Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

rn :IliI:lI Stolen motorcycle (much loved) VOICES OPTBE St olen Ma rch 10, 19 7 5 fr o m lo cked ga rage: 19 H Bulta co Sherpa 'I' 35 0, green st ic kle No . A:!8T:!O , !\Iotor No . ~I 920 I H05 , Fr am e No . 11920 I H05 . $ 10 0 re ward . no quest ions aske d . JOl IN F. DAMIANO Citrus Heights. Calif. (9 16) 72 5 -2274 WBST Do it ! (Co n tin u ed fr om page 4 ) Cheers for the 'Toppers The Anahe im Mo to cross Team have asked me to write a n d sl ate how m uc h t hey a p p rec ia te d the Hillt op per MIC Ra ce put on at Escape Count ry o n F ebru ar y 1 6 , 1975. We felt the operati on W dS effici ent. well o rga n ize d a n d most importa nt to a d viso rs. wa s t he saf ety and sh arp a tt it u de of th e members of 'lIilltop/Jen. p lu s th e q ui c k ac t ion that was offered when necessary. We a ll th a nk the llillt op pers MIG an d Mr. llu rd ic k. I hope th ey will take ti m e out t o have some fun for th e m se lves an d th e ir fam ilies an d th en have an oth er gu a t Grand Pri x a t Esc ape Coun try . O f c o u rse we were happ y , An aheim Motocross Te a m wi ll be pres ented with the Perenn ial I1igh School Trophy o n Mar ch 29 , 197 5 . I' A U L PIP ER , Pr es. A naheim Moto cross Team l' ush ey Momma, Adv iso r Correction On page 2 9 of y o u r Ma rch I H issue there is an ad p laced by Co oper Moto rcycles claiming Eddie La wson 's wi n a t the Ascot '1''1' o n March 2 . T his ad fa ils to men t ion th at . wh ile Lawso n act u a lly did finis h fi rst , th e race was ..-' la te r awa rde d La J o h n Proto, rid ing a Yamah a fo r Be rke ley Yamaha. The purpose of this le tt e r isn 't to downgrade Eddie Lawson's r iding ab ility but to pu t cr e d it where credit is due, on Ya m a ha an d J ohn Proto . T IlE CROWD at Berkeley Ya maha V.G.T.E. of no-confidence I would like to expre ss di ssatisfa c ti o n in the firs t rou nd or the State Championsh ip pu t o n h y V .O .T.E. T h e trial adve rtisement d id emphasi ze not for beginners and w he n I, as an Expert , se e so m eth ing li ke this, 1 a m optim isti c. Bu t wh at be gan as an opt imisti c trip so o n turned into th e wo rst tig ht, twist y. d ange rous sec tio ns I' ve see n in five y ears o f tr ial s r iding. No t o n ly d id people ge t hu rt , for e xample Gary Owens - smashed ha nd , Don R os s - h ead injury , Mark Porter smashed h and a n d o th ers t oo num er ous to m en tio n. It was tw ice as b ad on th e machinery. I a m a spons ored rid er a n d fortunate ly don 't have to p ay for p arts, but I feci sorry for t h e boy s th at d ay th at went ho m e with tom up hikes . Having toured the c o u n try riding t he Na t ional S e ri e s last year I can ' t un d ers ta nd why tr ia ls in Los An gel es need to be so "one lined ," tigh t a n d dange ro us in order to ta ke points fro m riders . In tr ial s all over the co u n try th ey m an age most of th e t ime to take p oin ts away fro m to p riders and st ill have multi pl e lin e se ct ions which ar e not haza r d o u s. I ca n 't see wh y the gr eat deal o f effo rt t h a t went in to t ha t trial co uld n 't h a v e been poin ted in a d if ferent di rec t io n . It wa s t he fir st trial in m v fiv e years o f r idi ng t h a t I d id n o t finish o ut o f p u re disgust an d co nc e rn . STEVE DAR ROW Redwood City, Ca lif. St ev e, yo u r points aTe we ll tak v n, as th ey apply to ma n y a trial laid ou t over So uth ern Calif o rn ia 's jagged, ro clry terrain. }J'el even th ough I bro k e my arm in th is eve n t, I've go l to say my great est regre t ove r t he in cid ent is that it means J wo n 't ge t t o ride th e V.a.7:E. Two Day nex t yea r. S o m e of us are a bit erazy, J guess . . . L. G. . Lo ok in g a t th e H on d a su p p le me n t in March 18 Cy cle News, I sec Honda has a ne w off-road b ike, th e MR - 17 5 . Is th e re a ny c hance of Cycl e News doin g a test on it ? D. STEINEL Guam We 're uio rking on it ... Edit o r Propagation of the species \\' hil e wait in g a t t he h o sp it a l for our fir st c h ild to be horn . a n idea carne to m e o n how we a ll c an h e lp propaga te id eas a nd true c o ncep ts o f th e sport o f motorcycl es. Pu b lic o p in io n has b e en extre m ely ne ga t ive , primaril y be cause th e y ge t t heir inform atio n dire ct ly from th e Sierra C lub o r o th er o rga niza tio ns o f th e sa me make-up. These o rga n izatio ns. th rou gh various m eth od s, have th eir message s propaga ted b y th e n ewsp apers, radi o, T. V ., m aga zin es, etc . T hey h ave e d ucate d the public exact ly to their lik in g. We ca n do a ll the good in the wo rl d , but if our m ess age do cs no t ~e t to th e p ub lic , t hen we h ave fai le d to ge t t he whole job do n e . My idea is th at each a n d e very o ne o f u s t ake o ur stacks o f Cy cle N e ws, a n d the m yriad o f other publicat ions we hav e gathering d us t in th e ga rage a n d di st rib ute th e m a t an y lo cation where y o u have t o wai t fo r som et hing or so m e b o dy . The de n t ist 's o ffice . h ospita l waiting ro o m , doctors " offi ces . barbe r shop s, tire sh o p s, a ut omotive sh o ps , a n d va rio us o t he r lo cations. Think ahout it ! I wonder how many p e ople have re ad the b iased art icl es in Sp ort" Illustrate d a nd th e l. os A ngeles Tim es in these sa me offices ? Do it n o w ! lly the way , we h a d a b eautiful b aby p it t oo ts ie, 7.6 pounds . 1 o nly hope the desert is open lo ng e n o ugh for h er to e njo y! II URT DOLE , S HEILA DOLE a n d DES IREE DOLE East -West M.C . I'.S . An y of t he se places wi ll gla d ly accep t any fre e readin g m at erial. It's th e onl y wa y the y get it ! Fountain Vall e y Hospital ha s it now! You need leathers thatdon't " restrict your movement. You need GREG NEWGARD Burban k, Ca lif. 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