Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

GO ~. S.B.M.C..Figure 8Hare &Hound <1KlI -= - Made in America IKlI By Rod Van Scov , Sue Phillips & J im Stewart CO» FOUR CORNERS, CAL.,JAN . 27 CO» The banner was up and it st ayed up long past the usual t ime. Engines were started and killed, the moaning and groaning from the ;. r-'O"l """ - Petrochem CABLE UFE MINUS 70' is formulated speoiFtCaUy for sn ow m obiles and motorcy cles . Stays fluid to 70 dearees below ze ro . Aids in preventing throttle cable from freezing In the open po s ition. Disp laces moisture. lubricat es and rust p roo fs all moving pa rts. ~1i!I!.~ Ashland O1emic.a Co. bhl.nd., Divisi on of Ashl.nd Oil, Inc. . . . . . . .~ S.ntaFe Spr ings, c.. I. 90 670 Walk before you run Then let Ro l f Tibblin and Mic ke y Quade improve your d i r t~ id i n g skill t une your bod . Beginners to pros. All makes of bikes accepted - rentals a vailab le. T uition fee of $175.00 covers all. Contact: 9.Husqvarna International Training Center 4935 Mereu" . San Diego. Ca92111 Ph . 714/292·0670 E.C. Silenced - - Pipes - for complete Suzuki T1\1 models J Ornl now distributed by SUZUKI CITY 728 S. Lallrca, Inglewood 213-674-I-l-J I Yau're paid f or winning. TYRAN For in fo rma tio n : 213-3 70-8 822 or 542-8850 14 IL....- riders . rose asthey waited for the banner to d rop - late! A very la rge p o rtio n of the riders started .. . with live e ngInes. Novices and Amateur-Experts starting at the sa me ti me? Yes, San Bernar d in o M.C.'s unique start attracted a very large turn-out of 846 o n this beautifu l Sunday. Could a Novice win overall? That was th e q uestion th at everyone was as king. Into the pits af ter his 4 7 m ile lo op appeare d Ron Willia ms of the Stump Jum pers M.C. A N ovice was leadin g with a n in e minut e sp an between hi mself and t he next rider! The first Ex pert in to the pits was Way ne Coo k aboard a 250 Honda. The Ex perts had a lo nger firs t lo op th an the Novices, 53 miles and a little wetter. Afte r the Amate ur-E xpert start a dry lake bed? Not so d ry ! Water skiing for everybody. In so me p laces the water was two feet deep and there was mud, . mud, mud, an d m ore mud! It seems' a very large hill on the first Novice loop got rather crowded, and some enterprising Novices found a way aro und via a very wide and fast sandwash, and then rode backwards up the course to get their tank card marked at the check that was a short distance over the top of the hill. You en terprising Novices shouldn't be surprised when you don't find your name in the results sheet. I nto t h e fini h .nidimg h ar d an d very ~nIS fassst was Jim Flshbac:k to take ~e check:red ~ag for the first overa!I. JIm had his day s work cut out. for hlms~lf, as he. moved up from 3.2 nd mto the pits, for hIS well deserved Win. Art Knapp (last year open Nu mber One plate ho ld er) was the next rider to ~e checkered flag, A rt w'-'" n o t without hIS troub les today as h IS m o t or was continually seizing. Third Open Ex pe rt was Terry Davis w ho got excited at th e finis h and disappeared. Fourth Open Expert was "S moke Bo mb Gaetz," (Good ride Smoke Bo mb!) Fifth Open Expert was Jim Sumners and Dick Harris to day came into for sixth Open Expert, not quite as good as last week's fourth place aboard his Nick Nicholson prepared Gr eeves. First 250 Expert was Wayne Cooke who had lead the Am-Ex. race into the pits, but didn 't fare so well at the finish line. He still managed a well deserved class win. Second 250 Expert was Dave Lapraik. Fourth 250 Expert was Jim Wotring. Jim led Kevin Hasten (C.M.C. sponsored CZ rider) into the finish. Sixth 250 Expert was Jim Eveland. Jim th II I k d fi . h d I InlSeeevenoveraastweean dropped a few overall positions this week but still managed a sixth in his class. That's a nice looking rear wheel Cycle News is your voice - use it _ I First 175 