Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ .. ... - . - ..... -- - - - --.- ... _. -- - .. - - ... -- -------- - -- -- --..... -_.. -- ... --- - - ... _........ --- .. ~ ~ .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ t lam,l ~~1I1 _ E:iE Art Friedman . . Dave Sd100nmaker 'I III. - - :> ~ ~ w Z W ...J ~I (J America's Nl.tmber 1 weekly mOlorrvd.e. newspaper. You'll alwaY's~e it firsl in Cycle News. Ed Drechsler ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif;i;;;;;' SEX TAX You wonder if the edilors of some motorcycle trade publications ever heard of the-goose that laid golden eggs. Since almost all of the tirade against noise and land usage began in _motorcycle trade papers and magazines and was then passed on to politicians, did these editors trade a Raq uel WeIch for a Mama Cass? Who gave these editors the righ t to first say how noisy a motorcycle should be? Have they ever altended a rock concert or listened to their tennager's stereo? is not a tuned eodtaust equal music to others? Also consider the MJ.C. posler "Shu~ Up or Shut Out" or their billboard "Be Careful - He's Hard to See". Did they help sell motorcycles or mini-bikes? After all, what is a young "Walter Mitty" to say when old Dad asks, "Where are you going to ride the noisy, unsafe thing?" If the motorcycle industry had a "Petc Rozelle" or a "Bowie Kuhn", and editors or M.LC. directors were coaches or players, would these posters and billboards be grounds for rmes? Are the riders of motorcycles now paying these fines to the politicians? You understand that even "heroin" is not habit-forming until you have taken a few trips. Can young "Walters" be hooked on motorcycles they never rode? With taxes and other expenses being what they are, Old Dads only need one more excuse to say no to the purchase of young "Walter's" new racer. Should this excuse be supplied by our own industry? Let us face facts. Noise does sell. Why else do teenagers buy rock stereo records? These editors and MJ.C. directors are to be commended for the effort they have expended attempting to improve the motorcycle industry - but for effort only. Furnishing potential purchasers with excuses or reasons not to buy, or politicians with new ways to tax us cannot be classified as improvemen ts. You wonder how many of their publications they would sell if they told only the bad - like how many typos, incorrect ads, misprinted captions, etc. are in each paper. it is easier to sell if you point out the good of of an item, not the bad. To prove there is good and bad in everything; the next time you are blasted out of a sound sleep by an unmuIfJed exhaust, consider your wife may be awake, too - then hope these editors don't start articles on sex. Politicians may read them and we'll have another new tax! FRANK MACKLIN Norwalk, Calif. It boggles the mind ... Ed. SIDEHACKS WENT FIRST Just wanted to. pass along my thanks to the Checkers for an outstanding run. Didn't hear a single pit racer Friday nigh l, and letting the sidehacks go first Saturday was truly outstanding as we got to look at some scenery before the dust caught up. Although we only made 60 miles we enjoyed every minute of it. Good course marking too. JIM EDMONDS Arizona Sidehack Association No. 148 . . . . . Editor . Assistant Editor . Advertising Manager .::::::. Kate Thorpe Rheba Smith . . . . • . .. .Advertising Assistant . Circulation Manager ~~~~~=~nd :~:;:~::~~~~~:~~ Paul Boudreau . . . . • • . . . Production Manager Steve Schiff .........•..... Production Assistant Howie Fowler . . Production Asststant . Lab Technician Larrv Groves . . .. Marion Hatashita Typographer Melvin PhelpS . Assistant Typographer (Mfic:) MOToR~~rgteE INDUSTRY COUNCIL ~::-i~ Randy Dietzel . Barbara Bobeck . Marilyn Kirk .. Squeeky Haynes Hector Aguilera Wend T 'ndl . Bookkeeper . Bookkeeping Assistant . Bookkeeping Ass;'tant General Secretary ComputerTechnician This is just to express thanks to the Checker's M.C. for a well-run and limed River Run. I just hope that the unfortunate events at the start and the railroad tracks are not blown out of proportion by the press, etc. That was a fun race. A. H. TELLIER Az. Sidehack Assoc. Scottsdale, Az. Cycle News West, P.O. Box 4,98, Long Beach, California 90801. .