Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

• • INSIDE Dynamic Duo .•..... ..6, 7 Tale of two Villas 8 Foo-foo you rself XL 125s can be serious GUest speake rs 10 Must reading for trials sponsors and race-parents Free Wheeling .••. ...... 11 Like to write your own Class Four test? Big D 12 Ellis. Stackable lead off Yamaha Super series righ t Coronado 100 14 Sir, how did ya like the run? . . . sir? Hotline 16, 18 Tuning the bod Willow • . .. .. . ..• . • .••21 Return of the club racer Ascot" • ••.•.••...••• •• 22 Night short track, daytime TT North .. .•. •..... ... ..26 Daytona Preview 36 Ago vs. the Fast Kid. Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 ON THE F R ONT PA GE: Ch ampio ns on collision course. Color photos courtesy o f Daytona Speedway. Sharon Clayton, Publisher Edna Mewton, Secretary to Publisher. Advertisi ng Linda Cark, Advertising Manager. Gil Brown. NAtional Advertising Manager ; Otris Kolbet, Advertising A..Istant, Ed itorial Charles D ayton. Editor; .La n e Camp bell and J eff Peck. Assist ant Edi t o rs, Bobi Sco tt . Secre tary an d Calendar. Art and Production Ca therine Lampton. Art Dire ct or ; Nancy Gra y, Advertisi ng Art Director; Hector Aguilera. Lab Tec h n icia n : Marion Hata shi ta, Typ ographer. Circulation Rhc ba Smi th, Manager ; Pam Ho bbs and Chris An dre ws, Assista nts. Accounting Cay len e Zaiona, Manager; Twil a Wheeler. Judy Fo uts, Lani Sicnk an d Mike Klinger , Assistants; To m Hunter. Crt-dil Manager. Samces & Support Mike Col iku ; JUndy Davis: Bill Run yan : J eannie Dunivan . Receptionis t . West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9 0 80 \. (2 13) 4 2 7· 74 33 : L.A. Line 63 6-8844. East P.O . Bo x 805 , T ucker . GA 300 84. (4 04) 934·7850. Central P.O. Box 13245, A ust in , TX 78711. (5 12) 444·7548. Subscri ption On e year. sec on d clas s m ail $12.50 : 2 years , secon d class m ail , 52 2.5 0 ; 3 yean. secon d class m ail, $30.00 ; Single copy price . 50 ce n ts. 6 ~ ~ Copyrigh t Cy cle News, Inc. 19 73 . Trade mar k ttgiJ:t rred U.S. Patrnt Office . AU right reserved . Publi shed wre Id y except the fint an d last wre k of th e cale ndar y ea r b y Cycle News, Inc.• P.O. Box 4 98. Lo ng Beach , California . Second dnl poltage pai d at Lo n g Beach, CA . Editori ;,d ItOries , cart oons. ph o to s, et c. are welcome . Addressed , sta mped envelope Ulu rcS retur n o f unpurch ased edi to rial ma tt er . Rep rin ting in whole or p u t o nly b y permissio n of th e pub lish en. Ad vertisinr rates and circu la tio n info rmation will be lent up on req ues t. See 4 '.R.D.s. f" . . . . . f' • Who? . . Me! Double your fun Notes of thanks Been meaning t o answer the writer with the big busted girl friend . I have the same problem . I wear two bras while ri ding. It 's n o t the greatest, bu t it sure does help. N.TEMPLE Norwalk, Calif. · The Phillip s Family would like to thank Ken McWill iams and all who helped at State Line . .. THE PH ILLIPS FAMIL Y Rovers MC · .. To a District 37 ra ce r fo r helping m y son at San Bernardino Valley 's race January 26 , when he got o ff on the Novice loop with a hurt leg . . . Notice to District 36 riders On February 12, 1975 the Eldorado Forestry held their third meeting (the ftrst public to me ) in regards t o the Off-roa d Vehic le P14n. It was soon discovered by the people atten ding th at the motorcy clists and four wh eel drive people are n o t going to have a thing to say about using their fo res t during the win ter months. The forestry does n o t fed that we wish to use the land during the t ime from October to April. If you wish co n ti nual ri ding o n th e Eldo rad o Forest lan ds, I st ro ngly urge you to wri te . Yo ur le tters are our only help. All y ou need to say is: Yo u wa nt represen ta tion on the Sn ow Planning Gro up for the Off-roa d Vehicle Plan . Send y o ur letter to : Ran ger Supervisor, 100 Forni Road , Placerville, California 9566 7. F RAN K SHOWER S,JR. D·36 Enduro Steward Fai r Oaks, Cali f. MRS. ROSANN E GRAZIANO Dustmaker · . . to publicly thank the members o f the Anaheim Hi-Siders who cam e to my assistance when I crashed and broke m y shoulder at th e DRA race on January 26 . On e of th eir members was firs t to st op and get me and m y bike off the co ur se, and several members helped my wife load me and my bike up fo r the trip home. (An d to the hospital) . . . BILL SC ULLY Los An geles, Calif. · .. My husband suffered a bro ken back the day b efo re the Frosty Cactus Enduro . U. R.A. membe rs went a fte r him in a four wheel drive with no del ay. He will require a long bed rest but because of everyone 's help , h e will recover. Thank you all. Cheap thrills I took up motorcycling three years ago , looking for a ch eape r hobby than drag raci ng . Ch eap? After buying four motorcycles, four sets of riding gea r, a ca m pe r van and a bi ke trailer, I've spen t almost as much money as I did on th e ra ce car, b ut we have all h ad 10 ti mes as much fun . I only regre t waiting so lo ng to d isco ver din bi kes. A large pan of m y enjoyment of t he sp o rt comes from y o ur rag each week. Keep up the good work. MR S. JOHN BARTLETT Orange , Calif. · . . I want t o th ank all the rider s in Hi Vista February 16 , especially No. 18 Exp ert and his friend, both o f th e Rovers MC, who helped locate my I l -year-old son who got lost in the hills and bro ke hi s only spark plug. Th e two Rovers fo und him , fixed h is bike, an d by him un til I ca me stay ed along . . . Desert people are the greatest. EDDHAYMOND Mt . View, Calif. BO & DlON T RETfA Ch atsworth , Calif. Sticky advice Recen tly th e city of Marysville rec eived funds fro m the Green Sticker Program. With th is mo ney there ar e plans to build a cycle park in the river bottoms between Marysville and Yuba City . Ou r ftrm will be inv olve d in the planning of this p ar k. Th er e are p rop osed plan s for two tracks: a junior motocross tr ac k an d a senior m o tocross track. Being a racer m y self (400 CZ); I would like to see th is par k ge t off to a good st art, by having th e track layou ts done by someone known for good track design, like Gary Baile y . Or perh ap s you could recommend someone else who co uld do a go o d job. Work will be beginning soon, so it is very im po rtan t that 1 co n trac t someone as soon as possible. Superstars? We got 'em! WADLEY, MARTI N & MACKE NS EN Architec ts A.I .A. While reviewing this evenin~'s Los Angeles Ti m es Sports section, l Friday. J an uary 24. Pan 3 , page 10 ), I stumbled upo n a bit of information, o n the ABC-TV " Supe rstars Trials." Since then I've done quite a bit of thinking about getting a top flight motocross racer in the "Su perstars Trials." It seem s to me that at the tune of 15 th ousand dollars, th e pri ce is right fo r o ne of our ent e rprisi ng pro mot io n /o rga n izat ion bo d ies . (Trip pe-Cox or Dye-Tibblin), to sp onsor such an eve n t for, sa y Pierre Karsrnakers or J im Pomero y . I realize that we would b e de aling wit h factory contracts, personal goals , and cram ped sche d ules, but perhap s these things co ul d b e wor ked o ut. Well . . . .. j ust another letter from o ne of your followers. We sent him both Gary 's address and Dick Mann 's phone number . •• Ed itor DAMIEN MAC E Beverly Hills, Calif. . I Motorcy clist s must make a stand for th eir ri ghts or o ur sp o rts will cease t o exi st . Af t er all, we do pay licensing fees to use public lan ds. The Sierra Club has alre ady wo n man y battles against us, th e m ost recent an d im portant one, th e ap po intme nt o f o ne of th eir members as head of the state 's Rescources Agen cy. Wh o cares? Hopefully yo u, as this age ncy advises o thers as to the im pact of recreation al veh icles on th e envi ro n me nt. Agencies wh ich distribute our " Green Sticky Moneys " t o the parks in tu rn are told by the Resources Agency as to the supposedly negative im pact o f veh icles to th e p arks en vimoment. Ho w can we fight th em? N o t easi ly v'as public o pinion is already on their side, . no one wants the environment ruined. and motorcycles d o cause a certain am oun t of damage. Ken Partridge's letter of January 2 1, 19 75 seemed practical. If the AMA 's 200,000 members would become active members of the Sierra Club , we co uld control the club and use its already established influence to bring ab ou t changes we des perately need. If we don't act quickly we may lose the battle before we eve n begin to fight. Yo u ask who cares? I do, an d I hope y ou can honestly say you do a10. Or else the battle is already lost. MIKE HA GEN Chico , Calif. Reply to Randy Hoffman I am sorry you were unable to attend the riders' meeting of January 25 for the High School MX at Ascot Par k. It was at this meeting the riders were asked to ride the tr ack for three laps, and t o check ou t a turn that had been changed. The TV cameras used the three laps t o get coverage for the introduction of the TV show, an d the riders used the three laps to check out t he changed co rn er. As everyone expecte d, the riders "cooled it " an d thanked us later. In the ftrst in oto a rider broke his bike. The other two riders in his class, the 125cc Exp ert race, were asked if it would be OK for him t o ride another bike . The riders said OK. This same thing happened to another rider in the sec ond moto. Again the riders were asked and OK'd a bike change. The riders were asked how t hey felt points should be given for t h is race. All three riders felt it fair to give equal points to each entry. As the riders suggested, equal points were given. In all classes the riders we re asked how they wanted to ru n their race, JIM MANN IN G Director o f High School MX Gardena, Calif. Letter fo rm Fo llo wi ng is a copy of le tt er sent to Mr. H. Mit chell, Ac ting Fo rest Su pervisor, USFS , Sir: A total of t hree p ersons, placing a total of 2 1 c omplaints - by telephone - forced legislat ion outlawing O.H. V. in Newark , California last y ear. 10,000 persons we re directly af fe cted: IS THIS DEMOCRACY? consider carefu lly the Please tens-o f -thousand s of USER S vs. the shrill screams of pseud ocologists who would not use an y way ! (Our PUBLIC Lands). Mo dern OR V transp ortat ion should not be ruled illegal in this st range hunger for living in an aura of the past - this cu rrent ref usal of th e f u ture! Exec utive Ord er 11 644 is a cancer! ROB ERT M. CU RNUTf Ridgecrest, Cali f. P.S . Paragra p h No. One was from in fo supp lied me by sy m pa the tic radi o-car offic er in Newark. (Th e Ord inance in cl udes a $5 00.0 0 fine - pe riod.) Trashed " Mercy" on y o ur 2·2 5-75 " Wri t in' Around. " Please c onserve en ergy and don 't write any more trashy articles. BOB WEST GPBS No . Hollywood , Calif. Heck, West, it 's m y paper, t o o! .. • C.C. •

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