Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

course, unless you own a car that is covered under no-fault, and also ride a street bike. Then, if you run into a car, it is a no fault situation, and the motorcycle is considered a pedestrian under law. Pretty tricky, eh? silenced, are still too loud; and Saddleback is beginning to recieve more noise complaints from nearby residences. Married Wheels M.C. , wh ere are yo u? Our to ke n m arri ed editorial staffer got back a "re turn to sender" afte r trying to co n tac t y o u. Wou ld somebody in th e club let Cycle New s kno w yo ur curren t add ress? The Los Angeles Co unty Board of Supervisors is a t it again. Now t hey want to ban veh icles carrying extra gas cans from county roads. What about bikers carrying b ikes an d gas can s in truck s, van s, etc? Bad move, we say, Ha rt e v -De e h a ve made off icial an no unce me nt of who will ride the National circuit for them. They will employ Mark and Scott Brelsford, Gary Scott , Mert Lawwill and Rex Beauchamp. They will also support Hank Scott, J im Rice, Dennis Palmgren, Corky Keener, Jimmy Maness, Dave Sehl, and Greg Sassaman. OK ? OOPS : Anybody in Arizona in terested in sponsoring the Riverbo trorn Gran Prix? The first one, whic h was never held , was right fin e according to the sto ry tha t we ran o n it. T urned o u t so me good names , too, like J ohn Elsinore on his Honda. Somebody realIy should run o ne at th e p lace specified; it would b e ne at. T he last on e? WelI, we were had . HUSH UP: Saddleback Park announces that as of February 1, 1974, all " YZ" series Yamahas and all "TM" series Suzukis will require additional silencing to race there. The faetory-5upplied exhau st systems, though partially Some amateur sports-san ctio n ing body o r other (we th in k that it was the NCAA) has an no unced tha t you can remain an ama te ur in o ne ty pe o f sport even th ough you are a pro in another ty pe . T hat means th at yo u can acc ep t cash fro m yo ur Sun da y stint o n t he MX co urse b ut st ill en gage in amate ur athletics at sch oo l - if t hey ad he re to thi s classificatio n syst em. By Jody Weisel In response 10 a re cent editorial in this pu blica tio n , t he AMA sen t o ut a press rele ase th at says tha t AMA News is alive an d pr ospe ring in West ervi lle, O hio . Acting Direct or Yo ungblood (al though he wo uld n't nam e Cycle News) denies that it is lo sing $84,0 00 per year an d says th at circu la tion has increased fo u r-fo ld (wh ich explains how one staffe r who hadn 't paid for it got it last year.) The press release also quotes him as say ing t hat " it's rea de rs sh o uld no t be mis led by t he unfounded clai ms that have been mad e in other publications th a t apparen tly consider AMA News a '''y w ' l\ "'~"T TO NVT Il IN "'~E l iNII! IT o R. E I5 E " M.Toll c'(c'e F''''<..T . RJP c: t40ltb 1 ' f SUf"\ H of "Th ~ "/ \l ....f!rfl l co n troversial se c tions ten a n d eleven. S 0 '" T ilE: (q"'l\ \ T ilE ToT~1 &0" ( 5 TAAT n.;~"" *50To \oU ~1 1 ~REA" ~"ftT Pl\'j. WON 'T1lE O'E~ C. 1f\ S S 1\\ C:~I(.~eN l lC."'S JErsc:'i S I" "Ny ,N Te r rl A Tw OUNO w ~o f:~CAi"1) F«.o ",,", TilE HouSTON ZOO Which reminds us: are there an y fo lks out there w ho wo uld lik e to co n tr ib ute 10 th is paper on even ts in the Utah area? If so, co n tac t th e edit or. IT A IN'T OV ER YET : Ro b Shepard w ill re-pro test th e results of the Cycle World Int ern a tio nal Trials held a t Saddle back Par k ea rlier this month . Alth ough he had o ne puII poin t mo re th an j u dge d -t o- be- w in ne r Alan Lampkin , he and fell ow Montesa ride r Rob Edwards were held up a t the Fe.... I\t-a ,! PUM\~llftl lhelN~'s, A 500 strong co m petito r. " Wha t we want to If you ch ec k t h e Results se ctio n of this paper, you'll find that Ken Arch iba ld has again taken the Utah Sport sma n Riders Associat io n n umbe r o ne plate. Th is is the third year in a ro w that Arch ibald has dOne this, which isn 't ba d when you consider t ha t he only bough t his first b ike in 1970 . He sta rted raci ng in 7 1 - as an Expert. He won his fi rst championship that y ear at age 16 wi th a 125 Yamaha and hasn't ch anged his ways, eve n t hough he was ho sp ita lized tw ice this ye a r. Aboard a 250 Yama ha YZ , he w on the last fou r races for his plate this year. Quite impressive. On Sunday, February 3, after the shouting has died away fro m the Saturday ni gh t National short track there will be th e first AMA san cti o ne d I NTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY IN THE ASTRODOME. Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger (p rono unced lik e "major" ) , b oth fou r tim e wo rld sp eed wa y Under Michigan No Fault Insurance law s, motorcyclists are exempt, and car/bike collisions are handled in the fam ilar liab ility manner. That is, of When it f irst appeared we said t hat we were waiting to see a chopped vers ion of it and yesterday we finally saw one ; a chopped Suzuki GT·750, u gly as sin and • parked by the side of the freeway . know is how a mo n thl y p ublica tion can possib ly be co mpeti tio n fo r a wee kly ne wspa pe r. Also if it isn ' t "l osin g $84 ,000 per year in Association funds," how much is it losin g? The AMA is going through another one of those b izarre periods when they start to bust pro riders for riding " o utlaw " events held on the same weekened as AMA-sanctioned events that have the riders' names on the programs. In other words, AMA officials are likely to show up at the Pro Bowl on Friday night and then pull the lice nses of riders who show up at something like the Bay Mare qualifier on Sunday. The reason given is t h a t they don't want to have spectator-drawing talent injured in non-AMA events. ~u",e LORD :1../, .'\11 NEVllLf PONSO\ll8)'- 6,.irr 1\-T1

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