Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

INSIDE Nat'l, IT , (Ou t door Foru m - Issue XII: Nu mbe r 23) th at we can ac hieve optim um p u blic participation. I feel that people have to actively participate in order to have good . government. My sentiments are, "If you sit and watch the parade pass you by, you get what you deserve. " Your effo rts furthered the chance for the public to m ake comments for good government. You can rest assured , I will see th at their co m m en ts get the priority consideration th ey should . 6 Loca l boys d o good at Castl e Rock Nat'l. MX , 8 Sm ith an d DiStefano - two more fo r Am eri ca International 10, 11 Hac kin ' it in Euro pe ; Sh een e does th e Du t ch Gaston Rci1 ier DICK HARLOW In yokern Area Manager 12 The 12 5cc World Champion Olin the round." Speedway SRA GP 14 16 "Can't do without you Recently I be gan receiving a copy of y ou r publication , th anks to Ron Pier ce, and - frankly - I'm surp rised I've done without Cycle News for this long. It serves a two-fold purpose : My Sunday motor sports co lum n plus your in-depth coverage of land use issues fo r the ed itorial page. Keep up the good work. Doin ' it in the dirt, mud, aspha lt , what-have yo u local MX 18,19 Dez . . • .. . • ••.•... .. • .20 North Opinion Supe rbowl Preview Product 26 ,32 26 ,39 Charles Clayton st ep s through (over?) the Honda CT 90 Calendar Cat , 40 :44 Free duds! ON THE FRONT PAGE : Northwestern TT stylist Charlie Brown in his ho me groove. Photo by Richard Creed Send me your ideas This is a plea to all who know, lo ve, an d use the desert. I am an ex ·250 Expert, now a student of Natural Resources Management at Cal Po ly State in San Luis Obispo, Cali fornia. I am attempting to research po ssible methods of rehabiliation of areas use d by O RVs . If a n y one has any co nstru ctive ideas and /or knowledge on how rehabilitation can be ach ieved , I'd ap preciate hearing fro m yo u. The BLM, Sierra Club, ED F, etc. have all expressed in t er est in my project . If I can co me up with good information and prop osals , I'm sure a great deal o f environmental pressure can be taken off our backs. BRIAN KLOCK 1590 5 Ch isp a Ro ad Atascadero, Cali f. 9342 2 , Off-road publ icity Sh ar on Cayton, Publisher Robert L Nor Yelle, General Manager Edn a Mewton. Secretary to Publisher. Advertising Linda Clark, Advertisin g Manager. Olris Kolber, Advertising Assistant. Edito rial Richard Creed, Senior Ed itor: Lane Cam p b ell. Editor; Jeff Peck, Assistan t Edi tor ; Bobi Scott. Secretary and Calen dar. Art and Production Catherine Lampton. Art Director; Hector Aguilera.. Lab Te chn ician: Marion Hatashita, Typograp he r. Circulation Rheba Sm it h. Manager ; Pam lIobbs and Chris An drews. Assista n ts . Accoun ting Gavlene Zaion z, Man ager; Twila wh eeler, Judy Fouts, Mike Klin ger . J eanne Hammond. Assistants: Tom Hunt er . Rhonda Van Dore n. Credit Departm ent. Services & Support Mike Colik.as ; Bruce MacGregor : Bill Ru nyan : J eannie Dunivan. Recept ion ist . West P.O. Bo x 49 8. Long Beach . CA 90 80 I. (2 13 ) 4 2 7·743 3 ; L.A. Line 63 6 ·8844. East P.O. Bo x 805 . T uck er , GA 3 00 84 . (4 04) 934·7850. Central P.O. Box 13 24 5, Au st in . T X 78711 . (5 12) 444 · 754 8. Subscript ion One ye ar. second clas s mail 5 12.50 ; 2 years . seco nd class mail . 52 2.50 ; 3 years. second cla ss ma il, 530 .00 : Singl e cnp v pri ce. 50 ce n ts. 4 Co p )'r1gh l l..,. d~ :-':C'W !I.. Inc . 19 i 5. T rad e m a r k rC'!itist(' r('d l ·.S. Pa tent O ffil· ~ . .\ 11 ri ~h l rew rved . Pub lishl"d wee kly e xcep t the fin l .tlld I.lsi we ek o f tbe coall"Jltl.tf year h r Cvrle ~ ew5 . IIlL . P.O . Bu x 4 9 K, I.o n!{ UC'.I.ch , Ca lifu rn i,l. Sec-ond d .t 55 po sl.ll{ p aid .u Lo ng UC'.It'h , C.\ , Edllori,l[ l" sto ries , c a rt o o ns. phoro s, e n-. .Irf' wek-om e , Add ressed . st a mped en velope .tl\ U f U rvt uru IIf un pwrc hased ed it o ria l matr er : l{C'p t ing III rlll whole or parr o nlv h y pc r m i, ,,illll of t he publilhC'u. .\d\'Cft isin g ra tes a nd ,'i f. "u l.l t j" ll mform a n o n will he' I~ nl u pu n f ("qUl" 1>1. Sl" (" S.R .U .S . I am a little disappo inted wit h the lack of publicity you give to public meetings which involve the future of off-road riders. Not racers, just trail riders and amateur enthisiasts who buy most of yo ur copy. Your news coverage and editorials co uld get some people involved and maybe hel p all cy clists . Cyclists need a pub lication which wo uld look in to the o ff-road riding problems t hroughou t the west. How abo u t it? DAVID BASKIN Lak e Isabella, Calif. Dave, we 'be been try ing - publicizing Forest Service meetings, BLM m eetings, and even no w the CA RB emissions hassle that's brew ing. Keep your eyes on bo th Papa Wealey's colu m n and on th e Opin ion Section, becaus e that's wh ere the act ion is on land use and oth er polit ical issues . . . Editor MIC responds to lightson observations In the interest o f acc u rac y , the ro ad test article by Chuck Clayton co n tains some ob serva tio ns regarding ligh ts-on law s, lighting sys tem performan ce and tec h nical recommendations th at should be reviewed fo r th e benefit of your readers. The co m men t th at the ta illight bei ng on during daytime operation of the lighting system is "one dangerous aspect o f the lights-on feature th at should be tended t o at on ce," is a tot ally subj e cti ve view wit ho ut