Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE Product evaluation Let's get some qualifiers I ju s t r e ceived my 19 75 AM A p ro fe ssional MX car d an d a list of u p com ing big t ime race s. Wo w! Only th re e international MX qualifier s west o f Kansas, w hat a bummer . There are thre e qualifiers sc heduled for th e Sa n Fra n c isco area April 13 , 2 0 , and 2 7. M IA pro s m ust ride qualifiers to be g raded and eli gible for T rans-MIA even ts. They mus t a lso ride at least th ree events o r h av e a portion of th eir p oi n ts t a ke n from them. How can any pro rid er show his ta lents an d p rove h is skills w ithout ra ces to run in? Pro m o ters, get your h ip s in gea r and c all the M I A! It co uld n 't hurt : y o u mi ght eve n m a ke so me b ig bucks. 6 They make it, we t ry to b rea k it. International MX 11 La c key & Pomeroy ge lling it a ll to ge th er. New products 00 12 New whi zb an g wha t zit s. Local issues 14 CMC , DRA , TI & WFO Dese rt. Maico 440 test .. , , , , , . ,24 I TRACY LANTS Redmo nd , a re. " Magn u m Force" North 26 Results 33 Interview: Scott Autrey ..37 Two Special Design areas Catch 2 2 and st ill smiling . Calendar Ask E.C 38 ,., .42 Waffle Ir o n s & Yam my Wh ammy ? Want Ads MX Cat Good people Canyon litter , 43 44 Bumpin an thumpin a t Saddle Sore MX Par k. ON TH E CO V ER: Our start a n d st op sh ots co ur t esy of Ho wa rd Andre ws an d Andy Hayt, We ll, bac k to no rma l. Sharon Clayton, Publishe r Ed na Mewten, Secretary to Pub lish er . Advertising Linda Clark., Advertisin g Man ager . Git Brow n. National Adv er t ising Manager : Chris Ko lber. Ad vertising Assista nt . Edito rial Ch ar les Clayton , Edito r ; Lan e Ca m pbell and Jeff Pe c k. Assistant Edi to rs . Bobi Scott. Secretary an d Ca le ndar. Art and Product ion Cathe rine Lam pt on. Art Direc tor ; Nancy Gray . Advert ising Art Dire cto r: Hect o r Agui lera . Lab T echn icia n ; Marion Ha tashi ta, Typ ograp her . Circu lation Rheb a Smith . Man ager : Pam Ho bb s an d Ch ris Andrews . Assistants. Account ing Gavlene Zaicnz, ~ lana ger : Twi la Wheeler. Judy FouLS. Lan l Sienk a n d Mike Klin ger , Ass istants : T o m Hu n ter. Credit Manage r. Serv ices & Support Mike Colikas: Bruce Mac Grego r : Bill Ru ny a n : J ea nni e Du n ivan . Rece pt io n ist. West P.O. Box 49 8 , Lo ng Beach, CA 9 080 1. (2 13 ) 427-7433 ; L.A. Line 6 36 -8 844. East P.O . Box 8 05, Tucker , G A 3 00 84. (4 04) 9 34 -78 50 . Central P.O . Box 1324 5. Aust in , T X 787 1 1. (5 12) 444·7 54 8 . Whi le watching the n ews last n ight, a netwo rk sto ry was a ire d deal ing with the after math of Evel Kn ievel's big show a t T win Falls. Thou sands o f peopl e from all walks of life d esc ended upon the j u m p sit e , bu t t he m ajority were fellow bikers. Whe n t he w h ole t hi ng wa s ov e r, all the people left , Evel left , th e p ress le ft , an d t he spectators left . But wh a t re m ai ned wa s th e t rash , the b ills, the j ump ramp, a n d th e sca rr ing and erosio n left o n th e ca ny on wa ll by al l th e pe ople. Wh at k ind o f a n im p res sion does th is le ave in the minds o f n o t o nly th e resi dents o f Twin Falls b u t with eve ry one. I do n 't thin k it is fai r for a m an li ke Kniev el, a m an who has made h is m ark in life invol ve d w ith the sp ort we all love. to m a ke us p ay fo r the n egligen c e at T wi n Falls wi th o ur re p u ta tio n as mo torcycle riders. years, second class m ail, 5 3 0. 00: Singl e co p y pric e . 