Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Biker Barry INSIDE ISDT With regard to your letter concerning H. R. 5441, Congressmen Veysey, Pett is. Mathias, and I have succeeded in getting provisions in that bill , which p rovide for co ntro lled vehicular access in specified areas of the wilderness zo nes established un der that bill. We fully agree that you should not be locked out if yo u do not like to hike or horseback rid e. 1 believe that you will find that o ur p ro visio ns serve to benefit both your interests, and preserve the wilderness and desert areas at the same time. 6 Czechmate (again) Tough torture ~'ainly 9 Mojave Masochism Ascot 10. 11 Racing and racers Sideways 12, 14 SoCal, World Desert BARRY M. GOLDWATER. J R. Member of Con gress Washington, D.C . 16 Mayes and Husky North Diffe rent bikes 18 22 . 23 , 29 Brian Fabre received this letter from Congressman Barry M, Goldwater, Jr.. who owns a Yamaha DT 250, . .Ed. J PN, Hmmmmm, Deek More Evel MX Yamaha RD 200B 24 26 Pock etboo k rocket Tech Green st ick ie parks 28 One lung, two cams Results World Champ. MX 30 , .36 Political intrigue Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ON THE CO VER: Car l Cranke gets t he cha nce to see if he practiced tire changing enough at the ISDT, watched by a trial tootsie, Rich ar d Cree d photo. TV coverage gap What the girls really want Af te r read in g th e article about th e p oo r tel e vi si on cove rage o f mot or cy clin g, my husband an d I wr o te to the thr ee netwo r ks, aski ng abou t the TV void of good cycle sport> and events. We received one reply only (from Mr. Hoover, ABC) informing us of the three programs covering the Evel Knievel canyon ju mp . I felt he was classifying me with stunt riders. I think ' someone better send these people a subscription of Cycle News to show that 99.9 % of cycle riders do not go around jumping canyons. CAROLYN SHELDON Laton, Calif. T im Mic key is doing a gr eat jo b of repo n ing about ac tivities o f a neat track named DeA n za, but hey , how abou t so me of those neat p ictures ? Th e tr ack 's a real MX co urse b ut the t urno u ts are still small. We hope to have th e Powder Puff Nationals at th e track n ext year. It's what the girls really want. Yes, Euel seems to have pre-empted our airtime for the present. TV moguls seem to confuse r o c k e t s h ip s with motorcycles. All three networks receive Cycle News regularly . . Ed . Sharon Clayton, Publisher Thomas R. Cu lp. General Manager; Edna Me wt o n , Sec retary to Publisher. Adverti sing Thomas R. Cu lp, National Director; Ctris Kolber, Advertising Assistant. Editorial Charles Clay to n. Ed itor; Joh n D. Ulrich. Associate Editor: Lane Campbell, Calendar Editor. Art & Production Cath eri ne Lampton. Art Director; Na ncy G ray , Ad vertising Ar t Director; Hec t o r Aguilera; Lab Technician. Marion Hat ash ita , Typogra pher: Melvin Phelps. Assistant Typograph er. Circulation Rh eba Sm ith. Manager: Pam Hobbs & Quis Andrews, Ass istants. Acco unting Gaye Zaionz, Manager: Twila \"'heeler & Linda Mallard. Assistan ts: Rosemary Chandler, Collection: Lani Sienko Assis tant o Services & Support Mike Colikas; Randy Davis: Bill Runyan; Jeannie Duniva n. Receptionist. Wen P.O. Box 498. Long Beach, CA 90801 (213) 427 ·7433 ; L.A . Line 636·8844. East P.O . Box 805, Tucker. GA 30084 (4 04 ) 934·7850. Central P.O. Box 13245, Austin. TX 78711. (512) 444-7548. Subscription One year, second class m ail $12.50: 2 years, second class m ail. 522.50; 3 years, second class mail, S30.00: Single copy pric e. 50 cents. ... If your readers want to avoid a steady diet of Evel Knievel, t hey had better "keep th ose cards and letters coming in." WARD CUMBIE Downey , Calif. A TV respo nse I have a res po nse to Sally McGraw's le it er to Dave Destler o f Can og a Par k. All we have to do is fill out a petition from o ne end of th e nation to anothe r an d send it in to th e head honch os of televis io n city , Please pri nt this. I th in k it will mean a lot to all motorcycle ride rs everywhere, Sally McGraw, ____ Mgr. Audience Sues . NBC, Inc. 30 R ock ef eller Plaza New York, New York 10020 Your letter to Mr. Destler hit a lot of motorcycle riders and racers wrong. We must say that you really don't know much about the sport of motorcycle riding. We must say that we would like to show you how many people would really like to see a motorcycle race get a lot of pub licity. Let's face it. Motorcycle riding is a fast growing sport. We believe it is better than football or baseball. "{he following are riders and racers who want motorcycle races put on television as much as football, basketball, and baseball games are. Sincerely yours, Motorcycle racers, riders and clubs I Anyone can sign. Put down your na me , age, city and state. We'll show those big shots up there! 