Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Cow Mountain hassles The Lake County Board of Supervis ors has accepted the Lake Coun ty ORV Advisory Co mmittee's First Report on Cow Moun ta in. Th e rep ort raised sever al qu estions rega rding the BLM's present ati on of vandalism. trespass and resource damage, an d also p resen ted several obj ection s to a pr oposal by the BLM to "close" Cow Moun tain to pu blic access fo ur days out of seven . Th e Repo rt also requested a reso lu tion from the Lake Co un ty Board o f Sup er v i s or s t o Washin gton con gressm en ur gin g passage o f a b ill sim ilar to th e Sisk -Johnson Act wh ich wo uld allow th e BLM to fund fo r police pro te c t ion t h r o ug h local sh eriff's depa rt m en ts. Th e BLM h as ab andoned the four -day closure p lan , but will restrict ORV op eration to road and " mar ked" trails. Users of the Cow Mountain area are urged to contact Ron Sch mitt at P.O. Box 964, Luc ern e, CA 9545 8 to assist in exp loring old trails and developing new ones. Michel Combes, the Frenchman who developed Montesa's 125 machine, has moved onto the 500 class. He was riding a 351cc in the opening round of the world championship in Switzerland. In the first race he finished 15th and in the second he retired with broken Bilstein rear shocks. Question for the Digger s: Do es a fo ur stro ke ne cessarily h ave to be obsole te to qua lify fo r t he Perris Dinosaur Run May 4 ? We had a c ou ple of 4IOcc Ho ndas in min d .. . Speaking of "breathed upon" XL Hondas, we hear there's a 600cc vers ion kicking about somewhere in Southern California. Thumpa! Most of the t op ride rs plan to bo yc ott th e Russian round of th e 500 world ch am pi onship. Th e reason for the no-shows are all fman cial . A letter from Eric Cheney in forms us that he has severed connections with Knobby Shop International of La Jolla, California. All sales, service and spares should be obtained from Cheney directly via air post or freight until such time as a suitable representative is appointed . Our man in A labama sp ecia l-delivered th ese ex clusive p ho tos of th e Can-A m prot ot ype st reet m achine currently being test ed at th e firm's research center at Talladega. Th e m ot or app ears to be a h oriz ontal waterco oled t win, p robably in the 5 00-750cc range, and sp orts on e of the most unique exhaust sy st ems we've ever seen. Canadian road racer Jim A llen is han dling th e riding cho res. American J im "Bimbo" Pomeroy piloted his Bultaco to overall victory in last weekend's Belgium 250 Grand Prix. Pomeroy won the first moto and posted a fourth place in . the second round to defeat Maico's Adolph Weil and Willi Baue r of the Suzuki team. Full coverage next week, provided the postal ponies don't ru n out of oats like they d id th is week. Daytona International Speedway has requested the week of March 1-7, 1976 for next year's Motorcycle Classics, culminating with the 200 March 7 . Th e Dusters' 0-37 race May 11 (that 's Mo the rs Day) will be a Marv Le Blanc mem orial ru n, a benefit for Marv's wife Betty. Ironically, the Mothers Day run was tr aditionall y held by Marv 's club. the Red Do ts. Startin g next week the California DMV will den y registrat ions to any bike no t on th e CHP list o f m anufacturer certifie d 86 dBa or lower. The on ly alte rnati ve to the manufactu rer's certification is a trip by the owner to th e CHP fo r an in dividual n oise test. Speedway Racing Assn:s decision to go AMA lasted about a week, then the SRA board settled on an alternate plan . Now SRA will sanction its own events, North and South, through the 1975 season. Desp ite co mpe ti tio n from Carl Cran ke and the Pent on gang, Nati onal End uro Champ ion Dic k Burleso n wo n his fourth straigh t Nationa l End uro last week end at N asvhnre: Tenn essee,' ... .. # • # • '" .. .. ,. If you are thinking about dropping an MX 400 cylinder on your 360 YZ, forget it. Some folks read more into last week's te st than was the re. Sorry about .. . .. the 'conf usion:

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