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6 d ese rt . I' m not fo r t he Sierra Club as fa r as I' m c o nc e rn e d th e y ca n a ll ta ke a h ike . Bu t, we a ll h ave t o star t t hin king o f o thers. a nd m ay b e ,...-c ca n enjoy o u r deser t fo rever. R. N. H EK RY Downey , Ca lif. 8 They gotta be kiddin' BINSIDE ~ t U.S. 125 GP Smith b lasts everybody Emission Control . , Pu tting a clamp o n w hat co mes down th e tube Wha t 's go in ' on ? I j u st read in the paper where th e E.R.D .A. ( E n e r gy R e s e ar c h and D e"e!opm ent Administration ) is go ing to se t off a nuclear de vice in Nevada. They sa y that the tall bu ildings in Las Ve gas (60 mil es or so a way) w ill shake some. It will be ab out 10 times stronge r tha n the o ne our hero es dropped o n Hi ro shima and ne a t ly level ed o ff. All I wa nt t o know from t he B 1.1\1 is. how can a" y deser t ra ce equa l the forc e and da mage of a o ne m e gat on bomb ? Stockton Regional Mile ..10 T wo -stro kes makes ,'-'\ IA hi story Canadian 500 GP 12 Karsmaker takes top position Speedway , . , .14 Yamaha Women's Motorcycle Champ 16 Po w de r Pu ff e rs hit the big tim e Desert ,18 0.3 7 a nd D RA ac t io n Local " .20 North 26 Results 33 Rider Impression ..36 Yamaha 250 mono ..37 Ossa Super Pioneer Opinion. . . ... .. . . , .38 Calendar , . .40 Want Ads 44 COVE R : After w innin g a to u gh 12 5 Exper t m oto Na ncy Thomas lets o ut a bi g sigh of reli e f. Ph o to by Jeff Peck. Sh ar on Clayton. Pub lish er Robert L Nor Velle, Ge neral Manager Ed na Mewtcn, Secretary to Publish er. Adveni sing Linda Dark. Ad ver t ising Man ager . Chris Kolbet , Ad vertising Assistan t. Editorial Rich ard Cree d , Senior Ed ito r ; Lane Campbell, Editor: Jeff Pec k, Assistant Edi tor; Bobi Cale ndar. Sco tt. Secre tary and Art and Production Ca the rine Lamp ton, Ar t Director ; Lab Tec h n ician; Hect or Aguil era, Marion Hatashi ta , Ty pographer. Circu lation Rhe b a Smith, Manager ; Pam Ho b bs and Chris Andrews. Assistan ts . Accounti ng Gav lene Zaion z, Manager : Twila Wheel er . J udy Fou ts. Mike Klin ger. J eann e Hammon d . Assistants; Toni' Bunt er . Rh o nd a Van Do ren . Credit Department. Sen/ices & Support Mike Col ikas : Bru ce ~ lac C regor: Bill Run y an : J eann ie Dun ivan. Recep tionist . West P.O. Box 498 , Long Beach, CA 9080 I. (2 13\ 4 27 ·7433 : L.A . Line 636·8844 . East P.O. Box 80 5, Tucker. GA 300 84 . (4 04 ) 934-7850. Central P.O. Box 1324 5 , Austin. TX 78711. (5 12 ) 444·7 548 . Subscript ion One year. second class m ail S12.50 : 2 yea rs , seco nd class mail . 522 .50 ; 3 years, seco nd class mail . $3 0. 00 : Single COPY pri ce . 50 cen ts. KE ITH BR ,\ D FO R D Buen a Pa rk, Ca li f. A small, but important, point What happened to my money? Klinzmann article round one Late last su m me r yo u guys h ad an article a bout a m o t o rc y cl e city and p ark at New Idria, Cali forn ia. Aft er I h ad read abo u t it I t ho ugh t it w as a good id ea so I se n t in 52 5 t o th e New leiria Lan d Fu nd fo r a membe rsh ip fo r m y wife and I. So far I h aven ' t heard anyth ing about it or it s fu ture; and I w as wo ndering if you cou ld brin g m e up to date o n w hat is being d one conce rn ing th is m atter. Also on the front page of th e la te st A.\ IA Newsle tter the re w as a story of how the A1\ IA took the head of t he Bu reau o f Recrea tion of t he S ta te of Utah on a two-day trail ride to show the po liticians w hat pl e as u re can be go tten fro m trail ri di n g in the desert. I was wonde ring if p e opl e c o u ld get lo c al p oli tici ans to do the same in th e ir co un ty . May be this way it m ight in flue nc e loc a l po licy in favor of rid e rs. Thank yo u for yo ur a tte n t io n in this matter. ROBE RT G OODWI N San Fran cisco , Calif. I a m writing in re feren ce to you r art icle o n Harry Klin zm a n n. I was u nde r the imp res sio n that th is ne wsp ape r w as in ex ist e nce for th e so le purp o se of re p o r t ing " cy cle n ews. " Harry Klin zm an n is a t ale nted, you ng road race r w h ic h should be the primary co ncer n of a ne wspaper o f yo ur u su al calib er . n ot a co m pe t ito r 's e d uca tio n or grasp of t he English lan gu age. i.e.: n inth grade dropout , main ta inanci ng (sic ). 