5 0 ce n ts . Cop yr igh t Cycle News . Inc. 19 7!). T rad e mark registered U.S. Pa te nt Office . A~I right reserved. Publ ished weekly ex cept th e firs t a nd last we e k of th e ca le nd ar y ear b y Cycle' xews , Inc .. r .O . Bo x 498 . l.ong Beach. Ca liforn ia. Second c1~s~ postage paid a t Long Beach. CA. Ed itorial st ories. ca rt oo ns. ph oto s. et c. ;11"':' wel come. Add ressed, st am ped e nvel o pe ass u res return o f unp urch ased editorial nutter. ,R o/rin tin}!; in whol e or pari o nly b y permiSS ion or th e' publish ers . Ad ver t isin g ra tes and .c irc ula tion inf ormation will be sen t up on request . SeC' 4 S.R.D .S. bars a n d b re ak a collar bone. Tha n ks to a wh ol e lo t of su p er d ese r t peop le I w as tran sported o u t to a hospit al with out a lo t o f p roble ms. T h anks to m y ridin g p a rtners, Curt Cr ivell i an d Lee ~lc Graw fo r riding o ut d oubl e t o get m y bike, a n d t o th e Ch aparr a ls, n a mely Bill Boy d ROB ERT SLOAN Actio n Films & Photo graphy San Diego, Ca lif. Where's our results? Do yo u h a v e the a dd ress o f SRA .. . who th rew the Cali co Ru n ? So fa r w e have n o t received re su lts o r finisher's pin. Same goes fo r the Go ose Run (b y CRC ). We 're gettin g a li ttle tired of goi ng al l th e way o ut t o these ru ns , p ay in g 10 b ucks, and ge tting no pi n - j us t a m ail p ro m ise of sa m e . . . C. O .HYTIEN Su n Va lley , Ca lif. S RA , P. O. B o x 3882 , T orrance, California 90510 is th e address. We understand some of th e clu bs have been having del ivery p rob lem s with suppliers of imported fin ishe r pins • . . Edito r an d Joc k (the Scotsman who c om es here fro m Scotlan d just to ra ce the desert ) wh o drov e th e ir va n u p a five- m ile sa n d wa sh to ge t me out. Thanks also t o K en and Dottie Lewis fo r thei r he lp . In no 0 th er ty pe o f racing do pe ople help each o th e r as m u ch as desert racing. LE RO Y M. l\IlLLER Hun tingto n Bea ch; Calif. P.S. I 'm m endi n g and will b e OK in a bout thre e weeks. Broken bar backlash Might be on our side Re cently I wrote to Con gressm an Barry Goldwa t er, J r. ask ing h im to op p o se effo rts by Senato rs Cra nston an d T u nney to tu m a vast are a of fe de ral lands in to a "Wild erness Area. " These lands in Central Ca lifo rn ia n o w have m any m ile s of beautifu l trails for t w o-w he el veh icl e s o nl y. I tho u ght your r e a de r s w o ul d b e i nt er est e d i n Co n g re s s m a n Go ld wa t er's re p ly . It sounds t o m e li ke he 's on our sid e. Subscription One y ear, second class mai l 51 2.50 ; 2 years. second class mail , 522.50 ; 3 At t he Ch apa rrals' Endur o o n Ma rc h 2, I was un lu cky enough t o go over the DON GATELY Va lencia, Calif. Dear Mr. Gat ely: I f ind m u ch in y ou r lett er of February 2 1 ·that I agree with . It seems to m e that we sh ou ld strike a balance betw een th ose wh o want t o to tally set aside wildern ess areas, and th ose w ho want to ope n up areas fo r recreation , su ch as m otorcycling. I also e nj o y m ot o rcycling as a f orm of recreatio n, and feel that set aside areas fo r cycling sho uld be maintain ed. 1 have introdu ced legislation that is designed to do ju st tha t . . . BARR Y M. GOLD WA TER , J R . Member of Congress That was an u n call ed for c o m m en t o n a l u m i nu m b ars by Ro n S chneiders d uring h is " c overage " of th e Sh a mrocks qualifier . There is no re aso n to m a ke one in ci den t sound like an ev e rd ay oc cure nce . He fa iled t o m en ti on that at le ast o n e-third of the rider s wer e us ing alu m in u m bars. This in cludes some top fac to ry te a ms as well as one of th e top club teams. Alu m in u m bars ar e p ro ven t o be stro nge r than st eel pl u s they c ause less ride r