Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

on th e Baker to Veg as race never mentioned the Powder Puff class. We were small in n um ber, but we were there. ALIC E BALES La Habra, Cali f. You may have noticed th ese past feu: weeks, we are getting more PP news in th e paper. . . C.C. M.O.R.E. at the microphone Larry's number one fan Starting the hot VR Larr y Roeseler, D·37 Number On e Trailbi ke, won a gold med al on a Harley 125 at th e Fo rt Hood ISDT Qu alifier Mar ch 3 0 an d 3 1. I 've w ai ted each week to see an article ab o u t th is, b u t so far in vain. How ab o u t it ? MA RT HA DONEY Larry's Num be r On e Fan Bloomingt on, Calif. While reading yo ur tes t o n th e Montesa VR 250 (Cycle News April 3 0, 19 74), I stumbled upon these lin es; "Surprisingly, it so me t imes took three o r four kicks to get it to ligh t off when it w as hot. Then som et im es , it d idn't." This irregular it y can be cured by simply tur n i ng off t h e f u e l p et c o ck prem aturel y and le tting th e en gin e run for several seconds before sh utting it off . T hen , when you wa nt to kick it t o life agai n , th e thing w ill start firs t or second kick. T he reasons beh in d this are basic, b ut they so metim es get lost in th e confus io n. For, wh en th e engine is very " hot, th e level in th e float b o wl o f the carbureto r tends to " p ercola te" up th ru th e main jet and em ulsion tu be. T his is straig ht gasoli ne, n o t fuel , (a com bi natio n of atomi zed gasoline an d air), so th at whe n the engine is off, an overly rich charge sets it self u p to be injested at th e next prod o f th e kickstar t lever. An overly rich m ix ture is fin e fo r cold engine starts, bu t it reigns havock on a ho t o ne . Nu ff said. Sorry . Our Cent ral and East editions covered Ft. Ho od , bu t West co uldn't s p a re t he space. Congratulations , Larry• .. CC. Cycle News contingency I n o t i c e d you are having a con tin gen cy prize deal if you win wi th a Cycle News sti ckle on your bi ke. I think one of th ose sti ckl es would look pretty good on m y Trackm aster Yam aha, so if y ou ha ve an ex t ra one don 't h est itate to sen d it. ' Your co verage o f races is the b es t an d quickest there is. Bruce Colby first Novice In the Ap ril 9 issue the res ults o f th e Badger 's D·3 7 Hare Scrambles fo r the Novice class were wrong - especial ly sin ce the first Novice w as to tal ly o verlo o ked . Bruce Co lby 1 120x, o n a 25 0cc Pen ton was I I places (and 10 m inut es) ahead of seco nd place finis he r. Agai n, in the April 13 issue fo r the Maywood MC Har e Scrambles, he was o verl o o ked. While he di d not finis h he was the firs t Novice to the check a fter the pi ts and well ahead of the second o ne. Please wake up when the green number plates co m e through. ELANA COL BY Glendora, Calif. CHARL ES BLO OM ER, JR. Vice-President AM A D-36 Con c o rd , Calif. We do not think Cranston is anti-bik e, but d o believe he is n o t ge tting the who le story thro ugh the aid es he, (as all Sena torsJ, relies upon. . . Ed. Sh ar o n Clayt o n ; Publish er Th omas R. Culp ; Gen eral ~ l ana ger Edn a Xlewto n : Secret a ry 10 Publ isher Adve rt ising T ho mas R . C u lp ; Nati ona l Dire ct or Trudi Culver: A ssistant Editorial Charles Clayton : Edit or john D . Ulrich ; A ssociate Editor john Hu etter ; Fe ature Edi tor Lane Camp bell ; Calendar Editor Art & Production Cat h eri n e La mpt on ; A r t Di rec to r Na ncy G ray; Adv ertising A rl Director Hec t or Ag uilera : Lab Te c h nician Mario n Ha tas hi ta : Typogra ph er Me lvin Phe lp s ; A ssist an t Ty po grapher We wis h R uss had ann ounced th e Hangt o wn National races, to o. . .Ed . Correction Circulation Rheba Smi th; Mana ger Pam H ob bs: Assistant Ch ris An drews T here ap peared o n page 22 , in the March 19 issue of Cy cle News, an article stating t hat Ken Roberts, AMA Grand Natio na l Ch amp i on, was bein g represented by an organizatio n called Mo torsports Associates, di rected by Joh n Oldman, President. T his is n ot true in an y way. As Ken R ob erts General Man ager , I have co me to n o agreements r e g a rding sharing m y prom o ti ona l responsibilities wi th an y individ uals or groups, nor is it m y intent a t this tim e to d o so . For Ken and I , as p ar tn ers an d frie nds , it's busine ss as usu al , (w hic h has been a great pl eas ure fo r several years) . Accounting Gay e Z aion e : Ma nager C hris Ko lb e r: A ssistant T w ila Wheeler: A ssistant R ose mary Chandler; As sistant j im Sq uir e s ; Coll ection Services & Support Mike Colik as Randy Davis Bill Runyan · Jean nie Du ni van ; Re ce ptionist J