Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

., Need an old Tillo tson carb? Cha nces are Vic Peterson's obsolete parts warehouse in Walbridge, Ohio h as it. He has about 4,000 other parts on hand for obsolete air-cooled engines. Walbridge is small enough , V.E. Peterson Co. is enough address, and his ph on e number is (419) 838-5 9 11. What's this our spies ar e telli ng us abou t a new Hon da road ra ce r here in the col o ny, based on a prod uction b ike? A 75Occ, th ree-cylinder Elsinore? What?! Masah aru Takezawa, Kawasa ki' s n umber one contract ride r, has th is advice: "The real point of riding a motorcycle should be for the pleasure yo u get from it . First learn the basics, and th e best way to do th is is to imi ta te a go od rider." The rider he most ad mires is Heik ki Mikkola. Bicycles will share the motor cy cles at the L A. fo r the Cycle Worl d Motorcyc le & Bicycl e 18 ·20, 1975. b illing w ith Sports Arena International Show April Two little b ooklets for beginners are available from the Motorcycle Safe ty Fo un da tion. On e is called "Questions about Motorcycles & Safety? .Ask a Friend .. and the other is "Riding Tips for th e Mo t or cyclist.; ' Quantities are availab le from MS F, 67 55 Elkridge Landing Road , Linthicum, Maryland 21090 . (30 1) 768-3060. An ybody got a small ea rth mo ver that's not b usy an d wanta do a good deed for not mu ch mo re th an expenses? The B.U.M.S. b icycle cr o ss cou rse in long Beach needs re-eonto uring. Call Scott Bre ith aupt at (2 13) 597-0478 if you can he lp. When this guy blows an engine, he go es (pardon th e ex p ression) wh ole Hawg! ITH ELATEST I OP p BY PAPA WEALEY Another AMA rule change fo r 1975 requires that a pro racer f in ish each ra ce mee t . with the same motorcycle he started with, same as year-before·last . AMA Board of Trustees passed a resolution this month urging immediate steps to reduce the speeds and cost of road racing. Well, they could rule out fairings . . .. The Missouri Motorcycle Association is refunding the money of those who bought adv ance t ic kets to the cancelled St. Charles Trans·AMA. MMA was not connected with the abortion except as a ticket agent and is taking steps to make sure it doesn't tum out this way aga in. Don 't look fo r the Harl ey -Davidso n 500cc two-st ro ke ro ad racers that have been seen recen tly in Europe over here th is year. h'll be whole-hog o r n othing for the Milwa u kee jockeys. The Florida Winter MX ser ies dropped its AMA affiliation. Yamaha 's Dirt Days in St. Petersbu rg , Florida pulled nearly 15,000 riders to its two-d ay outing recen tly and a top Japan ese exec says th ey 'll go nati on wid e with the Dirt Days in 1975. The staff poet offers these free name suggestions for new models in case the factories run out of letters and numbers: The Can-Am Eskimo; Bultaco Bu llet ; Har ley·Davidson Warthog; Honda Honduras. Anybody else ca re to contribute? Environmental impac t st atements ar e out on the 10 y ear plan for Oregon 's Um pqua National Forest, including plans for proposed wilderness (no bi kes) areas . Available from Envir onmental Law Insr., 1346 Connecticut Ave. , Washington , D.C. 20036, at cos t. If you ride aro un d there, ch ec k it ou t. Norton·T riumph 's 1975 team is Mike Kidd (wh o should be full y recovered by Daytona ), Mark Williams (at 23, th e tea m ' s "o ld man"), and Ascot high·pointer Rob Mor rison. SRA's no-inju ry Santa Ru n December 8 claimed one last -minute casualty after most had gone ho me - Ron Vincellette himself broke his leg while out sweeping the course. Mend quick, Ron, don't let the hecklers get to you. Any wo unds th at were opened by last yea r's flap be tween the North American Trials Council and SoCal's ATA over th e Nat ional trials ser ies seem to have hea led with a minimum of scar tiss ue. ATA 's representative to the Council came back fro m Denver after the December 7-8 meeting thoroughly stoked on the 19 75 program. Dates fixed for the West Coast national trials rounds - SoCal May 24 , NorCaI May 26, and Pacific Northwest May 31. Th e F. I.M. international round will be in Rhode Island in late .July, with a Canadi an "worl d" round sch eduled the same mon th . Alloy swingarms on all the works Hondas may find their way onto production