Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• • • o Itlca • ortents is No.1 in Motocross Speciality-Equipment over ~ of the Worlds Best Motocrossers use Hallman Racing Equipment. Ever wonder .why?? Special Christmas Offer or Send lor Torsten Hallmen's own 115 pege book on Moto~,ossat the Special Xmas price 01 53.00 regularly $5.95 and receive the Hallman Racing catllog 01 Moto~,oss Goodies. - FREE- By John Ulrich Read all about 4 time World Champion Torsten Hallman's fantastic career in Fuel Crisis Moto~,oss. He is t,uly Mr. Moto~,ossl The Hallman catalog is full 01 III the goodies used by the World's top Moto~,ossers.Pictures of some 01 the elite of Moto~,oss arion the beck The biggest political issue confronting motorcyclists' as 1974 dawns will be the fuel situation, crisis, or hoax, however you wish to identify it. It probably will not ever get as bad as some are trying to make everyone believe, but d · th en 1h lOgs rare Iy ge t as b a. as some try to make ~eryone b~lieve. Because. of ~e e.asily recogOlza~le econOmIC raml!'cabons of anything even approaching a ban on fuel consumption for recreational uses, there will not be such a ban. Indeed, after the oil companies get all the environmental and anti-trust restrictions lifted off.their. corp.orate he~s, there probably wiII.be a mrraculous 10crease 10 fuel supphes, just like magic. The greatest dan~ t!te fue~ crisis poses at the present bIDe IS. that It may tend to make people worned abo':'t It o v e rIC? 0 k ~ t h.e r m aJ0 r motorcyclmg-affeCbng Issues, such as land management plans. Land Management Land Management is a highly con troversial topic, especially in California. Many people get very upset when the topic comes up, and automatically assume that it means taking away their riding areas. Land Management plans are quite often perceived as huge threats that do not materialize. The key factor in determining either detriment to the cover. Order Today Please send _ _ Mr. Moto~'oss books wll,ee catalog @ $3.00 to: Narne St,eet'- s~lid, ratio~aI informatio~ from dirt bIkers backing a change 10 th.e plan, there are few overnmcnt agencIes thaI will not positively respond somehow. However, given no input, or only name-calling input, there are few government agencies that will respond positively. One of the hard lesson~ to be learned from the California hassles and a lesson that can be used to make rider-oriented land management plans more possible in other states is that screaming, demonstrating and calling the government n~es does not change anything. Public participation (this means you) in public land use planning determines to a large part what form those plans will take, but only constructive, calm, rational input makes much difference. In 1974 more and more land use plans will start under the order of Executive Order 11644 and will be made public for comment. What form those plans, (ordered for every single chunk of federal land) will take as far as off road vehicle (including bikes) use goes will depend upon how much effort bikers will expend to rationally and reasonably supply the involved federal agencies with hard facts when the plans come up. Those facts would include wh y the biker giving them the informa tion likes the area, how often he rides there, how much money he spends related to his riding enjoyment in that area, how much fun he and his buddies and his family and his buddies' families have riding there, etc. I n I 974 there will be more acceptance of the "direct dealing" approach to land management plans, over the previously popular "yell and write irate letters calling names" techniques pioneered by some California off road vehicle groups. By and large, the various plans will be successively more liberal in respect to ORV use. sport or reasonableness is public reaction and participation. A government agency may, under orders from the President, go about preparing.a plan for land it administers and in that plan include some thing very terrible in the eyes of a dirt rider. But, public hearings, or a,t least opportunities for public input, will be provided, and those dirt riders who do not like the particular plan can go tell that al(ency why. Given an input of Continued on next page _ City & State' ZIP _ Send to: Torsten Hallman Racing, Inc. 5345 Timken St,eet La Mesa. CA 92041 U.S.A. Dealers: Write for Free Catalog on your business letterhead Though you CZ owners won't admit it, You're probably tired of .getting your al7llS and shoulders beat to death by the excessively sproingy, bouncy & boingy stock forks, CZ shoes have some trick items to make them work better, and nOW the secret's out. Kasson CZ Fork Kits. $43.50 will get You new springs, damper rods, wipers and seals, The improved dampers and springs alone are $29.95. Either kit comes with complete instructions and a sexy Kasson Team sticker. Mail order from Seasons Greetings to our customers and friends Tiger Distributing 653 W. Broadway Glendale, Calif. 91204 213/245-1678 Usvs. Them 1974 will be somewhat more mellow in the field of biker/conservationist relations. Both the mighty Sierra Club and the California Off Road Vehicle Association have expressed interest in setting up a constructive dialog with each other. It is quite possible that those expressed assurances of interest in dialog will actually lead to sincere recreational land use discussions and agreemen IS between the traditionally warring f'\ctions. _ I' I'--Mc~;-n-;;;:~;;~;:,~, VAMAHA!HUSQVARNA Bill Kasson Motorcycles 16075, Lamar, Dept. Austin, Tx 78704 I Sales· Service' Parts • Accessories c:.lilornia 2100 E. McFadden 'Cycle Santa Ana J ,Center (714) 558.1511", I ------------ I eN ROKON RT 340 ENDUROS If\! STor.K NnW Carne. Cycle Shop 8459 - FOOlhill - P.O. 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