Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE American Int'l. MX . ... ,.6 J aroslav, J a? Enduro 8 M.O.R.E. family fir ecracker fu n 10 National Scott's revenge. Heh, he h, Ladies' Day .... • . .. ...15 Powder Puff National Ch amp Education -..26 " S o fast you can." Social Competiton 28 My mouth mounting MX Technical 30 Cut, weld, boing Results •• .. .. . . . . . . . ..32 Hey, man, wh at happened ? Test •• . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; .36 Serious ISDT MZ 250 Calendar . ; 38 Previ ew of co ming at tracti o ns Anti- enduro man A letter from Ronald O N TIlE COVER : Smile by Oregon "Ma Bell" line pe rson and AMA 0-28 125' J unior MX points leader Nancy Thomas. Photo by Dale Brown. To the end u ro man, Sco tt Swanburg: I believe all fo r ms of mo tor cy cl in g are fun and enj oyab le, but to sayan en du ro is exci ting? May I sugges t th a t en duros ar e a bo u t as exciting as watching 90 year old people tr y ing to m ak e love ? T ha n k yo u · for y o u r rec ent corr espon d e nce co ncern in g n o-fau lt a u t o mob ile insurance . HR 10 does no t ap pear to be ac tive now particu larl y since the Sen at e ve rsion of no-fault (S. 354) was passed b y th e United Stat es Se na te . In its p resent fo rm, S. 3 54 l e a ve s th e choice of moto rcycle inclusion to the ind ividual states . T his ad m ini stration has su ppo rted enactme nt of no-fau lt legislat ion fo r the past th ree years and we are still working hard to get a reaso nable bi ll through the California Legislature. In the legi slation which I have su p ported, m o t o rcy cl es are excluded from the re q uire ment to carry n o-fault c o ve ra ge , O Uf studies indica te th at although the co st of automobile insu rance should go down fo r th e average motorist if n o-fau lt is enacted, motorcycle operators m igh t have to pay higher p re miu ms. Th is is becau se of th e greater risk of injury to mo t orcy cle operators. At th e sa me ti me. it is reco gnized that m o torcy cl ists are no t at fa ult in about 75% o f the accide nts in which th ey are invo lved. In the en d, we decided it would be be tte r to le t moto rcyclists have the option as to whether o r not they wis h to carry no-fault coverage . T ha nk y o u again fo r th e o p po rtu n ity to pr o vid e thi s in formati on . DAVE II Al\1 Corona, Calif. Go ing like ninety I rese n t that las t lette r. I'm 90 y ears o ld and my ho ne y is 8 7. I get plen ty jazzed , so en dures must be as exciting as hell. I RVI NG BERLITZ Cu camonga, Calif. Fast Billy Sharon Oayton ; Publisbc:r Thomas R . Culp; Gena-a! Manager; Edna Mt:wton; Secretary to Pu b lisher. Advertising Thomas R.. CuIp; National Dire cto r Trudi Culver; Assisun L Edi1DriaI Charko Cayton; Editor, John D. Ulrich; Associate Ed ito r, J oh n Ilucttcr: Fea ture Ed i to r . Lan e Campbdl ; Calendar Editor. Art lit Production Ca lhcriDc Lampto n ; Art Dire ct or . N~ cy Gray ; Advertisin g Art Dire c tor. ne c tor Aguikra; Lab Technician, Mari on Hatashita; Typographer , Melvi n Phelps; Assistanl Typographer. Cin:uIa1ion Rheba Smith; M=ager. Pam lIobbs &- Chris Andrews ; Assistants. Accounting Gaye Zaionz ; Manager. Chris Kolbel " Twib Whttlcr ; Assistants. Rosemary Olandlcr; Collec tion, Daryl O1.ristian; Assistan t. Senric::es 8. Support M ilte Colibs, Randy Davis , Bill Runyan. Jannic Dunivan; Re cepti onist. West P.O. Bo x 4911, Long Beach, CA 9 0 80 I (213) 4 2? ·7433; LA 636-ll1144. East P.O. Box 934-7850. 