Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~CYCLE' Publisher•. ••••••.• Charles Clayton Business Manager•.••• Sharon Clayton General Manager•• •..•••••Tom Culp Advertising Manager•..•••Paul COsner Feature Editor••.••.•••• TelTY Pratt Assistant Editor ... : .•. . •. Ken Horr Circulation Manager••••• Bruce Easley Circulation Assistant•••• Eleanor Duke Production Manager.••.• ••LlIl Laklch Lab Technician• • ••••••. Jim Brooks Production Assistant. . . .. .IelTY Owen Bookkeeper Susan Whitelaw Want Ads••........ Jan McCullough iNEWS "America's #1 weekly motorcycle newspap•• You'll always SN It FIRST In Cycle News!" cross bikes in them. A few phone calls made or some flyers sent out announcing the cancelled event would have saved many rides this long and fruitless trip. All the riders we talked to said It was the last trip they would make to any advertised Placerville Motorcycle Club sponsored event. A race Is as good as Its riders and I know of a lot of good riders who will not be back to help this club put on a good show for Its spectators. I think maybe the Hangtown Club may have "hung themselves" for any future events they may have planned. EDNA CONWAY Orov1l1e, Cal. MY 'BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN Last year (through the summer of' 69) I toured most of Europe on a Triton motorcycle. Many hours of painstaldng work went into the construction of that 'beast' and I became very fond ot it. Because of Illness I had to leave the motorcycle In England with friends. The problem now Is to locate a reliable and inexpensive means of shipping the Triton trom England to Callfornla. _ Some friends of mine told me that they read an advertisement in Cycle News whicb stated a shipping charge of about .$100.00 air freight trom England to points in the U.S. The ad appeared sometime during 1969. I have been unable to find the Issue of Cycle News which contained that ad. I cannot ver1!y the ad or write to the shipping firm. U that ad does not turn llP, do you have any suggestions about locating a shipping firm ? . BRUCE A BArnO 415 Escalona" Dr. Santa Cruz, Cal. 95060 SalTY. Bruce we can't remember any such shipping Iirm ad but we're in hopes that U enough hear of your plight a shipper will tum up •••Ed. Ed. Note: CYCLE NEWS recei ved this copy of a letter sent to Miss E. Wolfgang of the F.I.M. In Geneva, Switzerland. The letter was sent on M.I.C.U.S. stationery with a return address of P.O . Box 273 . Placentia. Cal. We have heard from Mr. Edison Dye, Distributor for Husqvarna in the Western part of the United States as well as promoter of a great many of the Inter-Am Motocross series, that Mr. Joseph Parkhurst, Editor of Cycle World has received information from you that there is a new address for MICUS, and that the above address is no longer correct. If you recall, I wrote you several months ago stating there were Internal . voces FUNKY FINGERS I have been riding motorcycles since 1934. In my early years many people Smith, Paul Zeigler of Colton: thought I was crazy, I didn't mind. Are you trying' to discredit the HI Today when I mention motorcycles, disJinx or do you just want your names in crlptlons like, dirty, tIlthy, foul-mouthed the paper? bums come up. A trophy Is som ething earned not On Feb. 8th my wife and I went on a given away. poker run, put on by the Majestlcs M.e. You say they trophied down seven The club put on a fine run. places. Isn't that tar enough? 4th place Now to the boot. Why do people who went to a Novice rider that was riding a ride expensive, clean bikes have to look 50cc Suzuki in the 100cc class. like bums? Some have dirty clothes, Your problem Is you don't turn the greasy caps, dirty boots, dirty, greasy wick over far enough; hands and mouths to match. Wh1le standYou say the HI Jinx advertising was a " ing In line for thirty minutes, with my come on to get entries. No way. They wife, I counted a four letter word assohave earned the reputation of laying out ciated with offal twenty two times, spoka good race; that's what brings out en out loud by people near us. There the entries. were also many of the other four letter I'm not associated with the HI Jinx words. This Is not the exception, but the M.C. club In anyway but feel that credit rule at motorcycle events. It Is not Is due to this hard working club, that limited to the males only, the females puts on a race worth riding. are just as bad. Nor Is It limited to the E. C. BmT outriders only, some of the clubs with Lawndale, Cal. their clean bikes, clothes, boots, helmets, club jackets have everything clean but their mouths. I hear over and over EFFICIENCY DRAWS RIDERS that motorcycllng Is a family sport? How In our op1n1on Motocross Clubs should can one bring their daughter, son or either have more efficient officials or wife and have them subjected to all of forget the whole thing. Do they run these this filth? motocross events to suit themselves or MANFRED POSHENRlDER the riders? Santa Fe Springs, Cal. Take one example at Carlsbad Feb. 15th, for Instance. In the start of the 500cc Expert class seven riders fell on a bad corner. Four managed to pick themselves up and continue, leaving three st1ll lying across the track. The race was not restarted. At the start of the 250cc Expert class, one rider fell. The track was Immediately cleared in plenty of time for the race to continue, yet It was restarted. Another thing we have noticed Is the total absence of flagmen at these events. Remember, without riders there would be no clubs. JOHN POLOCH, Norwalk GEORGE HANSEN, Long Beach Brian Akers, Henry Gamboa, Larry BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT /' LATEST FROM MICUS - TURN UP THE WICK Departing from Orov1lle at 6 a.m, to attend the Placerville Motocross, we were all excited, sure that this was the day we would bring home atrophy. To our bitter disappointment after inquiring we had to face the fact there would be no motocross today, whicb bad been advertised to be held rain or shinel There was not even a "motocross cancelled" sign posted at the course en• trance. Wh1le stopped at a service station, many others joined us and learned there would be no race today. They had come trom Dixon, Vallejo and Napa andllkeus had come well over a hundred miles. On the return trip down highway 50 we met many plckqps, vans, and even a car pulling a U Haul tra1ler all with moto- Published weekly except the first and last week of the calendar year by Cycle News. Inc.