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NO RTH W EST (Organiz ations con tinued) CALIFORNIA TRAIL MA CHINE ASSN. - 9811 8. 206, ,23.0964. NORTHWEST SIDE HACK ).,SSN. - 15433 12th Ave. S .• Seattle . W aSh ington 98148 . 206/2 46-4778. OLVMPIA TWO·WHEELERS ASSN. - P.O. Bo x 3 2 44 , Lacey.r. Wa Shington 9850 1. 206/49 1-1266, 352-1" 85. PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRIALS ASSN. - N o r t h er n Branch, 4085 East Ave•• Hayward. California 9454l. CALIFORNIA TRAIL MACHINE ASSN. - Southern Calif . Branch, 149 Apricot St •• Oa k V iew. Californ ia 93022. CLASSIC A SSN. - & ANTIQUE MOTORCVCLE Northern C h apter. 8 08 5. Church St•• V isa lia , California 93277. P.O. Bo x 131, We ston , O regon 91886. CLASSIC & ANTIQUE MOTORCVCLE ASSN . - Southern Chapter. 1000 N. Camb r ia Pl.. A n ah e i m. Cal ifornia 92801 . PACIFI C OWNERS C LU B - ROCK SPRINGS MOTORCVCLE ASSN. Bo )( 164. Rock Springs, Wyom ing 82901. ROCKV MOUNTAIN TRIALS ASSN. 303/355.7033. SAN DIEGO TRIALS RIDERS - 2319 9955 Sunland RACING ASSN. - Ran ch o Mirage. California 9227 0 . Box 437, Meade Ave •• San Diego . Cali fornia 9 2116. HELL'S ANGELS M.C. - P.O. Box 10546, SOLANO TRAIL RIDERS ASSN. - P.O. Box Glendale. Ca liforn ia 91209. HI·DESERT _ .. RACING 563 . Fairfield . California 9453 3 . ASSN. - 2 1872 SO. CAL. DESERT RACING ASSN. - 532 E. Mt. V iew, Glendora. California. 213/335·1582. SOUTHERN CALIFORNI A MOTORCVCLING ASSN. 5849 "r a n a t e w oc e , Lek ew oc e , Californ ia . 213/429·3557. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIALS ASSN. 65 21 Lenore Ave. . G ar den Grove. California 92641 . 714/897·7830. SPEEDWA Y RACING ASSN' - 2 10 10 Anza Huro n s Rd •• A Pple Valley. Californ ia 9 2307 . HUNTINGTON RACING ASSN. - 395 Cycle Poir k. D r aw e r 83 0 , A d e la n t o . California . LOW DESERT RACING ASSN. - Bo x 437 , Ranch o M i r age. California 9227 0 . McPHERSON M.C. ASSN. - 417 E. Olive, M cPh er so n . Kansas 6 746 0. 842·1435. MOTOR CVCLE OWNERS, RIDERS & EN TH U S I A S T S O F AMERICA H e adquar t e rs , Bo x 12643, Tucson, Ar izona 95711 . MOTORCVCLE OWNERS, RIDERS & ENTHUSIASTS P.O. Box 2606 2, Ave No. 2 3 . Torranc e. California 90503. SPORTSMAN RACING ASSN. - Bo x 3882, Tor rance, Calif o rn ia 90510. 21 3/3 7 0- 8 2 34. TRA IL BIKE SPORTSMAN ASSN. - Diablo Chapt er. p .O . Bo x 2 3 2 02 . Pleasa nt Hili, Caillorn ia 94523. 415/5 27-4747, 845-8500 . T RA IL BIKE SPORTSMEN ASSN. Sacramento. California 95826. MOTORCYCLE RACERS INC. - P.O. Box 423·1603 . MOTORCVCLE RACERS ASSN. - P.O. Box 5331 Long Beach . Californ ia . 213/678·76 21 , 1 7 86 Lo s Gatos, 408 /3~ 3.1 570 . Sacr a m en t o Chapt er P.O . 80 )( 46 2 . orange val ej Ca l i f o rn ia 95 662. 9 16/ 9 8 8.2 2 72 . 916/967-9 2S. TRAIL BIKE SPORTSMEN ASSN. - Mother 9 5030. Ca lif orn ia L od e Chapte r. Station A . Cali f o r nia . MOTORCVCLE RIDERS ASSN. - P.O. Box 1471. Medford. Oregon 9750 1. 7 73-3 7 5 9. NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION B ox 45 2 Newington. Connecticut 06 111 . 203/667-22i l. NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE LEAGUE, INC. Way . D eerfield u.s . M .C . RACING ASS N . - c/o EI Tor o Rac ewa y . 23 0 0 1 Valenc ia . E I Taro . Californ ia 926 30. WESTERN STATES RACING ASSN. - 223 M a r sh A v e .. Re n o . N e v ad a 895 02. 702/3 23-8883. WESTWOOD M.C. RACING CLUB - P.O. Bea c h . NATIONAL OFF- ROAD RACING ASSN. 1616 V ictor)/' B lvd •• Su ite 200. Ca li f o rnia 912 01. 213/245·1033 . 1 03. Auburn . 6 600 G erald Avenue . V an Nuy s. Calif o rnia 9 14 0 6 .21 3 /98 8 -2 9 6 7. Enduro etue. - 1179 S.W. F ir st Florida 3344 1. 