Expert was Andy Kirker in for his seocnd class win of the year aboard a Fairway Yamaha. Second 175 Expert was Bill Friant, fonne r Lightweight Division II Number One plate holder. Th ird 175 Expert was Jeff Jeffries , a very consistent rider and almost always finishing in the top five in his class . The T ra il Expert class looked like a game of musical chains (Musical bikes?) with the lead changing at every check. But when the checkered nag finally fe ll, Terry Raye was there for the win. Terry's name will become a household word among trail bike riders after his win today. Following in Terry's tire tracks were Chuck Cartledge, Garry Conner, Bruce Ogilivie, who had th e lead until his footpeg came unglued. Last week's overall win ner Bob Ballintine could .on ly manage a first Op:n Amateu; this weekend, but ~en again you can t be gomg around gettmg overall wins as an Amateur all the ti me! N. Nic hols and Cory Ti mms followed for their respectable finishes of second and third Open Amateur. Rick Jones topped t he 250 Amateur class beating out Gary A uberlen and Don Lyon for the win. It looks like Ti m Bowman got hi mself another ride toward a red stickie as he was the first Amate ur Division II rid er to get a finis her pin. Do n T orgeson and J ohn Ch estnu tt o ut ran J eff Kaplan to the finish fo r th e seco nd an d third spot in th is u nglorified class. First Trail A mate ur to b e co ngratulated at the finish was Wayne Sa ddle mire, and co ngratulations were in order as he had so me tough co m petition fro m Mark Car twrigh t, Mark Miller, an d Dave Dixon w h o stole the n ex t three spots in this class. Overall Novice winner Joe Polvjance managed to hold his first position to the checkered flag even after finishing several rocks out on the course with his name on them. Ronnie "Brass Assn Donahue rode both loops without a seat and was complaining of knob marks at the finish line. K. Pillars was first Open Novice just ahead of Bob DeIIiplanie who, in the last three District rides, has finished in the top ten Novices. The th ird spot in these classes went to E. Gordon in the Open and Ray Morrow in the 250 class. With a number like 96t Novice it's no surprise that Robert Myers got first Trail Novice. But it wasn't all that easy as Dino Leon was leading with the flu. At the finish he was complaining of having the runs, and this may have accounted for hi m slipping off the seat so m uch. Gerald Hatzenburler followed in the tracks, (literally) of Dino for what he was to be th ird Trail Novice. First Po wder Puffer was 125 Kathy. That's all she said Kathy, while Sue Vandusalrk of the i n vad er s was second sweetie. Dave Don ne y of the Desert Barons is still kicking as he proved today, being 63 years young and still beating many young punks. Meanwhile John Bear came all the way from Arizona to th rash his bod and bike over and down what he .,Jescri bed as "big hills they wouldn't let me go around." . Thanks to "a that helped . me this ll wee~, as I t~ok a tour of the Rldge,crest hospital dunng the race. It wasn t all that bad there though, as I ~et several of my fellow desert freaks m t~e hall way and together we shared stones and mo(a~hs antd grohans. th , 't s , as", y ere ", eTen any pict thi. kJ" h t h h':tJu;es h lSI u:,e.e. ,mhs Ph 0 op~p T thi k 0 ~u d 1mh to t : ~sp~~ .e O p,.n a y b Yk '" °h maldes . ea h ne In t S leo1n a ro en S ou er IS w at w e call "d edicat ed .....Ed.) • I: Results Open . Expert : 1. Art Knapp. 2 . Terry Davis; 3 . Smoke Bomb Gaetz. 250 Expert : 1. Wayne ceck, 2. Steve ~ Holla day; 3 . Dave Lapralk . 125 Ex pert : 1. Andy Kirker: 2. Bill Friant ; 3. Je ff Jeffries. Trail Ex pert: 1. Terry Raye; 2. Chuck Ca rtledge: 3 . Garry Conner. O pen A mateur : 1. Bob Bale ntine; 2. N . Nichols; 3 . A HU ll . 250 Amateur : 1. Rick Jones; 2 . Gary A ub er ter u 3 . Don Lyon . 