Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

WEHAVEOUROWN NOVICE COMPUTER Well, we went out and bought one of them new-fangled computers and it's a real wonder machine - we wonder when it will start working right. Our Circulation Department, Marla and Rheha, are walking around glassy-eyed trying to re-program Wallis, our Novice computer, with the old list of subscribers while trying to keep up with the new ones that a special agent of the federal government brings by each day. So, Dear Subscribers, if you happen to notice that your usual Cycle-News seems to have been replaced by funny-looking brochures advertising acreage in scenic Trona, please write us a polite note explaining the situation. If you will, enclose a couple of aspirins. For the rest of you, don't laugh; advertisers and dealers are next. orEI 1,000 ACCESSORIES fOI.orOICJCLE AID IIDfl All latest equipment J.nd appueI for road, dnert 3nd competition. BEl.L, GRANT. H-A STAR safety helmets from $9.95. World bmous BELST AFF ridina jackets J.nd suits for rain and i....t ridinr,. line W ..J t) >- indshields and ~ fairl.... E.hauII en and h4PPOOncs. CERIAN. forb. t KONI and rAr shockl, chromed handlebars and mirros ($2.2S). Cue urity f:tgins and locks ($14.95). Full ment and accessories for street tanks, custom suts, sprlnp, my ban, t) inl in stock, no w~ti"l or back Q..... ..,.. service. Department Itore ion. Over 4,000 sq. fl cram·packed ,oodies. prices. Oul.., welcome. 'Il£ OUTSIDBR motorsport accessories department store Santa Monica Fry. to Overland Ave. Exit, north to Pico, East 5 blocks to 10545 W. Pico BI., LA, Ca. Open 10·7 Dail ,10-5 Sat. (213) 474-6650 or 879-3350 A BELL HELMET OF YOUR CHOICE FROM THE CYCLE MOTOCROSS MOOEL $32.00 pair Oealer Inquiries Invited Ph_: HART RECUPERATION GARDENA, CAL., Aug. 4, 1971 Chuck Hart will be out of racing for some time because of a compound fracture in his wrist received while finishing the main event at Ascot Park's half-mile July 30. "Yeh, 111 be racing again," Hart said Wednesday, "as soon as 1 can find a motorcycle that will stay underneath me." In the crash, Han came of tum four and bumped haildles with another rider. He then lost control and came off his bike some 40 yards before the finish line. He remained unconscious for most of the weekend at Memorial Hospital of Gardena with a brain concussion and finally regained it early in the week.. He was still feeling the effects of the pain-killing drugs today, but he reported that he should be released late this week. Agostini became the "world's champion of champions" August 1 by winnmg the 350 class of the Finnish Grand Prix and his tenth world title in the process. Ago bettered the former record of both Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubiali by clinching the 350 crown every year since 1968 and every 500 world title since 1966. The Halian Champion - long affected the usual black leathers and pudding-bowl helmet but is now dressed in colored duds and a Bell Star, and his hair keeps getting longer. Despite big money offers, he refuses to leave MV.... Rod Gould won his second straight at the Finnish GP to move into second behind Phil Read, who finished tenth with a broken shoulder. One point separates them ....Barry Sheene won another one on his five-year-old ex-works 125 Suzuki twin, coming another step closer to becoming the youngest world champion. Bryan Wade became the 250 British Champion at Leighton after taking two seconds behind former champion Malcomb Davis...John Banks, former BSA hopeful before the ailing company dropped their motocross program, finally agreed to ride works Husqvarnas for the rest of the season. Although he has ridden them twice he has scored well both times....Roger DeCoster won the latest entry of the 500 world motocross bout for Suzuki as teammates Joel Robert and Sylvain Geboers forced MaicomeD Ake Jonsson and Adolf Weil into some straw bales at the start of the race. Robert and Geboers are in the 250 title contenders and could not win any points in that race, under FlM rules. Jonsson and Weil are the only riders still in contention for the crown as the series moves into the final two rounds ....A crash has put Barry Briggs out of the world speedway championship....Several riders, objecting to the poor quality of outhouses at the FiDnish GP, solved the problem by burning them down. Hot Flash from NorVil: Peter Williams, super R&D man for the English firm, won both the Milano Troph, Itt HudriuSOb by wimullg1)odrlreats. I!. $29 , (aD5)a2~261 Oeluxe MOde' $34.00 pair ." travel w/60·90 procresslvely .95w:::~ HOUSE • ENTER NOW 'MAVRICK DOES IT AGAIN Tau advanla,e of the bes t buy of the year. SPOOL HUBS, 40 hole with 5/8" bearings included. Best alloy with chrome lIu finish. $10 10 on this Introdu ctory oller, • Flllin Entry B1....k below COMPLETELY. Contest ends midnight No.....ber 30,197l. WI"ner to be selected by drWtlnSi 0Icerr.be. 1. 