(213) 427·7433; L.A. 636-8844. TELEX NO. 673474 Subscription: 0 ne year, second class mail 2 years, second class mail 3 years, second class mail Single copy price $10 $17 $21 $.35 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, and Dixie Cycle News. Se~ond Class Postage paid at Long Beach, Calif. Editorial stories, cartoons, photos, etc. are welcome. Addressed, stamp\;d envelope assures return of editorIal matter. Reprinting in whole or in part only. by permission of the publishers. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R.D .S. Copyright€) Cycle News, Inc. 1972 all rights reserved 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiYi;;;;ri;;';;i;iei;;;i;'iii''i;;';';i;'iii''i;;';';i;'iii'i;;'';';i;'~' i;;'.;.;R;ecep~t~io~n~isiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Major Inside Reports DESERT: Spokebenders 0-37 Hare Scrambles ENDURO: Tonto 100 URA IRRC Benefit SIDECARS: A picnic on three wheels SECTION: North PERSONALITY: Jim Belland, tuner for both Brelsfords SECTION: Central - who's fast in middle America BIG nME MOTOCROSS: The Maico team Trans-AMA LOCAL SO.cAL MOTOCROSS: Who's fast here _ GIRLS: Riding with a California girl OPINION: The masters mouth off : 8 10 13 14 19 21 25 28 30 32 41 42 VOICES OF THE WEST '------------------------WHERE ARE YOU, ROY? Can you help us locate Mr: Roy Dick of the TORT M.C.? We recenlly received his $2 contribution to M.O.R.E. but he failed to include a return address and we are unable to acknowledge his membership. RUSS SANFORD Motorcycle Owners, Riders & Enthusiasts P.O. Box 26062 Sacramento, CA 95826 ASTRO-NOMICAL I personally want to take a little time to thanK MT. Doi. I hope thal everyone involved in the great "Astra Hassle" realizes what he has done. I am sending Mr. Doi five dollars. It's all I can afford. But if everyone who was into this would send him five bucks, it would probably cover his costs. I really believe he deserves it. 'When 1 first received my "Park [t" letter from the AM.A. 1 couldn't believe it. I had scraped to get the money for a new Astro, and my point were adding up. I waited for a break, anything; Cycle News? Compo Congress? Bultaco? Zero. It was back on myoid bike and stick it out, as J barely had enough money to race every week. But Mr. Doi didn't sit still, and because of him J got to get back on my Astro in time for the Oklahoma City and Tulsa Fair races, and 1 not only made my poinlS, 1 even got to ice the cake a little. When I called the AMA 1 was informed that I was the 538th person lo call. if you people care enough to call, care enough to slip Mr. Doi a five SP01. JEFF DAVIS Leavenworth, Kansas 886 to 334, 104 AND LIKE IT National Advertising Director (Cycle News West, Cycle News East, Cycle News Dixie): Tom Culp. Thank you, District 37 Novice No. 334 for the assistance you provided during the Rams Hare & Hound. I was bleeding profusely from the head when you arrived and removed your shirt to use as a tourniquet, then followed me to Rescue 3, forfeiting your position. Riders such as him help alleviate some of the hazards of desert racing. Thanks, 334. No.886 D-37 Desert THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR TRUTH I have long supported the idea that dirt riders should have a place to ride, ever since I took on the local city council for closing down vacan t land when I was 16.-However, after reading many weeks' worth of Krol's writing, 1 ask that you call off the rabid dogs and return to the search for tru th and rationality . To start with, I resent Krol's sterotyping of Sierra Club members. When a television show stereotypes bikers as hoodlums, all hell breaks ou l in the Cycle News camp. Yet Krol consistently does the same thing by I umping all Sierra Club members together and saying they are unthinking idiots who throw fits on command. They COULD say the same thing abou.t motorcycles who write in opposing unfair legislation! Stereotyping is bad whether you agree with the person doing it or not. J belong