Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

freedoms our forefathers fo ught and died for. I am not saying . o ur governmen t will cr u mble if we can ' t ride the desert . but who kn ows, in some states o ne must wear a helmet, by law. BINSIDE ~ t Onta rio Nati onal SM1MY TANNER Artesia , Calif. 6 Fare well to Number On e wit h style Ontario 250 8 A Bakers ' do zen lead Onta rio J r./Nov Open letter about " Barstow to Las Vegas" from san Gabriel Valley M.C. 12 Aksland and Davidson with th e help of th eir f rie n ds Tech 14, 39 We are no w in th e process of appealing o ur permit cancellatio n. This is a long. drawn out, costly process an d we thin k it is fo r th e be nefi t o f all wh o use o ur pu blic desert lan d s. We have taken a sta nd and to be ab le to co ntin ue this pu rsuit we are goi ng to need mo ney. I don 't kn ow of a gen tl er way of say ing it and don't th ink yo u as rid e r s an d in t erested parties wo uld appreciat e a snow j ob anyway. Kn owin g th at this would be inevitable we co nsu lt ed o ur legal firm and were ad vised the fo llowing: Th e firs t second-generation gas damper; Nogu chi 100 impresses Ohio Trans·AMA ... •. . .16 'Mer kin s two, furriners nuth in ' Cal State 100 18 Cal City GP 20 Hotline .. . . .. • •.. , •...24 North ... ...•.. ... ....30 Opinion 36 " The Producers" 38 Road racing the Quie tOnes at Ontario Lady Diane Grins 41 42 " I rode at my Sunday speed . .. .. - Mal col m ON TIIE FRONT PA GE: From that certain poi n t, a string of roadracers looks like a fan unfolding. J ohn Ulrich was right there. 0·36 jumps onto the desert w~on_ "Righ t on " con cern in g y ou r will to figh t off th e attack on the co ve ted Bars tow to Vegas race. We ar e right with y o u in fighting off t he so called land saviors. Letters have been fired off to Ed Hastey, BLM , Governor Brown and the Presiden t of the Un ite d States. If you think $50 entry fees are enough to help stop this unju st action b y the BLM and you know who, then we will be the first to enter. We hav e ridden your race for the last five years and it's worth it. We in northern California and District 36 are behind you! If there is anything else we can d o , let us know! THE WEAZEL R ACING TEAM c/o David G. Pickett 1011 E. San Carl os San Carlos, CA 9 4 07 0 4 15-593-26 16 Sharon aayton, Publisher Robert L. Nor Vdle , Gen eral Manall"r Edna Mewton, Secretary tc . Publisher. Advertising Linda Oark. AdvcrtWng Manager. Ouis Kolbet, Advertising Assistant. Editorial Charles Clayton. Editor-in-Chic f; La ne Campbell, Senior Editor, Bobi Sco tt Editor a n d Dale Brown. Assist an t Editor. Art and PrOduction Catherine Lampto n . Art Director; Barb Mizuno . Advertising Art Directo r; Paul But ler . Lab Techn ician; Marion Hatashita, Typographer. Dn:ulatian Rheba Smith, Manager: Pam Hobbs and OI.ril Andrew , Assistants. ~ntirig C ay len e Zaio nz, Man ager: Judy Fouts, Mike K li nger, Jeanne Ham mond, Assistants; Tom Hunter. Rhonda Van Doren. Credit Department. Senic:es & Support , Bill Runyan , To m Luehmann . West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801. (213 )42 7·7433 : L.A. Line 636-8844. East P.O . Box 805 , Tucker. GA 30084. (4 04) 934·7850. Central P.O . Box 13 24 5 , Austin. TX 78711 . (512) 444-7548. Subscription One year, second class mail $12_50 : 2 years. second class mail, S22.50 : 3 years, occond class mail. S30 .00 : Single eopv price, 50 ce~ 6 Copyright Cycle News, Inc. 19 75. Trade 4 m ar k registered U.S . Patent Office. All righ ts reserved. Publi shed weekly excep t the first and last week o f th e cale nda r yea r by Cycle News , lnc., P.O. Bo x 4 9 H. Long Bea ch . Californ ia. Secon d clas s po st age p aid at Lon g Beach , CA. 9 0M Ol. Ed ito rial sto ries. ca rto o ns. ph o tos. e tc . Addressed . stam ped are welc ome. envelope assures return of unp urchased ed itori al matter. Re pr inting in whole or p ar t only by pe rm issio n of the and p ubl ishers . Ad vertis ing rat es ci rcu la t io n informatio n w ill be sent upon request. See S. R. O.S . Powder Puff Assn. says goodbye We regret t o an nounce the termination of the Powder Puff Assn . We joi ned Distr ict 37 in 19 67 and, 'we were the first Women's Competition Club in the United States. We were also t he first Women's Co mpe ti t io n Club to obtain an AMA charter and throw a district sanctioned race. Our ITs will be remem be red as some of the finest in the dis tric t. With pride we would like to donate our rem ain in g treasury of $ 2 17, to San Gabriel Valley M.C . to figh t for all our rights as m o to rcy clists. We we re p ro ud to be a part of this district and thank yo u for your support. TIIE MEMBERS O F TIIE POWDER PUFF ASSN. Lackey booster Who is Harry Buchner? Did h e survey all of your readers? If so , he must have mixed up the results of his survey. Brad La ckey is our best motocrosser and has brough t a lot of class to the American m o t orcycle scene. J ust because there are a few class " C " riders that don't get their names in y our paper, they shouldn 't put down a top motocrosser like Brad . (For Mr. Buch ners' information, world 's m ost m o t o c r o s s is the demanding sport, n o t j ust another type of racing.] DANA HAGMAN , Pin ole , Calif. Does the industry care? I a m p e rp lex ed. b ew ildered, frustr ated and r ap i dl y ge t t m g sp ring-loaded in th e shafted positio n. T he M IA , bo th at t he national and d istrict level , has shown that it cares abo ut th e fut ure of off-ro ;d riding. Ron Burp o of