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Sun day to watch th e bo ys and see w hat t hey "put o u t" when they a re rac ing . I assured the m that they wo uldn't have the "guts" to get out there and battle it out with 20 or so more riders. This to o was cu t fro m my letter when published. A few days after my letter was published. I received the article cut from the paper with a note written across it as follows : "Let them go to h ell and buy their own land. " I am in co m p le te sympathy with ~Ir. Hefferlin, be cause I know what it costs for a bike, boots. leathers, goggles, helmet, gloves, not counting the .m o ney spent for maintenance . As a parent, I have gone the complete route. If Mr. Hefferlin will contact me I will be more than happy to try to help all I can. My boys are my pride an d joy a nd I hate to see them payout S 15 a year, for what? Our family hasn't found a money tree as yet. MRS. B. L. BISHOP 5690 Yorkshire La Mesa, CA 92041 BINSIDE ~ t Trans-AMA 6, 10 Mellow Suzuki yellow at Puyallup and Lake Whitney ; Kessler/Husky snap Can-Am Support streak Dez 8,42 SoCal H&H , 0-38 doin 's Turkey 400 It's not a 400 mile race 12 . NMA Fall Nat'l. 14 Children's Crusade at Corona Central Writin' Panache 20 23 24 Next week, we 11 define panache North Cat Results Foxy Shox Calendar 28 31 33 36 38 o Another quacker I'm in co mplete sympathy with your cause and be lieve yo u r ho nest in ten ti o ns are for t he welfare of moto rcycling in the sou thern California desert. However, I wonder if this unorganized trail r id e has been thought out beyond the surface and into the possible po litical ra mifications. At p rese nt this is a political battle we're engaged in and can only be properly fought by political means through proper co u rt proceedings. It is my understanding that part of the reason for denial of the "1975 Barstow to Vegas" permi t was due to an inco mplete environmental impact study. This study must be completed, as the future Barstow to Vegas races will be based on the outcome. A trailride at this time would do insurmountable damage to the existing studies. I think many potential riders are not aware that "green stickles" will be required. as well as permission to pass from all private land owners whose land you will be crossing at various times on yo u r way to Vegas. You can bet there will be rangers and law enforcement agencies there to enforce these laws and issue citations. Doesn 't lo o k as though the Sierra Club is saying much at this ti me concerning the ride, but I can hear th em now come the day after, "See we told you motorcycle riders are all a bunch of de st ruc tive ho o dl u m s with comple te d isregard for law and order." This is exactly the kind of thing t hat will be thrown at all of us and th us do irreparable da mage to t he desert riders image and give the Sierra Club more am munition to use against the very fine efforts of the San Gabriel Valley Motorcycle Club. If current lawful efforts fa il, then you can be sure that co m e this time next year, I'll be' right there with you. Ple ase , for now, let's use our brains and save our brawn . LEE CHAP IN Anaheim H·Siders Santa Ana , Calif. ON THE FRONT PAGE : Can- Am's Joltin' J im m y Ellis burrows bars on Texas berm. Photo by J ody Weisel S ha ron Clayto n , l'ublish er Robert I•. No r V~Il C' . General Man ager Ed n.. ~lcwlo n. Se cr etar y 10 Pu bli sh er . Ad vertising I.in d a Cla r k. Advert isi n g ~I ana~er. Chris Kolber, Adv er-tisin g Assist ant . Edit o rial Ch a rles CL.l yt on. Editor-in -Chid ; Lane Ca mp be ll. Senior Edito r, Bobi Sc ott Ed ito r & 1);'11(' Brown. Asa' t , Edi to r. Art and Production C.t thcrin c Lampton . Art Direct or ; Barbnr u Mizuno , Adv ertising Art Director; Dennis Cox. Lab Technician; Marion Hat ash ita , Typographer. Circulation Rheba Smith. Manager; Pam Hobbs and Janet Phelan. Assistants. Ga ylenc Zai onz.. Man ager: Judy Fouts. 7\like Klin ger , J eann ~ Hamm ond. Assista n ts; T om Hunter. Rh onda Van Dor en . Cred it Department. Services & Support Hill Run yan . T om Lu c hmann , J uan ita Blanton . re ceptionist. West P.O. Box 49 K. Lon g Beach. CA 9 0KOI. ( ~ 1 3 ) 4 2 7·743 3 : L.A . Line 6 36 -M X44 . (Tele x 6 56.3 30) meetings in their stores and encouraged their customers to participate we would have better turno uts, and a bigger vo ice in t he pla nning unit s of the National Forest. STEVE GREENBERG Yamaha of Lake Isabella Lake Isabella, Ca lif. Middlin' muddle Remember back when a certain Senator (namely Alan Cr anston) wanted to close a lot of desert because of a little fish that lives in the dried-o ut wa ter holes? Now the Senator has come out for the motorcyclist on the proposed helmet law . Don't be fooled. He isn 't for the motorcyclist and never has been. lie's for Alan Cranston. Remember that 1976 is an election year. Looks like motorcycle riders do carry a lot of weight when it co mes to who does or doesn't get elected. BOB SHAW Four Aces M.C . Van Nuys, Calif. I wonder if that puts Senator Cranston in th e position of being damn ed if he do e s and damn ed if he doesn't .. . Editor Heavy duty statistics Would you know of some o rga n ization, association o r so meo ne who wo uld know of o r have statistics on ridi ng bikes o n th e st reet? Any information regarding nu mber of m o t orcycle caused accidents vs, car caused accidents all pertaining t o motorcycles, or percentage of motorcycles involved in accidents in relationship to number of motorcycles currently licensed for use o n t he street as compared to the n u m be r of automobiles involved in accidents and the number licensed in use today would be appreciated greatly . ~'1y parents would like some statistics pointing in a motorcyclist 's favor before they will allow me to ride on the street. East P_O. Box M05. Tucker. GA 3011X4 . (404 ) 9:14-7X50. (Tele x 54 2·7 77 ) Subscripti on One yea r, second class mail 51 2.50 : :! yea rs. second class mail, $22.50; 3 years. second class mail . 