Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE MX Shootout 5 Jones vs. Bell vs. Weinert vs. Smith - and Cro ft won! Dez ' 6 An SC500 that co mes on th e pipe at 8 ,OOO? En-durable 8 Foiling the bes t p lans of th e Sierra Clu b 11 En-joyable Papa? Biased? I have the im p ressio n 0 1' Pap a Wealey WleDS OPT II S Montesa T wo-day - a V R with lights 14 Speedway-'; Profiles fro m over the water Fast kid Fella name of Rob erts 16 . North 18 It '5 a nice pl ace to visi t The "Trade" 27 Hits of the Trade Show, and a few near- misses, Trick forks 32 Making lo ng lo nger Results 21 Calendar . .• ......... ..24 ON THE FRONT PAGE : Maicos in repose by Dennis Cox in livin g colo r. Mon t esa Enduro in ac t ion by J o hn Huetter in functional Tri-X, Notes of thanks On behalf of my father Ru ss Derrick an d myself . .. to Pilot Dep uty Scott Bri mmer and Sgt. J im Hicks o f .San Bern ar d ino Sheriffs Dept. fo r the flight out and assistance ... also to Don Frey an d fam ily .. . when my dad go t off an d hurt pretty bad at th e was Barstow-to-Vegas • . . STEVE DERRICK Whittier, Calif. .. . I d islo cated m y hip 10 mil es ou t dur in g t h is y e ar ' s Ch e c k Ch ase . . . "Thank y o u" to all the pe ople who stopped an d offe red water to m e .. . most of all to Rescue Th ree. Believe m e, those guys deserve praise for th e job they do. TOM V AN BEVEREN No. Hollywood, Calif. Sharon Clayton, Pu blisher £dIU Mcwta n, Secretary to Publisher. Adverti sing Linda Clark. Advertisi ng Manager. Gil Brown, National Adve r tising Manager; Cuis Kol ber, Adve rtising Assistant. Editorial Charles Clayton, Ed itor; Lan e Ca mp be ll, Assistant Editor, Bobi Scott, Secretary and Calendar. Ar t & Production Catherine Lampton , Art Director; Nan cy Gray. Advertising Art Direc tor ; Hector Aguilera . Lab Te chnician : Mari on Hatasbtta , T ypographer , Circu lation Rhcba Smith, Manager; Pam Hobbs and Otris Andrews, Assistants . Accounting Gayl en e Zaion z, Manager ; Twila Wheeler, Judy Fo uts, Lan e Sienk & Mike Klinger . Assistants: Gary Gin n . Credi t Manager. Services & Support Mike Cc likas : Randy Davis; Bill Runy an ; Jeannie Dunnivan , Receptio nist. . West P.O. Box 4 9 8. Lo ng Beach , CA 90801. (213) 4 2 7-74 33 ; LA. Line 636·8844. East P.O . Box 805, Tu ck er, GA 3 0084. (4 04 ) 934 ·7850. Central P.O. Bo x 13 245 , A ustin , TX 78711. (5 12) 444· 754 8 . Su bscrip tion On e year , second class m ail 1 12.5 0 ; 2 years , seco nd class mail. $22.5 0 ; 3 years, seco nd class mai l, $30.00 ; Singl e copy p rice , 50 cents. .~~ Copy right Cycl e News , Inc. 19 75. T rad e mark regist ered U.S . Paten t Office. All righ t reserved . Publi sh ed weekl y ex cep t the fi rst and last wee k o f th e calend ar y ea r by Cycle News . Inc.• P.O . Box 4 9 8 . Long Beach . Califo rn ia. Se con d class postage p aid at Long Beach , CA . Editorial stories. cartoons. ph ot o s. et c. are we lcome . Addressed . st amp ed enve lope assures retu rn of unpurchased ed ito rial matt er . Rep rin tin g in wh ole or p ar t o nly by permillion of the publishcn. Ad vertising rates a nd circ u latio n informatio n will be sent up on req uest . See 4 S.R.n.S. To J im 's Casino and SRA who put on the West Wendover, Nevada " 10 0." Two riding buddies o f ours were injured serio us ly . If it weren 't f or the fine emergency facilities y o u provided, th eir injuries could have been more grav e . .. DOUG HARRISON 9 2N BILL KEMP 221 N Reno, Nev. We would like to thank Rescue Three, San Gabriel Valley MC, and the yo ung m an who stopped