Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE last National 6 Hocking shockin g - agai n Book l'arnin ' 8 Prof. Bailey holds forth Hangin' out 12 Making t he rounds with Burritto Desert Big-t ime MX C'J C'J .... u .0 o .... u o 16,26 18 , 19 On two wheels and sometimes three Enduros , en o ugh t o avo id a n ugly acc ide n t. We don 't d o mu ch hiking, but realize that a ro aring ma chine is not exactly a nature lover's id ea o f peace in the valley. Co ncl usion : We need mo to rcycle pa rks with both paved and di rt tracks, and va CBS 01' trai ls for enduro enth usiasts . no? Perhaps you could get some of us int erested parties together through your paper? We need a sta rt ing pla.ce, and here arc o u r for-re al names . c ity. and II st ate, ~IR . AND ~IRS . THO~I:\S BRO\l'l'\ 20 Redwood Ave. Corte Madera, Calif. Cy cle News is read y to do an ything that a new spap er can to help . . . Edito r. 20, 22 Facts and opinion Suzuki Rotor-thing. , , ...23 Hmmmm 354 words out of Marty Tripes . Desert , 16, 26 Cal City and chasing checks Speedwav ,, 27 , 28 32 35 38 Sh or tweek, wasn ' t it? North , Results Cat Calend ar . . , , Th ings h appening, regu lar and irregul ar FRONT PAG E: Rick Hocking and Rex Beauch am p take care of business (Dan Mah o ny pho to), while Burritto relaxes (inset, photo by John Ulric h) . Does Linus know about th is? Desert record book Her e we have (in t ime for Ha lloween, I m igh t a d d) the lat est ris ing internatio n al mo tocross star - Jl.. ¥ Pumpkin! He is living eviden ce in s upport of the gene ra lly -accepted knowledge th at all it ta kes to be really rapid is a co mplete lack o f mental presence. He was clock ed recently in t he desert at approximately I 78.986 ~IPH on a Honda CT-90, which an yone in their right mind would agree is rather rapid. And surely it would a lso be agreed that in the brains d epartmen t, ,\IX Pumpkin is . . . well, a vegetable . In t he Oc tober I , 1974 (Vol. XI, No . 38 ) issue, yo ur desert co rrespo nden t stated that A.C . Bakken had wo n his 74th dese rt race overa ll. In recollectio n that number see med to be a little high despite A.C.'s accom p lishme nts. Hav ing STEV E DICKSOl'\ Los O so s, Cali f. been a subscribe r to you r paper sin ce 1966, and hav ing kept all the issues I did a little research. I co mp iled lists of the top 10 riders in two ca tego ries : o ve ra ll w in s. an d cl ass victories . The number fo llowing the riders ' names indic ate their successes. Overa ll J.N. Roberts Mike Patrick Mitch Maves Class 41 Jaek Morgan 22 J. N, Roberts 17 Mitch Maves 16 Terry Clar k 74 72 57 Larry Bergquist 55 Tom Brooks 13 Mike Patrick 42 Rich Thorwa ldson 12 "Lar r v Pfutzenreuter 41 Jim F ishback 1 1 Cord is Brooks 40 Wh itey Martino 9 Larry Bergquist 36 Tom Poteet A. C. Bakken 9 Tom Poteet 33 6 Tom Broo ks 31 There rna y be minor erro rs in figures as th ey were ta ken fr om th e printed reports. Perhaps a steward for de sert st and ings co uld suppl y an accurate record. JOliN HUGHAN Camarill o, Calif. Sharon Clay to n, Pub lisher Edn a Mewt on, Secretary to Publ ish er. Adven ising Linda Clark. Adv er-tisin g Man ager : Chris Kolbe r, Ad vert isin g Assist ant. I op ened thi s week's Cycle News and got just as far as the "How m any words can you make from the le tt er s in ~Iarty Tripes?" Still haven ' t finished the paper, but my d ictio nary and brain c ells have been getting a workout. Figuring has til y , I've come up wit h 354 words - and that's not using pl urals. past te n se s or n oun s t urn ed int o just plain o le ' Web st er's verb s Co llegia te . T hat was fun! Ho w abo u t some mo re word games ? P.S. If I won, do I get a cou p le of stickies ? Hope so. CAROL srxis AS HWORTH Ed itor, Motor cycle Ind ust ry Y our p r iz e s way ! . . . Edit or. b een a n ational m oto cross? TOM BUR~IAl'\ Van Nuys , Calif. Art 8t Product ion Catherine Lamp to n, hu rry ing to keep on ti me and having a high nu mber , ma kin g a turn in to a ca nyo n to see 3 0 riders bac ked up, and I have a so lutio n . Put all the A's in front, then B's. Draw the A n um bers first . Most of th e A riders will make it through. This will also give the ch erry -picking B riders incen tive to advance to A . I think this is a workable solution . It also will stop the squabble over low Art Dire-ctor ; Nancy G ray . Adverti sing Art Dire ctor ; Hecto r Aguile ra; Lab Te chnician. Marion Hata shi ja, Typographer; Melvin Phe lps. Assistant Typographe r. Circ ul at ion Rheba Smith. Manager : Pam Hob bs & Chris Andrews. Assistan ts. AC(X)unti og Gave Zaionz, Manager; Twila wheeler Be Linda Mallard, Assistants ; Lan i Sienk, Assistant. Services & Support Mike Colikas : Randy Davis; Bill Runyan; Jeannie Dunivan. Recept ionist. West P:O. Box 49 8 , I.ong Beach. CA 90 80 1 (2 13) 427 -74 33 : L.A. Line 636-8844. East P.O. Box 80 5, Tucker. GA 3 0084 (4 04) 934 -7850. Central P.O. Box 13245, Austin, TX 7871 I. (512) 444·7 548 . Subscription One year . second class mail S 12 .50 ; 2 years. sec o nd class mail. 522 .50 : 3 yean, seco nd class m ail. S30.00; Single