Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE Poop a nd also for t he use of t he faci lities o f their m otorho m e. They did no t kn ow us, an d we st ill d o n ' t know th em, so t hey really d id not hav e to help, bu t ins tead th ey jus t pit ch ed righ t in and go t us goi ng . :2 R. BR YON F REN YEN Reno , Nev. Rumor: Papa has Iyssophobia. .4 Voices (All together now, one, two, three) Can't fight the establishment Hangtown Int ' MX I feel the article "Sex and Cycles" by Frank Co n ner as we ll as seve ral other ite m s in y ou r April I issue were offensive, in very poor tas te, an d no t co nsistent with your us ual editorial policy. I\lay I suggest you confine your content to cycles an d lea ve sex to other publications already established and m or e adept in th is fie ld. .. ...6 Howerton & Hart hangin it all out. Great Bear GP . . . . , . . . . 10 (Polar bear, that is) Local " , 15 Natives at wor k & play . Ascot Pro opener 19 Well, alm o st an opener. RICHAR D W. NEAL San Gab riel, Calif. Chopper show . . .. , ....20 Bikes, bodies, bi zarre ha ppenings. Gambit North Results Calendar Want Ads MX Cat , ,,, , ., " , . , , .. , 22 24 27 ,32 36 " ,36 Cancel o ne ca t. O N T HE COVER: Hangt o wn and Gr eat Bea r G P pix by J eff Peck and Dale Brown. You guys are all wet! Mini Mint correction Sellout? Your April Fool' s Cycle Ne ws issu e was so bad that on first glance I tho ug h t th at Motorcycl e Weekly bought you o ut, " Pea-U" . . . BOB WEST , G PBS No . Holl y wo o d, Cal if. Notes of thanks To J im Shuttleworth, Tim and Sue Br idwell . . . for the quiek assistance you gave to our so n Rick I\IcCool the wee kend of March 16 Bru shb uste rs Hare S c ramble s . Your ac t i o n- in all probability saved his life . . . BO B, JOYCE & JOHN McCOOL J Shar on Clayton , Pu blish er Ed na Mewt on. Secretary t o Pu b lisher. . . . T o all the people who assist ed me February 16 at the SRA Calico End u ro . I d id a giant end" on th e first loop and broke m y collarbone . . . In spi te of very strong, co ld winds an d lots of dust, so many people were willin g to help. I give special thanks to Ji mmy and Mike McG ra t h of Barstow who really went out of their way . .. Editorial Richa rd Cre ed. Editor : Lane Campb ell. Edi t o r. J e ff Pec k. Assistant Ed it or , Boll i Scott. Secre ta ry and Cale ndar . Art and Production C a therine L a mp to n . Ar t Direc t o r ; Nanc y Gr ay . Advertisin g Art Dire ctor; H e c t o r A guil er a . L a b Te chnicia n ; xtaricn Hatashit a. Typ ographer. Circu lat ion Rheb a Smith. Mana ger : Pam Ho bb s and Chris An drews. Assi sta nts. Accoun ting G a v l e n e Z ai o n z , M a n a g e r : Twila Wh eeler. Judy Fou ts . :\Iike Klin ger. J e anne H amm on d . Assi s ta nts; T om Hunt er , Lani Sienko C redi t De p artme nt . Serv ices & Support :\Iik e Co likas: Bru ce :\1ac Grego r : Bill Ru n yan : Jeannie Du niva n . Recept io n ist. West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach , CA 9080 I. (2 13 ) 427-74 33: L.A . Lin e 636·8844. East P.O. Box 805 , Tucker, GA 3 0084. (4 04 ) 934 ·7850. Central P.O. Box 13245 . Austin. TX 787 1 t. (512) 444-7548. Subsc ript ion On e year. seco n d class m ail $12.50 ; 2 years. second class mail, 522.50 ; 3 years. second class mail, 530.00 ; Single copy price, 5 0 ce n t s. Co pyrigh t Cycle Xews, Inc. 19 75 . Tra d e mark re gistered U.S . Patent Office. All righ t reserved . Pub lished weekly excep t the firs t an d 1 51 week . of the calend ar y ear by Cycl e News. Inc.• P.O . Bo x 4 98 . J.O Il~ Beach , California. Second class pe erage pai d at Lon g Beach , CA . Editor ial stories, cartoons. photos. etc. are welcome. Addressed . sta mp ed en velop e assu res return of unpurcb ased ed it ori al ma u er. Rep rin tin g in whole or p art o nly by per mission of the publis he rs. Ad ver t ising rat es and ci rculation 4 infurmati on will be len t upon request. See S.R.D.S. Mint 400 coverage, phooey How can we ex pect m ore inte rest in th e Mint 400 Desert Race with su ch lous y and ina cc ura te co ve rage from o ur own press? Se ems strange that faggot bikers can generate more interest from your staff than wh at is known as th e 1I'0rld 's Richest and Ro ughest Off -R oad Race. BEN ~IAZE. SR. MRAl'\ Las Vegas. Nev. KAY HOPKINS (8 1Z) Marina Del Re y, Calif. Adve rtising Linda Clark. Ad ver t isin g ~ I anager. Gil Brown. Nati on al Ad ver tisin g Manager : Chri s Kolber , Ad ve rt isin g Assist a n t. P r o d . . Bay Area Bult aco , Her cul es Distribut ing. a nd Pacific Ca rtri dge. All o ur than ks to all of yo u wh o he lpe d p u t on th e event, a nd ride th e en d uro. You 're beautiful. The pro ceeds from th e raffle will be given to the " Cu yam a Valley Area Hospitals. " E. BRUCE JOClI\M, D DMC Sa nta Mo nica, Calif. Basic info I bough t you r March 2 5 issue o n th e ba sis of " Ho w t o buy a cycle" in th e table o f co n te n ts . It is subti t led, "The re are ce rtai n di