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\')ClOClOCOOOOOOOOOOOO4::>OC:XX)o()o(>OCXXlOClOCOO OOOOOOOOOOOO4OO4::>OC:XX)()()o(XXlOC lO·OOOOOOOO~ Eltertai. e.t a.d '.for atio. fr_ A.erica's liggest UHiscoYered .otor Sport You'll , Iw, y, ,n II FI IlST In • America's Weekly Motorcyde Newspaper" 6477 N Long Beach Blvd. . Long Beach, Calif. 90805 Or: Box 498, Long Beach, Calif. Phone: 423-0431 (Area Code 213) From LA. Phones: 636-8844 I FACTS ARE FACTS regards to your story In the OCt. 3rd Issue called, "Meet the Tuner" . (Tom Turner). It s tates, quote "as a matter of fact, the number one desert trailblke r ider In the nation, Jack Morgan, is using one of Tom's pipes." unquote. Actually , Jack Morgan has used and tested Turne r ' s pipes In the pas t, but Morgan earned number one before ever using one of Turner 'S chamber s. The fact is he has been using his ownper sonally designed chamber for the last eight months . I know this to be true as Jack made the sam e chamber for my bike approx, four months ago. Tom Turner Is no doubt a fine twler, but Just give credit to whom credit1s due. For those who are Inter ested, Jack does all of his own main tenance and tuning on his bike. RON BURPO Torrance, Cali!. In BEGINNER' S COM MENTS Just flnished reading your report on the Antelope Ramblers' Hare and Hound, It was my fourth race, and best of all. I ride a Loblto " K" and find it to be a great bike. Racing with other 100cc bikes Is fun. I' d ha.te to see the day return when I would be going with big bikes. I'v e been In fr ont of slow rider s on ,u uphill trails and had to get of! and push. So I know how the big bike r iders feel . I get In their way on fast spots , and they get in my way on slow parts, and anyway, 1 like the neat trails they made for us . JIM P ETRIKIN Burbank, Cal . P.S. 50 miles is all I like ona liWe bike . C> ' - ~ . To those who may be Interested, the Hilltoppers M.C. DID ha.ve the race results at the July Hare Scr ambles to the Dis trict 37 Competi tion Committee Stewards within the two weeks period. What we did not include is the finisher list that is sen t to the ri der s which lets the riders know their overall posi tion and also where to pick up their trophies. ThIs last bit of infor mati on Is NOT necessary for the Committee Stewards to ha.ve In order to figure points for the rider s and was not Included as we had not yet received a date from the Trophy Company as to when the trophies would be finished. For this we lose our point runs??? Seems unfair. PETE BROWN Hilltoppprs M.C., Long Beach Fff IF F • Co petitio Co Gress 6 Survey Preview of the Agenda In the interest of speeding up the democratic flow of ideas, this newspaper recently conducted a survey among delegates to the new AMA Competition Congress. By publishing the results of this survey at this time, we hope to give the delegates a preview peek at the crowded agenda they will be dealing with, so that they can discuss the role changes &ad decide their position on each proposal at leisure, before 29 and 30? " .All th e d elegate s said the busy session begias, At the same time , the .AMA ride rs and memb ers whose sport will be greatly affect ed by the delioerations at the Competition Con gress will , by this me ans , hav e a better unde rs tandin g of the many and varie d proble ms t hat thei r repres en ta ti ves ar e bei ng called upon to reso lve. W offe r our ne ws pa per as a forum e of ~ s cussion on th ese matt er s! in the in terest of het te r motor cvc lt ng, Questionnaires were mail,:d to 46 d elegates. Two were undehve ra ble bec aus e de legates had moved . A to ta l of 16 Questi onnair es were re turn e d. Following ar e the fi ndi ngs of the survey : Ques ti on o ne asked . · W you be ill able to attend the Competition Congres s in Columbus, Ohio October 