Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/125874
The Go lden Gate Mile is back ! On Augus t 14 th e City Counci l o f Alb any, Californ ia unanimously appro ved a perm it to allo w Med ia Ma x to pro ceed with prom ot ion o f the AMA National ~lile to be held Sep te mber 29 at Golden Gate F ields. Ticke t info can be ha d fro m Media Max Inc., P.O . Bo x 4 14 0 7, Sacramen to, CA 9584 1. Entry info rmati o n on the $100,000 Evel Knievel Motocross is still ava ilable through AMA pro motocross manager Dave Welsh. Need to know ab o ut ticket pr ices, schedule of eve nts, where to crash and where not to? Write Evel hisself at P.O . Box 50S, Butte, Montana 59701. . Arnerican Ho nda has p ut up 56,000 in co ntingency m oney fo r th e S.C.O .R.E. race at Riversid e Race way next mon th . Detail s next week. Don Vesco left San D iego, California for Bonneville confident of setting a n ew motorcycle land speed record with h is tw in TZ 700 powered streamliner. He hopes to top 300 MPH (t he current record is 265 MPH ). T here 's a ne w Saturda y m orn in g ca rtoo n being br oadcast o n a San Diego t elevisio n s ta t ion. It 's abo ut a motorcycl e jumper, and the character's name is Devlin. It has n ot ye t been de te rmined if the d ude 's fir st n ame is Mike . Papa was disheartened lat ely to hear some road race aces refer to " some fr eak trying to road race a D KW w ith a spr inger front end. " The DKW in quest io n has won every Californ ia road race it has been in (all two of them ), has lo ts of horsepower , and handles supe rbly. Look fo r a tech article showing why in the near future. Yamaha will pa y $250 to th e rider of the first Yamaha to finish in the S.C.O .R.E. race ne xt m onth and add anot her $250 for an ov erall wi n. Modern Cycle and Cycle Rider are alive and we ll. Circulation is holding, and an all new editorial staff has taken over both. The "new, impro ved " look at the two books includ es world infa mo us Super Hunkv . (R ick Seimanl , ex of D irt Bike . If the growth of Modern Cycle. unde r R ick's ed itorship, is anything like the growth of D irt B ike under his di recti o n. look ou t ! Attention Desert Clubs : Con trary 10 Leslie Richards ' advice last week , th e BLM says neither t hey nor their solicitors office are a uthorized to accept S.L.U.P chec ks made out to the suspense fund. B1..\1 says th er e is no such fund and checks will be returned. They fur ther co ntend th at S. L.U .P mo n ey is no t bei ng used to fight the Cactus Cats case agai nst t he BUI. T heir funds co me fro m th e J ustice Dept. Look for a fuller explanation in CN next wee k. DOMINATES MINI-CYCLE RACING The best of over 1100 en tr ies fro m Hon d a, Yamaha and Suzu ki ga ther e d to challe nge Indian a t the W orld Mini G ra nd Prix, Indian Dunes, Ca /ifo rl)ia . The resul!s speak for themselves. Mike Brown on his Indian handily won both the BOcc stock class and the 100cc modified class . In the Race of Cham pions, a gainst the 12 fastest rid ers in th e U.S ., Fly ing Mik e w on a ll three moto s . The succe ss of Indian is the product of A merican enginee ring, a d edicated sta ff an d a strong dealer organization. It is this co mbina tion of talen t, hard work and experience w~ich makes Indian the hOHest-sel/ing bike on the market. Indi an now o ff er s championship 5 0 cc, 75cc, BOcc, 125cc and 175cc bikes for co m p etition, street and trai/. THE IN DIAN MOTORCYCLE CO ., BEVERLY HILLS. CA 90211 213 /278·9470 Complete MX ac:c:essories availabl e at TORSTEN HALLMAN RAC ING INC. 5345 T imkon 5t ., 5uito L.La Meoa,CA 9204 1 (7 14) 460 ·1402 730 Birginal Dr ., Beo son vine . IIl.60 126 ough the istributinq's ight across ngeles, Ca. ugust 17. nharmed. warehouse holding Tiger stock of Hodakas was the street from the Lo s chemical truck explosion the bikes came through u zu ki brought works ri der Gordon arley to California 's Saddlebac k Park or a trials te ach-in a t IT A' s regu lar ch oo!. Even though it was a last-minute escheduling, the appearance of the ' 'Shy Giant-killer" drew abo ut 400 thus iastic So Cal tri alers, including an y o f the resident Experts eager to 'de in Gord o n's tracks. group of Yamaha des igners, led by x-Dunlop competition manager Pa ul utler, was seen visiting English and ntinental cafes to see what the iginal cafe crONd is riding. 13121766 ·9232 CMC SANCTION W ITH THE BES T P,O, BO X 1402 COSTA MESA. CA. 92626 OSSA ~ BANDIT DIRT BIKE WEST Sales Serv ice AccelBorlca Cust om Portin g 7139 canoga Avenu. Canoga Park. Calli . 91303 (213) 34G-6521 ~~~ ~~AUST . TUNER 10.32W BROOKS 57 ONTARIO.CA 91762 -71498 3-5871 3