80S, T ucker, GA (404) Central Where was Billy Payne 's write up in the Su perb o wl story ? We miss news of ou r Sout hern Ca lifornia heros who get so little en cou ragem en t and support from the med ia. YVONNE Long Beach , Calif. Most people w ho write to us ~n th.e sub ject th in k our "Sout hern California ge t fa r to o mu ch h er o s " "encouragement and su ppo rt" f rom Cycle News West whic h is, after all, on ly one m edium . . . Ed. You forgOt th e Suppo rt ers We were d isappo inted at the to tal lac k of coverage of t he su pport class at t he recen t Al\IA trials e vent at Saddleback. Thoug h Va lley Observed T rials Ent husiasts did not totally agree with the orga n iza tion and rules of the Al\IA trials we still supported the even t and were surprised that th ere was no other support from o t he r ATA clubs. BOYD BERNARD President Valley Observed Trials Enthusiasts (V .O.T . E.) Our trials co verage /WS in creased 3 00 % in the last y ear. Spa ce limitatio ns dictat e co verage be shorter tha n som e would lik e. II' c didn't co ver cv< class ry at motocrosses, eit he r . . . Ed. P.O. Bo x 13245, Austin, TX 78 711. 0-36 Half-miles Subsaiption I n the past three mon ths I have rid den six Dist ric t 36 Sports man Hal fm ile s. I ha ve yet to see co verage of these events in you r paper. Have I mi ssed six issues? Ar e yo u l a ck i n g Northern co ntrib utors? Do yo u recogn ize Halfm iles? I a m inte res ted in yo ur answe rs . ODe year. second class mail, SI2.50 ; 2 years. M: ond class m ail , S2 2 .50 : 3 c years.. secon d class" mail, 13 0 .0 0 ; Single copy p rice. 50 cents. Copyript Cy cle Ntw5" In c. 19 74. Trade m ar k rqialtn:d u.s. Palmi Office . A ll riXhl s re serv ed . Pub lished wttkly r .. cepe the fi"1 and lui wC' k e o f the a lcn ebr yr. by Cydr N~s. Inc., P.O . Box 498. 1..001 Bach. California. Second dan posUKe ~MI at Lonl Ikilch. CA . Ed ito ri;ll stora. ewt~ photos. e tc, an: we k eme . AddraiIrd. stam ped tDvdope assures ret urn of unpur~ alilCIIUI lO ~cr . Reprin tinc in wboloe Of" JNI'1: ... ty by penn is:Jion of th e publishcn. Adwrtisinc rates VMI circulation in{unD&t.ion w1lJ be sco t upon re q uest, SCC' S. R..O S . 4 RO NAL!) R EAGAN Governo r Sacr am ento, Cali f. Th is is a response lI'illiam Tam ulinas tlf Vallejo, California received af t er writing to Go vernor R eagan as part of the 1974 Cycle N ews Politi cal Enduro . . . Ed. Poli tical Enduro I'm afraid that you 're o n pretty shakey ground on Chec kpoint 10. The issue is not one of do ub le taxatio n but two taxes for independen t things. Our situation is si.nil';;' to paying sales tax on an au torn o bile then road use tax to operate it . Both are valid. Green sti ckies arc a tax u pon o wn er ship andoperation of motorcycles . in th e st at e of California. Co m mercial plates arc a tax upon operation of a truck (o r van) for car go ha uling. The real prob lem s are t hat : I) Privat e ci tizens engaged in casual hauling of personal goods (stones, tires, bikes, er c. ) are not exe mpted fro m needing co mmercial plates. 2) We have simply not yelled enough to have a gree n sti ckie m o n ey spen t properly . I fo r one wo uld no t be ·m hap p y if some of it we nt to the Sn ell Foundat ion, o r for am b u la nc e service at ra ces, etc . A,J. IlR lS L E N Laguna Nig uel, Ca lif. BR IAN ME IE RS Oak lan d , Ca lif. Bill Spencer /WS rep ort ed two San [ osc spo rtsman Half -miles recen tl y; on e in April and one Ju ne 16. If there haue be en more at other locations in this t ime span, t hen we're lacking in both calendar listings and corresp onde nts in Car e to t hese l o c a l i t i e s . volunteer? . .. Ed. Gree n Stick ie benefits explained A letter fro m 'Mr. Robe rt M. Curn u tt was ' passed on to you r reade rs in t he J u ne II, 1974 issue of "Cycle News West. " I am pleased to ha ve th e oppo rtu nity t o respo nd to Mr. Curnutt's que st io ns . ta king t he m in order : I . As indicated on th e informa tio n car d which the Departmen t of Mo to r Vehicles include d with t he license renewal m aterials , the re are two separa te fun ds wh ich may go for th e d evelopm ent of ORV are as. T he Off-Highway License Fee Fu nd ge ts $4 from each regis tration a nd t h is fund is a uto matically rebated b y th e State Controller to cities a nd co u nties (in an a mo unt based