28, that they would attend. Ques t ion two as ke d if they would be rei mburs ed for the ir e xpenses c onne ct ed with servi ng on the Con gres s . Nin e del e gates said that they would not be reim burse d fiv e said that s ome of their expe ~e s would he paid and two s aid they didn ' t know. The thi rd Question was , " Ha ve th e pe ople of the Dis tri c t or c ompa ny that vou rep resent given yo u any suggestio ns for competition rule c ha nges?" Eigh t said tha t they had received some suggestions , one Indicated that he ha d received many, and s ev en said they had rec eived no su ggestions at all. Th e fourth a nd fina l Qu esti on eliCIted a wealth of response . W aske d, e - If any . what rule cha nge s do you Publisher • •• •Charles C. Clayton Business Mana ger • .sharon CI... to n v Editor • ••• • .••••••Carol Sims National Ad v, Director ••Tom Culp Photo Editor. , , •• •Dennis Greene Lab Technicia n • •• •Bill Petth:rew BooU eeper ••••• .susan IIbitelaw Circula tion OepL. • Jenny McDonald EdilDria l & Adv , Assl. Sandra Purdy P u bl ishvd and la st \\' t.'l'kl ~· \\' t' l , k l' xn' pt u u - li rst of the ca lenda r vear o o Svcnnd Cl a s s poslap:l' paid a t L lln l;: Sm.-h. c aur . Edi torial sto ries , cartoons. photos . etc. are welc om ed a nd will be paid for upon publica tion ( exc ept pr es s releases and · Voiee· le tte ra .) Address ed, s tamped enve lo pe assures re turn. 8 § o Si nJ:le o bv C&S P ubl ish in c Co•• P o st Ort iC"l' B 4 98 . L on u Beach , Ca li fo rnia . ox plan to place on the age nda of the Competition Co ngress?" Her e ar e th e c ha nges tha t delegate s said they would propos e : 1. Do away with the ruling tha t an .AMA member ca n only ride .AMA e ve nts . 2. Es tab li s h s ome rulin g a s to whet he r to a llow cash money prizes a t s portsman ev e nts a nd how muc h, if a ny. 3. 40% of gate purs es to be pa id for Class C eve n ts if that amou nt is high er than gua ra nteed purs e. 4. Eliminate the 750 cc limit for s idev a lve e ngi nes and run a ll Ex pert and .Amate ur machi nes on a 500c c ba si s , whe the r OHV, s idev a lve or 2st roke . 5. Require Nat ional Number holders to rid e at lea s t two Na tional C ha mpi onshi p eve nt s pe r year to reta in their Nationa l Numbe rs. (Unless servtng in armed forces .) 6. San ct ion a Nationa l Champions hi p Sportsma n Road Ra c e a t San An gelo , T ex a s in 19 69 . 7 . Appr ove the new 3-cy linde r BSA and T ri umph motor cycles for sportsma n and profess ional ev e nts • 8. Arri ve at a workable s olution whe re by c ompre ssi on releases can be us ed on 2-strokes or if not, then c ha nge the rule cov ering gea r s hiftin g back to i ts old sta tus . 9 . Es tablish a minimum a ge limi t for ent ra nts in Sportsman e ve nts . 10 . Dra w up a ne w formula for the advancemen t of end uro ride rs from B class to A c las s . 11. All ow sa nctio ning clu b to co lle c t AMA ca rds a t si gnup a nd re tain them until the e vent i s over . 12. Del e te ce rtai n cont ra dic tory and am bi guous sec tions of the rule book . 13. Standardiz e number plate s for s po rtsma n riders. 14. Redu c e re quired purs es fo r Class C eve nts . 15 . P repar e a referee report form that would a pply to roa d ride r san ct io ns only . 16. Provi de for e nforcemen t of exis ti ng " no E xper ts at scram bles" r ul e . 17. P e rmit one bra king de vic e on all dirt track machines. 18 . Res tore th e ye a r number to the AMA me mbe rship pin. 19 . Provide for a s tric te r in te rpr etation of s portsman event titles C'op~' 8 8 o pr tc e••••• •• • • • 2a c Subsc ription: One year 2nd class ~Iail ••• , •• •••• , ••••• • S7.50 Adverti s ing rates and ci rculation information will be se nt upon reques t. (s c ra mbles , mo to-c ros s , ha re scrambl es , etc.) 20 . Allow up to 5 spee ds in t he gearbox of any approved motorcyc le . 