125 A m a t eu r : 1. Tim Bowman; 2 . Don Torgeson: 3. John Chestnutt . Tra il A mateur : 1. Wayne Saddlemire : 2. Mark C artwright; 3 . Mark Miller. Open Novice : 1. K . Pillars: 2. B ob Oelli planie: 3 . E . Gordon . 250 Novice : 1. Joe POlvjance: 2 . Ronnie Donahue ; 3 . Ray Morrow. 125 Novice : 1. Warren Perkio : 2 . Rick Schumaker; 3 . Andy Klein . Trail Novice: 1. Robert Myers: 2 . Dino Leon: 3 . Gerald Hatzenburler. Powder Puff : 1. Kathy ; 2 . Sue Vandusalrk: 3. Loyace Hermann. One or the leading brands or motorcycles sold in the United States will soon no longer be "made in J apan." Kawasaki Motors Corporation announced January 22 that operations at a newly acquired manufacturing and assembly facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, will co m me nce in October of this year. The plant, which will initially assemble components into the 18 motorcycles presently m a kin g up the co mpany's product line, will employ up to 1,00 0 people at full ca pacity. Eventual plans call for full productio n of up to 100,000 units at the fac ility fo llowing investment of approximately S20m illion by Kawasaki Heavy In dustries, Ltd., parent company of the U.S. based Kawasa ki Motors. K a w a s a k i is the third largest motorcycle company in the United States. (It recently overtook S uzu ki.) It is the fi rst J a pan ese company to lo ca te a facili ty for manufacturing moto rcycles her e. According to Alan Masek, executive vice-presid en t of KMC, the pla n t will e nab le Ka wasaki to remain highly com petitive in the m o to rcy cle m ar ke t , reducin g costs an d d ependen ce o n lo n g s hi ppi ng channels fo r parts and products. A nother advant~ge of U . S. manufacturing versus unporting from J a pan is increased consu mer satisfaction, according to Masek. "Kawasaki has always been an American operated company catering to the tastes of the American consumer," Masek said. "That's why we grew from just 10,000 units to over 150,000 units in sales since 1965." He added, "by manufacturing in the U.S. we will have the capability to change quickly to meet changing c o n s u m e r demand for different kinds of motorcycles. And, we'll be assured of a continual supply of our most popular models as motorcycle sales increase due to their high economy in the face of gasoline shortages.' Masek pointed out, however, that the manufacturing facility was planned long before the cumnt fuel crisis and that site locations have been under st udy since early 1973. "Motorcycles we re increasing in popularity - including their use as a low-eo st transporation m edium - lo ng before the energy crisis hit. While we di d n't plan our new pl an t becau se of the energy crisis, we're gla d U.S. production is starting, since we 're experie nc ing a " so ld out" situation in m an y dealerships this year, and long shipping times from Japan a ren't helping any. " . Masek noted that other Japanese motorcycle and automotive companies may follow Kawasaki's lead in locating part or all of production facilities in the United States. Honda, for one, is said to be considering commencing production in this country. • Courtesy Pays GRIDLEY, CAL.,JAN. 21 A Gridley poli ce unit w as investigating a burglary tonight backed up by Butte County Sheriff''s unit. The burglary suspect escaped on a motorcycle, and the police began searching for him in a nearby business area. The two cars were running nose to tai l with the police u n it in the lead. The city officer sig hted the sus pect ridi ng on a rail road track bed. According to Highway Pa tro l so urces, the police u n it steered first to the right and then to the le ft in order to get onto the track bed. The sheriff's deputy was unaware of the policeman's plans and ran into the police unit. A witness told the Highway Patrol that the motorcyclist was last observed "waving goodbye, ' •

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