Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

First Riverside County's green· stickie financed cycle park? BINSIDE ~ t San Jose Rawh id e was the o n ly decent cycle park and I\IX tr ack ....-jth in reasonab le dista nce o f th e Hem et valley . If there are no pl an s fo r reopening it u nde r private ownership. wh y no t make it Rive rside Cou nty's first (I think) green-stickle fina nce d cycle park? I reall y en joyed riding and ra cing at Rawhide. It would be a sh am e for su ch a good p lace to clos e fo r goo d. 6 Beau cham p's beautiful m ile Extrava-du ro 8 Hook & Ladder benefit's the biggest : . . 10 12 Speedway , . , . , Coolshoes Breaking the ice in Long Beach JEFF HAMBLIN Hemet , Calif, Dez , • . .• •• • •• . . .•• 14, 18 Backlash b re win g an d kee p o n racin ' E.C:s YZ80 Solid (?) Ox 16 A mi ni racer fo r yo ur m in i racer 20 North . . , . . .. . . .• . . • . .23 Opinion 32 Hotline Ba n the EO! 33 36 Results Test CRI25 Husky for the ne w season Calendar Cat , 40 44 Backtalk Monste r from the past Readin g an in terview with .David Al d an a, a few issu es back. I was s u rp r i sed th at he re ferred to his co m pe tit io n as " sq uids." This wee k Gary Fisher adds "heads " to th e bo o ks. I wo uld really ha te for peopl e to co me away th in kin g o u r natio nal n um be rs all go around with thi s type o f atti tude, All th e guys I ever talked wi th were polite , and di dn 't lo ok d own their no ses jus t be caus e a guy co uld n ' t affo rd the best eq uip me nt. o r ge t his ac t together. They h ave all been whe re (judging fro m this year 's ra ce results } Aldan a and Fische r arc now. JA~IES DAV IS 69E Fl. Polk. LA F R O N T P AG E: Wou ld yo u be lieve th ese m en fit under a blanket? How abo u t a crazy q uilt ? Spri ngsteen a n d Sco tt at Sa n J o se , Ph o t o by J erry Mathe! Sharon C ayton. Pu blish er Robert 1.. Nor Velie , General Manage r Edn a Mewtcn, Sec re tary to Publi sh er. Advertising Linda Cark. Advertising Manager. Olris Kel be r, Advertising Assistant. Editorial Olarla Oayton , Edi to r-in-01icf ; Lane Campbell, Jeff Peck , and Bobi Sco tt Editors, Art and Production Cathe rine Lampton . Ar t Direct or : Barb Mizuno. Adver tisin g Art Directo r; Pau l Bu t ler , Lab Tec hni cian ; Mari on Hat ashita, Typ ogr apher. Cin:ulltian Rheba Smith, Manager; Pam Hobbs and Quis Andr ew , Assis tants. Fa m o u s in t e roieurer, [oh n Ulrich, rep lies: "TI' e only reaso ll th ey do n't talk to him lik e tha t is 'cau u he 's a squ id. .. , . . Editor Love letter Wh at do we do in Billings, Montana while wait in g for th e st art of th e Mon tana State Ch ampionshi p llillclimb ? We read Cycl e News West . George Bo k ma, Bill in g s ' 1\1 o lorcycle Clu b m ember. a nd ticket ta ke r , ta kes it easy be fore the bi g rush . He didn 't have time to read later as 6 500 pl us spec ta to rs (no t bad fo r a small ci ty ) al l e njoyed th e ch am pio nsh ip hill cl im b . Hope you can fin d so me p lace in yo ur fine newspaper for th is m a terial. Keep up your fin e work on a great newsp ap er , Accounting DON DE VI TT Billin gs MC Billings , Mont. Gay lene Zalo ne, Man ager ; Judy Fou 15, Mike K l inger. J eanne Ham mond. Assistants ; Tom Hunter. Rh onda Van Doren, Credit Department. So",i... & Support Bill Run yan. Tom Luchmann . West P.O. Box 498 , Lo ng Beach , CA 90 80 I. l:?p l 4 2 7-74 33 : L.A . Line 63 6 -8844 . East P.O . Bo x 805 , Tu<:ker. GA 30084. (4 04) 93 4-7850. Centr al P.O. Bo x 13245 , Austin , T X 78711. (512) 444·754 8. Subscription One yea r , second class mail S I 2.50 ; 2 years , second class mai l, 522.50 ; 3 years , second class mail. 530.00; Sin gle copv pr ice. 50 ce n ts. ~ . Cop }'ri~hl Cv clc News , In c. 19 75. Trade: mark regis tered Lr.S. Pa tcm Of fice . I'l l rights re se rve d . Pu blished weekly e xc ep t th e first an d las t week o f th e calen da r year uy Cyc.:lt. Xews, l nc., P.O . Bo x 49 X. ° Long Beach . CaJifornia. Seco nd cl ass p os tage paid a l I.on~ Bcurh , CA . 