Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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After tbe Sweat bas dried ••• A.M .A GRAND N TION LC . A A HAMP ION Please send me the totlowing items. ( Make check or money order payable to : " Ken Roberts RaCing Oub") Offer yotd where prohibited . Otferexpires December 1. 1974. All items shipped postage prepaid . Please allow three weeks for delivery. Members r.ctHve: AltJmbef$hitJ card ; Pers onaly aut ograplted photo 01 Kenn y: Racing emblem: M onth' y ne wsJene, wth . . tINt latest scooo : Monthly ~1IIIiIvJ by Kenny ...,h lucky member f8Cffiv. ing prizes such as f"'~ helmets, ere.: FrH ~ and other merchaneJise IhrougltocJt the year. ITE AlS IrIA.,..BE ORDERED WITHOUT CLUB AlEUBERSHIP TOTAl llDI QUANTITY U " ROBERTS R Ael A MEMBERSHI P $5.00 GQ.UB 0 D BPOSTER $1.50 ..eIl CT.SHIRT $3.95euh § CHILD ( Size ) ADULT SMA LL ADULT MEDIUM ADULTLARGE ADULT EX-LARGE D CALERDAR Sl.!5 eKh o E PtIlZ1.E $3.50 nch $ Total for merchandise Ca lif. residents add Polit ics! Many people hate it , darn ed few do anything about it unless a crisis drives them off dead center. One subscriber's comp laint sums up a ge ne ra l feel ing, "Less poli ti cal c ra p , st ic k to news a bout bik es. If I wa n te d to read th e Free Press, I'd b uy it. " We understand. Honest . we 'd rathe r ride b ikes and just wri te a bou t th em t ha n any thi ng , or we wouldn't be wor k ing for th is o utfi t. We also have e nough sens it ivity t o know th at if we run a libera l-lean ing article , th e co nse rva tives wi ll sc rea m ; if w e run a co nserva tive-lea n in g article . the liberals w ill scr eam ; and if o ur a p proach is so m i d d l e -o f vt h e road th at n obody screams , then w e've been sh o u ting down a holl ow tube, listenin g to o u r ow n voices. However, th e sc re a m s tend to drown ou t th e esse n tia l fac t : when we ride moto rcy cles, in th e d esert, o n the r o ad. in t he w oods, on a track, w e are under the politici a n 's hamme r. T he o n ly wa y we're go ing t o su rvive wit h o u r life st yl e s intact is to be aware of what's o n the po litician 's m ind be fo re the h amme r d rops. You st ill d o n't bu y it? The En ergy Crisis, real o r imagine d, has caused the outrigh t cancella tio n or mo d if ica tio n of se ve ral imp ort an t fa ctory racing programs, a nd mad e everybody in th e racing co m m u nity do a giant h icc up in mi d-ai r. The Hel met Law co ntinues to be a bugaboo, not because helmets are good or bad in themselves (basically , they're a good th in g), b u t because of the power it gives governme n t to do o th er thi ngs . If you r bag isl was cars, the enti re shape a nd character of you r sport has been d isfi gur ed by Fe deral ed ict since 19 6 8. If your b ag is han g gliders, you're fr ee - so far. If yo u r bag is m oto rcycles. you h ave a tre me n dous need to know wh at's happe ning in Wash in gt o n , in Sacr amento . an d any whe re else Big G o vernment h an gs it s hal. Given th at yo u have a need to k now , th e next quest ion goes rig h t to th e hear t of the m atte r. Yo u rs. Do you love m o to rcycli ng e nough to ignore th e political co lo ra tio n of t he reporter, a bso rb th e useful info rmatio n yo u n eed, and use th a t in fo rmation in a wa y t hat will b en efit m o to rcycl in g? If you functio n this way , then t he fact that som e of us love Richard Nixon a nd so me of us hate him should fa de into insign ifica