and flagged the riders around my husband off th e Barstow-to-Vegas st arting line whe n he fell an d broke his hip . . . TERRY & BETTY TALLEY SBVMC I would like to than k Viewfinders fo r helpin g my nine year old so n at the So Cal Har e & Ho und ... He wa ndered off an d ended up in a wet soda lake. They found him and pull ed his bike o u t . . . We would st ill have been looking fo r him at dark . .. JACK DI XO N FAMI LY Gard en Grove , Calif. Sex discrimination In regard to your clas sified ad lo o kin g for a fil ing clerk: pl ease no te the use of the word "girl. " I am sure thi s ad was based o n the Law of Horny Journalists, nevertheless, I protest. What abou t th e Law of Equal Tre a tm en t to Burnt-Out-Squids? (L.E.T.•B.O.S.). My sponsor has taken back his Allstate Rabbit and I need a place to hang my knobbies. How about an equal ch ance? HAZ DUNLAPS Cannabis, Calif. Thrust and counter-thrust It's not often th at I take th e ti me to reply to ri d icu lo us sta temen ts by leiter writers. However. Ruth, Ro bin. et al from West Covina appare n tly representing th e " Rovers" did not tell it like it is January 2 1, Cycle News. So, hopefully without arousing ad ditio nal wr ath let's co ver the sam e ground aga in . First of all th e p arty wh o co ntac t ed me asking me t o move m y pit ar ea was ex t reme ly rude o n ap proach . On demand I moved m y p it are a and for taking up space apolo gized appare n tly res erv ed for t heir use. Ad ditio nal ly I ap o log ized agai n th e nex t morning - wh at els e is th er e to say ex cept some ind ividua ls fai l to recognize apology when offered. LA R RY J AK OB OC MC What happened to the Dinosaur? Dirt Diggers, wh ere are y o u? Sure, I kn ow Hopetown is primo and the Red Gar t er is the fin est D·3 7 enduro, bu t only the Dinosaur Race brings back mellow, super fun racing. Why only one each year? Why not one each month? February sounds like a nice time to bring back those days go n e by .. . . WILLIAM EGGE Mona Gorilla MC Lompoc, Calif. Attention all thieves ! T o person or p ersons who have a two-seater sidecar that disappeared from 720B Ea st Willow on J anuary 14 , it 's desperate ly needed by handicapped mo ther and family . (It's specially mo d ified for th em .) Please return or contac t Earl Aldrid ge at ab o ve ad dress, (2 13 ) 4 3 2· 5959. EARL ALDRIDG E Long Beach, Cali f. Voice from the north Sure would be ni ce if you wo uld cover m or e of the eve nts he re in the No rt h wes t. There 's a lot happen in g he re . an d yo ur paper ce n te rs mostl y in California. It 's a neat p aper, it 's jus t t hat th ere is a lot mo re happeni ng t hen wh at goes o n in California. JOH N WILKEY Milwaukie , Ore . J ohn. little d id you k now, you've just volunteered to become a Cycle News correspondent. It 'll mak e you famous, if not rich . . . Editor Holey discbrakes, Batracer! AFM adopts new rules every year so me go o d and some ex cellent. But th er e is one new rule that shows the stu p idi ty of those co ncern ed with rule ch an ges: "No drill ed discs. " I race an H·2 in Open Produ ction, possibly finish in g in the t o p three on poin ts, I have $6 0 0 invested. and the majo rity of th at is in my double discs both o f wh ich ar e drilled and chamfered. Needless to say , if t he work is done properly the pucks will not j ust we ar out im mediately. Mine are two years o ld and in good co nd it io n. Drilled dis cs are Iigh ter and coo l more efficie ntly - plus they work better. Can BMW be wrong? Isn ' t it fantastic? MIK E SIMNING, A