Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Evuhl ... INSIDE Gambit Do you h ave a n ad dress for the promoter o f th e Evel Knievel Snake River race ? I was supposed to re ceive a pair of b oots from them. 1 b eli eve t he m edia is making a mistake b y b laming Evel for kids getting hurt b y imi t a tin g him. I've done stunts wit h bi c y cles when I was sm all before I .ever h eard o f h im . BRUCE JONES Ridgecrest , Calif. 6 Whi ther th e enduro ? As see n hy Ro n Sch neiders 8 Wide World In terna t io na l cale n d ar - w ho to wri t e if yo u 're go in g overse as Tric k Stuff . •....... . . . .9 Euel promoted th e race h imself . Writ e Euel K nieuel, Bo x 5 05 , Bu tt e• •\lo ntana 59 70 1. _. Ed it or. Jo nes Boys a ttac k the d efensel ess Can-Am Hot Line 10 Down-hearted Cro ft o n th e team, Bernie o n th e pegs, Hasten o n th e dez, an ' all th e d irti est SoCal h otshoe porn . Club Guide 15 Our 19 75 m odel saves y o u gas . Also good for in diges tio n , h ear t burn, tir ed bl o od an d rec t al itch . What happened? 19 Cho ck-full result s What's happening 22 How to stuff a wi ld ca lendar North 25 Check out the Erving Kow litz fork co n versio n Cat 21 Professor Bailey h e 's not ON TH E FRONT PAGE : Cover- art Superhero b y Daryll e Purcell. 1975 Daytona flight Please help me! I've just di scovered that 1 may be able to a tte n d Speed Week in Daytona Beach this year. However, ['m in need of tr an sp ortation. I recall a se ri es o f ads run last su m me r in Cycle News co n cern ing special e xc u rsio n fligh ts to T al la d ega , Houst on , an d Daytona. Firs t , is th e fli ght fro m the West Co ast st ill availa b le? Se cond , if availab le , were acco m m o da tio ns in cluded in the package pri ce ? - I' ve alread y fo und a p l a c e to s t ay a n d n eed only tra nspo rta tio n. I'm pray in g th a t you can hel p m e , and tha t the excu rsio n flig hts are still availab le. I w as lu c ky enough t o a tt e n d Sp eed Wee k last y ear a nd had th e tim e of my life. No w I'm h op ing to mak e a repeat p erfo rm a n ce th is yea r. and I a m quoting Dave Hol eman 's CEA guest editorial " Kill ' KillerE nd uro s ' " "W e are laying out the Last Chance · en d uro for riders to finish on t im e a nd enjoy. " BOB ASHLOCK Van Nuys, Calif. The great American baby Harle y Davidson Williams was born December 26 , 19 74 to Mr . a nd Mrs . Ru ssell Williams in Taft, Cali forn ia . ~Ir. Williams ri d es his '74 ' in hi s spare tim e say in g it gives h im th e " feeling of freedom . " Lin da Clar k. Advertisin g Man age r. Gil Brown. Nati onal Ad ver tising Ma nager ; Qlris Kotbet , Advertising Assistant. Editorial Charl es Clayton, Editor; Lane Campbell , Assist ant Editor, Bobi Scott. Secretary and Calendar. Art & Production Catherine Lampton, Art Direct or; Nan cy Gr ay , Ad vertising Art Direct or ; Hector Aguilera. Lab Technician ; Mari on Hatashita , Typographer. Circulat ion Rh eba Smith, Manager; Pam Hobb s an d Ouis Andrews. Assistants, Account ing Gaylene Zaionz, Manager ; T wila Wheel er , Judy Fo uts. Lane Sien k & ~I i ke Klin ger; Assist an ts ; Gary Ginn . Cre di t Manager. Services & Support ~ti ke Coli kas ; Randy Davis ; Bill Runyan ; J ean ni e Du nn ivan , Receptio n ist. West P.O. Bo x 4 98 , Long Beach , CA 9080 I. (2 13) 4 2 7-74 33 : L.A . Line 636-8844. East P.O. Box 80 5 , Tucker, GA 3 0084. (4 04 ) 9 34 -78 50. Central P.O. Box 13 24 5 , Austin. TX 78 71 I. (5 t2) 444 -7548 . Su bscriptio n One y ea r . secon d cl ass mai l $ 12.5 0 ; 2 years . sec o nd class mail. 522.50 ; 3 years. second class mail . $30 .00 : Single Ci~e'50CI; IMel J Co p yr igh l Cy cle News, Inc. 19 75 . T racie m ar k registered U.S. Patent O ffic e. All ri gh t reserved . Publi sh ed wee kly e xcep t the first and las t week o f th e cal enda r y ea r by Cycle New s. Inc.