to the Sierra Club and J do not think that the members are the irrational fools Krol portrays them as. Judging by his writings, one might think that Krol .borders on the irrational once in a while. Now on to Krol's endorsemen t of anti-McGovern voting. McGovern never has endorsed an ti-bike legislation. The Presidenl does not make laws, anyway. Congress makes laws. Furthermore, the government cannot just legislate a whole sport oul of exist!:nce with no good reason. And speaking of voting for the ugut issue", what is more important (Even if McGovern did go anti-bike) your bike or your life? My lottery number is coming up soon, and if you think there is no more draft, talk to the kid who used to be a mechanic at Campbell Suzuki. The kind of ecology McG.overn supports is the kind we breathe, drink, and eat. Every time someone comes out in favor of breathing clean air, Krol envisions them outlawing desert riding. 1 think Krol has lost sight of the truth and overall priorities. Nixon has demonstrated his abilily to shift with the wind, be everybody's friend, and send out leaflets on recycled paper. He promised to end the war four years a~o iiiiiiiiiiiii!J and has lost 20,000 people in it since then. Even if McGovern HATED bikes (which he' does not) I would vote for him, because alive and w.alking is better than dead with p-Ienty of room to ride. J would trade my bike for the lives of those lost men. That, friends, is the GUT ISSUE! JOHN D. ULRICH La Mirada, Calif. Agreed that sterotyping of any kind is i ire sponsible and noted that being a motorcyclist and a member of the Sierra CI ub are not incompatible, nor can we think of any reason they should be...Ed. IF ELECTED ... At our executive Board meeting of Tuesday evening, we were pleased to have with us the front-running candidate for the 43rd Assembly District, Mike An tonovich. In our discussion we presen ted the side of the dirt-bike riders to Mike who was in agreement with our views as we presented them. Mike promised that when (and if) in Sacramento he would listen to the bikers view point as presented by the M.O.R.E. representative, Russ Sanford. He also stated that if we fel t the need for constructive legislation, he would assist us in drafting a bill. We are a new club and a vital part of our function, we feel, is to help hold onto what" we have now, for the benefit of ourselves and our younger riders. We feel that' Mike An tonovich deserves our support now and in the future to assist in this goal. CHUCK GRONINGA President, Foothill Dirt Riders Motorcycle Club 2535 Altura Avenue La Crescen ta, Calif. COYOTE RIDES AGAIN This is an open lelter to all riders. On October I, ·1972, the Chaparrals Me put on their second enduro of the year and they called this one the Coyote Derby Enduro. Due to the pitifully low turnout, we are prompted to write this lelter to let our fellow riders know just whal they missed. The course selected by the Chaparrals was like a journey back through time in that many famous runs of the past were revisited. The enduro started al midnight like the old Riverside Bombers' Cactus Derby and continued into the daylight hours. You could hear the ghosts of the old Hilltoppers' Hare and Hounds runs, the Big Bear runs and the Jackrabbit Trails shouting at you as we left Lucerne Valley and climbed up to the beautiful trails in the San Bernardino Mountains where we covered about 60 miles of scenic jeep roads. Rattlesnake Canyon was used to decend back down lo Lucerne Valley and again the ghosts -of famous old runs were righ t there beside you at every lurn. Every type of riding was covered; dese-rt, mountain, fire road, downhills, sand/rockwashes and bo th hot and cold temperatures were encountered. . it was a long run but not bone tiring and it was a very enjoyable experience. We want to give Bill Adams and the rest of the Chaparrals a well done for their efforts and plead lhat the Coyote Derby will be sched uled again. It is our-hope lhat the Coyote Derby will become a tradition and have ghosts of its own. PHIL TURGASEN & WAYNE KING @ OCMC

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