Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I s Awake or asleep E National I would lik e to co m m en t on Barbara Zenk's le tter which appeared in the june 4 issu e . She states road racing is more exciting than motocross. In my opinion this is like aski ng wh at is' more e xcitin g. to b e aw ak e: or to be asleep. Road racing doesn't hold a ca ndl e to motocross for exc item en t. 6 A Keener Half-mile 8 Speedway Poles, holes and roles 12 Desert Very squirrelly with teams TOM IIUDSON Redlands, Calif. 14 Scrambles Smooth and ro ugh 00 Enduro ......•. ... . .. . 15 A letter from Alan Time, gentlemen Flat Track 16 Where the freeways meet 18 . North Whe re th e actio n is Evaluation ......•... . .24 Living with th e Pen ton/KTM 250 26 World Champ. MX Hansen handstands , DeCoster dazzles 28 Technical E.C . Kn o ws 32 Results Yo ur name in CN Impression 37 Yamaha's MX 175 Calendar 38 The Ron Schneiders perfect enduro Ron Schneiders tell the truth ! Ar e you a ngry because y o u didn 't finish or have yet to finish a Greenhorn Enduro ? Why is it when so meone fini shes a run it 's great and when a per son d oes not finish it stinks? Maybe y ou should sti ck to family type e ndures. Have y o u ever found the perfect enduro ? More than enough m arkings, every ro ck and ditch danger m arked, every chec k on th e correct mileage and m inute ? Perhaps with y o ur years of experience yo u co uld put on the perfect enduro ? I 'm waiting to ride the Ron Schneiders Perfect Enduro . BILL ZAREMBA Covina , Cali f. Sharon Clay ton; Publisher Thomas R. Culp; Galeral Manager; Edna Mcwton; Secretary to Publisher. Advertising Thomas R . Cul p; Nation al Director Trudi Culver; AssistanL Editorial Charlel Clayton; Editor. John D. Ulrich; Associate Ed itor. John Huetter; Fe a tu r e Edi t o r , Lane Campbe ll ; Calendar Editor. Art & Production . Ca ther lne Lampto n; Art Dire ctor. Nancy Gray: Advertising Art Dire ctor , He ctor A KUilcra; Lab Technician, Mari on Hat ash ita ; Typographer. Melvin Phelps: Assis tant T yp ogr aph er. Circulation Rheba Smith; Manager. Pam Hobbs & Chri s Andrews; Assis · tants. Accounting Gaye Zaionz; Manager. Chris Kolbe r & Twita Wheeler; Assistants. Rosemary OIandler; Collection, Daryl Christian; AssistmL Services & Support Mike Colikas. Randy Davis. Bill Runyan, Jeannie Dunivan: Re cep tio nist. West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801 (2 t 3) 427-7433 ; LA 636·8844. East P.O. Box 934·7850. 805, T uck er , GA (404) Central P.O . Box 13245, Austin, TX 78 711. Subscription One year, seco nd dass mail, $12.50: 2 years. second class m ail . $ 22 .50 ; 3 years. second clasi m ail . S30. 0 0 ; Single copy price . 50 cents. Copyri!th1 Cycle Newt, Inc. 1974. Trade m..rk 1'C'(is1ered U.S. PalmI Office. All righll reserw-d. Publbhtd wrc'ldy ex cept me finl and lui wed!. of the calendar yur by Cycle Newa , Inc•• P.O . Box 498, Long Beach . CWfomia. Second c1au pot,Uge poJid a l Long Ikach. CA . Edi10rial Iloriel. carloonr., p h010l, etc. an welcome . Addreucd, I IUDped e nvelope- allures relurn of unpurchaltd tcblorw mana . Reprin1inr in whole or part only by permisaion of the publisherl. Advcrtillnl raUl ~ citcubtion information will be 5e'DC upon request, Sec 4 S.R.D.5. R on finished the 1970 Gree nhor n on a BSA Victor 441, th e 19 72 Gree nhorn on a Sachs 125, and the Sunday portio n of th e 1971 Greenh orn on the Sa chs 125 . .. Ed. because as usu al he di d no t finish? I d o not care to co m ment on the a rticle wri tten by Sch neide rs becau se it is only the opin ion of a "bel ow average" B rider who appare ntly has no ide a of what a National Cha mpions hip or District 37 Enduro should be like. I do, however take exception with the paragraph in "The Latest Poop" whi ch indicated th at th e nu mber drawing was dishonest . I personally ac cepted and processed every en try and th en c o n d uc te d th e drawing. Throughout the drawing I repeatedly asked the assembled crowd if any body wanted to mix the drawing slips or even draw them . It seems to me that Paul Flanders, Schneider 's riding partner, even drew a c o up le of numbers. Does this make him dishon est also ? I can only say that if Schneiders has proof of th e trash he is trying to shove down your re aders' throats, let him step forw ar d and fir e his b est shot in person. TERRY BLUMENTHAL Referee Pasadena M.C. Club Pasadena, Calif. Greenhorn Ron Schne ide rs , for on ce I agree w ith you. But why were you so n ice to the Pasadena Mo to rcycle Cl ub ? They deserve wo rse. I rece ived abou t th e sa me cra p fro m the PMC checkers when as ki ng for w ord on my h usb a nd . If I had been a m an, I'd have smacked th e guy fla t. But an yway , yo u to ld it lik e it was - one hell of an enduro . C. ANASTASIE Downey, Calif. Masterlinks MC sabotage Pasadena MC? While a tt end in g a Distri ct 3 7 Hare & hound. I was wi mess to an in cident th at well shows the division of the people in our sport. After arriving a t the cam p are a on Saturday, 25th o f May at approximately 12:00 noon, we learned the Greenhorn Enduro was to cro ss a portion of the Hare & Hound co u rse, so we de cided to ride o ut and wat ch the