nce . (Ever met an ybody who was lu kew arm abou t R ich ar d Nixon ?) What is significant is tha t Cycle News will contin ue to dig for the inform ation that you, as an individual subscriber, will need to d e fend whatever aspect o f motorcycling you happen to be in to . T hat's o ur co mmitment. because we be lieve w e'v e go t a fight o n o ur h ands th at has t o b e won befo re we're free t o just write a bout bik es. If we - we bikers - lo se th at fight , there ' ll be n o more Cycle New s because th er e'll be n o t hin g interest in g to re port , no excit em en t. n o wonder , no no th in g. T he n we ca n all hang up m o to rcy cl ing, tak e up h an g glid er s, a nd be p rep ar ed to figh t th e sa me war all over again wh en Big Government di scovers that people kill th emselves Flying hang gliders an d e njoy it . What a waste. Lane Campbell Saline Range closed BA KE RSFIELD, CA L., J A N. 23 The remote Sa line Mountain Range, 20 mil es east o f Big Pine ly ing be twee n Salin e Va lley and Eureka Va llev, has been closed to alI recreatio ~ al vehicle travel by the Bureau of Land Manage men t, T he Sal ine Ran ge is o ne of the last pri mi tive desert valIey and m ountain associations when: t he impac t of m o d ern m an has no t be en felt. Vue to its seve re an d ari d cl imate , re mote IDea tion , rel a tive inaccessibili ty an d in te nsive beau ty th e a rea possesses inher ent value as a n o pe n-space natural area , ric h a rc heo logical area , wildlife and plan t p rese rve a rea for resear ch and othe r educa tio na l st udy p urposes, an d an idea l escape to so li tude. T he veh icle closure wen t in t o effect No vember I , 19 7 3 , w hen the BL M's interim critical ma nageme nt program for recreational vehicle use on the Cal ifornia Desert was adopted. A vehicle corridor open to recreational t ravel passes thro ug h the area from Upper Warm Springs in Saline Val le y into Eureka Valley. • fRIg _ 5" tax TOTAL ENCLOSED: ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP MAil TO: KEN ROBERTSRACING CLUB P.O. BOX 5589 WALN UT CREEK. CA 94596 TECATE QUI IENTOS '500' E DU 0 ARCH 30th & 31 st TECATE,BAJA CALIFORNI_A T he seco nd a n nua l 500 m ile two d a y e nd u ro for experien ced rid e rs, st a rt ing in Te cat e on Sat u rda y with a n o ve rn ight sto p in San Felip e. Entr y fee is FORTY DO L LA RS (S4 0) wh ic h inclu des most ga s, oil, lu nches, insura nce a nd tro p hies. All e ntries m ust be received by Mar ch 15 th . T he dr a win g for sta rting posi ti o ns will be Mar ch 1st so get you r entri es in NOW. Riders who wish to compe t e on Su nda y o nly w ill hav e a S25 entry fee wit h first rid e r away on both da ys at 7 :01. Th e eve n t is run under AMA en d ur o rules a nd a spe cia l overall t rophy will be awarded in ad di ti o n to fo ur m a n t eam tro ph ies. T he re will be ov ern ight campin g but acco mo dat io ns a t any of t h e many motels a nd hotels a re yo ur respon sib ility . Pit c rews aren 't a must bu t th ey wou ld be useful. SEND YO U R ENT R Y TODAY O N A NY ST A NDAR D ENDUR O ENT R Y FO RM . Mai entry form to P.O. Box 1582, La Mesa, California 92041. l ROKON RT 340 ENDUROS IN ST OC K NOW ,/ CArnes Cycle Shop I, 8459 - Foothill - P.O. Box 608 Sunland. CA 91040 2 t 3-352 ·1458 --- ---------. Frwv~, MeFadden at the Newport YAMAHA/HUSQVARNA Sales - " .... . .... . A~,_" I ~ Cal if ornia ' Cvcle ' Center 2100 E. MeFadden Santa Ana (714) 558. t51 1; ------------ I I J 19