DRA, throug h his efforts wit hthe BLM, h as shown t hat he cares. Russ S anford, through the efforts o f M.O . R.E ., has sh ow n that he cares. By their unanimous support of San Gabriel Val ley M.C 's effo rts to save the Barstow to Veg as, th e me mber clubs of D· 37 have shown tha t th ey care. My own club, the Anaheim Hi-Siders M C, spends at least one meeting per month wri ting letters and being, generally speaking, politically noisy an d ac t ive. So we care about the future of off-road ridin g, too . But, where arc th e manufacturers and distributors? Have these companies beco m e so callo us an d insen sit ive to the needs and desires of the co nsu mer public wh o su p po rts th em? Do th ey think th at when public lands for off-road riding are legislat ed o ut of existence, we wiII all tum meekly to th e stre e t a n d contin ue to buy their products ? Sure , these co m pani es belong to the M.1.C., a very wo rt h wh ile organi zat ion, but do they feel that upon paying their membership dues, they hav e abso lved themselves of fu rther responsibiliti es t o the people (I mean you and me) who make their profit statements possible? 1 think no t. Thin k abou t it manufacturers. We need y our help right now ! It 's time to st and up and be counted. GARY TWOMBLEY President Anaheim Hi-Siders M C You 're right, th e off-road batt le has been mostly a consu m er affa ir so f ar. Bu t how many of us have actually set pen to pap er and bugged the industry f or help ? MIC 's west coast address is 4100 Birch St ., Suite 101 , N ewport Beach, CA 92660 .. . Editor Get involved " Yo u must we ar a helmet," "Get all y ou r permits," " Ride in designated areas," " Yo u must h ave a Gre en Stickie, " etc. I'm sure: sick of "Big" government te lli ng me wh at I can and can't do on or off a motorcycle. 1 am a voting tax payer that for sure will be active in the next national and local governmen t elections. Even though I've attended only one desert race, I know th at b ikers have go ne to the desert to race or just to have fun on weekends and weekdays fo r as long as there has been mo t o rcycl es. Surprise - the de sert is still th ere , so are the p lants, natural habitats, etc. Strange isn't it? Maybe n ot so strange sin ce th e desert takes care of itself. The gov ernment got ti red of spending just tax mo ney to hassle t ax payers, so now t hey use money raised t hrough their new sources, and if you ride a mo torcycle in the desert, y ou know wh at their new so urces are , En closed is bu t a small chec k (fo r SGVMC) t o figh t, quoti ng Larry L a n gle y, " Gove rn m en t bure aucratic bullshit; " Also en clo sed is a chec k for Russ Sanfo rd o f M.O .R.E . Le t's all get toget he r and hel p, in whate ver way we can . I kn ow we can preserve the 1. Set up a separate " Legal T rust Fund" acco unt 2. Appoint an "Ad Hoc" committee to ad mi nister th ese funds 3 . Acknowledge all con tributio ns in writing 4 . Keep a separate led ger and book of re cords o n every dollar coming in and go ing out 5 . Send a mo nthly newletter to all co n trib ut o rs informing the m of progress. The reason for this careful watch on your dollars is two fo ld. We want to assure you th at it is being devoted strictly to this defense , nothing else; and if an yone, fri end or foe, wants to demand an audit we will be prepared to do so . If at the end of our neg otiations there are an y monies left, they wiII be transferred to a central legal fund for all clu bs to dr aw on. We have consulted with the newly formed District 37 " legal task force" and have co m e up with the following program: The appeal process will most likely take fro m two to four months to co m plete so it appears th at a 19 75 "Barstow to Las Ve gas" is history at this point. If we are successful , the chances fo r a 1976 "B to V" are excellent. The en try fee for this year 's race wo uld have had to be $24 to co ver all ex penses. We are ordering th e finisher medals and window decals an y way (t hey are su per bitchin as usual) and here is ho w yo u can ob ta in o ne of each. For an in dividual d onat ion of $25 or mo re yo u will receive, when available, a fin ish er medal and decal stating "can celled by environ mentalists " and your entry to our 19 76 race will be 5 0% paid for. We are gratefu lly accepting all donations whether they are $1 or $1,000 so this is no thing more than an effort to obtain the mo ney we desperatel y need and give y o u something in return to help justi fy your donatio n. We have already received so me individual do nati o ns and so me club donations, and have recei ved verbal commitments from others. We thank you all for yo ur confidence in u s and fo r your interest and financial help. Please keep it co mi ng so we can all "keep on doing it in th e dirt." DENNIS CRAWFORD, Referee San Gabriel Valley M.C. P.O . Box 189 5 Po m o na, Calif. 91769 Footnote: San Gabriel Val ley M.C. is in no way associated with or can we condone the so called " Phanto m Duck" effort to have an u no rganized even t. On e of our members is the o wn er of Sweet Duck Su zuki and we assu re you th at he isn't involved either. The views expressed in this colu mn and colu mns app earing on the following pages are solely thos e of th e authors and do n o t necessarily reflect th e off icial po sit ion of Cycle News West or Cycle Ne ws, In c. OJlalified readers wish ing fre e and equal rebu t tal space sho uld contact th e Edito r. o th e r -t

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