1971. Notification bY r891sterecl mail. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY INTRODUCTORY PRICES List J & R SI LENCERS Intro $9.95 SFln,s Sprln, Rallos from 65t to 125t In stock Shocks co'" with 7St as standard spa.. sprlnes 58.00 pair. Complete rebuild klts 55.00 ea. 1\1" Eltlllnsions $3.00 pr. Seals 51.50 pair Please spoc:lfy motorcyele make & model. IIount 11... rOilulred. Eye at eaeh end or eye and clevis type. Now In stock tho naw "Mavrlck" 5-way adjustable iIoavy duty shocks, robulldable lustrous chr_ sprln,s, 11\2' or 1~" 'eneth available. Center to eorar of eyes 3\2" travel. We Pay Posta,e on Prepaid Orde... California Residents add ~ for sales tn NOW......NEW ADDED WARRANTy ...... If the seal falls on any MAVRICK unit within 90 days from date 01 purchase we ..III replace the seal free. P.S. Does anybody else do this? $7.95 Specify size and diameter of Stinger. 4·· Polyethylene hi$11.95 rise front fender Black (guaranteed for 1 yr.) $6.95 4" ASS MX flexible $5.95 hi-rise black front fender (virtually unbreakable) $2.99 Mavrlc.k MX 11 1h" or 12 3/4" shOCkS. liz" $32.00/1'" $24.95 shaft, 3Yz·· travel, 78 lb. springs. NG K Spark Plugs $1.00 .48ea. specify EXACT type (limit 3 per customer) AKRONT ALLOY RIMS r Specify inch dla., No. spokes & tire size. 225/250 250/300 325/350 350/400 tire Ilr. tire $18.00 $20.00 S22.00 S24.00 tlr. 4 95 15.95 . 16.95 19.95 FILTRON Element $3.49 S4.95 for HusQvarna 360 and 250. 5" 1.0. 2 3/8 HT WRITE FOR INTRO. PRICES ON ALL OTHER FILTRON ELEMENTS Prices effective thru Sept. 30. 1971 MOST OTHER ACCESSORIES WRITE FOR DETAILS Customer pays freight at delivery. Califofnia residents - add 5% Sales Tax.. send check or money order to: Calif. resldenls adc 5% sales tal. STAINLESS STEEL ":. SPOKES IN STOCK NOW Dealer Inquiries Invited MAVRICK NORTH AIIERICAN IMPORTS 2JU Cern GIrlie, P.O. Box N Morne, Calif. 93501 - w Z E"IliJ/l \MIN International Report ••• G~omo ........ ..neties. Powder Puffer Soyka protected by her helmet. But. all so~ as ~er sho~der heal~d, Joyc~ was back m ~e ,,races agam. Nothmg can stop the 57 , 155 pound com~etitor - exco/~ h~ husband, who WOrrles that more mJunes m;'y ~e ahead for her. Thus far, he hasnt !pven the word to stop. Last June Mrs. Soyka captured the women's 125cc Powder Puff over the Indian. Dunes desert .course near Valencia. She ~so races m t!.'ree hour team races, WIth a mechanIC as h~r partner. She raced as the only woman m fields of as many as 170. Soa!", .... '" ..... ~ pa.nts. ridinl boots from $18..95. poves. • BARUM. YOKOHAMA ares, 1Ub... IS. CHAMPION sold ",11lId1... plup. 'IOllLE By w. M. Askins Art by B.E.R. Service Joyce Soyka of canoga Patk, Calif. holds down a tame job....And, she indulges in a wild and hairy hobby. Occupationally, Mrs. Soyka does routine laboratory work in gastro-neurology at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital. On weekends and holidays she put on her helmet and cycle togs and participates in motorcycle races against men. And, she has compiled a record of 10 victories. Even though she is a member of the End Does, a women's cycle club, Joyce insists on racing against men; they are much tougher competition. "There are so many more men racers and they are so much superior." The 27 -year old wife of a management analyst and the mother of a 10-year old daughter has only lost five races thus far. She straddled a motorcycle for the first time only 11 months ago. This completely upset her pattern of life as housewife and nurse and mother and water skier and Girl Scout leader. Her husband bought a small cycle and in her third ride on it, it flipped and she sustained a broken leg. But the injury only served to redouble her determination to master the motorcycle. She was still on crutches when a friend took her to a program of motorcycle races. She knew instantly that was for her. As soon as her leg had healed, she entered races with the small cycle. This only served to demand that her husband get "a real machine." The dealer from whom they bought the cycle was so impressed that he became the sponsor of her racing. To Joyce her motorcycle is like her body, in that it needs constant care and attention. The thrill of cycling to her is that of freedom, with an accompanyirig sense of responsibility for the proper performance. "'t is a fantastic feeling to me to realize that my motorcycle with such power and capability is under my complete control. I have no interest in the so

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