4 Copyriltht Cycle News, Inc. 19 74 . Trade mark fl!giltered U.S . Patent Office. All right. rew-rwd. Pup lilhed weekly except the first and last week of the ca lendar yeu by Cycl e NewI, In c •• P.O . Box. 49K, Lonl( Beach, Cilifomia. Second dau post~c paid at Lonl( Beach. CA. Ed ilOri.1I stories, cartoonl. pho tce, etc, Me welcome . Addreued, stamped envelope anurE'1 return of unpurchased edi torial m at ter . RC'priotinlC in whole or par t only by pcnnwion of th e' publishers. Adverbling ra lC's . and circulation infonnalion will be K11t upon eeqceet, Sec S.R.D.s. ANNOM IS (sic) Southe rn Calif. The hot set up would really be for readers to write and tell of their interest to ABC TV because they've expressed interest in a bike TV show, but have yet to be convinced. The address is ABC, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY 10019 .. . Ed . DEBBIE LUTZ Anaheim, Calif. I am writing to req uest th a t you eithe r p ublish, o r furnish me with a lis t , o f state recrea tio nal areas for mo t or cycl es. I assu me sinc e we have bee n pay ing for th em with o ur off road p erm it s t ha t they are providing recr eation al areas, h ow ever I h ave been un abl e to loca te any . PHI LIP L. BAT ES Bellton, Cali f. To this date there are no motorcycle recreational areas financed by green stickie funds and administered by the state of California . . . Ed. II'e'll see ... Ed. All burned down Got it all wron g What's this BS on the back of Cycle News about a Cycle News PP "run what your brung" race? Do they expect us to go clear to Alabama just to race 10 minutes fo r only $100 at the most? They've got it all wrong. Nice of them to think of us. but let's be realistic too. NANCY THO~tAS Ap plegate, Ore. The "race" started as a local deal p ut together by the southern-fried souls at Cycle News East of Tucker, Georgia. We picked up t he ad as a good excuse to run the inspiring photo of Squeeky Sawyer one of the editors to o k at the Pow d er Puf f Na tionals . . . Ed. Mann fan . In a rec ent issu e. it was st ated Ken ny Rob erts had scored a victory in every form o f comp et itio n o n the Nation al Circ uit in a span of th ree seasons, whe reas it took Dick Man n twenty seasons to do th e same. True, Rober ts is the hottest rider on th e National Circuit since Carroll Res":eber. how ever whe n you t hink of what Mann has accom plished in his lo ng an d grea t career, he ma y have no equal. Dick's career as a racer is fadi ng, ho weve r h is th ousands of fans aren 't forgetting wha t he has done. PH IL TODD Fillmore, Calif. Sacramento dra ma In your September 10th Edition the Latest Poop Column makes reference to a bill befo re' the legislature concerning maxim um so und l e vels, entitled "Sacramento Drama." I wo uld certainly agree that it was a drama that co uld well have stop ped several mo to rcy cl e manu fact urers fro m selling their p rod uc t in Cali fo rn ia. However, the cre di t fo r resolving th e problem with the legislature was no t co mplete . Russ Sanford of M.O.R.E. certainly had a hand in the decision. However, credit sho uld be given to the M. I.C. fo r financ ing Mr. Sanford's effort wh ich wo uld no t have been successful without the very capable ass istance of Mr. Hy Weit zm an , Exec utive Secretary an d Lobbyist for th e C.M.I.C. AUB LeBARD President, C.~1.I.C . A while back, some friends and I decided to take a vacation an d go see th e great Evel Knievel jump the Sn ake. We carefully planned our ex pedition, sent for the $25 tickets, rented a motorhome, and got everything ready . We arrived the Monday before the jump. We all wondered if we were at the wr o ng place. A moto had just started and there - were five o r si x riders raci ng. Everyone working see me d to have the sa me answer to o ur questio ns: " I do n't know, ask the guy o ver th er e." Fed up with t he Mickey Mou se setup , we wen t upstate to do so me fishing an d returned Th ursday to wat ch th e hotshoes do it. That was the climax o f th e we ek - fro m the n on it was d ownhill. Su nda y I we nt looking fo r m y $25 reserv ed seat but th ere wasn't o ne seat anywh ere excep t in th e press are a. I went to use th e porta potty but they had al l been b urned d own . I w ent ito ea t and all th e prices were doubled fro m earlier in t he we ek. I went to go to the launch p ad as the ticket says but co uldn't ge t near. The only pl ace wh ere yo u co uld see was from the press ar ea (unless you wan te d to hang your bu tt o n a 50 0 fo o t led ge wall o wing in th e talcum-powder dust, b ut st ill you couldn't see the whole th in g). Then Evel launched himself in to the canyon and did n't mak e' it and didn 't ~et hurt. Well, as far as I'm co ncerned (an d m y frie nds). th e whole thing sucks. It was poorly planned and po orl y executed and Evel rippe d o ff everyone there for $25 and the last laugh is o n us and everyone who was the re. Cy cle News . you were there, you know this is true. BRIAN ~ IcQU AD E Thousand Oaks, Calif. Yes, but of course we were in the press corral . . . Ed. Suitable for han ging Enjoyed the DaryllePurcell drawing on the cover of the Se ptember 17 issu e of Cycle News. Wou ld it be po ssibl e to get a copy suitable to hang on th e wall in my sons' room? MRS. JAMES THIELMANN Santa Barbara. Calif. J ust frame the front page. Or, have it photostated at a blue pri nt shop. You have ou r permission to make one photostat for your own use . • . e.C.

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