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gAM 9AB~/El VALLEY M. PR.E.'SEN TS a Non-violent protest: ~ for bottle~ecks End uro rid ers have alw ay s had a fascination , it see ms , with th e old - 'and viol ent - west. T he names o f at least half o f th e events b ear so me west ern influence, The Last Chan ce, T he J ack ass, T h e Fo rty Nin er, T he Cowbell , T he Red Garter, T he Go ld rus h , Etc. One of the ea r liest Eas tern Runs was II, ~ ~.,~. •• (V •• the Co vered Wagon . Until recently. h ow ever, western tradition has been confined to names. No w there is a d iffe r en t II ~.. Use This Entry form or District 31 Entry Blank element creepi ng in. Al the Double-Crossers en duro last weeken d I h eard of about five figh ts, most of which st arted in bo ttl enec k a reas . Silt ing ar o un d a fte r th e eve nt w ith the members of o ne of the bigger clubs . I h eard o ne large guy br ag a bo u t ho w he had "dec ked " so meo ne w h o trie d to go a ro un d h im at a bo t t leneck . An o th er fellow tol d of ho w he had tried 10 follow a different lin e t hrough a bottleneck . O ne of the r id e r s w h o W~ wait ing in the conventional line held up his arm 10 bar the way . T he ar m was ignored. so the guy wh o was wailin g in lin e gOI o ff his bi ke , chased th e s tory te ller a h und red feel, gra bb ed him by hi s h elmer. and pulled him off the back of his mot or cycle an d started wh opping h im . Other inst an ces were less dra matic but no less violen t. It se em s to me th at end u ro rid er s sho uld give so me immedi ate th ou gh t 10 this ne w d evelopment because the re are . so me fairly serious implica ti ons. First of a ll . wh al i s t h e n e x t l o gical d evelopm ent ? Whal woul d you do if some bigger o r to ugher dude star ted beating on yo u for wh a t yo u considered 10 be no cause ? Well. if yo u're the peaceful so rt yo u mi ght jus t forget it , bUI mo re lik ely yo u wou ld wa it un til afte r th e even t a nd go looking fo r him with a tire iron . Wh oever loses th at ro und will catch th e winn er ou t on trail in th e next eve nt , hook h is han d lebar and send him a nd his b ike to th e ro cks of No-Bo lt om Can yo n. Ob vio usly th is is a very dangero us game fo r both parti cip an ts. Since riders on th e Ira il a re usuall y " arm or ed " wi th helmets, sho ulder pad s and kn ee pads. the in it ial sk irm ish won ' t d o much ph ysical harm , b UI will lead 10 h urt pride and a st ro ng d es ire for reve nge. And th e t hing wo n 't be set tled with fists be cause yo u ra n ' t satis fac to rly smack a gu y in a Bell St ar . (II 'S like trying 10 punch o UI a bo wling baiL ) T hese things h a ve a habit o f sp rea di ng fr om ind ividuals 10 gro u ps an d with the alrea d y stro ng fee lings th a t ma ny ride rs have abo ut th ei r fellow clu b m embers. there ex ist tact ical un it s for warfare righ t now. Need less to say . this co uld "en d off-road co m pet ition very quick ly . Basebal l players ca n figh t o n the fie ld be cause th ere arc h u ndreds of other peopl e arou n d to ma ke su re t hin gs don't ge t t oo serious . an d there are d o ct o rs arou nd to p at ch up the loser s. An d since baseb all pl ay ers do n 't wear m uch protective gea r . lights aren ' t li kel y to devel op bey on d th e pun chi ng stage . Figh tin g amo ng m o torc ycle riders is likely to sta rt wit h assau lt an d end wit h mu rd er . l\'Iy guess is t hat it would ta ke o nly one proven c as e o f su ch vio lence to m a ke it imposs ib le to o btain a land usc permit fo r any kind of co m pe ti t ive event . Obviously the sma r t thing to do is stop th is sor t of n ons ense r ight a t th e LIM DENTRY ITE BY MAIL ONLY ENTRY CLOSES NOV 15 ,----------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY M.e. 1529 Meadow Glen Way Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 Incl ude Entry Form & $11 .25 D i st r i ct 3 7 Ri d ing N o. ~~jc~: gl~~; Novice Amateur Expert For Furt her Inf o: 2 13·964 ·3420 Rid ing Divisio n (Ctrcte On e ) San Gabriel Vall ey Motorcycle Club Barstow to Vegas _ T EL EPH D N E ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ADDR ESS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ST A T E CITY _ ZIP _ I am a bo nafied member of the AMA No . I Hea vyweight Lightwe igh t Trai l Ultra Lightweigh t NAM E OF EN T RAN T [p tease pnnt ) AGE I I I cl ub Expi res Make o f M . Cyc le District Rid ing No . Engi ne No . _ Cu . Cm . _ I w ill enter in the : Expert [ J Amateu r [ ) Novice ( 1 class. R iding o r S id eca r part ner lor team Members): Class A Enduro Rider: Yes [ _ 1 No I 1 We are entering as a team : Yes ( 1 No I J The undersig ned e ntr a nt by atfi xmq h is init ials be low , ack now led ges that he assu mes the risk of a ny loss fro m injury or p rope rt y d am ag e to hi mself or to ot her s. due to h is pa rt ici pat ion in thi s event and he herew ith specif ica lly holds harmless from a ny said los s th e American Moto rcycle Associ ation , Sport s Co m m ittee , Dist rict 37 AMA, Inc.. t he spo n so r ing club or orga niza tio n, and t he owners o f t he real pro perty o n w hic h sa id event sha ll ta ke p lace . _ _ _ _ _ I (entran t's and /o r parent ' s initi als) If e nt ra n t is und er 2 1 and d oes no t have c ur rent District 37 Card indicat ing no tar ized co nsent is on file . Paren t or Gu ardian m ust sig n her e acknowledgi ng h is o r her conse nt to t he ter m s o f e nt ry. Th e und ersigned does he reby ce rt ify that he is du ly qu alified (Circle O ne) Ama teur /Expert /No vice class motorcyc le ride r ha ving b een so qua lified by a co m pe tent o rga nizat io n . It is fu rt he r u nde rstood and agreed t hat in the eve n t I am inj ured from w h atsoever ca use d u ring t he event co vered by th is a pp lica tio n. I herew ith conse nt to a nd a ut ho rize first a id and a mb u la nce service as pro vid ed b y the spo nso ring clu b or pr o pe rty owner , and further ho ld all pa rt ies harm less from any conseque nces of said ai d . Und e r th e rules and sa nct io ns of the America n Motorcycle Asso ciation , I hereb y agree to con for m a nd comply wit h t he ru les gover n ing t his contest . Signatu re of entrant: Dot e : ,.- _ 19 _ _ ~- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---- - -~ Call this number fo r a real good ad: 427-7433. Ask for pnda. 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