• Post Office Box 498. Long Beach. California. also publishers of Cycle News East. Second Class Postage paid at Long Beach. California. Editorial stories. cartoons. photos, etc . are welcome. Write for information . Addressed. stamped envelope assures return of editor ial matter. Reprinting in whole or in part onlr by permission of the publlshers. Advertising rates and circulation Information will he s ent upon request. Subscription: one year 2nd class mall $7.50 ' problems in MICUS because of the other MICUS members feeling that there should not be any cooperation with the AMA in trYing to bring all of motorcycling in the United States together under one association so that we could better represent' the United States in the F .I.M. I think It you will look back in the files you will see that I have been working toward this goal for over ten years and I certa1nly don't want to see any individuals with their bigeted, prejudiced feelings toward the AMA destroy what has been done and will be better for motorcycl1ng. Also,I have an obligation to thousands of riders who are not AMA members who want a choice, . and I do not want to let them down either. Mr. McLaughl1n and his group have held an illegal board meeting and replaced me, and this action was not accoring to the By-Laws of the MlCUS corporation. They were legally notified that this meeting was not a legal meetIng and no decisions made at this meeting would be valld; however, they have continued to publicize that I have been replaced, and apparently have not notified you in some manner that this has been done. I have just become aware of this myself and, therefore, am getting this letter off to you as soon as possible. I will have my attorney send you a legal notice stating that what they cla1m ls not true. I do not want you to remain in the Cycle News East and National Adver. tlslne Information: Thomas C.ulp••Natlonal Advertlsln( Dlr. Cycle News (West), P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, Calif. 90801 (213) 421-1433 L.A. 636-8844 Northern Office 1470 Broadway, Walnut CrNk, Calif. (415) 934-1995 Northern Repre.ntallvu: Lyn Jensen John Cuthbertson Sine'e copy price. : •••••••• 25¢ dark any longer regarding this situation and, therefore, make an error which, apparently, you have already done by not1f,ylng other individuals as to the change of address of MICUS and Its officers. W.S. COOLEY, President MICUS, Placentia, Cal. BY THE NUMBERS Whoever captioned your Houston pictures needs a little education in rider identlflcatlonl National #32 is Dusty Coppage - not Chuck Palmgren, #6. National #6 Is Chuck Palmgren - not Gene Romero, #3; and #22Y is ' Dave Hansen, not Dan Haaby, National #22. John Hateley, #43R, Is not in the picture with Tad Sloan, #18Z & #87Q Chuck Joyner, but you mention him, and not the other two. WOW! DIANA LEE Portland, Ore. I( to err is human. our Astrodome caplion writer must be the world's greatest living example of Ilomo Saplens...Ed. SCORER'S PLIGHT After attending the race at Huntington Beach as a specator on February 8th, I find they do need help in scorekeeping. The published results in Cycle News were not close to the results that I witnessed. I was standing behind the scorekeepers and overheard a hot discussion as to which rider came In and when. Obviously they were contused. I know several of the riders who participated and were short-changed In the final tally. If this situation is not cleared up in the near future they could lose riders and the spectators at Huntington Beach. BETTY PHILLIPS Torrance, Cal. SCORER'S PLIGHT I'm writing about that article in the Feb. 17 Issue on the Huntington Beacb race. I don't know what kind of rules the ACA regulate their races with. I thought It was an automatic dlsqualltlcatlon It a rider went to the pits and worked on his bike during the race and then pushes his bike to the checkered flag to still be in contention. How come #29 was allowed this privilege, in the 100cc class ? Also their scorekeeping left a lot to be desired since there was an obvious error in the 250 Jr. class. In the first moto 3 Experts finished 1,2,3 then the two Kohler brothers finished 4th and 5th with one Kohler going across the finish l1neendoIng; How could they have been missed and scored 7th and 8th In that moto when they f1nlshed 4th and 5th? JOSEPHINE GRGICH Torrance, Calif. Miss Grgich also sent a copy 01 this letter to Don England. owner operator of n.B.C.p. Don has sent us a copy of the letter answering the inquiry ...Ed. I sincerely appreciate your taking the time to write me regarding the possible error In scoring of the ACA event of Feb. 8 at Huntington Beach Cycle Park. On that date, ACA leased the Park for an ACA sanctioned event. In cases where clubs or racing associations lease the Park, you can understand that they are in control of the race for the day providing certaln ground rules are abided by. Having raced myself for the past decade, I understand the riders viewpoint. This Is one of the reasons Huntington Beach Cycle Park provides free ambulance service at our events, recognizes the riders at parade laps and announcing, haVing his trophy promptly engraved and available, etc. I have personally talked to the ACA scorekeeper and was told the scoresheets were available by calling (714) 528-4290. I hope the riders involved can get the results worked out to their satisfaction. DON ENGLAND Huntington Beach Cycle Park

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