Ups And Downs
ups AND DOWNS
ROUNDUP
DOWN: To syndicated advice columnist Ann Landers, who in a recent column congratulated herself for dissuading an 18-year-old's parents from buying him a motorcycle as a birthday present. Referring to a previous column in which she gave the gruesome details of a motorcycle accident, Landers said. “. . . I'd like to think that perhaps I saved some lives." To back up her anti-motorcycle slant, Landers then printed a note from a Cheryl Winchell. M.D., which ended with the upbeat and compassionate, “We physicians call cyclists organ donors." Thank you so much, ladies, and do we have some advice for you.
UP: To Rosie Knozit, now Cycle Worlds favorite advice columnist, w ho gave counsel in the Liverpool, New York, Town Courier to a concerned wife whose middle-aged husband was about to purchase a motorcycle. Said Miss Knozit.
“Your husband has probably always wanted to own and drive a motorcycle, and he has decided not to pass through life without the experience . . . the danger involved is no more than crossing a busy street or driving a car."
UP: To instructor Bruce Barclay and Fairview College, in Fairview, Álberta, Canada, for offering a 36credit, 90-day-long Motorcycle Mechanics British Specialty class, designed to educate students in the theory and practice of caring for British iron. Demand for the course, which will begin January 2, 1990, and w hich will include Í2 units of British motorcycle theory, 14 units of shop, and five units each of electrics and machining, has far exceeded expectations, said Barclay, w ho for 10 years has taught motorcycle mechanics at Fairview. The course will be limited to 24 students and those ultimately accepted will have to have, said Barclay, “A very strong commitment to the trade; they can't be just triflers."
UP: To the Mean Bikee Chicks, a Chicago-based group of female motorcyclists, whose 1989 calandar, entitled “Hot Dates No. 4," is a slightly off-color reversal of the standard garage-calendar theme, featuring men in beefcake poses alongside various motorcycles. Kris Tigerlady, one of the Chicks, says, “We're out to have fun, not make a political statement. But, still. Mr. February gets ya thinkin'. if you know what we mean."
We'll take your word for it Tigerlady, but for those interested in the $ 10 calendar or in placing an advance order for next year’s version, contact the MBCs at 63 19 N. Glenwood Ave..Chicago, IL6O66Ü.0
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