9 f1 !S() I . Editorial stories, ca rtoo n s, pho tos. c tc. arc : welcom e. Ad d re sse d . sta m pe d envelope assure s re turn of un p ur ch asc d edi torial mutt er, Reprinting in wh ole or part only by permissio n of the publishers. Adn:rli sint( rates and cir culation in fo rma tio n will be sen t upon request . St. 'l' S.R.I> .S . McQueen must have started something Du ring m y 13 years as a mo torcycle rider and ra cer, I have found that the tri ck to ridi ng a moto rc ycle on public streets is to n ot prep are for doom, bu t to watch and to listen to eve ry th ing, a vo i di n g accidents. A crash helmet m uffles all sound including horns and sire ns , removes half o f o ne's side vision . and limits one's abili ty to lo o k aro und quickly for reaso ns of aerodynam ics and ad de d cl u msy weigh t. Wh en turning the head at sp eeds o ve r 30 mp h the head is p hysical ly je r ke d abo ut an d , as m ost non-racin g hel mets are lo o se fitti ng , it m ay pivot fro m sid e to side partiall y co ve rin g vision, not un lik e a b linder. Putting the se to geth er, it 's tw ice as h ard , and takes a t least twice the time j ust to lo o k ahead aga in , I have had o nly one stree t accid en t in 13 years, due to su ccessfully avoiding m an y. I d o n't want to be to ld to wear eq uip me nl th at wi ll protect m e in an acc i de nt when th at ve ry p iece of eq uip me n t. in my opi n ion. w ill ca use more accid ents. A s for th e pro posed fede ra l blackmail method of e nacting any sta te law, ! am appalled. E RIC NO RQU IST Board o f Dire ctors-Vice Presiden t Anim ati on Hlmakers Co rp ,' The AMA: Motor maids and old farts? If yo u go t any bal ls at al l, yo u w ill p rint th is le tt e r I se n t to th e AI\IA. We dese rt racers need all the help we can get. a m a d esert racer on the bri nk of ex tinct io n , I bel ong to AMA , lJ RA an d D-3 7. I ju st read th e " Deser t C ubs In Trouble " ar ticle in Cycle News, and fi nding · now th at the Barstow-to-Vegas race is cancelle d . I as k, "wher e th e hell is the Al\IA? " T he on ly th ing I ge t fro m yo u is a newsletter with ph oto s o f fa t m o to r m aids and sto ries o f old farts who are re tiri ng fr om so me useless position in a rem o le Ne w Eng lan d dis tric t TIl(: tim e has co me fo r desert racer s to get to ge th er and figh I fo r their land. I am going to try and get some people together and see wha t can be done to he lp. If you p eople c a re about motorcyclin g, you would d o th e same." H . CEC IL DRYSD AL E Cali mesa. Calif. District 3 7 is th e AMA ill SOli th em California. Th ey are do ing som ething ab out th e desert dilemma. See page 14 for an in sight i n t o th e pro blem . . . Edit or Fed up to here! Pro b a b l y 90% o f your readers , including m ysel f, do n"t give a da rn "wh at Brad Lack ey is d oin g. " Yo ur pape r has run m o re ar ti cles, pi c t ures. e tc . o n hi m than an y sing le rid er in hist o ry . Ho w a bo u t do ing ou r racers justice and co ver m o re tho roughl y the mos t d e ma n d i ng ra c i ng in th e wo rld, Ame rican class " C", HA R R Y BUC HN ER Lo ng Beach, Cal if. Well, lem m e see, if you look real hard, you might find a couple of words about th e San J ose Nation al Mile squeezed in this wee k '.r issue '. . . 