Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

sc o red divi de d by th e num be r o f rider s minus o ne an d ca rr ied o u t to three de cimal p la ces, squa r e d by the hypo te nuse or whatever. You ought to p ublish the m e th od of scori n g so all trials riders ca n appreciate m y feeli ngs. There's n o way I can explain it to m y club . . . INSIDE Toledo Nat'l. . 6 Keen er un corks his second Speedway Ascot, Nat'l. Papers -.8 10 PA UL DO ST ER Bogwhee1ers Trials Dub San Diego, Calif: Will the Monster be banned? Opinion Yamaha 76 12 ; . .14 Yo u got it, Paul: Check our ex pose ' of • the math major 's masterpiece on page 22 of this issue . . . Edito r The piano-makers try harder Dez in crisis Hotl ine 16 18 Two enduros an d o th er di rty st uff 22 Want ad pays off 24 Trials expose Ad I ran earlier in th e ye ar abou t losing Old TImers h at at Orange County Grand Pri x wo r ked out well ... I got the hat bac k. Than ks. How the NAT C points are figured - we think Tune your bod Wrapup - h ow to test yours elf North 26 Can-Am Qualifier from "pile -up " , MEL SHAPIRO 33 36 Results KTM 250 Another life for Rescue 3 Un rav el ing the latest " cult MXer" On June I, I was taken to Go lden State Mem orial Hospi tal after su fferin g a heart attac k during a race at Indian Du nes. Th e quick ac t ion o f Rescue 3 saved my life. They gave m e o xy gen an d immediately rushed m e to th e hospital. Im mediat e a tten ti o n received in th e em ergency roo m of the hospital was fantastic. They we re ale r t and ab le to ad m ins te r proper m edi ca tio n . I sp ent Iw o weeks at the hospital an d the staff was superb ! Th ey re ally cared whe ther you lived or died. I rec eive d individual atten tio n and they were we ll eq uipped with th e lat est knowledge of handling practicall y an y situation. By th e way , A.\ I A p ay s n othing; th e sponsoring d ub pays nothin g. You p ay for th e am bu la nce rid e also. 39 Ms. Matching Beats getting preg . Calendar Cat 40 45 O N TH E COVER: " Sky sh o t" Hymes sp rings h is K1M on an unsu specting world. Ph o t o by John Hue t t er . MA UR ICE LEBOVITZ Redondo Beach, Cali f. Diving into the pool Sharon O ayton. Pu blish er Ro be rt 1.. Nor Velie, General Manager Edna Mewton, Sec re tary to Publisher. I a m very excited ab out the ide a o f s tarti ng a n Am eri c an Motorcycle m anuf acturing p lan t in th e United Stales. There is no reason why the U.S•. co uld not eve n tual ly be th e leader in the m o to rcycl ing manufacturer's world. The technology , people a nd spi rit of th e U.S. ar e st ro ng enough to make this dream become reality. My re su me is en closed for yo u r skills p ool. Advertising Linda Clark, Advertising Manager. Ouis Kelber, Ad ver tis in g Assis tan t . Editorial Clarlcs C ayton, Ed itor-in-Chief ; Lan e Campbell, J eff Peck, and Bobi Scott Ewton. Art and Produetion Cathe rin e Lam p ton . Ar t Direct or : Barb Miz un o, Adve rtising Ar t Dire cto r: Paul , But l er , L a b T e chnician; Marion Hatas hita, Typographe r. TER R Y TAYLOR Aust in, Texas Cireulation Rheba Smith, Manager; Pam Hobbs and Otris Andrew, Assistants. Accounting Gay len c Zaio n z, Man ager; Judy Fa u15 , Mike Kl inger. J eanne 33RD/TREET TUakEYI Thank you Dr. Newhouse! Hammond. Assistants ; To m Hunter. Rhonda Van Doren, Credit Department . Sem... & Support Bill Run y an , T om Lue hmann . Wen . P.O. Box 49 8 , Long Beach. CA 9080 I. (2 13 ) 4 2 7-74 33 : L.A. Line 636-8844. East P.O. Box 805. Tucker. G A 30084. (4 04) 934 ·7850. Central P.O. Box 13245, Austin. TX, 78 7 11. (512) 444 -7548. Subseript ion One y ea r. second class mail $1 2.50 ; 2 years, seco nd class mai l. $22. 50 ; 3 years. second class ma il . S30.00 ; Single cop v pr ice . 50 cents. 