Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE Dayto na 200 Let's hear it for Barstow! Re centl y I hea rd through th e grapevine thai som e p eople in Barst ow were tr y illJ( 10 ~et a ra ce t ogeth e r th at will run thrOlI!,:h th e c ity o f Barstow li ke th e go o d 01' d ay s o f the Elsino re G I'. If a ll goes well, the race sh o ul d he sometime next faU. Keep you r spokes cr osse d . CAN D Y /,;Jl. SO/,; Canoga Par k, Calif. 6 Tal es of sm oking cl u tc he s. privatee rs, an d o n e hot Burritto Dayto na dirt . . .. .10,11 ,15 Yamaha MX series to Jllai co an d Can-Am. PDVs d o it in sh ort tra ck MX Hotline 18 Poly ticks It n ever ra ins in So uthern Cal ifornia . SRA GP Papa o ften ca rrie s a squi ll a bout th e EPA , land use mee t ings, leg islation . e tc .• bu t th er e 's never a ny foll o wu p. Wha t will the EPA do to u s? Can we do anyt h ing o r is it too lat e ? Why no t ask so me o n e who atte nds the hearings to wr it e th em up ? The sk ies a hea d look gloomy to me , we ne ed so me lea d ership. I re ali ze this so r t o f thing turns p eople off, if d one wr ong, but if yo u c o u ld s tir th em up ma ybe so me th ing like th e Political En d uro ... PHII.I.I1' llR IGGS Arizona 20 fiet pavement never felt so go o d Cooper update 24 Dragging the 25 0 MX kicking and screaming in to 1975 Speedway turnabout . . ..26 It played well in Costa Mes a North 28 Sawmill Enduro, Akaska MX rec ap Results Mr. Tires 33 36 Bill Robinson, whose n am e means Goodyear Calendar , Daytona Novices MX Cat, , It '.\- n ot t oo lat e, Ph il k et'p those cards antl lett ers go ing o ut t o tlt e Gr ea t While Fathcr. W '/I pl/bli.l h th e addresses. A.I e 10 uihut th r EPA is goi" g 10 do 10 us, 1'/1 giur yo u a hint. Be nd OUt'r, and !lp read y ou r ch eek s . . . Edito r 38 42 44 Just passin ' through FRONT PAGE : Gene Romero getting down to the business of winning. Ph oto by CN East st aff A salute for Michele Better late than never Sharon Clayton, Publisher Edna Mewton, Secretary to Publisher. Ad vertising Linda. Clark, Advert ising Manager. Gil Brown. Nati onal Advertising Manager : Quis Kolber , Advertising Assistant . Edito rial Cha rles Cla yt on , Ed it o r : La ne Ca m phd I and Jdf Pec k. Assist ant Edit o rs. Bo bi Scott, Se cretary and Ca le nda r. Art and Produet ion C atherine l.amp ton, Art Direc tor: Nan cy Gray. Adverr iaing Art Direct or : Hect o r Aguile ra . La b Technician : xt aricn Hatashita , Ty pograp her. Circulation Rheba Smith. Manager: r am lI ohhs a nd Chris Andrew s. Assistants. Accounting Gavl ene Zaio n a, Man ag er : Twila wbeeler, Judy Fo uts , 1.•mi Sie n k an d ~1 ike Klin ger , Assis tants : T om Hun ter. Credit ~I an ..ger , Service. & Support ~tikC' Coli kas ; Randy Davis; Bill Runy an ; Jeannie Dunivan , Reception ist. West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 9080 I. (2 13) 4 27· 743 3 ; L.A. Line 636 ·8844 . East P.O. Box 80~. Tucker. GA 30084. (404) 9 34 - 7 8 ~ 0 . Centrol P.O. Box 1 3 24 ~ . Austin. TX 787 11. (~ 12) 444 · 7 ~4 8 . Sulneription This is in re fe re nce to the Bo y Sc out -OcRama last June. We are th e up-and-coming Post tha t yo u ge ne ro us