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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- -~ -- --- It wasn't me. . . - - I'm writing in regards to your coverage o f th e hi gh sc hool m otocross a t Or an g e C ou n t y International Racew ay on Fe b ruary 23. My picture ap pears o n the co ve r of th e March 5 Cycl e News. In yo u r cove rage of the eve n t, you ma de re ference to "some d ude" hold ing a clip boar d messin g u p th e en tire event. As y o u pointed o ut to m e through our phone co n versation , yo ur remarks were not directed t o m e , but to so m e oth er p erso n who it see ms atte m p ted to run the eve n t in his own America's No.1 Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper manner. Sha ron Clay to n : Publisher Thomas R. Culp : General ~I an a ge r Ed n a Mewto n : Secr e ta ry t o Publisher Advertising Thomas R. Culp : Na tional Director \ Wendy Blanton ; Assist a n t Trudi Culver : Assistan t Editorial Dan McCue : Managing Editor J ohn D. Ulrich : Associate Edito r John H ue rter; Feature Ed it or Lane Campbell: Calendar Edito r Art & Production Cat herine Lam p ton ; Ar t Direc tor Na n cy G ray; Adve r t ising A rt Dir ec tor Hec tor Ag ui ler a : Lab Technician Mar ion Hatas hi ta : T ypograp her Melvin Phelps ; Assistan t Typographe r Circulation Rh eba Sm ith : Manager Pam H obbs; Assistan t Che ry l Steinberg; Assistan t Accounting Gaye Za io nz : Man ager Chris Kolb e r: A ssistan t T wila Wheeler; Assistan t R osemary Ch an dle r ; Assist ant J im Squires: Collection Services & Support Telegram TO : CHUCK CLAYTON, CYCL E NEWS FROM: RUSS SANFORD, M.O.R.E. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF AND CYCLE NEWS (WHICH ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED ONE AND THE SAME) RUSS SANFORD IS ' ALIVE AND M .O .R.~ . IS DOING WELL IN SACRAMENTO. TRULY, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FOR M.O.R.E:S WELFARE EVEN THOUGH YOUR APPROACH TO GETTING THE MOTORCYCLIST'S ATTENTION IS SOMEWHAT NOVEL. BUT AS MARK TWA IN ONCE SAID , "THE REPORT OF MY DEATH IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED:' RATHER EMBARRASSEDLY, I MUST ADMIT THAT NONE OF THE OTHER FACTS RELATED IN THE OBITUARY WERE EXAGGERATED. THE ONLY EXAGGERATION WAS MY DEATH. I'M REALLY NOT DEAD. OF COURSE, MY WIFE MIGHT FEEL THAT IS AN EXAGGERATION. TOO. Mike Colikas Ch ris An drews Rand y Davis Bill Runyan J e annie Dunivan ; R ecep tionist West P.O. Box 498 , Long Beach, CA 908 0 1 (2 13 ) 4 27 -743 3 : LA 6 36·884 4. Telex No. 673-474. East-Dixie P.O. Box 805 Tu cker , Georgia. 'IrrHIlNlL (4 04) 93 4 -71150 Central P.O. Box 1324 5, Austin, Texas 78 711. (51 2) 444- 7548 . One year, second class mail, S 12.5 0 Single copy pr ice. 50<1 a~~ Publishe d weekly ex cep t fOT the fITSI an d last week of the calendar year by Cycle News. Inc. Post Office Box. 49 8, Long Beach . California. Second cla n po stage paid at Long Beach , CA. Ed itori al stories. cartoons. photos, et c. arc welcome. Addressed, stam ped en velope assu res re turn of ed itoria l matter, Reprinting in whole o r pa.rt.o nly b y p erm issio n o f the publishers. A dve rtising rates and circulation infonnatio n will be sen t up on request. Sec S.R.D.S. Copyright Cycle News. Ia c., 1974. A ll righ ts rese rved . I wish to give special t han ks t o Rescue 3 for their su per fine job of getting me out of th e d esert when I injured my leg at th e Desert M.C . race. So many people offered to help me and did help me, i t is unbelieavable. You sure aren't out there by yourself. Special thanks to one hell of a go o d guy Les Ellett, who stopped his ra cing and built a fire to get me warm and stayed with me till Rescue 3 came. Thanks to All ! L UCKY MERRITI No. 95 Downey, Cal if. SUbscription 2 ye a rs, second class mail, 522.50 3 years, secon d class mail. $ 30.00 Thank you card Desert .. .....•.........8 What gives? 0-37 H & H T he M o di fi ed Moto r cycle Association (MMA) Jan uary 19 74 news letter s ays t h e Califor nia Motorc ycle Industry Council (CMIC) l ob b y i s t is su pp o rti ng mandatory helmet laws . What gives? Has Cycl e News, thro ugh its m embersh ip in the MIC, be co me th e enemy within? Enduro .•.•...... ..... 10 The Candy-Ass plus a " little" pict orial extra. Daytona Motocross . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 W.E. VAN DRIELEN Sparks, Nev . Short Track 21 Thee Biggee 24 C.M.J.C. Presid en t Aub LeSard says, ..Bull .... ! ..... Ed. 250 Comb ined 28 "Inspecting a refund"\ Juni or 30 , 31 Novice Faces in the crowd ..