80)( UNITED RACING ASSOCIATION (URAl - NATIONAL MOTOCROSS ASSN. INC . - Box 1092. Mi ssion. Kansas 662 2 2 . - TRIALS P.O . B lvd,. Sunlan d, Callfomia 91040. DESERT INTERNATI ONAL SOCIETY - 2 7 7 1 E I Camino. Redwood City . C ali f o rnia. 415/36&-3814. CONTINENTAL MOTOCROSS ASSN. - c/o E d Hen IY 1757 Foothill Dr•• salt Lake C i t y . Utan 841 68.801 /484·5524. FOU R MOTORCVC LE ASSO CI ATION - c/o Lloyd M . All b e e 3719 S. Angelln~ A pt. 4 , Seatt le, washfngton G lendale. Bo )( 9 1 , South Burnaby . B .C ., Ca na da . YUMA M.C. SPORTS ASSN. - c/o R. S. Ptatsen o, 1 04 5 L a Casit a. Y u m a, A r izon a 9536 4. NOR CAL SPEEDWAY RACING ASSN. - - - - , r Rt . 5. Bo x 5510. Aunum, Californ ia 95 6 0 3 . Club Guide Information Blank I I I Free Listing for Clu b Guide To have you r club or organ ization listed in the next Club guide , simply fill out this blank and mail it to : Club Guide, Cycle News, Box 498. Long Beach, California 9080 1. Also use the blank if your club has moved, changed its phone number, name, or been disbanded . Name of Club issue for '73 (so I didn 't get m y chance to wish y o u Merry Christmas) but I can say Happy New Year even if it d oes look a bit dismal. Ascot On Saturday afternoon, the twelfth of this month, Ascot opens aga in wit h IT and half-mile unde r CMC sanction . Tha t will make us " Asco t freaks" happy. We usually have to wait until late Spring before the AMA starts up Friday nig ht fla t tracking. This year we 'll have twice a week to watch . Brass Friday night,January 18 th is Distri ct . 3 7's annual Trophy Presentation. It 's from 8-12 p.m. at Rochelle's, 3 333 Lakewood Blvd., Long Beach. That's righ ta t th e Long Bea ch Airport and really eas y to find. It 's a good chance to re-live so me of th e ex perienc es of las t yea r an d see th e number o ne gu ys get their trophies. News I have a habrt o f saving b its out of newspap ers pertainin g to motorcy cle happenings. On ce in a while I hav e t o clean the whole me ss out or th e house gets over ru n. It gives me a chance to go over th em again . On e from th e Her ald-Examiner made th e fr ont page last October. It was abo u t the sweeping pro gram of the BLM and use of the de sert. One thing th at reall y stuc k out in th is particular ar ticle was State Director J . Russell Penny reall y making a thing abo u t what co n tro ls he fel t m u st be put on desert OR V usc to stop th e rap id inc rease of inju ries. He estimated 14 0 d eaths and 2,000 seri ous inju ries to o k place in '7 2 and injury totals wo uld increase 10 0% in '73. That so unds a b it ste ep to me . I thin k Mr. Penny w as tryin g to find one mor e excuse to keep his paw s on th e desert. T he average read er m u st have CiW State' Zip Phone numberts l Area Code' AMA affiliation: Yes No District nurnber I _ _ _ _ Type of Club Membership: Open _ Numb..- _ Closed _ Signature o f cl ub offi cer _ I T his is: a new listi ng_ _ a change_ _ a no tice of disband me nt _ _ Addit io nal notes: _ I L. - - - .J Yamah a The magazine road tests (and at times cycle p ap er tests) don't always tell the story because often the riders don't get enough ti me to rea lly evaluate the bike. You have to live with the beast fo r a while . That's what we 're doing. My husband has bought o ne of t he ne w 500TX eight valve Yamahas. We think Yamaha, (who usually pu ts o ut good machin es) really goofed on thi s one. It leak ed , (O nly British bi kes are supposed to do that!) as di d o thers of the same m od el that we have seen. So meone is doing so me sloppy asse m bly work at the factory. T he real corker was th at there were missing sh im s on the crankshaft. We found out about these when we caj o led a shop manual out of a frien d wh o w orks for Yamaha. Yeah, go ahead and say it, this time we used a little pull but o nly because the de aler couldn't ge t o ne ! The breakdown showed the shi ms but they weren't in the engine wh en it w as pulled down to get worked o n. It was buttoned back u p agai n an d th e fa