21. Adva nce e nduro riders to Ex pert · class not by overa ll finish es , bu t by finis hes i n c lass . 22 . Chan ge boundar y lines be twe e n . di st ricts 21, 35 and 36 more or les s ba ck to previous status . 23. Res tor e 3-s tar Class C purse s fo r y,-mil e s hows in " border a reas " of compe t it ion s uc h a s t he so uthe as t . 24. Make it easier for 's ma ll c l ubs to be a pa rt of the AMA by establis hin g a $25 annual cha rge to c ove r up to 6 s an ctions per yea r and ap p oint a re presentative in eac h District to re ce iv e a nd grant requests for sa nctio ns and arrange calenda r dates so as not to co nflict within the Di s trict . 25. P rovid e improve d metho ds of re gistration, dues collection and tour ma ter ial to assi st in re co gni zi ng the road rid er as a n important me mbe r of t he AMA . 26 . Sta ndar dize the us e of fla gs in all type s of compe tition events, i nc!udin g ca r racing. boat racing, etc. Z7 • .Allow C las s C Ex perts to rid e Insport sman e ve nt s eithe r nationw ide o r by District , with ea c h Di str ic t d c iding a t its annual meeting in the la tt er case . 28. Raise the di s placemen t limit to 650c c for OHV and 2-cy c le fla tt r ac k mac hines. 29 . Change Na ti ona l si gn- up proc ed ure . 39. L i cens e mechanics to pay fo r b usiness ag e nt for professio nal raci ng . 31. Ma ke all y,-mile Natio nals 20 l a p events and all l -rnile Na tiona ls 25 laps. 32. Stipulate .in s a nct ion that prom oter a llow two mecha nics a nd ride r' s wife fre e admi s sion . Cl ear ly , all the pro posed rule change s hav e merit , a nd they sh ow good thinking o n the par t of the de legat es . W trust that the Co ngress e wi ll conside r . di s cu s s and a ct upo n each one , YO tin g it in or out as their bes t j ud gme nt dictates. W te ver ha the final a ppe aranc e of the .A\l.A rul ebook • .lt is bound to be an improvemen t. if only bec a us e , for the first time in AMA his tory , t he democ ra ti c proc es s will hav e a llowe d the voice of the membe rs to be heard. REVOLUTION BY EVOLUTION A message to the 1st AMA Competition Congress The first me etin g of the ne w AMA C ompe ti ti on Con gres s takes plac e in C olumbus , Ohi o thi s month . In thes e times of dissen t a nd revolu tion .in oth er par ts of life , it is a pl ea su re to note how motorcyc li ng in America is making thin gs better through evolution. F or the fi rst t ime in history, dele ga tes e lecte d by the rank and file .AMA memhe rs will be ma king the r ules , Examin e the survey , prin ted elsewhere in t hi s issue . and y ou c an ap prec ia te th e va ri ety of new ideas that will get thrash ed out democratically when the Con gress gets toge the r. W s ho uld not expect many dra s ti c c hanges from e th e c urren t rul e book, howe ver . There ar e many in the C on gres s who a re very c onserva t ive a nd oppose d to change . W hope tha t a ll sides of the Ques ti ons will be voic ed plainly and lise te ne d to cl ose ly . It i s hi gh ti me our nati ona l asso ciation made a fe w c hanges fo r the be t te r. W would be shirki ng our du ty as the newspa peror the motorcy cle come muni ty if we did not state our posi tion on the poli ci es of the American Mo torcycle Ass oci a ti on, especially now that members ha ve a voic e in making the ru les better . We are giving the AMA our na tional Ioyalty and affection , and we e xpect the AMA to be worthy of it. There are four points that the Competiti on Congres s and a ll the polic y ma ke rs of the AMA should act on immedia ly . They have held moto rcyc le progr ess back too long . 1. Abandon Exclusi vity. T he AMA no longer ne ed s to puni I. "d efe c-

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