'Editor • I bought a Solid-Ox se t-up a few m o n th s ago fo r all the " re aso ns " yo ur product re view mentioned, I thought I was buyin g a co m pac t , efficient, and cheap way of getting m ysel f o ut of jam s wi th my bike . It d idn 't turn o ut that way at al l. I was o u t at Soggy Dry La ke one weekend an d my Elsinore 's fo o t peg bro ke. I had m y So lid-Ox welder wit h m e an d th ough t m y p roble ms were so lve d . Right ? Wrong ! Yo ur revie w was correc t a bo u t o ne thing; th at t urke y won 't stan d hy itse lf', Nex t I d iscov ered , af ter several h asslin g a tte mp ts , tha t it won't weld steel. (1 fo u nd o u t later th at p ro p an e w ith oxygen isn 't hot e nough to weld steel.) It also blows the cap o ff when the oxyge n bu ild s up to o m uch pressu re , By th e lim e I go t eve ry thing set up , the to ta l welding time was abou t tw o minutes. 1I0 w you r man go t 12 minutes o ut of th at thin g I don' t know . Whi le 1 was sitting nex t 10 m y hike. dro w n ing m y so rro ws in a Co ors an d p on d er i n g m y fat e an d m y lost wee ken d. a buddy of mine ca me up with an oxy-ace tyl e ne welder n o lar ger th an m y Solid-Ox outfit and saved the day. I was back o n t he ro ad in a nash. I pic ked up an oxy -acetylene outfit at th e firs t o p po rtu n ity , and th e p eople at " Sears and Robot " were n 't surprised at all when I as ked for m y m oney bac k. Appar entl y th er e were o ther pe ople as disapp oint ed as I , With m y o xy -ac e ty le ne outfit I can wel d, cu t, b raze, and so lder wi th o u t the hassles, I ca n shut off th e to rch (whic h yo u can' t do o n th e So lid-Ox) , th e tan ks las t about six ho urs , I ca n tell how much work ing tim e I h ave left by read in g th e gau ges , and th er e 's no hassle with fil te rs o r pelle Is . The o nly proble m wit h m y o ut fit is th at o n so me week ends, I spend m o re time bail ing o u t friends an d So lid-Ox o w ne rs th a n I do riding. MARK WIL LI AMS Hun tin gto n Bea ch, Calif. A word of thanks In May I was ho spi talize d with a m assive stro ke . and lung cancer. • am ou t of th e h osp it al n ow, and at ho me re c upe rat ing. \Vh en o ur ' insuran ce p roved inadequate , th e Master Links M.C. came forth with a raffle and a s u ccessful swap meet. We sincerely appreciate all that has been done fo r us. A special th an ks to the Maste r Lin ks, no t only for their p rayers , bu t th eir frie ndsh ip, which was like a ray of sunsh in e o n our darkest days. CECIL I\IE R RIT AND FAI\HLY Do mley , Ca lif. SOS D a ve Eki ns, in J ul y i ssu e of Moto rcy clist Magazine , wri te s abo u t th e Trophymaster Enduro Compu te r , but fai ls to reveal a sou rce . Can you help ? J ACK L. OGLE Sh after , Calif. Anyone out there ever hear abou t th is one ? Sen d your info and we 'll chec k it ou t . . . Editor The views ex p ressed in this 'co lu m n and o t li e r co lumns app earin g on th fo llowing pages are solely those of t he authors and do no t necessarily reflect th e official po sition of Cycle News West or Cycle News, Inc. Qualif ied readers wish ing free an d equal re bu ttal space ' sh ould con tac t th e Editor.

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