111is for m of re po rtin g is o nly de trime ntal to the sport an d the people involved in it and I fou nd th e entire a rt icl e (SIC) . JO HN :\IATLOCK A F1\1 No. 64x Ve ni ce, Calif. TI,e N ew Idria L and Fu n d is de ad in the wa ter for the mom en t, because th e mining co m p an y has decide d th e y d o n 't wan t to sell th e land all th at bad ly . . • Ed. O.C,I.R. clarification J u s t a n 0 t e o f clari fica t ion. Cance llation o f C1\IC Ro ad Race s a t Orange County In tern a t io n al Ra ceway was no t d u e to any ' ac tio n b y o u r co m p an y. Our le ase ri gh ts in clu d e only the drag st rip (o n re gu la te d d ay s) an d the fla t tr ack /m otocros s facilities. O ur lan dlo rd , QV ln c. , reta in s th e m ajo rity of Su ndays fo r any activities th ey des ire in th e dra g strip area. The sw ap mee ts now in progre ss are u nde r th e c o n tr o l of QV and a third p arty. We 're not invo lved . A recen t Cycle News item in fe r red th at O .C.I. R. was "an t i-ro ad race. " First of a ll, with bo th our O .C- I. R. and Irwindale moto cross tracks u nde r C:\IC sanc tio n o ur loyalties in th at area are obvious . Af te r heari ng of Pa t Manni n g's cance lla t io n at O .C.I.R. , he and I discussed tryi ng to rel o ca te road raci n g events at Ir wi nd ale but found the needed asphal t to be too costly fo r ei ther one of us . If th is a ll see ms co nfu sing . . . it is ! The simple point is that we as o p e ra to rs did n o t give 1\ lanning the bo ot. STEVE EVANS Vice Pre sid en t International Race wa y Parks, In c. When slicks collide 4 ccpv ngtu 1....""("\(' :'\(,W'O . Inc 19 75, Tr ,I(1I:' m.uk ' r('gtsle red t ' ,S . P.. te n t O ffin' , ,\ 11 ril{ht res erved , Pub lished wee klv e xcept th e first ,lilt.! l..st \\"( ' ( ' J,;. of the cale nda r vear hy C.,.,d r Xe ws , IIlL . " ,0 . Box 49 1i, I.o nl! Beach . C..liforn i,I, Second <- lol ss pos tag e pa id .II I.ong Beach . c..\ . i ~di l u ri ., 1 'O lo rif's . (".ln oo ns , ph o tos . e n :. ar e wt'h"o tnt' , Ad d ressed , sta mped en ve lope .J ~u rt' s rctu rn "I unpurch ased edi rori .rl matter . I{epri n ting in who le o r p.1f! o nl y b y permissiou o f the pub lisher... .\ d ver t ising ra te s .. 111..1 l'ir.. ul.ll i" l1 infor ma tio n will b e se ut upon req ue-st. Sn S.R ,O .S. I' ve been fo llo wi n g wit h m ild inte rest the "Vo ice s of t he West " battle betwe e n Ric k Sieman an d th e Sa n ta Barbara Starters , Wh en I got to th e part wh er e Sup er Bum p y write s abo ut " min ima l ri d in g an d m a xim um ar rogance . " i t real ly crac ke d me u p. I th o ugh t he was l"lking abo ut his m aga zin e ! PA UL BOUD RE AU Carpin teria, Cali f. S urely y o u d o n't wan t us to cov er up an ything? Cy cle N ews is a newspa per, not a he ro fa ct ory . . . Ed it or Kl inzmann art icle/round two In reference to the article b y J ohn Ulric h ab o u t Harry Klin zm an n in th e July 1st issue , I feel tha t sin ce m y name was m ent ioned . I h av e th e rig ht to voice m y own o p inion. If o ne were to su b tra c t ea ch of the fo llo wi ng ; ( I ) A we alth y fa t he r t h at showers h im w it h a ll th e h e lp th at mo ne y ca n b uy . (2 ) The fas te st 25 0 Yamah a in Wes t Coast club eve n ts (ex. Ron Pier ce ). (3 ) 11, e ab ility to q u it school to wo rk fu ll t im e o n th e b ikes w he n m ost o f hi s c o m p e tito rs h ave to fir st do 4 0 hours of lab o r at a j o b ea ch week b efore a tte nd ing t o th ei r race m a chin es. (4 ) A fam ily owned wri te r to a lways see that he ge ts goo d print (j oh n Ulrich) . One wo u ld then h ave remai ning. a du ll 16 year o ld high school drop o ut, th at is st ill n o t a ble ·to ca rry o ut an intelligent c o nversa tio n and shows