copy pri ce• .50 cen ts. Weirdos in t he alley? In a recen t edi t io n y o u picked up some information from the P.I.T. S. mo nt hly newsletter "Pitstop ," which got masticated by someone 's typewriter and came out cro o ked in Cycle News. The accurate version should state the following : Redwood City P. I.T .S. meetings are held on the first and third Th ursdaysof each mon th, at 8 :30 p.m. at Harry's Hofbrau, 1909 EI Camino Real, Redwood Cit y . It is important to correct thi s information because the previously listed address is my place of business, and my night shift is wondering who all the weirdos are that are roam ing aro und in our dark alley. We still have openi ngs in our property lease. It 's 910 acres with about 20 miles o f tra ils through thi ck redwood forest, 20 mi nu tes fro m Red wo o d City , and costs S50 pe r year per family. More more fustra ting than nu mbers. RON BAKER (A rider) Ga rdena, Calif. Good idea. See also Gambit in this issu e . . . Editor. A job for H. Kissinger? What can the U.S. do for Falta? Maybe one of th ese days it is going to be someone from the U.S . getting screwed [by motocross politics) . How co me the U.S . is so weak in the F.I. M.? information at our meetings. DU~ IOUCHEL DAVE Anaheim, Ca lif. THmlAS J. CULLEN President, R.C . P.I.T.S. Places to call our own Inform ati on please Co pyriKht Cycle New s, In c. 19 74 . Trad e mark rr ~iltered U.S . Pa le n I OfficC' . All ri sr h l ~ reserved. Pub lished weC'ldy ex cept the fiT'llt an d !;LSt we ek of the ca len dar yC'at by Cy cl t' New s, In c •• P.O , Bo x 498 , Lonsr Be ach, Ctli fo rn ia. 5C"cond etOlSs postaa: C' pai d a l Lonsr Bea ch , CA. Edi to rial I tOriC'S, cartOON, ph OI ~ , eve. are we tcc me. Addruscd, stam ped envel ope ass u rC's re turn of unpl1J'ch~d e d ilori<&! matter. Repri n l insr in wh ole o r part on ly by pe rmBsion th e publiJIh C'fI. Ad \lfftisinl( rat cs ;,, 0 rircub lio n 0 in form acion will be- se nt u po n req uest. See I wo uld like to ge l in to uch with the peo ple who mak e Borc h sho rt tr ack fram es , or to find out if t he c o m p an y sti ll ex ists. If it is po ssib le, I wou ld like the ad d ress. HA YD EN R. C A ~ II ' BE L L Paradise, Calif. or 4 S.R.D.5. Try 5 3 N orth King R oad, San J ose, Ca lifornia 9 51 16. (408) 926 -17 /0 . . . Ed it or. Motorcycle parks - why ar en't t he re any ? As avid b ike fans . we rese nt bcing resen ted by dr ivers o f au to mo b iles o n the high way , h y ho rseback riders on mo un ta in trails, and by h iker s in the hills. As avid h or sebac k riders , we re ali ze th'at th eir I think I have a legit co m plain t. I rode an A.M.A. Trials at Saddleback this last July. In o rd er to rid e the su p port class I had to join the A~IA (e xit S15 ) also th e en t ra nc e fee was 15. There wasn't a very big turnout of support but for 30 d on't y o u thin k at least they would give first pla ce a tr ophy, a medal or a finish ing pin ? How about results? I got noth in g. And how ab out y ou (Cycle New s) yo u didn' t even mention the support class. What if thi s event h ad Enduro bottleneck opener is on Got cheated? Editor ial O1arlcs Cla yt o n , Ed itor ;John D. Ulric h . Asso ciate Ed itor ; Lane Campbell . Ca le ndar Editor . Not h ing a re horses and b ikes a re not exac tly co m pat ible (m y h orse lends to freak -out when a bike roars by five inch es from her heels). As drivers o f auto mo biles (o ut o f necessity ). we reali ze it is ve ry ea sy not to sec a rider or be able L SL o Op or dodge quickly Th en we wo uld have m entio ned th e support class . . . Editor. Clunker bikes In th e recent past, mo torcycles. even new ones, were a test of the rider's stamina and patience. Not so a n ym o re . The exasperatingly unreliable, noisy, oil sp ewing pie ce of machinery has become a sparkling, quiet , reliable conveyance suitable for even yo ur Aunt Sa lly. Lu c kil y, th ese ch arac t er-build ing char act eristics have not been completely designed out of prod u ctio n motorcycles. Th ey now require several yea rs to show t but given time a nd negle ct, almost any motorycle can co nvert it self in to a Clunker. The Clunker is essential transporta tion. It will run, but ine s sentials su ch as tum sig nals. tachometers , and in extreme cases ligh ts , are miss ing . A Clunker is the o nly mo t orcycle that can be left unch ained in a dark alley be hind a bar, wi th the complete assurance that it will st ill be there when you ret urn . The Clunker, though old, is not an antiq ue . Rather. it is a machine whose useful life exp ired several years ago: only its ow ner refuses to admi t t he obvious. T here are ex ceptions; so m e machines seem t o have been d esign ed fro m t he beginni ng as Clunkers. (The Ho nda Dream ser ies co me to mind. ) But othe rs, no matter how old , ne ver reach Clunkerhood . I hav e ne ver known of a B~ IW Clunker. REVILL II. DUN" Austin. Texas }'o u o b viously hnocn ': see n th e B.\ iw of R ichar d "S cumbag " Dunn (110 relati on, probably ) . .. Edit or.

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