on t heir popu lation) in lieu of p ro perty taxes yo u w ould otherwise have to pay on the ve h icle. T he reci p ien t j ur isdic t ion m ay use this m on ey to ac quir e an d develop local O HV fac ilit ies, o r for other p u rp o ses. T he Off- Highway Veh icle Fu nd ge ts 6 from eac h reg istra t i o n . Administered b y th is Depart ment, up to half of t his fund is used fo r making grants to lo cal ci ties an d co u n ties fo r th e ac q uisition an d developmen t of local O HV areas. T he first three grants were made t o th e cities of Davis and Marysville, and to Orange County. The other ha lf o f the OHV F und is to be used b y this Depa rtm ent for st ate projects. largely for propo sed Vehicu lar Recr ea ti on Areas th at will be regular u n its o f the State Par k System. Many potential ar ea s have been st udied with an eye towards state ac qui siti on. 2. The tw o motorc ycle parks referred to, Carnegie a nd Hollister Hills, a re both in p riva te o wn ership and are no t s tat e faci li ties. We expect that fees fo r da y use and (w he re a p p ro p ria te) ove rn igh t ca mping will be charged at State Ve hicular Recreation Areas , as at a ny other un it of the State Par k S ystem . We are, however , giving serious conside ration t o adj us ting th e fee structure t o give adv antage to those w ho se mach ines are registe red as off-highway ve hicles. Fees at th ese facili ties go back to th e OHV Fund . 3 . There is no emp hasis on th e sno wmobile beyo nd seei ng that a fair share of the OHV Fu nd is us ed for th is activity. Sno wm obil es h ave been req ui red to be registered since 19 6 9 an d money co llected fr o m this registrati o n program has acc u m ulated in th e O ff-Highway Veh icle Fund. T he money paid in to th e regi str ation program by snowm obiles is what is bein g sp ent on maps an d signing fo r sn owmo bil e a reas. By th e same token we ex pect that m otorcy cles, d irt bikes , and m ini cy cles wi ll en joy their fai r share o f the OIlV Fund. In fact, all three local grants were for cycle parks. 4. The Department o f Mo tor Ve hi cles in fo rm s m e that t he pen alt y sched ule pr in ted on t he ren ewal no t ice was o nly for th e co n ven ience of those late regis tra n ts reali zing th ey o wed a penalty fee an d not wishing to make a specia l ca ll or tr ip t o the DMV office to fi nd o ut how much money they o wed. Boat registra t ion re newa l no tices carry t he same in fo rm ati o n. R en e w al n o ti ce s for auto mo biles wou ld also carry t he s am e information: excep t fo r th e problem that the pe nalt y fees are not the sa m e for all autos an d no standard fee schedule would apply . 5. It is the o bligation of state go vernment to manage its lan d holdings for th e greatest be nefit of the ge neral public, to allow reasona bl e use while pro tec tin g the resource, and to t ry to see that future generation can enjoy these re so urce s as we do today. As yo u know, t h is req u ires difficult decisions to reach a balance between th e d eman d s of the various poten tial users of o u r lan d s. I should poin t o ut that the state go vernment o w ns an d m an ages only a small fractio n of the la nd in Cal iforn ia ; the Cali fornia Departmen t of Parks and R e cre a ti on o w ns only a bo ut eig h t-te nths of o ne percent of the land in t he sta te . A lmos t hal f o f th e la nd in the sta te is u nder the o wne rs hip and man agem en t of va ri ous federal agencies. p arti cul arl y the Fores t Servi ce , Dep artmen t of Defense, a nd Bureau o f Land Man agement; In fac t. t he b ulk o f th e public land in th e Southern Cali f o rni a d e s er t i s under th e man agem en t of t he Bureau, with o n ly one maj or state hold ing in this area, Ari za-B orrego Desert S t a te Park. ROB ERT H. ME YER, (for) William Penn Mo rt , Jr. D ire ctor

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