AMES C. DOYL E Manager , Ken R oberts AMA Gran d Na tio nal Ch ampion San Carlos, Cali f. West P.O. Box 498. Long Beach, C" 9080 1 (2 13) 427·74 33; LA 636-8844. Tele x No. 6 73·474 . Badgers blundered Any T ra il Novice wh o rode th e Badge r 's H a r e S cr ambles (ISDT Quali fier ) and bust ed their b utt t o fini sh the fir st lo op , o nly t o find th e hom e check closed an d b e sent d o w n the road, still has a chan ce to b e a fini sher! A rticle Se ven Se ct ion Four Par agr aph G o n p age 14 of th e District 3 7 ruleb ook states th at if T rail Novices are to go more than one loo p , the sp onsoring clu b must -advertise th at fa ct. There w as no mention of th is in ei ther their riders instruc ti o ns o r t heir Cy cle New s ads. Some of those kids real ly tried bu t we ren 't as fas t as th e super stars so they were to ld to go home and try again n e x t year. It 's too bad that rule applies t o Trai l Novices only, there we re a lot of othe r riders who had th at bewildered look on their faces also. DE AR OLD DAD Torrance, Calif. Cranston fence straddling In a r e c e n t M .O.R.E. article (3-2 6· 74 ) . m y good friend Ru ss Sanford cam e o ut in favo r of State Senator H.L . Rich ardson fo r th e U.S . Senate. R ich ardson is a Rep ublican who is politicall y o n the far righ t an d fo r that reason I would never sup port hi m. I have n ot yet made up m y mind about Senator Cran ston. Man y of his co m men ts a re fence-straddling - so w e have t o try t o p in him down. One of the o ther cy cle p ub lications is . of the op inio n he may be getti ng poor ad vice from so me an t i-cycle aide . America' s No.1 Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper A RLEN & SANDRA BIG GENS Sa cramento, Calif. DAMIEN MACE Beverl y Hills, Calif. ROD McQUI LLIN No . 20 1w An ch orage, Al aska Yo ur s tick ies on the way. Th e Cycle News co ntingen cy .applies on ly to R egional Championship AMA races, th o ugh. . .Ed. Being Northern Californians, we have b een aware for so me ti me th at Russ S a nfo rd of M .O .R. E. announced m otorcy cle races o n the we ekends . We ha d ne ver had the opportunity of actual ly he aring R uss un til we atten ded t he Han gt own Sports man MX races this year. We feel th at Riss is probably the best ra ce an nouncer we have eve r hear d an d it is a crying shame tha t he isn 't called upon to an no unce th e . " biKg ies" that o cc ur thro ughou t th e West . Per haps th is sho uld be called to the a tten tion of some o f th e b ig prom oter s b eca use we kn ow th at any thing Russ earns as an an nouncer goes right in to th e M.O.R.E . treasury to help m o t or cy clists and mo t orcycl ing. _ East·Dixie P.O. Box 8 05 T ucker, Georgia. (404) 934·7 8,>0 Cent ral P.O. Bo x 13245, Austin. Texas 787 11. (5 12) 444 ·7548 . Subscription O ne ye ar , secon d cl ass mai l. S 12.5 0 2 y ea rs. se c ond cla ss ma il, 5 22 .50 3 years. secon d class ma il. 5 30 .00 Single copy pr ice, 504 Bike Breaker &~~ Copyright Cycle News , In c. 1974. T rade mark registered U.S. Patent Office. All rights reserved , Published wee kly except the first and las t wee k of the calendar year by Cy cle News. Inc .• P.O. Box 49 8 , L ong Beach , Califor nia . Second class pos tage paid at Long Beach. CA. Edi torial sto ries , car toons. ph ot os, et c . a re welcom e. Addressed, stam ped em-elope assures re turn of unpurchased edi to rial matter. Reprin ting in wh ole O f p art only by permission of the p u b lish e rs . Adver ti i n~ rate s and circulatio n information wi1l be sent up on req ues t. See S.R.D.S. 6 ISD T Q ualifier 8 Sideways Speedway High School MX 10 Four in one week Opin ion Tech 14,29 16 New tri ck s for ol d do gs Sh irt off his back Test In the April 23 r<1 issue th ere is a pi cture of Jim Pomer oy . The cap t io n says he is wearing a Buffalo Brea th j ersey . Si n ce we gave the jersey to him (free bie) an d since we supp ly Buffalo Brea th wi th th ei r je rse ys w ould yo u p lea se. men tio n it ? Just in case yo u co m e up wi th a picture of Brad wear ing ano the r o ne ,like it, it ca me from us to . . CZ 25 0 JOHN GREGORY J T Racing J mports Bon it a, Calif. Powder Puffs are people too Why are we not given Powder Puff race results and a paragra p h here and there in your stories? I was di sappointed tha t your article North GP and Enduro 18 20 22 Wa ter an d roads 0·37 Desert 26 Ba kken, Wadlow, and An glin Nostalgia 30 Mo re st uff from the m asked m ar vel Results Calendar Cat Win an XL 250 32 38 46 48 ON THE COVER : Pen and in k b y David Grie ve o f Sacramen to ' California . ... Z o ~ :> '

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