machinery in about a year. Honda's own gas/oil dampers carry a built-in air accumulator/reservoir, while that on the Bilsteins is remote from the shock body. Troy Du rham's st ill in Redwo od City (Califo rnia) Kaise r Hospital, part ially para lyzed from h is back injury , b ut hop ing for slow recovery. A series of benefit marathon races are being orga nized at Fremont Raceway during January and February to help out with expenses which have gobbled up h is insurance. Mo re Koni reb uild kits (are n' t you glad we asked ? ). Moto-X Fox, Campbell, Ca lifo r n ia ma kes r eb ui Id ki ts, disassembly tools, and spec ial caps that can be taken off with a crescent wre nch. Number One produc ts , d istrib uted by Wheelsport in Oregon, ha s a Kon i co nversio n kit, seal reb uild kit , and special wre nch also . For nex t y ear, we 're working up some "wh ere to ride" feat ures yo u 'll like. Trouble is, the government may "plan" them out of existence before you get a chance to ride them. The BLM has closed alm ost 27,000 acr es between Hilldale an d Sp ringdale, Utah to all 0 RV travel. Purpose is to preserve " his toric , sc en ic, and other env ironme nt al res our ce values." Boundaries of the area are posted on maps a t the Kanab District Office, 320 Nor th First Street E., Kanab, Utah, and a few other ch oic e loc ati ons. The EPA is still trying to muscle in on Federal transportation p lanning, th is ti me by getting a finger into po licies des igned t o limit veh icle miles traveled (VMT ). Everything yo u've alr eady read ab ou t Ca n-Am's 250cc Enduro will b e obsolete by mid-spring. In th e works: layd own sho cks. seven-i nch fork travel, and mag cases. An MX-2 is in the pipeline, also . Thanks to changes in AFM production rules, lo ok for a Rickman Kawasaki Z-1 and an 5-3 Kawas ak i 350 to be campaigning u nd er Intern ati o nal Cycle Sales sponsorship. Maybe a Mon tju ic, as well, if it ever arr ives . . . March or April of next y ear, look for a $5000 pu rse hillcli mb somewhere in Califo rn ia. Copi es of the final environmental statem en t for Plumas Nat'\. Forest in California can be had by writing Forest Supervisor Lloyd Britto n, Box 1500, Quincy , California 95971. Rum ors th at the old "Holiday" area out Lancaster, California way is open are false . It's still closed and people are getting busted who go out the re . Bummer , but Papa warned you. Know what worked in Iowa, when the state deliberately tr ied to ra ilroad a helmet law through committee before bike rs could respond ? A py ram id-structure telephone h otli ne network th at t ied state capitol watchdogs in with all the club presidents and dealers in the state. It won for us in 1973. Were you watch ing when Geraldine Jones (nee Flip Wilson) suggested "Shaft" for a national anthem. saying, " as long as we 're gettin' it , we might as well sing about it:' Right on, Marna ! To Whom It May Con cern : Chuc k Ramage is not co nn ec ted with Torsten Hallman Racing anymo re. Looks like he's with Progressive Products in La Mesa, Cali fornia now. 1976 Yamaha 125 YZ models will be monoshocks with six-speed gearboxes and all the YZs will have stee l-lin ed , a lloy cyl inders . Y amaha's new ro adburner w ill be a 750cc, three-eylinder, a ir-cooled four-stroke a n d t h e new Yamaha 500cc, single-eyl inder, four-stroke- d irtburner will only weigh 237 Ibs., our sp ies te ll us. How well do Yam s go with lobster d inners? Th e Over-the-Hill Gang' is alive an d well, with a 15-me mber "North.. chapter up near th e Bay Ar ea, and 4 0 members in the SoCaI bran ch , ru nning two races a month an' keeping the 01' h otsh oe in the game. You can spot them by their green jerseys and th eir ro tten , ridi culous nicknam es . All y ou h ave to be is age 30 to 4 0 an d to o st ubborn to qu it ra cin g. SEE YOU IN 1975 - Cycle News is going o n our annual two-week holiday as soon as t h is issue is put to bed. Our next issue w ill be out the second week in January Wedd ing bells will ring for Eddie (Li'l Dingus) Watkins and Chris Fields December 21 at the Outpost Wedding Chapel (form erly : Outpost Cafe, Hwy . 395 & 1.15) at 2 p.m, Receptio n is limed from the outpost to Adelan to, California. Y'a11 come, heah? 3

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