FM No. 513 Auburn, Calif. is rather biased. Has he ever ridden a lat e m od el BSA 500 MX? li e migh t find it a more de cent di rt b ike . .. PAUL G. PET ERSON Gardena. Cali f. Lewd Cycle porn Du e to a new city ordinance which may be passe d in Santa Ana (Califo rnia), I' m left with great co ncern abo ut other Cy cle News enth usiasts. Th e new o rdi nance (if passed) will ban sid ewal k news st an ds whi ch so licit lewd and pornographic ma teri al. Being a subscr ibe r. I'm in no present da nge r. Bu t wha t will hap pen to t ho se who will no lon ger be ab le to purch ase Cycle News via new s stands? Will th ere be a blac k m arket fo r Cycle News? Secondly . I was th ird runner-up in the cap ti o n co n tes t , winning a 35t t our of Cycle New s Est ablishment, providing I bro ugh t lunch . I'm out of liverwurst and onions, so co uld y ou save me the embarrassment and send m e the 35t cash instead ? (No st amps , please !) Th anks. IVAN MARRUFFO Santa Ana. Cali f. You guys are all safe fr om th e p orn angle . . . this is a f amily rag. We'r e fr esh out of thirt y ·fiv e cent p ieces at t he m om ent, cou ld y ou save us t he em barrassmen t and accep t a f ree posterbo ok i nstead t . . . Edit or The way from San Jose My thanks fo r co n tin ui ng to reaffirm the im portance of rec eiving Cycle Ne ws each wee k, thi s time by the article on Page 4 2 J anuary 7th issue entitled "Hap py T rai ls to You. " Some t ime agao I answered a questionnaire fo r stu ff like this by Reze k ... .. an d thanks to you, Terry. I have forthwith written to the Forest Supervisor as you advised. And to o, I have pondered m y m aps and tried to zero in on Kennedy Meadows, which I gu ess takes off from about Little Lakes on 39 5. But you didn't show me th e wa y from San Jose. There is a District 36, you> know. No sweat, I expect that fin e gen tleman in Porterville will answer pertinent questions. You dudes ar e really keeping it right on , and this time nex t year, I will mail in my chec k fo r an o t her two year s. Ya go t somethin ' for everyone, man! J ACK VARGAS San Jose, Calif. Response to "Do something" Yes, Laura . so me th ing is being done for th e Ca lifo rnia o ff-reader wishing t o keep public lands open . Join California Off ·R o a d V ehi cl e A ss o ci a ti on (C.O. R. V.A .) . It co vers th at motorhome you par k o ut there. th e mini-bike , the dune-buggy, th e four-wheel drive , an d yes , C ycl e Ne w s r e ad er s , th e mo t orcy cl e. What d o yo u ge t for yo ur b ucks? C.O.R.V.A. News, P.R. st u ff like cards, patches. d ecals. b u t most im portant th e co ncentrated efforts of a few vol u nteers wor king in yo ur beh al f. For yo ur p art, we need y o u r co -op eration in res ponding to em e rge ncy " do it now " news letters. such as th e one o n th e recen t BLM call fo r defin it ions on roads and trails. Sierra Club members are even welcome in C.O.R.V.A. After all, many of th em ar e intelligent people who va lue all of c rea t i o n, includi ng th e anthropoids. BARRY BURLILE Buena Park, Calif. ( 71 4 ) 5 22·9 1 16 or 523-78 31 Another job for duct tape? Here 's a p ro b lem you might help my big b usted o r boobed friend with: What can you do abou t them bouncing around ove r the bumps? (NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST) Big Pine, Cal if. Papa Wealey uolunteers to rid e along behind an d hol d th em for her. But seriously, f olks . . . any suggestions from th e Wom en 's Division ? . . . Editor

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