riders co m e through . \Ve w ere waiting for th e first ride rs wh en a truck came up . T he -d rive r inq ui red if we were a part of the Greenhorn End u ro. When he fo u nd o u t we: were not. h e in fonncd us the Greenhorn Club had wiped out 12 mil es of the Hare & Hound markers and he was going to do lik ew ise to the Greenhorn Course. He pro ceeded to do so for a distan ce of o ne to two miles back to an intersecting ro ad. li e t hen lim ed th e co use in a different direction up in to a canyon. It was a fiasco when t h e: ri ders got to this po in t. To the riders who spent so much ti me and money preparing their bikes and paying their en try fee, expecting the best, I can only say my sympathies are wi th you. SEAN GIBSON Pasadena MC writes back I believe it is safe to say that Ron Schneiders was n o t overly pleased with the 1974 Gre en ho rn . Could it be Ron do es not write "The Latest Po op . " Why was Steffan's number known ahead of time? . . Ed. Notorious notes from Terrible Terry In regards to person al prejud ice, I wo uld prefer desert and m otocr o ss articles o nly. Road raci ng just takes up val uab le space in yo ur fi ne pap er. Also , I say bravo to Ron Schneiders and his article on the Pasad en a MC's Greenhorn. That guy has real class with a pen in h is hand. TERRY BURR Glendale, Calif. I supported a Sen ate amendment to exempt motorcycles from no-fault insurance and to permit States to i n e r e as e motor cy cle insurance de ductibles, If the Se nate had not taken such action , motorcyclists wo uld have been faced wit h dra matic increases in insurance rates. and forced eithe r to abandon their motorcycles or o perate th em iIlegaIly. You can be ass ured t hat un de r th e National No -Fault Motor Ve hicle Ins u ran ce Act, as passed by the Senat e on May I, moto rcyclis ts will no t be burdened with u n fair ,' hig h ins urance p remium s. Ea ch State will decide w hic h insurance p rograms best su its its cyclists. I realize that mos t motorcyclists depend on th e modest operating expenses of their motorcycles and am pleased th at the majorit y of the Senate agreed that their spe cial situation should be taken into co n sid e ra t io n . I trust th at the Senate 's action .will prove satisfa ctory to all motorcyclists. ALAN CRA..';STON U.S . Senator (D-Ca lifo rn ia) Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Wealey : Your co lum n of j~ne 4, 1974 makes to a cigare t te company offering S 1,000 to the top American finisher in the Hang Ten United States Gran Prix. Altho ugh the basic fa cts in your story are co rrect , th e sponsor of the top American award is Liggett an d Mey ers and the brand is L&M . As L&M is o ne of the firs t m aj o r non-m o to rcycle sponsors of m o t orcy cle competition, we wo uld ap preciate y o ur b rin gin g the corre ct information to th e attention of yo ur m an y tho usa nd s of d ev o t ed re ad er s. I have, as I am su re all your readers d o , total trust in yo ur co lu m n. It is my firs t and fo remost so urce of in formation abo ut D ucks. Fran kly, I'd b e Jost w ith o u t it. MARTIN MAZNER Cunningham & Walsh , In c. Los A ngeles, Cal if. referen ce L&M also partly sponsors a For mula On e au to racing team... Ed . Jumping stumps naked Races on TV If yo u would like to see m or e ra ces o n television. ( e s p ec i a lly t he S uper o ut-of-sight national races lik e the Sa n j os e Mile, Houston Astro d ome. Louisvill e Dow ns, an d all the othe r stops o n t he AM A p ro s racing tour ) t he n drop a line to : Roane Arle dge c /o AC B Wide Wo rld o f Sports 415 1 Pro spe ct Los Ange les, Ca lifornia A long le tte r isn ' t n ecess a ry, j us t a lin e or tw o telling him t ha t y o u would like to se e more tel evi sion cove rage of motorcycle racing. m ot or c y c l e MARIE KING 24620 Moon St. Lomita, Ca lif. A n ot e of correction to Mr. Stewart on his desert re p o r t . T he Rovers d id n ot start Saturday night 's st rea ko u t! Bad Bob Ornealas o f th e Stum p j umpers started it o ff by str eaking th e Masterlin ks, ye lling. " I' m a Rover , l 'm a R o ver!" H e th en st o p pe d off at the Rovers an d streaked them . The Rovers t he n se n t us a return streake r. The S t u mp j u m pe rs topped th at h y se ndi ng a truckload of nak ed stumpi es we aring only their club vests, led by Bob Ornelas ca rry ing th e club flag to give the Rovers an even bigger thrill . It wa s th en th e Rovers sent th e Stump jumpers a truckload o f "B _1\ : s". The Stumpies started it! JANICE JUM PER An aheim, Calif. - Action Not Papa ! You want action? I'll give you ac t ion. "Tom Butte (Ho n) grabbed his sw itchblade at th e bottom of the downhill in the 125 junior class and leaped at Frank Lim, (Pe n) . 'Freeze: cried Linx, drawing his .4 4 Magnum from behind his chest protector, 'Freeze, o r I'll .. ." RO,' CAlK Orange, Calif. I will renew my subscription for one year if you will do the following three things : I.) fire Pap a Wealey. 2 .) sen tence Ron Schneiders to five years iOn p rison . 3 .) hang j oh n O. Ulri ch f ro m a pukka bush till harm comes to his little body. V.A. PASH

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