Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE Nat ional 6 Scott agai n at As co t 11 Canyons Yo u figure it out 12 Int ernat'l. MX Zdenek CZ aps Nostalgia 17 191 7 Henderson dissec t ed Desert 18 Hot , dry . and dust y 20 North Cool, we t, an d muddy Test 24 The motocross m achine fro m Penton . Education 27 Sovie t schooling in MX Speedway 28 New faces of '74 Results ,3D You did it! ~ Opinion Evaluation . , . .33 36 We tried this stuff Calendar 38 Do it MX Cat 4 2 More hot shoe porn Surfer st ickies I take exception to the an ti-end uro man, Dave Ham, who states th at endures are as exciting as watching 90 year o ld peop le ma ke love . The reason that Dave does not thin k enduros are exci ting is that in all hi s years as a great(?) racer he has never been abl e to finish one. My . neighbo r is a su rfer and is con tin ual ly hasseling m e abo u t " be sure and buy you r green license so yo u can go stir up the dust. " How does he get away without buying a green st ickle fo r his surf board ? It ·s an off road recreational vehicle. A D-36 RIDER BILL HAM Riverside, Calif. . Northwest's loss Sharon Clayton; Pu bl ish er Thomas R. Cul p ; Gen eral Manager: Edna Mcw ton: Secretary to Publisher. Advertising Thomas R . C ulp; National Di re ctor Editorial Charles Clayton; Editor. John D. Ulrich: Associate Editor, John H u e t ter ; Feat ure E ditor , Lane Cam pbell; Calendar Editor. Art & Production Catherine Lam pton; Art Director. Nancy Gray; Advertisin g Art Director. H ec to r A gu ilera; Lab Techn ician. Mari on Ha tas h ita; Ty pographe r. Melvin Phelps ; Assistant Typograp her . Circulation Rhcba Smi th ; Manager. Pam Hobbs & Chris Andrews: Assistants . Accounting Gaye Zaionz; Manager, Chris Kolbet & Twila Wheeler ; Assis · tants, Rosemary Chandler: Collection, Daryl Christ ian: Assistant. Services & Support Mike Co likas, Randy Davis, Bill Runyan . Jean nie Dunivan; Re ceptionist. I attended the ' I Oth running of the Castle Rock. Washington National IT July 13. Once ag:un the Mt. S.t.. Helens MC did a fine job of orgamzmg the event. The entire show and a record crowd to pped off their efforts. Ho wever, after the races I was informed that not one, bu t two. of the original men in the Club responsible for organizing the first Castle . Rock National and guiding the event In later years were ki lled in accide~ ts. . Stan Rister was one. Dick Kret z was the other. Stan drowned trying to find a sun ken boat. Dick was electroc uted working as a volunteer fire man. Both m en served as President of the Castle Rock club during the years when the National IT was in the beginning stages. Bo th played very .im po r tan t I'ar~ in b uil ding the event Int o what It IS today - the m ost un iq ue National on th e schedule. It was u nfo rt un a te, bu t fitting, that both men lost their lives trying to help somebody else in a time of need . I realize that many people wh o attend the Castle Rock National year after year did not know Stan or fred. They were alw ays too bu sy working during the races to be "Out Fron t " and become fam iliar faces . Li ke so man y behind th e sce ne s in racin g, th ey re ce ived their satisfa ction fro m a j ob well d one time afte r tim e. ROXY ROCKWOOD Gardena. Cali f. West P.O. Bo x 49 8 . Long Beach . CA 90 801 (2 13) 427 -743 3; LA 636-8844. East P.O. Bo x 9 34 -78 50 . 805, Tucker. GA (404 ) Central P.O. Box 13245. Austin. TX 7871 1. Subscription One year, seco nd class ~il, 112.50: 2 years. seco nd c1~, ':lail. S22.5~ : 3 years , second class mad. 530.00 ; Smgle copy price. 50 emu. Cy cl~ N('WI, Inc. 1974 . Tu de' m....k reg l. u: r~d U.S. Patent O ffic~ . All righu reserved. Publi.hed w~ekly except the first a nd lut week of the cale ndar yeat by Cycle New l, Inc., P.O . Box 49 8 , Lonl( Beach . California. Second c1~. pOllal'C p.Aid at Lonl( 8~.ch . CA. Edllonal Itories, cer t oo ne, phctce. et c. ....t' W(') OI1U' . C Addressed. stamped envelope :UlurC"l .return ~r unpurchaSC'd editorial m atter . RepnntlnK In wholt' or part only by pam .... ion. of the" p..mliahC"r . Advn-ri1inl r .tel . nd Circula tio n a in form.tion will be Itn t upon requeet, See Green stickie refund I am w ri t in g in regard to you r ar ticle on OHV re gistrat ion exe m p tion wh ich appeared in your July 9th issu e of Cycle News West. A fter reading yo ur article I co n tac te d the Department of Motor Vehicl~s and found that if you have a register ed competition vehicle you may apply for a refund of registration fees. I would like other racers as mysel f to have the knowledge o f a possible refu nd. I' m sure that they would welcome a refun d as much as I will. C0 tJy ri gh l 4 S. R .O.5 . JOliN MARTIN Sacramento. Calif. Thanks Rover I would like to say thanks to a Rover named Phil. who gave me gas when I ran out at the Hun tington Beach !\IC race on June 23 . The Rovers are nice guy s, Than ks again. JOYCE ROMINE Rokon Wheels As Team Manager of Rokon's Racing T eam. I object to Mr. Schneiders' incorrect reporting about the o u t s t a n d irig performance by Jim Hollander of the Rokon Team in the Bad Rock Enduro. Following are statements I object to : I. ) "Jim Hollander rode nine miles on a flat." In fact, Jim rode the last 30 miles of the firs t day on a rim over some of the most difficult parts of the course and finished in his hour. 2.) .. then fixed it the following morning in the impound area. Not to o difficult unless you're riding a Rokon, which Jim was." In fact. it ~ quite easy to fix a tire on a Rokon. TIre changes have been perfo rmed in less than fo ur m inutes. 