• P.O. Bo x 4 9 R. Lo ng Beach . Califo rn ia. Secon d class poslal(t' p aid a t Lo ng Beach . CA. Edito rial st orie s. ca r toons. p hoto s. e tc. an' welcome. Addrell«l. sta mped enve lo p e US U r(:1 ret ur n o f un pu rch ased editori al mat t er , Rrprin tin g in who le o r part o nly by permis sion of th e pcblisbers . Advertising rates and circ ula t io n in for ma tio n will be sent upon requeat. See 4 S.R.D .S. No , the spe cial excursion fligh t to Day t o na won't b e offered this yea r. We tried to arrange o ne, b ut th e travel ag e n c y mov ed too s low . So rry . . . Edit or. Little known .. . T he publi sh er of o ur Rid gecrest newsp aper. rid ing h is se cond en d u ro a nd cel e b ra tin g hi s 44th birthda y , ro d e h alf o f t he first lo op an d th e last loop o f th e Iro n Horse with a broken fo ot. He's now w alking around t own with a cas t up to hi s knee, but h e was d e termin ed to ge t a fin ishing p in . His 12-ye ar-old so n fin ishe d b o th loops as a "C" rid er o n a m in i XR 75 Honda a nd did the last lo op wi th a flat rear tir e an d n o b ra ke s. He was n umber 8 11\. T h e b roken fo o t wa s be cause som eone c ras h ed in front o f the pub lisher and h e we nt into th e ro cks to avo id runn ing over him. These are so me th in gs th a t never make their w ay to the ra ce res ults. ENDURO FAN Rid gec rest , Calif. H ow can a sq uid URA Enduro ri de r writea racer's viewon Bars t ow-to-V egas ? DON KE SLER Lo n g Beach , Cal. Answer: B y racin g in it and finishing, of course • . . Ed itor. This is a true story, but a third-hand account o f a late 19 73 or early 1974 trophy b ash. There w as dancing, a nd 1 think wives an d al l were there. An argument started over Suzy Rover (this is a bit vague ) and th e conc erned parties went outside. A beer bottle was accidentally broken during a backswing, and the follow-through resulted in someone getting cut on the neck. It bled bad enough to panic the b ottle-holder who, like any good racer, ran an d got the duct tape. Applied to the wounded party 's neck, it pretty well stopped the bleeding. 1 would never think of going to a race without the grey tape, but 1 never knew you 'd need it at a dance, ~IARY LILL Ad verti sing Question: Duct tape for a slit throat? San J o se, Cali f. Sh aron Clayton , Publisher Edna Mewton , Secre tary to Publish er . Congratula ti ons o n the fin e coverage of the Barst ow-t o -Vegas race and again to the San Gabriel Valley MC. I was fo rtu na te enou gh to ride this race in 19 72 a n d fi nish . Was again pl anning to ride th is ye ar when 1 was struck by a sudden heart a ttack. So I've waited for m y issues o f Cy cl e News to keep me informed. Keep up th e great work, an d I ho pe to some day co m e out an d ri de the great desert aga in. DO N DEVrIT Billings , Mont. CECIL STEARNS Tujunga, Cali f. Feedback Phooie! Yea, C.E.A. I was a finisher in th e two-d ay "Last Ch an ce Enduro, " D ecember 14 a n d 15 , 19 74 . a nd in my o pi nion it was one of th e wors t ma rked c o u rses, lac k -of dan ger a rro ws, rib b o n , etc., I h av e ridden . T h ey were a lso ex t r e m e l y d isorga ni zed w hen it ca