4 Cop yri ght Cycle Ne ws, In c. 19 75. Trade mark re gis tered U.S. Pa tent Offi c e. All righ ts rese rved. Pu blished week ly e xc ep t the: first and las t week o f the cal en da r ye ar by Cycle Ne ws. In c.• P.O. Bo x 49 N, Lon g Beach , Cali fornia. Second clas s pos tage paid at Long Bea ch, C A. 90 MO I. Edit or ial sto ries , carto o ns, pho tos, et c. arc welco me. Add ressed, sta m ped envel op e assu res re tu rn o f unpurch ascd ed ito rial matte r, Reprinting in whole o r par t unl y by perm ission of the publish ers . Advertisin g ra tes and circulat ion in fo rm a tio n will be sen t u pon request. See S. R.lJ .S: Welcom e to th e pool, Terry . Rest of you guys, come on in , the water 's fine . Now if we could jus t find somebody wit h MONEY . . . Editor Turkey talk Desert dirge Editors of Cycle News have undoub tedly had n u mero us inquiries of the infamous "33rd Street" Turkey s, " whose nam e infrequen tly ap pears in " Cycle News, " especially during the ' 0 -37 enduro season. Perhaps you migh t e njo y seei ng a genuine " 3 3 rd Street Turkey. " The p i c t u r e truly c a p t u res the bi rd's alertness and acute sensitivity ; the "coc k-su re " sense of authority typical of th e bree d. To d iscoura ge the multitudes fro m atte mp ting t o apply for membership , I must poin t o u t th at th ere exists no club, b ut mo re of a flo c k . .. whi ch literall y flo cks ar ound the ca m p fire the n igh t before an even t. T o perpetuat e t he " T u r key s," th er e are even a few poul ts (C·riders) co m ing alo ng very wel l. So me ca n eve n tell tim e, but it's too d ifficul t to make u p a chart with " the bi g han d is on . .. and th e little h and is o n .. . •" e tc. List en fo r t he resoun din g call of th e great bi rd late at ni gh t o r early morni ng - af ter to o m uch win e. J 1:\1 SO Ml\IE RS An aheim . Calif. Our thanks to all th e clubs who showed up at the desert to give u s their sup port. We regre t that o ur race had to be cancelled o nl y two days before the event. Du e to extreme pre ssure and a possible l a w su it from an ecology organization , we h ad n o choice but to forfeit the race. It 's u nfortu nate that th is had to happen, b ut now maybe all the cl ubs will know what to expect fo r th ei r upco m ing races. H UNTINGTON BEACH MC Mind-boggled Bogwhee ler _ Mind-bo gglin g it is! I'm referrin g to th e Mic key Mouse sco ring sy st em u sed by the NA T C fo r the Na tio nal tri als se ries th is year. If this series h ad e nded wi th six trials , Do n Swee t , who h as won three , (the o the rs wen t to Whal ey , Egga r and Leavit t ) would have' fin ishe d in fo u rth pl ace. Not very good arit h m e t ic by m y standards. Most eve nts, wh ether they are in Europe or the U.S. ; are scored by wins, . , •not, by • a . r~ tio Qf. th e, IJigjl\,s.t . poin ts Larkin Wight, "retired at speed" d u ring a rece n I D RA eve n I an d with in minutes alert official s had ra dioed his injury, picked h im up and brought h im back to the prts, where Dr. Newhouse im m ed ia tely set his dis lo cated shoulder. Thanks to th e good doctor 's prompt and able ac tio n Lark is feel ing great an d re ady to do battle again. just as soon as his "do ct or of motors" h eals his Monoshock, PAT WIG HT Bue na Park , Calif. 2·stroke scan dal What do you reall y think of the 2-stroke stree t bikes being o u tlawed in California? BOB DAVI ES We ,thin k it stinks . . . Editor • The views expressed in this colum n and o th e r colu mns appe aring on th e fo llowing pages are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily refl ect the official p osition of Cycle News West or Cycle News, In c. Qualified read ers wish ing fr ee and equal rebuttal space should contact th e Editor. •

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