foundation. Th er e is n o evid ence to in fer an y dange r in th e var ious aspects o f lights-on operati on. Po ssible differ e n c e s in th e notice ab ilit y values o f goi ng from lights-off to lights-on, o r from a reduced ph otometric to a higher photometric o u tp u t va lue c e rt a i n l y m erits co nside ra t ion and is inde ed something the co uncil has raised fo r dis cuss ion in any review of potential running light sy stems c o n f ig u ra t io n. Th ere is, however, no available data base with respect to daytime rear end collisions under co nd it io ns of lights-on vs, lights-off, during motorcycle braking mode of o pe ration th at will support any concl usion in t hi s area. On the contrary , the argume nt c o uld be made that noticeability will be increased across the total operating spectrum wi th the tail ligh t in a steady burning state. T he fa ct that state enacted mo to rcy cle ligh ts-o n laws do not require burning the tail light in dayti me is no t germane. States have no standing with res pect to this issue sin ce federal mo to r vehicle safety standard 108, which is pre-emptive and co n tro lling, requires that " tail lamps on ea ch vehicle shall be ac tiva ted when the head lamps are ac t ivated in a steady burning state." Manufacturers are well aware of lighting st an dar ds, and their ma chines are designed ac cord in gly . An y recommendation th at the owner re wi r e his veh icle to in corporat e switching or other devices in t o the Ii gh tin g system is, in m y view , ill-advised, Su ch actio n would certainly vo id an y warranty protection against elect rical s ystem de fe cts. The recommended modification, although not likely to be co nsidered an illegal action in itself, would obviously take the vehicle out of co n fo rmit y to those equip me nt performan ce standards prescribed for street legal machines established at the federal level and recognized by the states in their registration a n d inspe ct ion re q uire me nts. Than k yo u for you r co ns ideration and I loo k forward to the nex t issu e of Cycle News. MELV IN R. STAHL Director Government Rela tions Motorcycle Industry Council Green mean ie gripe I am writing in regards to your Jul y first issue . In your Elsinore update article , y ou mention that the Elsie domination is j ust abo ut up . be cause of the new R~I Su zuki, an d the six cog mon ocr osser by Yamah a. My gripe is yo u failed to mention the KX Kawa , I have finished very well (an ave rage of a th ird o r fo urth a week ) for the last six mon t hs, on a stoc k (exc ep t for a fork kit ) KX. Th e tr ac k I race a t is 80 % Elsie dominat ed with a YZ and a few Pen to n s. So I fee l a little cre d it should be given to th e "little green ro ck et . " CORKY PONION Rio Vista, Calif. You m en tion third and fou rth pla cings. What are th e guy s riding that beat you . . . Edit or The BlM is watching I would like 10 lak e this opportunity to express my appreci ation of your excellen t repo rting. with a rational ap proac h , 10 the Bureau of Land Manageme nt 's p lanning effo rt s in the Califo rnia desert. l\ledia co ve rage is an abso lut e necessity in the planning process if we are to ever work out a viable framework of land use; the more public and private inpu ts we Can stimulate, the more co mp le te the p lan becomes . It is through thought-p rovoking articles such as you devoted to our planning mee t in g OWEN KEA RNS,JR. Editor, Bakersfield Californian Bakersfield , Calif. My shattered foot thanks you I wo uld like to " Th an k " every o ne who he lpe d me ou t Sunday mornin g, June 29, 1975, at the Antelo pe Ramblers Hare an d Ho und, especially the two gen tlemen from the Badgers and my fellow club mem bers , Co mpetition l\I.C ., for taking care of my broken body and my bike. These people g-ave me great assistance when I shattered m y foot pre running the bomb. The people mentioned above and others whose names 1 ca n't recall once again have shown the sportsmanship and high character I have associated with District 37 desert racers. BOB EmllSTON Co mpetition l\1.C. Isle of Man kudos I really enjoyed your Isle of Man coverage. Who says you ca n't please everybody ? BOB WEST G.P.B.S. How 'bout some decent desert covering? I'm getting tired of the poo r co verage we're getting in the desert. The last t hree weekends in a ro ll I've gotten first girl No vice on m y 250 CZ . At the Antelope Ramblers, Denise Nuckles did not get first girl overall. Trudy Beck did ge t the seventh check. I got first girl Novice. I got the seven th chec k. Denise had to go back and get the seventh check, so I don 't know if she even go t second girl Novice. Please give us girls a break and start giving us a de cent cov erin g, after all, we 've a class now. MARTA ~1cCORD 12Y Desert Barons Gold drain continues It 's now been almost four months sin ce the Shamrocks ISDT Qualifier in California City and we still don 't have o ur medals! Did the Leprechauns go on strike? In view of th e price of gold, we 're somewhat co ncerned . NUT BUSTERS M/G Mt. View, Calif. Th e views ex pressed in th is colu m n and oth er co lu mns appearing o n th e follow ing pages are solely th ose of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official po sition of Cycle News West or Cycle News, Inc. Qualified readers wishing fr ee and eq ual rebuttal space should conta ct the Editor.

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