m e to fin ding a dow ne d rid er. They di dn 't kn o w w h er e th e chec ks w er e o r access ro ad s to them . Af te r three tri es a n d in the tw iligh t hours I finally p ic ked u p m y so n o u t on th e t rail a nd brough t h im in . No w I h ave received th e resul ts an d find 1 wa s di squalified fo r mis sing o n e ch ec k o ut o f 21, a nd b ecau se of th at not given a finishing pi n . Yet , th os e wh o were di squalified for b eing m ore than a n hour la te were given pi n s. T his doesn 't see m fai r to m e. Even w ith bad m a rk in g it was an in ter estin g co urs e. T he re was a good d eal of vari e ty o f up hill s , d own hill s, and differen t terrain, but I ca n't believ e As o n e rider of many who enjo y ed C. E. A.'s Last Chance En d uro , I'd like to de fend th e cl u b a nd the eve n t aga in st Ro n Schneider 's somewhat personal acco unt. As usual Ron's ap p e ti t e for h is own shoe leather kept h is account of th e run based aro u nd the reports o f a few sn ivel ers a nd a n eyewit n ess aco un t of a very short steep downhill section. Th e truth is that th e run was pretty well o rga n ized , laid out and carried off. A p at on the b ac k to th e C.E.A. instead of a black eye for a job well do ne. After all , an e nduro is supposed to be tough, no t a candy ru n testing the re liability o f your Ti mex . 1 know a lo t of other riders at the Las t Chance who had a good ti me and enjoy ed two d ays o f what a re al Southern California Enduro can be when it is put on b y a knowledgeable group. Let's h av e more like it ! 1 would lik e to report from a ri der's view , on the CRC Santa Claus En duro held De cember 8 . 1 tho ught th e checks were well hidden. The first lo op was very easy, as ad ver t ised fo r a family type enduro. The second loop was challenging, but not really that much, even for first timers like myself. As far as the price of the event, 1 don 't mind putting down $9.50 for a good run. But as far as I'm concerned, 1 didn't get my money 's worth. There was a lac k of chec ks, and CRC knew it , They were still 100 kin g for people to help run ch ec ks the morning of the event, Their excuse for the la ck of ch ec ks is t h at th e people that normally help were out ridin g th e even t . Now that is a pretty poor e xc use , 1 think. They also ran out of finishers tr ophies. Their ad said that they would have them the same d ay. For those that didn't get one, CRC says that y o u can get them a t their next enduro. 1 couldn't understand their results at all. I though en d uros were scored by points , but the results had nothing but you r time on it. How are you to know if this time is early, late, or both ? Also, th e rider's meeting sa id that you wo u ld be penalized one point for being late and t wo points for being ea rly. Is th is co m m o n practice for a n en d uro ? This w as my first enduro and if I'm wrong about anything I said, my apologies to CRC, b u t if so me things were co rrec t , 1 hope 1 made my p o in t . BRYON FARNSWORTH Santa Ana, Calif. JIM PETTIGREW , 147c Lucerne Valley, Calif. " If Harl ey -David son is th e number one American -made ' Fre edom Mach ine " my so n sh ould h av e n o problems being pa tri otic t o hi s co un try , " Mr. Willi ams sai d. Wh at's in a name ? Usually a lot of heart from th e p ar en ts wh o give one. MARG ARET WARD Taft , Cal if. Yes, bu t d oes he m ee t th e 19 75 Californ ia d ecib el limits l _. . Edit or.

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