•...32 TechlTest . , : 33 New Pu ch 125 Riding a resta urant 36 • Plus a whole lot of local competition and some feline fillosophy. 4 Last October I se n t o ne of y o ur adv erti sers, International Cafe R acer's Associa ti on, $5 .0 0 for ca talo gs, te ch shee ts , e tc . wh ich I never received. I wr ote tw ice ab out not ge lling th e material but I d idn't hear anything. Fin ally I got in touch with the Po st al Inspector in Houston , Texas ; he fo un d o u t th e o w ne r w as Mr. J ac k Friday , 1619 Red Bluff Road , Pasadena, Texas 77 502. I j u st rec eived a $ 5.00 refund fro m Mr. Friday. If any other reader s have h ad this tro u ble , get in touch w ith Mr. L. W. Engli sh, Postal In spe ctor. P.O . Bo x 1276, Houst on . Texas 7700 I. He can save a $5.0 0 ri poff', KE NN ETH E. BRO UGH ER . Canoga Park, Calif. My in vo lvem en t in this event came about thro ugh Mr. Bill Martinez who announced th e even t. It see m s Mr. Martinez d id n o t h ave t he co rre ct rid er s list at the begin ning o f the nig hts ra cin g an d I was asked t o get th e riders names, sc hools an d bike n umber, so he coul d announce w ho was ridin g wh at a nd fo r what school , whi ch I glad ly did. The eve nt was so me what d iso rgan ized, bu t by the good t urn o u t I ho pe more h igh sch oo l m oto cro ss even ts ca n be put together. . I'm personally in volved with the S uper Bowl of Motorc ross t o be held J une 22 a t th e Lo s Ange le Colliseum, We are in ter ested in pu t tin g t ogether a h i gh sc h o o l motocross ass em bly progra m a nd p erh aps a school tic k et sale p ro gra m. We have th e T hriIIsee kers Super Bowl film ava ila b le and wh a t I co nsid er a to ta l p rogra m to presen t o n m o to cro ss. If an y o f your re aders arc interested in th is type o f show and w ould lik e to partic ipate, t hey sh o uld call 2 13/944-393 I. GLEN BA UMGA RT NER Super Shirts Closed circuit Tue sd a y n i ght, Feb. 19, on Oceansid e Cable Chann el 3, we sa w a film produce d for th e Sierra Clu b b y Bob Turner of Carlsb ad . Mr. T urner felt his film was objec tive fo r all sides b u t it d eal t q uite a b lo w to th e mo torcyclists . Noise, th e ' 7 3 Bar stow to Vegas be g inn in g . o r s taged act of a mo torcyclist splashing wa te r on a fa mily while ch arg in g through a st ream were among scen es co n tras ted t o those o f a flock of birds landing in water, birds singin g a n d b ackpackers wal king through th e woods. The impress ion we received wh ile wa tching the "objective film" was th at the motorcyclists , dune buggies and other off-road vehicl es drasticall y destroy th e e nviron m en t ; we should all be re st ricted to designated parks. \ In the interview following the film , Mr. Turner spoke of his d esire to show this work on network television. We feel th is film is unfair. Suggestions? Mr. Turner is president of AVS Productions in Calrsbad, Calif. JEFF JOHNSTON O cean sid e, Cal if. Thou ghtful hints from Mr. Moto XR I have read tw o letters in Cycl e New s la tely citing th e high co st of racing . Several q uestions w ere asked o n speci fic bik e co sts co m p are d w ith that of a car. I would like to atte mpt t o answer some of t hos e que st ion s having had experience from both the buyers a nd seller's side of th e parts co un ter. It em : A "set-u p" tw o-st ro ke m o t o cross m ach ine is a very low p ro d uction it e m co mp are d wi th any st ree t m achine. T he m e t als used in co nst ru ct io n arc fa r su pe rio r (in most -cases], and m an y exotic alloys a rc used t o reduce weight. A ne w, well -prepared m oto cro ss bike is to a p ro rid er what a finely ho ned scalpel is to a su rge o n. T he ex pe nsive 'c ro sser 's pri ce is d etermined b y: Iim it ed p ro ductio n, ex pe nsi ve m at e rials, and h an d fi tting. It em : A u tom o bile shoc ks a rc m ass-produced in th e ch ea pest p o ssib le wa y . T hey never run in mud (th e sea ls arc en cased ). A se t of MX or d esert sho ck s t ak e m ore b ea rin g in one lap th an a car ta kes in a yea r of d ri vin g. T here arc several m o to rc y cle sh oc ks b uilt th at w ill las t a year. T h ose a rc all rebuildab le. Item : Chains. Chains on sh op m ach inery (la tc hes, sc rew ma chines, hones ) last in d efi ni te ly. They last Con·tin ued on page (