ctory was notified. Their people came d own to rectify it . T o save the co st o f a major te ardown th ey pu t a few less shi ms behind the timing gears on the cra n k. ' What gets me is h o w a big co m pany can let a b ik e like th at ge t out on the ro ad ca using cust o mers suc h headaches. Ours isn' t th e o n ly 500TX that's had teethi ng problems. In its favor, when I consen t to ride pill ion there is no vibration. Other bikes we've had set teeth to humming or put th e feet t o sleep wi th vib rations. Speed Limit s We're all down to the low ered speed lim it s now. One thing y o u have to admit , it's a lot more co mforta ble riding a bike on the freeway in cold weather now. • Old Timers Hare Scrambles By Dennis J. Willis LA NCASTE R, CAL., DEC. 3 0 The o ldti me rs had a hare scrambles all to themselves at th e Ponderosa tod ay . At ten o 'clock t he banner dr opped and the 39 oldste rs were 0 ff to challenge the sand and wh oop de doos. Tw o age classes, each with two bike size classes ran together. The _ Other organizational aff il iat ion I The holi days are over and, like most of US, I don't know if I'm glad or sorry. I hop e you got some goodies to make life a little hap pier this year; (like new boots and leathers o r maybe a nice new helmet). Due to space limitations my column did not get in the last _ Street Address I By Mau reen Lee cro wd when the officer lost co n tr o l of it while doing a riding exhibition in a parade. He fell o ff but the bike con tin ued because o f the fixed throttle the big beasts have. Here comes the soap box. A fixed throttle may be good for something, but being a ra cer I can't think what. Just out of sheer co m mon sense, I can't see wh y the m o t o rcycle industry hasn't put a voluntary ban on th e things th emselves. Laws hav e been passed righ t and left to change the appearance of our road bikes, but nothing has been done to do away with so mething that is a danger. When a rider drops it, the throttle should snap back. gotten the im p ressio n th at we 're crip pling o urselves with great regu larity and that we h ave to be protected from ourselves. One thing th a t has got me is t ha t th e BLM is responsible fo r management of the land but has neglected to mark th e danger areas. Desert riders who know that land lik e the back of their han ds know where min e shafts a rc to be found , but hikers looking for rocks or flowers d on't. T his was brought up at a District meeting onc e and several desert clubs offered to mar k th e sh afts if the Bureau would just pr ovide the sign s. Nothing happened, b u t wa tc h an d sec . The first time a back packer fall s in to one th ere'll be signs all ove r the p lace ! An other little newspaper story t old of a po lice mo torcycl e going into th e 35 to 44 y ear olds in the op en class seemed a little quicker than th e ove r 45 con tes tan ts, with John Kaplan riding his Husky to the overall win. Tom Windick was cl ose behind fo r the second in the open 35 to 44 class. Tom Brooks Sr. picked up first place honors in t he 175 class. All but two of the over 45 year o lds fa iled to finish . L. Bornhurst was first across the line and had a good lea d ove r second place Frank Keepers. John McC ow an and wonder dog, Cookie, finis hed fourth after having crashed at the start. T he d ay was made extra n ice by th e absence of p it race rs an d mo t o p ar en ts pro te sti ng th at their ch ild ha d been cheated . A fte r the race the finishers were given "lucky numbers" for the hel met drawing. Richard Andrade had th e righ t ticket and walked off with it. Five other finishers were tre ated to a pitcher of beer through th e luck o f the draw. A vote was taken and the riders showed th e event t o be a unanimous su ccess. with co n tes tan ts vowing to do it aga in and bring a friend . _