Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ . ::z:: m 3: > CO) > N Contents Z m , eg 3 BACK TA L K -< > Z Some people think their opinions are wo rth writing down C 4 MARTIANS AND THE CYCLE SNATCHER 'T1 You thought yesterday was bad? Wait til tomorrow 0 jJ MM ROAD TEST : MARX BIG WHEEL . ~ 5 \ ::z:: m Th ere's nothing lik e it in th e world Z > C 7 COMPETITION: MOTOCROSS AND HOW m -Every b od y else do es it, why not y ou ? O . c: > -l 8 ON THE SCENE: PIT RACERS m Surefire solutions to m otorcycling 's menace jJ > n 9 SPECIAL - READ THIS FIRST m Official MOTOMONTHI. YI products jJ / 9 INTERVIEW: ROD ROCKET Don't miss this one I ' =E =i ::z:: r- 10 11 INTERNATIONAL: REPORTS FROM EVERYWHERE =i > jJ -< m jJ No v shmoz ka pop, babushka, N'c'est pas ? HEAVYWEIGHT ACTION AT 347th ELEPHANT RALLYE When th ese guys want to go off-road, nobody argues "'C jJ m -l m :2 en 0 On the cover :2 en > :2 C rr- Cra ck MOTOMONTHL Yi photograph er c: captured the ed it o r ia l staff en of MOTOMONT HLY! as they arrived 0 Z fo r work on e morning at ou r palatial en offices in the MOTOMONTH LY! Towers 0 comple x . Ace tech editor (in 'T1 coverall s) had MOTOMONTHLY' latest n project bike in fine tune and the rest of "the gang" were frozen I > "'C by the sliding shutter of the eg l> Brownie Haw k ey e in t his candid moment just " d o ing their thing : ' r- =i -< They sho uld thaw o ut b y Ju ly . > en en S u nd ry executi ve ty pes ca n be se en at ease in t he p rog ressivel y land- 0 r- scaped entrance of MOT OMONT HLY"s C -l 0 -l m ill io n dollar lay -o ut . From left t o right; JoJo Jones crack Road Race ldioter , Jo h nny J . Sidewaze Emeteex Idioter, I. Kelso Sm it h XVI Str eet Bike Idi ot er , and Col. B.S. Green (Ret.! noted English ::z:: m ;s: 0 -l pr oduct Idiot er . 0 jJ n -< n r:2 Publisher C) "'C c: eg Howard Hugh. MFW IC lam Wasted fdi ater Juju J o n es R oadrace Id la t er I. Kel so Sm i t h XV I Street B i k e l dl oter Mo na Gor i lla Tecbrucat Idiater Joh nn y Si dewaze . Jr . Emeteex Idi ater Super F a tso B r eak o 6 0 4 tdtoter R . Dandy D ig s Po stho le an d St r eak i n g Id io t er lam W agy M u.C kraker a nd _ e n e r a l Po l i t i ca l T u rkey G D a ve Slow 55 M PH Li mit tct oter Dave Sl ilbusle r Bel o i t I dioter Art Slawedm an Ta,m~c Con su lt an t sa m u el B iblicalleader D irt y Cyc le Id iot e r 8.5. Green E nglish Nut I dio te r Cathy Nobra A r t Tootsie rn l> z c > -< 0 :2 :2 Nancy H ipp lech ick A ssoci at e A r t T oo ts ie T h o mas C . Ruppo ffsk i Adve r t i si n g Turkey T ruly Ho ndQ4Jlover Another Adver t i sing Tu rk ey M ick ey Muldone Exec uti ve V irgil T . Co m eo nnowyoufre.k Executi ve B oz o T hereu T eetz Mistress Betsy Bomboomba A ssist ant to Theresa Teets K arol Stomache r Su b versio ns MOTOMONTHL V! is p ublished annually b y a b u n c h o f r av i n g i diots, l u natics. turk eys . an d rich R epu b lic ans ben t on maki ng tons of loot thro ugh the exp lo i t a t io n o f i nnocent contri butors, su bstandard p ay m en t rates, overpr i ced subscri ptions, an d k issing a lot o f m anuf act u r er s' • . .O n t he o ther hand, i t may b e pub li sh ed b y a e u n cn of ego·trlP pi ng jerks and assorte d b o zos giving themselves bizarre ego titles. selli ng sweatshirts w i t h their names on t h em . p r oc lai mi n g th at only they know an ything. an d saying every b i k e this is n o t a fantas tic motocrosser is a p ig. Alte rnate ly. b u t very ra r e l y . t h ey ma y be a b un c h of nice gu y s, o r at le ast a b u n c h of w ell m ea n i n g idiots o ver fifty years ol d . A t an y r at e , MOTOMONT HL V! lives In a cusrom-cesrc nec p r e stig iou s ps ue d o · ba nk a ba n doned sh ack o n Cerritos Aven u e i n Short Bea ch , Califor nia. R ep r i n t i n g i n h oles or c av es expressl y verbo t en un less you gi ve u s mo ney . Lotsa money! SU BSCRIPT IONS are extremely over prtced , plus extra o verpricing if y ou ' r e oversea s. A D V E R Tl s rN G : We mi ght use it if you pay enough an d w e have room . C H A NGE O F ADDRESS : None. We're alwa y s ri g h t here. CONTR I BUTI ONS : 9~S:~ ~Qi ~ ~d .,'! «:rno -, ~O ~T_~ ~ ST E R: r'_e.d_o.n:t .~ay~ ?~e. ~Et"2 qe r .~ S ~~ ~~,:~URK~ Y~. ET~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ . ...,. ~ ~ ~ .... m m ren m =E =i ::z:: -l ::z:: m jJ C) ::z:: -l n ::z:: > z C) !!! • ~

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