530.00 ; Single l.:o p y price , 5 0 cen ts. Post time o Copyright Cycle News. Inc . 1975. Trade mark registered U.S. Pa tent Office. All rights reserved. Published weekly except the first and last week of th e calendar year by Cycle News. Inc., P.O . Box 49H. Long Beach, California. Second class postage paid at I.o ng Beach . CA. 90KO 1. Edito rial stories. cartoons, photos, etc. Addressed, stamped arc welco me. envelope assu res re tu rn of u npurch ascd ed ito rial matter. Rep rinting in who le or part only by permission of the publishers. Adve rtising rates and ci rcu lation information will be sen t upon request . See S.R .n.S. 4 CARL P. SCHMITT 521 Fanita Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 I would like to commend you on the wonderful job you have done in keeping you r readers informed of the various public meetings held by the Forest Service. It seems that the Forest Service has done a poor job of publicizing these meetings through the local news media, at leas t in our area. Cycle News is about the only way one finds out about them. It is unfortunate that with all the publicity you have given these meetings, and the stress you have p ut on the impo rtance of atten di ng them. few people actually participate. In our a rea the Fo rest Service personnel always o u tnu m ber the general public in atte nda nce. As a mo to rcycle deale r I have publicized the meetings in my store by posting the time and location. I encourage my customers to get involved an d I'm usually successful in getting a few of them to attend. Perhaps if all motorcycle dealers posted these That's a pretty heavy request. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation, 6755 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum, Maryland 21090 would probably have such information available . • . Editor Sticky inqu iry With regard to Mr. Paul Hefferlin's letter appearing in t he October 28, 19 75 issue of Cycle News: I wrote to t he Union Tribun e abo ut one year ago with regard to t he very same t hing he spoke of - where is the la nd that we we re p romised for o ur riders? My letter was ed ited q uite a bit before it was published in the "Letter to the Editor " colu mn. One t hing I asked was what " slush" fu nd the money was goi ng into, ' a nd I st ill wo uld like to know. I also challenged so me 0 f the gru mps to co me out to Carlsbad some Hollister Hills. Ocotillo Wells, Marysville, Davis, Me Gill, La Grange, Tula re. Baldwin Park, Long Beach, San J ose, Los Angeles Cty. are a few of the areas acquired and developed with "G reen Stickle ' money. More areas are in the wo rks; Hungry Valley, Palmdale and R iverside Cty. are three proje cts currentl y under consid eration for state or county veh icu lar rec reation areas. One problem facing the program is the fact that some local agencies aren't coming in for the money alloted. We will publish th e latest status report on th e Off -R oad Vehicle Program of the California Departm ent of Parks and Recreation within the next couple of weeks: If you have specific questions regarding the program you can write to Mr. R onald D. Rawlings, Supervisor, Trails and Off-Road Vehicle Section. PO Box 2390 , Sacrament o, CA 95 811 ... Ed itor M.O.R.E. scores again If you did not attend the Johnny Horizon Clean-up in the Rand Open Area you missed the following announcement. In a discussion with Mr. Ed Has tey , state direc tor of the BLM, M.O.R.E. was ab le to obtain a 45-day extension on the time limit for replying to the Draft Management Framework Pla n for Nat ional Resource Lands in EI Paso and Red Mountain Planning Units. The new date is January I instead of t he p ublished date of November 17 . T his was do ne so that every off-roader would have a chance to write a letter to the BLM an d let t he m know what is wrong wi t h t heir p lan . Now th at yo u hav e .plen ty of tim e, be sure to write that letter. Do it right away and get it over wi t h, otherwise th e extended dead line will slip u p on yo u a nd it wi ll be to o late. Then o ne of these days yo u will be wondering what happened to the desert that yo u used to ride in! RUSS SANFORD M.O.R.E. Unfair ruling? I would like to comment on a ne w District 37 rule concerning entries in Grands Prix. The rule places all ' 0·3 7 riders in front positions regardless of post mark date. Since I' m o u t of district, I was shov ed to the back of Hop e t own. I drive at least 250 to 300 miles to co mpete in District 37 Grands Prix and to be p laced at the back o f t he p ack doesn't seem exactly fair to m e. After looking back at the las t Great Bear G P and Viewfinde rs G P, I would bet at least one third of th e entries were from Districts 35, 3 6 a nd 38 . I think it's sad that competition is put second behind where yo u live. LIN DA SHATKA 0 -35 Fres no , Cal if. The vie ws expressed in this colu m n and o th e r colum ns ap pearing on th e fo llowing pages are so lely those of th e _ authors and do not necessarily reflect the off icial position of Cy cle Ne ws West or Cy cle News, Inc. Qualified readers wishing free an d equal rebu ttal space should contact the Editor.