ly ga ve stickers a nd newspapers to. We a re t ruly gra tefu l for th em an d we th ank y o u very much. The lat eness of this lett er sho ws th e organization of o u r Boy Sm u t Post. We are just beginning to ge t full y o rga n ize d and operating. \Ve ar e now seri ously sea rching fo r a sponsor (may y o u he al ;,11 interes ted? Or kn ow someone who is?) a n d crying (0 re cruit some new members. Adult leaders either full time o r part time will be equall y appreciat ed. All we re all y need are member s, a sp o nso r, maybe a leader a n d su me organization to g:c l us trurkiu ' in th e rigtu direction . ANDY (" GOI\IE Z") KOI\IESU , ROBERT ASAN UI\IA , ST EV E ASAN UJ\lA. OONALO OIlNOKI . RON SAK URAI , R A/,;OALL IIIGA Lo s Augelcs, Ca lif. Ilm m. 110 1'" yO Il b oy . tho ugh ; of peddling Cv clr N"ws7 11",' migh; b e inte rest ed . . . S. C. Fleet street I a m in te res ted in di rt h ikes. h ut I have a greate r in te rest in street hikes. I ha ve a Kawas aki 750 a nd lo ve it. Ple ase tell m e wh ich o ne of your newsp ap er s has m ore on stre e t hike s. OnC' y ea r . seco nd class mail S 12 .50; 2 years, second class m ail, 52 2.50 ; 3 years, sec ond class m ail , 530 .00 ; Single co p y price , 5 0 c~ n ts . ~~~ Co py rig ht Cv cte ~e ws . Inc. 19 15 . T rade mark regist ered U.S. Parent Office . :\11 ri !Ch t reserved . Pub lish ed weekly e xcept the fint and last week of th e calt' nd ar Yl:af by Cyclr ~('ws . 1m' ., 1' .0 . Do x 4 9 8 , Long Bea ch , Cali fornia . SC'(.o nd d.ln pos tilg(' p.lid .&1 l o ng BC'ach . CA. Ed itori.ll sto ries. car llXm s, p hoto Ii . C'l • .&fT wC'!comt". e Addf'C'ued, su ,mpC'd en"do pt" d.SS U f'C'S re turn of unpurt'h;ued edilori~ malll:r. Rrprin ting in wh o le- o r put o nly by permissio n of th e publishers. .\ d vm ising rat es .&-nd (·in:ul.l1iu n inform~ t ion will b e sent upon requC'u. SC'e 4 S.R.D.S. E R IC D. LUCAS ~ l is s() lI la, j\lon l. A ll th ree pape rs C Ol" " th r sport a nd rec rea t ion aspects, Wi'st a nd Cen tral rep ort 011 st reet spo rts {ca]« racing} almost eVt'ry wi'('k . . . Edito r Bottomless pit Having lost o ne fr icnd a nd many fe llo w b ikers to t he in fa mo us mine shaft. 1\'1' p onder e d a so lu tion fo r thi s do na ting any p ro blem . I sugg est b io-degradab le tra sh to the m in e shaft of yo ur choice. Ab ou t 10 mil e s no rth o f Adelant o there is an o pen d ump \",i th in quarter mil e o f severa 1 a h a n d o n ed shafts. At le ast iu th e sh aft ide a t he t ra sh w on ' t h e bl own a ll o ve r th e d es ert. ;1 MARTI /,; ~IAEO I N(; Sanla An.., Ca lif.· No warts . .. We reall y weren ' t ready fo r yo ur co m m e n ts a b o u t o u r new model. th e Roa d To.,,1. Call in!,: it an updat ed 10 0 11 is aki n (0 calling a Pin t o an upda ted Model A. ( Ford do rs [nst tlial • . . [,'d.) For example. th e Ro ad Toad h ~IS a new revolutionary sy ste m just inv ented by liS elves in Athen a . It lets y o u st art the b ike in a ny lI;ear (yo u c o u ld n ' t do th is before o n a Ilodaka) , we c a ll it primary kick start . Also we developed a n o t he r gimm ick 10 a u to ma t ica lly mix the oi l wi th th e gaso line right