no signs of ever being abl e to. GEORG E ROCH E Hun t in gton Beach, Calif. A s a"yo" e who k n o ws him w ill tell you, o ne " owns" J o h n Ulric h. /larry Klinz m an n was j us t o" e of seve ral names that came up d uri ng t he discussio n of p ossible rid er profiles to be written by Mr. Ulrich . Kl in zrnan n k e p t w inning, th erefore , he was neui staorth y • . . Ed itor It h as co m e to m y a tt en tion th at Cycle News c o n t a in ed m en ti o n of H o n d a' s c u rr e n t Y ~ I CA -NY PU1\1 pro gra m in " The Lat est Po op" sectio n . The sing le p aragrap h ite m sta te s : is d o n at in g $15 t o " Hon da Yl\lCA- NYI' U1\1 (Na t i onal Youth Pro gr a m Usin g 1\lin ibikes) for each p ur ch ase o f a :\IR-50 , QA -50 K 2, or CT -7 0 K3 . Th e do n a tion will be m ad e in the p urch a ser 's n am e. T he progra m will c o n t in u e th rough Jul y 31:' Fi r st, let me th an k yo u fo r men tio ning this wort h while p rogram. We at Hond a feel it will result in ass ist ing th e continua nce o f th e Y ~ ICA -NYPU l\l program. Howe ver , a statemen t c o n ta in ed in th e story rep ort ed : " T he do na tion wi ll be m ade in the purchaser's name . " This is n ot co r rec t. G iven a momen t to consider , I am sure y o u can see th at th is p rocess w o uld c on st it u te a logist ica l pro b lem o f u n m anageable s ize . Ameri can Honda is co ntrib u ti ng S 15 for ea ch warranty registration rece ived f o r t he bikes liste d in the story. Bu t , th is m oney is con trib u te d in a sing le mass payment not as ea c h un it is so ld . For th is reason, it is n ot possible to list p ur chasers in d ivid u ally . It 's a small, b ut important , p oin t. We wo u ld n ot w ish a ny m isun d erstandin g to a ffe c t th e fin al su cc ess fu l o u tc o m e o f th is pro gr am . If it is possib le, I wo u ld li ke to req ue st m en tio n b e m a d e o f t h is correc t io n in an u p co min g issu e of Cycle Ne ws West and an y o ther ed it io n o f Cycle Ne ws in whic h th is sto ry m ay h ave ap peare d . B. W. PUL SKAl\ IP Nat ional Ad ver tis ing 1\lgr. Am e ric an Honda Mo t or Co . Ga rde na, Cali f. Where are the Novices? Aft e r re ad in g th e J u ly I . 19 75 issu e , page '2 1, " Do in' it in th e dust " by the Ween ie Bro s, I have co me to th e c o ncl u sio n t h a t n o No vices fini shed a nd t h at there was n o sponsoring cl ub , whic h is c o m m o n of all We eni e Bro s. a rt icl es. DAVE ~IATU S La Mir a d a, Calif. "0 It's t ime to think I am writing in rega rd s t o an art icle wri tte n in the L.A. Heral d -Exa m in er on June 23 rd. It was a b o u t m oto rcy cle r iders ru in ing Indian a r t work as ol d as 1 0, 00 0 years o ld in EI Cen t ro . Ap p a r e n t l y , m o t o r c y c le ri d e r s disman tied a fe nce arid rep eat ed ly ran over a 2 0 0 fo ot figure et c hed in the . des ert floor. I am 19 years o ld an d h ave bee n riding in th e desert fo r six years a nd I would lo ve to co n tinu e un t il I' m to o old to st art m y b ike. But , if th e se few fo o ls co n tin u e t o cau se tr ouble for th e rest o f us, we're a ll goi ng to be shu t o ut o f o ur Wh a t e v e r th eir shortco m ings, the II' een ie Bros. st epped forward to p ro vide d esert coverage while eve ry one else sat ba ck and wait ed for someone else t o d o th e job. 17,e next time you see th e Weenie Bros. le t the m k n ou: what yo u'd lik e t o see covered in a sto ry . Bu t. remember this, they are not high rol/in ' jo urnalists, j ust a couple of guys w ho lik e th e des er t, lik e to ride even ts, saw a need fo r d es ert cov erage and are att empting to p ro vide it. Wh y not give t hem a han d . . . Edito r Th e views ex pressed in th is co lu m n and ot he r co lu mns appearin g on th e fo l/owing p ages are so lely those of th e au th ors an d d o not n ecessarily ' reflect the of ficial p osit io n of Cycle N ew s West or Cycle N ews, In c. Qualified read ers wis hing free an d eq ual reb u ttal spa ce sho uld co ntact th e Edito r.