice President Nagashima comes to the U.S. after a stint as VP at Honda of Mexico.