fferences be t ween a TZ 70 0 and a moped. but wh er e d o yo u find o ut?" . . . Wh at a rip o ff ! Ms. La nder is evide n tly no t b right enough to find her ass with bo t h han d s. On e d o es not go to periodicals t o f ind su ch basi c in fo rmat ion, o ne goes to t he library where hard c ove r books covering basics are fo u nd . . . or first fro m fr iends . . . R. BALD ING Torrance, Cal if. You miss th e point, guy . The stuf in f hard cover bo oks, b y the tim e th ey get o n the shelf, is usually three years obsolet e at best . A nd th e pitfalls of asking a buddy who may know less than you do but is afraid to adm it it are self-evide nt. The point sh e made, and it's a good on e. is that we in the periodical trade often assum e too much prior knowledge on the part of our readers. With the sport growing so fast an d so many inexperien ced people seek ing knowledge, is that to our credit ? - A s to intellige nce, an y chick wh o can com e in to motorcycling cold an d co nclude that. "the differen ce between a TZ 750 and a moped is th e diff erenc e be twee n Ken ny R oberts and me." has got to be pretty astu te . . . Editor Hi Mountain bottleneck The fo re and aft pix show what hap pe ns wh en so me desert riders eo me to the foothill s fo r a n enduro . It was hard to believe t hat a bottleneck could develop on this h ill. DI CK SI LV IS Cupertin o, Cali f. DICK DIXON Ne whall, Calif. Thunder - what? Cong ratu latio ns, Cycle News through yo ur incred ibl e lack of covera ge of the Min t 400 in yo ur April Fool issue, yo u 've su mmarily m an aged to sweep that even t into a dark corner of obsc u rity . G e e , gu ys, five whole paragraphs - I mean . you really didn't have to go t o all the trouble . . . I . figur ed your equally obscure coverage of t he Parker race in a p re vious issu e was maybe just a slig ht oversigh t, o r perhaps you had limited space in tha t issue. But wh en yo u give twice t he ink to the Min i-Mint, and de vote t wo who le p a g e s to a faggo t expose , not to me ntion a ce n terfo ld of so me leazy wei rdo in th e sac k with his scoot , I begin to get the pic t u re as to where you r p riorities lie (o r with whom th ey la y , as th e case m a yb e) . No t t hat I have any thi ng aga inst kid s, q uee rs o r wei rdo s - afte r all, it's varie ty t hat m a kes life s wee t, right ? Howeve r. to all b u t elim inate co verage of wh at is certain ly one of the m or e im po rta n t professional o ff-road ra ces in t he U.S. o f A. forces m e to assu me yo ur editorial heads lie in so me strange p laces . If yo u want to be kin ky (o r c ute, even ), how abo u t a sec o nd ins ta llmen t o f "Vivesection and Motorcycles, or How to Mak e Your Scoo te r Run On Hummingb ird Blood;" o r m ay be a story o n " Sex In The P o rt acan : Ho w To Do It With out Gellin g Any On You" (depends on how you hold your hands . . . Ed.] It 's m igh ty frust ra ti ng t o wai t three months fo r ra ce co vera ge fro m th e various m oro monthlies, b u t a fte r reading the crap yo u people lay down in you r "weakly " rag . I think it's wo rth the wa it . .. LA UR A MADDOCK , alias Mellissa Thunderpussy, Po wd er Pu ff Desert 2 7A Heme t , Cali f. Time out for a commercial Thanks from the Diggers I am w r ij i n g thi s letter of ap p reciation o n beh alf of m y club (Di rt Digge rs) to the people and co m pan ies th at hel ped us with the ra ffle prizes we g ave a way after our "Red Garter National Enduro." They were the fo llowing : Lu b ri-T ech, LPS L ab s, T o rc o , Bl endzall, Zip Aerosol, Pennzoil, Casle r Perfo rmance I n ev e r ce ase to be amaze d at the inac cu rac y of yo ur in fo rmatio n. With rega rd to yo ur art icle o n th e 19 75 Min i Mint, o ne pa ra gra p h sta tes th at t h e Brown /Welchel Indi a n was well in the lead t ill it was soon to blow an engi ne, j ust like it d id last year. T hi s not only was u njustified bu t to tall y false. Th e Bro wn Indian finished an d won it s cla ss the previous running an d le d th is year's race for seven o f th e 10 lap s before breaking a frame in the extre mely ro ugh terrai n. Please t ell it li ke it is o r n o t a t a ll. Help at the Mint 400 I would like to th ank th e p it cre w at c hec k poin t th re e , that du ri ng the second loo p, took th e ti me a nd the effo rt to re move the two wh eels wi th flat tires a nd hel p us pu t o n ne w ones, "The changing attit ude toward th e m o torc ycle as a m asculine sy m bo l is i nd e ed an in t e r e s t i n g t o pi c . U nfor t u na rel y, yo ur sens a tio nalize d a rt icle co n tr ib u t ed virtua lly nothing to o ur knowledge in th is a rea . We at Ci\IS are very serious abo ut the qu a lit y of our prod uc ts an d t he professio na l image we pr oject. Your pu bl icatio n is t hu s beginnin g t o look so mewhat m arginal as a veh icle for o ur advert ise m en ts, CHAR LES D. COLE 1\1t. Vie w. Cali f.

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