Etc.

ETC.

HOW TO BECOME A RACE SPONSOR

American Roadracing, the monthly tabloid dedicated, as its name implies, to motorcycle pavement competition, has come up with an interesting plan to get its readers involved in roadracing. It has formed the Speed Reader Racing Club, in which readers will have the opportunity to help sponsor racer Dale Quarterley aboard a Kawasaki at AMA Superbike races. Membership costs $32 (Quarterley’s race number). Members will receive a club T-shirt, a subscription to a club newsletter and other goodies. Publisher Robin Christensen says all proceeds will go to Quarterley’s race team, with neither American Roadracing or its publisher, Hansen Communications, receiving any compensation. To join write AR at P.0. Box 3320, Carefree, AZ 85377

IFMA STATS

Just how big is the IFMA Motorcycle Show in Cologne (see Cycle World, January, 1993)? According to IFMA officials, the show, Europe’s biggest, was attended by more than 250,000 visitors from 80 . countries, with 1695 exhibitors helping to occupy the show’s 557,000 square feet of space. These are all significant improvements over figures from 1990 for the biannual show.

TOPPING-UP THE TOOL BOX

Anyone who has restored an old bike knows the job is made much easier by having the proper tools on hand. That’s where The Eastwood Company enters the picture. The Eastwood Company offers, via a mail-order catalog, more neat restoration tools than we’ve ever seen in one place át one timeeverything from welding equipment to plating equipment to bead-blasting equipment. To get your copy of the catalog, call The Eastwood Company at 800/345-1178.