inside the engine - we ca ll il oil injec t io n. We .also knew th at there were pl enty o f nuts a ro u n d who like to mi x oil a n d gas a head of t ime, so we made it easy to ta ke that stuff off. As fa r a s th e Ro ad Toad giving y o u warts - well, y o u 've been led d own th e pa th aga in . As a mailer o f fac t , if you kiss the tank , R o a d T oad turns into Princ e Ch armin g. riu, S EV E NTH DWARF Pa ba rco , A the na, Ore. 8uI, [ already Charming . . . ['01'0. r t,M Prince Oscar time T ha n k you for you r ex ce llent c o verage of m y recent good fo rt u n e . .. I would like to ment ion a few firms whi ch helped me o u t du ri ng last season, a n d thank them publicly for their valuable " assista n ce. Th ey arc: Ace Signs, Bell Helmets, Champi on Sp ark Plugs, 1I0ge Shocks, Cily Cy cl e Center, Ve r-Co le Fairi ngs , Target Pro du ct s, ~Ionot rack E n~incering. and of c o u rse T om Denner of Dura-l.u be Oi l an d J im Birmingham of " o sa Fuel I::nterprises . I love 'e m a ll. 111ank y o u very muc h . R UO\, GALl/,;OO, AFM No .1 Santa Fe Springs, Ca li f. I am a Marin e. Be fo re I ca me to MCAS Iw.. kun i, .lapan, J race d at De An zu about every weeken d (No. :~ X I liS A ). T h e re aso n I write is, every week since I lefl the States, my wire Miche le ha s sen t m e eN W. She likes to re ad " Voices of th e Wes t" befo re she se nds it over. I wonder if yo u c o uld p ut in a specia l " t h an k y o u " so th a t she c-ould sec ho w much I and th e (Hiler eig lu 1)<"17 race rs in m y Squa dro n re all y a pp re cia te il . CAL TO ll IN, ./ R. Fill;lllin~ I I 5 th What happened to D-38? I re centl y told you to renew my subscription , h u t a fte r reconsideration , I' ve de cided 10 ca nc el . There is never any th ing' a b o ut District 3X desert racing. A few years a go , there was equal representation. I don"t know what happened ... DAV1\) VO IGT Na tional City, Calif. We k nous umat huppen ed, Dave. l'e op!e quit uniting race reports. Il oui 'd YOI/ like to beco m e a CN co rresp onden tr 711 e pa y '.< dirt che ap (cheap dirt t } but th e exp os ure ',- terrific . . . Edit or Chip ahoy We had terrific re sponse fro m acce p ting five "proof of purchase " volume numbers fro m Cycle News of 52 ca sh fro m our inste ad ec o n o m ica lly depressed c us to mers . (just m any economicall y sh o ws h ow depressed c us tom e rs read Papa Wealey !) No w - th e pro h le m : what do we do wit h the pro of of purchase volume num bers? Wh a t abo u t wallpapering the sign u p fo r an unusual twist ? Or putting th em in a dra w in g for free be er 'n ' bu rri tos ? Or bet te r still. m ay b e we cou ld turn t hem in for a fre e stac k o f ch ip s at o u r n-e w poker cas in o . HOPE ENGLAND 395 Cycle " a r k , Cali f. Big (?l fan J a m prob abl y o ne o f the b iggest fans o f Mike Kid d . The re would be nothi ng gre ater t han gc tt in g an au tograp he d picturc I could enlarll;e. I rcad in Cycle News ahout him a n d wa s hoping you co u ld help mc. SH EILA LA CROSS RO 2, Icc House Ro ad Lisb on, cr .\fi ke, wh,' rcuer y o u are it? ... Edil or how abol/ I

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