3.) "It took about 30 minute. to fix it b ut on a Rokon that's good t ime." Ji~ was on a bronze m edal after riding 30 miles on a rim a nd had no reason to ru sh . Also, Jim had a d!fficU!t ti me pu t ti ng a tire on a magensium nm tha t had very little lip left on it afte r a 30-mile ride . The team finished four out of five bikes with two Gold and two Silver medals. The only Rokon that didn't fin ish the second day was Jim Hollander's because hi s rim wouldn't hold a tire after being ridden 40 miles (30 on th e first day and ten on the second day ) on the rim . MICHAEL A. DIPRETE Rokon Racin g Team Keene. N.H. R o n 's' sto rv did not mak e it clear it was d if fic';l t to cha nge the tire o n tha t par t icular R o k o n because t he mag w heel fla nge w as des tr o yed by riding . a dis tan ce with a fla t. /low ab out sending us a R ok o n t o t est and change tires on? .. Ed . R L 250 Exacta I am wonderi n g if th e side stand o n Su zuki's new tri als bike really goe s b ack all the way to th e rear tire like it looks on the co ve r shot o f y o ur July 9th issue ? Thanks. GARY STRABALA Las Vegas, Nev. N o. it do esn't - purely an illusion p erp etrat ed by o u r turk ey ph ot ographer . . . Ed . Moto mouth Superbowl III was a pretty good show. except for one person ; Larry Huffman' 'sfi ll hasn't learned that a little "knowledge wo~ld be' -b'erler ' rna 110 decible screaming. His " an no uncing" spoiled an otherwise enjoyable evening for many of the spectators and participan ts alike. Two things stood o u t in particular. Speedway star Larry Shaw en tered the 50 r Support clas s but looped his bike in practice . His back-up bike ran poorly during th e first moro, and he was la pp ed repea ted ly. though he did an ex ce llen t j o b o f sta yi n g out of faster ri d ers ' way . T hen after the race, Huffman m ade snide co m m en ts that obvi ou sly S ha w d idn ' t have the stamina fo r m o torcy c le raci ng which , in his esti mation is much m ore grueling than spee dw ay When ha w rep lied to tha t statement , Huffman loo k it out of con tex t and m ad e a very rude c rack that since S haw was ridi ng so slow. he (H uff m an) co u ld easi ly rid e more laps, not e ven emphasizing the reason for Shaw's poor how mg. Larry Huffman has never , and w ill neve r race or even attempt to ride m otocross. speedway . desert, IT or eve n trials, so I don't think he is in an y position to be judging another rider fro m up in his little zoot-suit ivory to wer. Huffman was oblivious to the fact that there were othe r good riders in the Co lisseum besides Marty T ri pes. S ure. Tripes rode well, but so did DiStefano. Mur phy, and a bunch o.f o ther A mericans , not to men ti on the Europeans and th e support riders like Staten, West .. Payne, etc. Comments like "My God. look at Tripes go," and "no one is going to catch Marty now" really gave Huffman a way. An announce r is supposed to entertain the crowd w~th information and co verage of the entire race ; (he ignored several fierce battles for places further back which were far mo re exciting than the leaders}, and above all. show no prejud ice or favo ritism . If Huffman thi nks Marty Tripes is the only American star there is. maybe he ought to go to a sport that really needs ignorant screaming Roller Derby. Huffman and Dick Lane wo uld make a great team. Who else could ha-:e the heal th officials tum down hIS volume at a speedway race? Boy, that sure was a relief ! A few people like Huffman. Bu t a hell of a lot more people don 't . In the wee ks since the S uperb ow l, I have ta lke d to hund reds of peop le at mo t orcycle shops and at races, an d the overw helmi ng maj ori t y lik ed the sh o w except for the anno unce r. In most cases the po or anno uncing was th e first th ing they talked about, be fore 1 asked th em about it. There are several announcers around of m uch h igher caliber ' wh o could ha ve do ne a far su per ior job at th e Superb owl. Next year the pr omo ter should seek them out and save us, the pay in g p ublic. the ago ny of another Larry Huffman Show, w ith on ly guest star Marty Tripes. I wonder how m an y of this year's spectators won't return next year be cause of him. !\lARK COSTELL Pasadena, Calif. Huffman resp onds in th e Unit ed St at es GP program to his critic s b y saying h e has bought a Yamaha 3 60 .\IX and gone "dirt riding. .. . . . Ed . . Mature 19 year-olds Our last le tte r was not published because we did not include o ur names and ad dresses. We are two good-looking mature 19 y ear-olds wh o reall y love the nois e. smell. exc ite m en t , competition, and racers o f motocross. \Ve want suggestions on how to meet some of the good-looking C:-IC mot o cr'.'sser.; o r eve." Rich Eierstedt and hIS mechanic "Tuner" Turner . As far as "picking up" racers , tha t 's not ou r intentions, we aren't do llies. \Ve just rea lly love m o toc ro ss as a sport and wo uld li ke to ge t to know some racers who are rcally in to i t, Oh, and about that associate editor. is he fast (in racing. tha t is)? DEBBIE & LISA Lakewood. Calif. The Associat e Editor. 20. is not exactly fa ct ory team material . . . Ed.

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