fatigue. Our club has u sed t he m exclusive ly fo r two ye ars an d we have had n o b ad exp eriences . Bre a kage suc h as th is can be ca us e d by improper m oun ting as was pro b abl y th e ca u se in thi s case . T he A.M .A. re cently appro ve d o ne ma nufact urer's bars fo r co mpe t it io n af te r one ye a r o f t es ting. I don 't know why Ron d oe s n o t like alu m in u m bars. Perhaps h e sho u ld t ry a p air so me ti me. Ce rtai nly in th e in teres t of fair reporting he shou ld ch ec k with so me of the to p d esert , e nduro and m o to cross riders now using th em before prin ting p ic tu re s w ith ad verse subtitles. DI CK HA RRIS Ch ec kp o in t M.C. Anahei m, Calif. Under t he Bure au's De sert V ehicle - Program there a re two Special Des ign a r ea s in the Ba kers field Dist rict Eureka Dunes a n d Jawbone Canyon. Ci ti z en s co m m itte es have been for m e d t o h elp in t h e formulation o f ve h icl e management plans for these two co ntro ve rsial areas. The m embers were s el e c t ed to represent diffe rent us e p h i l-os o p h i e s t o ai d in developing m a n a g e men t p lan s for eac h . The J a wbone Canyon co m m it te e and Eureka Dunes c o m m ittee are co m p ose d o f th e fo llo win g in div id uals: 1. Jawbone Canyon Special Design Committee : a. Roy G h olso n, St ate Dept . of Par ks & Recre a ti on. b. Cody Will iams, Ca lifo rn ia Off-Ro ad V ehicle Assn. c. George Lawrence , Sierra Club . d. Mary De De cker, Cal ifornia Native Plan t Society. e. Mik e Hensh a w , M IA f. J. D. Dilla r, R udn ick Es ta t es Trust (ranching). 2. Eurek a Dunes Special Design Co mmittee (all Owens Valley area re sid e n ts ). a. Mel Daughtery , Off- Roa d V eh i cl e u s e . b. M o e J a c ob s o n , R e cre ati o n. c . J ohn M aw b y , Co n serv a t i o n i s t , d . Car ol Th orne , O ff - R o a d Vehi cle u s e . 3. M ary DeDec ker , Conse rvationist . E ach co m mi ttee has held several m eetin gs a n d will b e h ol d ing m ore in the fu ture to c o nsid er m anagem en t recomm en da t io n s. LOUIS A. BO L L District Man age r, BLM Bake rsfield , Calif. Wright principle For Paul Carpente r, a n d t h e cl ass four licen se test : T o begin a right tu rn fro m a vertical, straight-line t ra vel d ire c t io n, A . Yo u p ush gen tl y o n the le ft handlebar. B. You tilt yo ur he a d an d sho ulders to the right. C. Yo u p lace m ore wei gh t o n the righ t fo otpeg. D . You press your le f t kn ee into the ta nk. E. You slide a n d ti lt y o u r pe lvis to th e right. F. You p u sh ge n tly on th e righ t hand leb ar then re-n eu tra lize, G. No ne o f the a bove. I've incl u ded so many answers so as to in clude all th e m yths I' ve e ver heard. No o the r qu estio n has th e im p orta nce or fun damental im pact as this o ne. No q ues tio n o r co nc ep t is more important to the n eoph y te rider , for a fter trying to grasp th e op eration of clutc h an d th ro ttle , m y ths o nly ten d to sh orten his/her lifespan when the first t u m is a ttem p te d. The co rrect answe r is F. A com mon mnemonic for unders tanding co uld be : " Pu sh ri ght to turn ri gh t . " Please n ote t ha t the question sp ecified h ow d oe s one begin th e tu m, no t how does o ne com plete the turn. No words or 'p oint and scream' tactics that I o r a ny o n e migh t use t o a tt ac k or de fen d t his most important p rin c i pl e ca n y i el d better c o m p r e he n si on ( even by so -calle d exp e rts) than a quick ri de aro un d the bloc k and - a trial push. CARM EN J . D'AG OSTINO San Jose, Calif. (Con tinue d on page 31) I '1

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